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AW «t.8J MAN'S 1UWVE.
UV AUVIOie BAUW1N.
An old nnd feeble man was thin
Of whom this story's told to-day;
BOrrowa he'd Uuowu ns well as bliss,
And Uo had nearly dosed Hfo'e play;
But still bo bad no thought that timo
Had such wild wiugB iuj itHOW en,
Atid so Uo past ed hia ilf« ot pros© and rhyme,
And youth, he thought was bow, was (tone.
Aud manhood in Hs prime had ilisuiHiesircil,
Whilo wriiiWo.i dW'I>, niarted o'er His face,
Had now to show that -what ho tesrad
while yoiiHif hail found a lodgiug-p'sco;
Mut etill ho would uot know 'twas bo,
But tolled on with dry and creaking boues,
Iryiug to Scop aboad ot worldly woo,
And shunning tUoplaw that's covered o'er with
gtvnos.
Ajid thus bo Wis, with ebonldomstooping down,
Wrltlnij with greatest will, to-day,
And loolis not up.   Jlut o'er Ida crown
Of gray tln> morning sunbeams play;
Tei-hnim 'twill not tic w.*oiig to steal a look
Upon tbo page whoro crookod linos avo soon.
And eeo what s iu the heart's romotCBt nook
Of ago j and what Its lovo baa beon.
And eo we look, nnd this la wbat we wo
Hortwlrd npon tbo sheet before ns:
•Twill show that witb lis, early though death bo,
Those that livo will o'er deplore ns,
And thmifjh imrunitemayhvcauhumlredi-ear*
Ati.1 Iho and I'eveuty moro thau we,
Uc'H only m-ollocfc through smites and tears
Om' youth und its md dcstluy,
« » a a a a
Hoar ra'iio, thon springtime of my iwml,
5 lonj? ii c'n^p theo iu thCHo anus again,
To ibtad then from the ilia and pain
This lite e.iiitrol.
Thou wert my joy bnta few days aso,
Unt death ball! robbed theo from Uio earth,
And taken youth and beauty well as worth,
Ami <m)y memory left hi ktiow
T.bat thou wait he-e, and a'l that's Rood ot thee.
I feel a baud I   I thitit; it must bo IMne I
Aye, tbo -e ttngent that co quietly intertwiuo
Aro thiue for me—
Ati, yen, lmb-ed, it in.   I hear a found!
Tbut Kcntlo voice only hei* eould be!
And thus 1 bear ber nay, ■' t'ome up tome;
-l'.ciujures hero abound.'*
I'vo miused Ui«o long—aye, many a day,
My lovo no beautiful iu form and faee,
And o'er who.-tf brow uo al'jn, no tracts
la found of life's deny,
iteturn t« me, that I may ceo tlieo yet —
That 1 may love theo an lu days none by—
AVoU ftij ter joyp, that ilia of earth may die,
Aud not our path* beset.
AtlKWt r, my l;i\e, aud te'l it Unto in.-
Tbat theu^wilt t- ujie i;inl ••.-] o my aebiiitf beart.
What do..t th-m pay'.'   " lli-iv, hm-, \u- never pari,
Clint- up t-> ll«'."
1 imi»t. Me lili- witb .tit mv j nitliful brido
ltt til •!.•'<■«<, end I'd lH-Ib V far In- Hum
AndbriMl'i' th.-in.yum- of thi- heueniv air,
«'he« death 'nth died.
So wait riiri:u>, r:iKL».-]i Iv thon- with th.'*',
Voe tarn Uittin«l.n'.i. mid il-'wi \,,1 Ji,,
Ami rv-tiii\m\t )« fi-r. th ■ friii, I t'\,
T.. iou-.-i.i-... -.
■\l-.l In- tin-.-, ii..in thu. I lini'luvid tluvyel,
Alld t?U- tr* llibiur.f l,.rl|,l ih u.iilu'uilii.rili.'.V,
\t be tllKlOM till' JMli, ,U:(', W.....1IH-: b'OV
lie il eiu.H m.j, Ij.n j,. t.
Did h.'!..u':'t..t.,l. t.. ht-iii-*! e;.'ii.'.
And in t.-iV ^nuri U'.Nh;i-.v lu-.t.\i :
or lu.w lu .1 do-:.. ior, t li i- up ab n.\
It "tbemim.it nu't if ib'U".
Tin pen is wi,iidonti|{ ». r the p2':e,
'ril'.'vera»I»lUI'Jlli!,«lt IHt'aMUK'i'W,
llut i:>\e aliinn.bi in tlni rr-d.- dn-^n.
And ii m»t Je.^.-emit o'tit by a;je.
At lout tlio in n drops from Iiin bind;
The baud fal» dulew by Ida ".do;
"JlioFiin'e-if )until theajjed fun-ows hide
lli»lvak .; lu tier laud,
Tbey tiiieb tl.o wrinkled brow no i branny,
AMOi deathV Htitiui»tiluped li|wm tbeejav,
T lu y ku. w that imw bin nnul ts brfnlii the day
In ri jfii>:w cut balmy.
Nu mon' will Horraws enmd uiwin his head;
His dreaiiw <.f 3^-na ate now readied;
And al! tbe Rood for man bj lleavru devi»id
Are it.- tii4 on his be.nL
igrowosrefessof tEe srtsof politics towdtlie •
;0i)d Df his uwxmf',; ana- camij tp Joolc upon a
ribtallistSoa and jro-blecUon ■».» . a matter of.
cflttrse. .IPs oveiMion/lSenco war takoo advantage of in* 1858 by an ambiUous lawyer jiamed
;HutoilnBTto.carry it -cpnyentton.against liim,
Tbo frionds* of Qidaings never. fdrgavo-
Hutching, and caste aboji for a means
of 3ofeating J^tn. 5Hiels.old man Mm*
MlfV'«f-Jji- cpmfoiiaUy qnartarea "in iis
Ooq^' at Mopbeal,- fipd did not cars
.te.ait—~*:%bttngftjiackioCoiiRroaB. Sohia
suppo"' *-«*■' . s j of tbo nopiilm-ity of Gen.
G.*'i'A^ -> x i.WedliifliwbiloliovVssintho ■
sves,
TIIE  CIIlt«S'riA>*'S   fOXSOJLATJOX.
-\\1ieu the heart Is fu'l of anjjuisb,
And our earthly curorts flee;
IVbeu Iho hohI for stn-iiRtli d.ilb laiiKiilnb,
Then, ibar I. ird, we fly to Thee.
If tbe friemla we denned ui"rt truthful
Pass b> on tbo other «ide.
Still we know ti.t-.vs One thafs faithful,
"fiB our Lord, tbo Crucified.
Wben tbe line of health ban faded
From onr eheekR, and dim the eye,
T'honch ofl for«akou, left unaided,
Owl, our l-'athcr, stil! is niRlu
Tb.iiiffh the jnyB «o fondly eheriehed
May have flown wo km ay not why,
Like a leaf have faded, iKTisbed,
And our h'ipew in ruin lie,
He who bx'kn witb eyes of pity,
Heaix Hia ebildren when tbey cry,
Will liear i-s to tbe hmcii'y city,
V\ ben we lay our armor by.
There our triala will lio ended,
In tbe mamdon of onr (bid;
Then no heartu with Brief aro traded,
Tlirro we feci no ebauleuiiiK roil.
A WASTED LIFE.
It -wns ]ust aftt-i* tho couiiwst ot Brit-
nin hy "Willinm Hit< Comineror, -wlii'ii one
luoriiinK n Htrnii{ji> hight wis to 1m> mw
lipon tlio Thami'H at the point whero
now stiuiil the Houses of Porliiunout.
A vast crowd was congregating on the
northern lmnk—so vast flint tlie Norman
GnnxdH on Hentry on the spot where now
Ktamls Westminster Hall liee.une doubtful of what wns happening, nnd gnve tho
nlATUl.
A eoniiiauy of Kornnuis was at once
niarehetl to the palaee.
They were Imt few men, vet quite capable of contending with it larger crowd
of thi' Londoners, for the latter lind
been deprived of nil arms, ami had been
forbidden, under pain of death, lo assemble in nnmbera.
The Captain of the guard saw, however that the greater portion of the
crowd was composed of women and
children, and at once was rcaxsmred.
"What is the cause of lhe crowding?"
he iiskcd of a loud-tongued woman, who
was haranguing those stnuiliug about
her.
"It is Albrn, the wife of Vindor, who
wishes lo prove that she is tin honest
woman."
"How so?"
" By the test ofthe shield."
The Captain turned to his men.
"idsbanil," he said, "and go among
ihe people. At the least sign of a rising
come to me with the news. Again, if
ye hem* the Castle bell, at once fall buck
and join me in the court-yard, \ole-
tliinks tlie excitement h vs little to do
with us or the King."
Near the water stoodn man and woman,
both of whom -were young—the man
handsome, the woman very beautiful.
Between them they carried a shield
upon wliich wns stretched au infant,
whose ago could not have been many
days.
The man was evidently troubled and
gloomy, while tlie woman, though pale,
was perfectly calm.
Whore they stood, the river ran at a
rapid pace.
Around them the people stood eager
and excited, for they laiew what was
about to happen.
"Who is lie?" askod one.
"He is Yindor," wns tho reply ; "and
once master o£ the men-at-arms to thc
Thane of Buckingham. Now he is servant to his old master, who lives here in
Loudon. All he possesses of his old
arms is the shield npon which the. child
ties."
"Whose child-is it?"
"Ay, there is tins point npon which
Vindor is doubtful!"
"How- so?"
"You see tliat he is fair, liko most
Saxons; while his wife is fairer still.
Now look at tho little child cooing in its
strange, cot, and you will remark that
his liair is black, and that his skin is
dork."
"That's so."
" Vindor, troubled in liis mind by a
suggestion of an old friend, doubts lus
■wife, lias told her so, and she is appealing to tlio old gods of Anglo-Saxonia to
prove her innocence. But mnrk, tliey
ore speaking!'
Thereupon Vindor, growing still
gloomier, approached his wife, and snid
to her, "Behold, tho moment ha-5 arrived I"
" Thou wilt have it so ?" asked Albra.
"Is it still thy wish?"
"Yes," replied tho gloomy man.
"Let the old gods of the land decide
whether or not tliis child is mine."
"Then let it bo as tlion wilt," snid
Albra, " and tho shame and disgrace bo
with you."
Tlio husband took tho shield npon
whieh lay the child—now dozing.
Vindor walked into the swift-flowing
river, itud-ntHt«-?his -tfaist, raised tho
chUd#ffi$3fMd,*'<v •: \\\a head for a mo-
ment/tarned one ,\y tin toward his wife,
na'f&ougli menacing her with {lj«. deed
}ie was about to commit.
Meanwhilo she, with head orect and
an assured aspect, stood nt tho edge of
the •water, motionless as a statue, with
arms crossed npon her breast.
As ho looked at her, she stretched out
her hand toward her husband, and said,
in a loud nnd haughty voice:
" Do not hesitate 1
Aud now the crowd began to heave
nnd rock, while a low munnnr was heard,
like a threat, ascending from among the
assembled peoplo. For, as tho woman
spoke, the gloomy man lowered the
strange cradle, placed it lightly on the
running water, mid lot it and the child
oat away down tlio stream.
Scarcely, however, lind tlio shield
moved a yard away from the doubting
man, when Vindor (ns though uature
hud suddeuly reproached him) raised
his clasped and trembling hands, imploring heavenly help.
He followed tho course of tho shield
with great eagerness, despite his evident
desire to control lus emotion, and bending anxiously forwtu*d in tho direction it
wns taking.
The  mother,   on   the   contrary,   remained quite calm,  her arms crossed
on her tiosoui,  her eyos following the j
course of the shield with ft firm and J
tranquil look,  so quiet   and unmoved
thut she appeared to fear nothing for j
her child's safety. !
Twice were the shield and child newly ]
swallowed up iu tho waters.
The mother alone did not flinch nmong
all who wntched tliis test.
Twice— then, again, the shield was
seen tranquilly descending the current.
All present "clapped their hands, and
shouted, "The boat! tho boat!"
Two men rushed forward, launched ft
bark into the river, nnd, rowing rapidly,
soon reached the shield,- and drew it
from the water.
The motion of the water had soothed
the child, nnd rocked it to sleep—a state
of things wliich, iu all probability, was
the cause of its safetv, for had the child
moved at all the frail craft must have
been overturned.
Now, as the shield was tnken from the
witter, Vindor, whose luce had become as
bright and hopeful us it had previously
been gloomy and foreboding, ran toward
lus wife, his arms outstretched, calling,
"Albra, Albra, thou art my faithful
wife!"
But she showed no sign of responding
to his welcome.
"Stand back," Rhe said. "I have
been suspected, and cannot forgive!"
It was a custom with the -wives of the
ancient Saxons thus to prow their innocence when suspected by their husbauds.
If the shield did not sink, then the
wife was innocent; while if it and tho
child went below the water, then she was
considered guilty, and, as a rule, leaped
into the water nfter her sacrificed child.
They were, indeed, strango and terrible times in which to live.
As we have said, tho wife Albra showed
neither signs of joy nor forgiveness.
At this moment, a handsome, dark
man  thrust   himself forward,  crying,
Fnir Sister Albrn, what dost thou hero
by the side of the river ?"
Vindor, looking nt the new*-comer,
trembled.
"Did I not  tell thee," said Albra, J
" that many of my people were dark ? ,
See, here is my brother, who has been j
in   Haul   these five years.   Is not he
dark?    Our infant is  like my father's
people."
"Wife—dear wife !" cried Vindor.
"No longer wife of thine," she said.
"A woman outiaged is a woman lost.
Good-by—good-by 1"
And, before any one there had a completo knowledge of what she was nbout
to do, she had leaped into tho fast-tlow-
iug river.
Twenty men lushed into the river
after her, nor was she immersed during
more thau a score seconds. But when
they removed her from the stream she
was dead.
In all probability herheart had broken.
Certainly sho had not been long enough
hi the water to acount for her death by
wny of drowning.
Sad, indeed, did the sun set njxm Vindor that night. They had bound him
with cords, that he might not do himself injury, perhaps even to the taking
nw ay of his own life.
He neither spoke nor stirred. Again
and again his friends addressed him", reminding the wretched man that he was
a warrior, and that he must live for the
sake of that vengeance which it was
hoped by the Saxous they would take
against the Normans.
But "he answered not, nor responded
even by a look. His sensed appeared to
be completely dormant.
At last, his mother, an ageing aud-wise
woman of her kind, took tlie infant and,
placing the little hand npou the father's
neck, whispered:
"Son, live for your child's sake."
Then he. trembled, nnd tho grentdown-
pom* of tears saved him from the stony,
horrid death winch had been slowly
ereeiiing over hini.
He lived, but lost the lovo, fts he lost
the habit, of work, and what littlo wealth
he possessed dwindled away.
Fortunately his two brothers were men
of steady industry, nnd, only one of them
being mnrried, the little child Both wns
well cared for. Vindor lived only t<> bo
revenged.
No mnn yefc who lived only for venge-
nnco but punished himself far more
than ho did liis enemy.
Therein lies the wisdom of forgiveness, which of course does nofc mean
renewed trustfulness. By forgiving your
enemy you clear the air for yourself.
"I will never cease to hafo Sir Koland
until I seo him dead!"
This oath Vindor took over his wife's
grave as tliey lowered her poor body to
its last resting place.
Sir Boland, when riding past Vindor's
house one day hnd seen him playing with
his little child, and said that which had
aroused the father's jealousy aud hnd led
him to accuse his wife of infidelity.
You know to what these few light
words on tho part of the Norman knight
hud led.
The sudden appearance of his wife's
brother had moro thorongldy convinced
Yindor of the error of his mistrust than
had even the test of tho sliield.
A month nfter tho death of his wife
he. snid to his mcthor, tOfnn;
"I nm going away from London,
mother."
"Why, my son?"
" I cannot rest hero,"
"Go you to the North?"
"A.y, toother."
"ToEiohmount?"
"Yes, mother."
" Thnt is whither Sir Eoland de Bois
has gone."
He nodded.
"Take heed, fair son. Thou wilt wear
away thy lifo with the thought of vengeance. Perhaps tho Norman meant no
harm when speaking as he did."
" But toy fair young wile died, good
mother,"
,. "That is tpie,   But remember she
was a haughty woman. Had sho boen
wiser, she would have laughed at thee,
and so cleared away thy jealousy,"
" Bnt sho is dead!"
" Work for thy child. Do nofc waste
thy life in thoughts of vengeance."
"Imust follow Sir Boland do Bois into Uie North."
"Thou art tliino own master, but
dost uso thy mastership unwisely."
"And wilt thou «u*e for niy littlo Both
while I am away ?"
" Most surely, Is he nofc, dear son, as
my own ?   Is ho not my son?"
Next morning Yindor was gone, and
never through livo years did they once
hear from him.
.Even Ids mother Ulfaa had grown to
believe him dead.
Littlo Both, then nearly 6 "years old,
had heard of his father, liad been told of
his lifo, and often dedurcd Hurt Uo
would bo a bravo man, like his sire,
Ulfaa nnd her husbaud loved tho child,
as indeed did Gurth and Ids wifo Borsa,
who had no children of their own.
ISlsory, the youngest child of tho old
people* petted the boy, nnd her lover
Edwy made his life, happier.
One day, as the sun was seitingon the
other side of the river, Both being nt
play near the house door of his former
grandfather's .house, saw a beggar approaching.
He looked old," and was bent. His
long hair streamed over his shoulder,
and his tunic was worn and tattered.
His bare legs wero tanned by exposure to the sun, and his feet were cut and
bruised.
"Will you have some bread and
water?" asked the child.
"It is my son!" cried tho beggar,
falling upon his knees, and embracing
the little child,
"Grandam!—grandani!" called the
boy. " Father has come home, and he
does not move!"
The nnhnppy mnn hnd fainted.
When again he knew himself, he was
lying on a soft sheep-skin, spread over a
mattress. His cut feet liad been bathed,
nud his family had made liim ns comfortable as cireunistuuces would permit.
" Mother!—father !" he said, looking
about him wildly. "Ha! I am home
once more before! dio I"
" Die, my son ?" said his mother.
"Yes! of remorse!" he replied. "I
cannot live. I thank Heaven, which has
nllowed me to return home beforo I
made an end of life. Above all, I bless
Heaven that I can read my son n lesson,
and that he is old enough and intelligent
enough to comprehend mc."
They gathered nbout him, his brother
Gurth playing lightly with tho stick
whieh had accompanied Vindor in his
wanderings, while his father, his sister
Elsay nnd Ms youngest brother Edwy
drew near.
" Where is my son ?" ho asked.
His mother, Ulfaa, who had not the
conmge to look her dying nnd favorite
son in tho face, and who wns standing
behind the bed, made a sign, and Borsa,
Gnrth's wife, led the bright Httle fellow
forwnrd. ,
Then thus spoke Vindor : " My son,
never seek to bo revenged upon your
enemy. Leave him to himself. AH bad
men suffer, nnd by killing them you will
relieve them from their suffering. But
thnt is not the dnnger. The desire for
revenge kills you yourself. I nm dyiufi,
first, by reason of my hnto toward Sir
Boland de Bois; and, hi the second
place, because niy remorse, is so great
iu having kilted n good mnn."
All started.
" What do I hear?" asked lus mother.
"You have,in your blind vengeance,
killed a human being ?"
"Ay, mother! Sir Eolnud hnd n
cousin of the samennme, nnd much like
him in appearance—though unlike him
in character—for he wus a good man. I
followed Sir Boland for years, wearing
out my life, nnd, only a month since, in
the twilight, I mistook one for the. other, and killed one of the few Norman
gentlemen who hnve been kind and just
in then* denlings with us Saxons."
"Heaven forgive theo !" sidd Vindor's
father.
"And now, my son," continued the
victim of his own desire for vengeance,
" I am come home to die ! Do not forget what I sny. Forgive I Do not benr
vengeance, and be a good man. Come
to me, "hendded, stretchingout his hnnd.
The child held out his left hand, nnd
approached his father.
" Bomember!" he said; mid then
quietly his head fell back.
He wns dead.
PROCEEDINGS
oir aaa
National BepMican Convention,
Sixth Day.
The convention waa callod to order at 10:10
a. m. on Tuesday, Juno 8, Aftor prayer by the
Boy. Br. Thomas, of Cliicnso, balloting waa tit
onco roaumod, tho twenty-ninth ballot resulting
aa followfl i
TWUSTI-KIHTH IUI,r,OT.
Grant..., MIS  Edmunda  12
Blaino...,, ,,278   Windom.,.,    7
Sherman, , 110   Garflold ,    2
Waabburue,, ,.,, 85
Tlio most noticoablo cbnngo on tho twenty
ninth ballot wns the transfer of nineteen voto
in MussnelinHctts from Edmunds to Sherman
giving tho latter twenty-one votes from thai
State, Tlireoof the Windom votes in Minnesota went to Blaino.
Tbo tbirtiotli ballot resulted :
TmuTiivmiiAiiw^^..,... ...
Orant,.., ,
 soa
Waabburao,.'..,-,
;.»™aH
lllalno......
..........270   Edmunda,....,.
..... 11
Sherman,,.
 I20|Wtadom. ,.
TUniTY-FlUB* 1UM.OT.
.,.,.   i
Orant......
 308 1 WanhbUrno	
.... 37
nialno	
,..,..,.,.270 1 Hdmunds.......
 11
Sherman...
 118 IWbidom	
    3
Grant......
, 3(10 1 Waphburno	
 41
Maine	
 270 j .Ed«mml» ,.
..... 11
Shornian...
 1UI1 Windom	
Tnuixv-THiitri iwi,r.ar.
    3
Grant......
 300 1 Washburne.	
 U
Jbaiuo......
 27C   Edmnlida	
..... 11
Sherman...
 1101 Windom	
THIUTY-rOUBTU JlAt.LOT.
. ..   1
Grant	
 312 1 Kdraunds „.,.,,
..... 11
n'aine.,..,.
 255   W'indom.,	
.....   4
Sherman,,,
 107   Qarfltid........
,,,., n
Washburne
 80 |
THmrr-rn-rre iu«.or.
Grant	
 ...313
Edmunds...,,..
 ii
lllalno	
 257
Windom	
  3
Sherman...
  39
Garflcld	
 00
WaMhbume.
TmBTY-SIXTlI AHD LAST HALTXIT.
Whilo tho roll was being called on Uiis
ballot, tliero was much excitement, and many
changes wore made from tbe Blame column
to Mr. Garflold, aud tho total footed up
890 for tlio Ohio statesman, to 806
for Grant, 42 for Blaine, 3 for Sherman
and 5 for Edmunds. Afl 378
wero necessary for a choico, Mr. Garfield was
deolarod tho nominee. Tho nomination was
made unanimous, on motion of Senator Conkling, seconded by Gon. Logan.
It was upon this ballot that Indiana withdrew
oighteon votes from Blaino, six from Wa»h-
burno, tyro from Sherman and ono frum Grant,
making a total of twenty-seven, and cast them
for Gnrfleld. Garfield olso gained four votes
trom Sherman in Maryland, Grant gainod ono
from Windom in Minnesota, and ono from
Blaino in Pennsylvania. Blaino gained ono
from WaBhburno in Wisconsin, and ono from
Sherman Jn Mainland. North Carolina transferred a voto from Sherman U Garfield.
Tho thirty-sixth and final ballot, resulting in
tho nomination of Jamen A, Garfield, of timo,
wan then proceeded, with amid intense oxcito-
mont.   I'he -rota by States •. aa aa follows:
STATK& avd TEnnrro-
isaa, .„,,„,,,
rentuoky.........
lOUlalftna ,„. „ »*.
)I*!no, ,x«,l
Maryland.,.,..,,,
MUftH&chuiietta	
Michigan ,..,,..,.
Minnesota,.,,,..,.
Mjasifwlpill..,	
Missouri,.	
Nebraska,.	
K6vada...	
New Hninpsbiro...
Now Jersey........
New York ,.
North Carolina.,,.
Ohio	
1r.ac.n
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Bringing n Bead Man to Mfc.
A young officer of the English line,
while passing through a native village,
was annoyed by the importmiity of a
Hindoo beggar, whom no rebuff seemed
to disconcert.
At length, when the fllthy vagrant
seconded nis petition by laying his grimy
hand upon the Englishman's nrm, thc
latter, foolishly giving way to anger, repaid the freedom -with a straightforward
blow from the shoulder, delivered with
sueh hearty good-will that thc poor Hindoo fell like a log, to nil appearance
dead.
Beforo the assailant coidd recover from
his bewilderment ftfc this unlooked-for
catastrophe, a howling swarm, of natives
came rushing to tho spot, and with frantic cries for vengeance npon the murderer of their countryman, dragged him
off to tlie local magistrate, carrying with
them ns evidence the body of the slain
man.
Matters might well look gloomy for
the prisoner, for the body showed not
tho slightest sign of life, -while the culprit himself, overwhelmed -with horror at
the fatal consequences of his momentary
passion, faltered and trembled in n -way
that woidd have made any ordinary judge
convicted him on the spot.
Bnt, happily for him, tha magistrate
was a veteran, whom no contretemps,
however unexpected, could find unprepared.
He heard the story toan end without
a word of comment, and then quietly remarked that beforo passing sentence, lie
wished to bo quite certain that tho man
was really dead. Tho Hindoos broko in
with a terrible outcry at the idea of tho
sacred remains being touched by an unbeliever.
"Oh, I don'4 need to touch him,"
quoted tho judge, coolly; "I have a
surer way than that"
Without appearing to notice the look
of uneasiness that began to cloud thc
surrounding faees/ ho drewiorth a, stick
of sealing-wax, lighted it, nnd let fall
the burning drops npon Uio haro breast
of tho corpse.
Instantly the murdeieAHnpi stnrted up
with an ear-piercing yellgttiili tossing his
arms frantically, rushedwitf and plunged
headlong into the river, while his inconsolable mourners vanished almost as
quickly in the opposite direction,
Atmze of $100 haa been, .offered by tho
Boyal College of Physicians, Itondon, for
the best essay on hydrophobia.
There was great confusion during thu ballot,
and tho call of tho roll waa frequently interrupted by tho apptauso of tho audience and repeated cries of •'Garfield! Garfield!"
When Iowa was called, Mr.-Henderson, of
that atrttc, aroso and said : " Iowa caBta twenty-
two votes for James A. Garfield."
When Mains waa called," Senator Halo rose
and said: " Maine cast fourteen votes for James
A. Garfield."
By tho timo Wisconsin had been reached on
Ibo roll, Garfield had 352. Tho vote of that
Stale, lt caBt for him, would iusuro his nomination beyond ali doubt.
When Wisconsin waa callod, Mr, CasBOdy,
of that State, arose at 1:30 p. m., amid a profound silence, and said, slowly and deliberately : " Two for U. S. Grant and eighteen for
JameB A, Garfield."
These being fee deoiding votes, the convention and the gallericB gavo themselves up to
cheering, shouting, and tho waving of banners
and handkerchiefs for some fifteen or twenty
minutes, after which tho voto of Wisconsin waa
corrected to twenty for Oarfield.
After the announcement of the result of tho
ballot Senator Conkling arose and said:
Mb, CJUmitAX: Homes A. Garfield, of Ohio, baring received a majority of all tho votes, I tariim to
move that be be unanimously presented as the nominee of this convention. The chair, under Uie rule,
anticipates my motion, but being on my feet, I
avail myself of the opportunity to congratulate the
Itepublfcan party upon tho good nature and the well-
tompered rivalry which has disUngulshcd this anl-
matedcontest. f A voice, "Ixnidor.»J Well, gentlemen,
I would speak louder, but, having sat under the cold
winds of those windows (pointing to tbo west
windows vt iho Convention InUl) mdu XffinA^-tr«^tf
unable to apoilt louder. J w«<i aiolastW Chairman,
tliat xtrnstcd Uiat the roal, Uie fervor, and now the
nn&nbnity of the scene of tho convention will b9
transplanted to the Held of tbo coming contest
and that all of na wbo have borne a part
against each other will find ourselves with equal
zeal bearing tho banner, and with equal zeal carry-
lug the cause of tbo Bepublican party iuto tho ranks
of tho enemy.
Upon the conclttBion of Senator Conkiing's
romarks, Senator Logan roae to second the
motion.   He said:
Mb. Chahixas Jtxo OiraixKireN- or tbk Ook-
vesiios : We aro to bo congratulated tbBt wo havo
arrived at a conclusion in reference to presenting
the mune of a candidate to become tbo Standard-
Hearer of tbo nepiiblfcan parfy for President
of tho United States. In union and harmony
thero is Btrongth. Whatever may have transpired In tbla convention to momentarily
mar tha feelings of any one hero, I hope
upon its conclusion ifcwill pass from our minds. I,
sir, with tbo friends of, I think, ouo of the grandest
mon tbat ever graced tho face of the earth, have dtood
here in friendly battle for his nomination; but, sir,
this convention baa chosen another leader. The
men that stood by Grant's banners will bo seen ln
tbe front of this contest on evory field. Wo villi
go forward, sir, not with tied hands, not with
sealed lips, not with bridled tongues, to
speak tbo truth in favor of lie grandest party
that baa ever been organized ln this country, to
maintain its principles, to maintain Ite powor, aud
to preserve ita ascendency. And, sir, with the
leader you bave selected, my judgment br, victory
will porch upon Our banners. I, sir, as ono of tbo
representatives of the Stato of Illinois, second tbe
nomination of James A. Garfield, from Ohio, and I
hope it may bo mado nntmlmous.
Aa Jlr, Logan took his seat, Gen. Weaver
roso with tho aid of his crutches, and delivered
tho following torso and ringing Speech:
Mn, Phesiuest Aim Okntlemkh or tan Cok-
vemtion: Tho Stato of Pennsylvania having bad
Uio honor of first naming in this convonUon tbe
gentleman wbo has boon nominated as tbo standard-
bearer of tho Bepublican party in tho approaching
contest, I rise, sir, to second tho motion which has
boen made to make tho nomination unanimous, and
to assure thla convention and the pt-opleof tbis country that Pennsylvanis isboarUly in accord with this
nomination; that sbe glvoa hor full concurrence to
It, and that thia convention may eipeoi from bor tbo
beat majority that bas been given for a ProsidcnUal
candidate in many yeais,
Sonator Hale, of Maine, ono ot iho inostoc-
ttvo champions of tho cause of Blaino, wafl the
noxt speaker to congratulate tho successful
nominee, whieh ho did in iho following happy
mannor:
MB.raEsto£}rr: Standing here, and returning
heartfelt thanks to the many men in ths oonvenUon
IW bi"^ aided «»(fl 1fm dght that wo bate made for
tboflopafor from Maine, and BpeaMug as I know
tbac!X do for tbem hero, I say this most beartlly t
Wa>aVo»ot|rottha man that wo camo up horo to
nonjuate, but wo bave got u man in whom we have Uie
gHufest and most profound confidence. Thenomineo
of pa'convention is no new or untried man, and in
tbatte^jicct ia no dark horse. When be camo here
repenting hhrjStato in tho front of the delegation
andjwaii seen bore, ovory man know hlm boforo that
bocawB of his records and becauso of that, and bo.
eau* of 'o»r faitb in bim, nnd becauso wo wore, hi
ourKUiorgency, glad to make biro oandldato of the
Bep|blicau party for Uie Resident of Uio United
Statja^-bocauso of these thlnga 1 stand hero and
plc*o*fhc BJiiino forciis »f .thia conyenUon to earnest
offoft frpin now until tho ides • of November to
Jnn*s-A, Qar/leld, the next President of tho Dolled
Statin. ^
Gpy. Foster, Ot Oh{o, noxt took tho floor, and
said,-:
Mr. President, 1 hold in my band a dispatch Unit
I wil have read to tlio convcuilott, iihlch sboiVH tbat
tbo Ilcmocratio House of ItoprcwmUUves, composed
of gjutlcincu with whom our distinguished nominee
haH-Wtled and contendod for years, holda hlm in
vcrybigh regard.  -The dispatch rcada as follows:
"£>}i0 Houso of Representatives has nppoint-
rijinimttco of five of ito oldest mouibcra to
Itnlato Jamca A. Garilejd pn bin nombuv
ailfun."    " " .  .   - -   .
t impte<ir«Wrp«lcti that I desire to read
f, distinguished gentleman who has heen
ndidato boforo l!uu convention:
"' lencYtr tho voto ot Ohio will bo l/'kolv to
niiMLK* tlio nomination ot Gtivfiold, I appeal to
ovejy^lolegatotovoto for him.   tot Ohio ho
Jfiaio tho samo appolil in my namo to
ovOct delegate. JoitN Bushman."
Ben. Harrison, of Indiana, mado tha
ng congratulatory spocch;
ISiin not in very good voice to addrcsB tho cou-
venjsin, Indiana has been a illtlo noisy within tbe
last^jonrtiaud, alUiough tlie Chairman of thia delo-
gan*|j I totem myself so much as to abuse my
votes' I should not havo detained Un, convention: fo add any word to what ban been said in a
spirit, of BUch commendable harmony over this
noiftSistion if it had not been for Uie ovcr-
partl*Uty of my Grant frionds from Kentucky,
wlHiS'luan wo have bad a good deal of pleasant Intor-
ootn^e. yhey insist, sir, that I am tbo only defeated
caniliaate for President on Uio floor of this conven-
tlon^bavingrecoived one vote from somo misguided
frl«wl from Pennsylvania, bnt unfortunately Ior me
ho #4 net bave staying qualities, and dropped ont
Iwint U\ say to the Ohio delegation that they may
ptodjs; tq tbeir distinguished citizen who bas re-
ceinid the nomination at this cauvcnUou my uu-
gruning support. I bear bim no mabce at ulL
But,s Jlr. Chairman, I will defer myapeccbo^ until
tluq^mpalgn la hot, and tben oa every ntumphi In-
rtiana, and wbcroyor else my volco can help on
thlMrcat Republican cause to victory, I hope to bo
fonnj.
U#0f speeches wero alBO mado by Mossrs.
HeSmnts, of Virginia; Campbell, of West
Yiiginia; Hicks, of Honda; Houk, of Tenues-
Seoj and Norton of Texas: after which tho
convention took a recess nnttl 5 p. m.
Upon ro-asacmbling, tho convention at onco
proceeded to nominate for n candidate for Vico
Prudent.
Mr.Mxley, of California, nominated Elihu
B. ^Washburne, of Illinois; seconded by Mr.
McCarthy, of Now York
Mr, ItobSnson, ot Connecticut, namod Mar-
ahatl Jewel!, of that Stato.
Jtr. Hicks, of Florida, named Thomas Settle,
of JJOrlh Carolina ; seconded hy Mr. Harris, of
tholatter Stato.
Mr. Houk, of Tennessee, nominated Horace
"tajnard, of that Stato.
tion, wliich baS made Sts nomination, assembled divided in opinion and in. counsel In. regard to their
candidate. It cannot bo .known to you with what
unanimity of -pleasure all parties in that convention
havo received tho result which it haa reached. Sou
represent aot only tho distinctive- principles and
opinions of the ItopUVlican party; you represent
also ita unity. And in the namo of every Slate in
iho Union, represented ,on, this opnuntJbiSi X convey
to you tbo assurance of-the cordial tmppert of the
Republican-purty of those States Id, the coining
election. V        ".'.'-..
Gon. Garflold repliedag follow* *:"tj,
Mb. OliAiitMiH ahd GKHixratRW 1  I tjinre you
tbat the Inf orniilien ypu bave,baiWa)iy given to mi.
ntograpliy ot Jumies Abraham
Gamma.
brings tbo aenso of very grsyo -reaPpuBlbHtly; an:- ^
especially eoin view of tba fact thatj; was ainembet'
of your body—a fact which could not haye Mlulri
H3» Early Struggles and Later Xri-
Z ymjplts.
■ ,' ■   S  : '■ '■■
Man tVlion?* People VeUtcht   to
If
with propriety bad I bod tho slightest "•expect
Uou that niy own namo woidd bo connected wife..
Uie nomination for ibo office. X ha\o felt,
with yqu, great nollcltudo concerning tho slt-
uaUon.^f our party during Uie struggle, but.
believing Uiat you aro cornier- lu assuring me thai
substantial unity bas been reached in tbo conclusion,
ItglvCumoigraUfiCaUon far greater than aby personal pleasure, your oimouncqmcnt Cap. bring, I ao*
coptUlo trust committed to jnybaiidrt.   As to the
work 6i our pajty, all to the character of the cam--   --   _ „  ,,     ,   .    ,
iwUntolwontcKilniwu, twju Uie m owly oec*.;,.Now England-(itocV.
J—* ?Jgy*W?.«??"■ *. •^L.v^f^tA'y'-,. <* ftw children..
Honor.
JameB Abraham Oarflcjia was born NpV, 10,
1831, in tho township of Orange, Cuyahoga
county, Ohio, about fifteen miles from Olovoland. His father, Abraham Garfield, camo
from Uow Iforlt, Tint, likb- his mother, una oi
Now England-ptock.   Ja=nc» wan tbo you»ge«t
*• *»* we ahallw pur future a»   farnrand tlio cxertfiMWOf tho mother,* Tliere
was nothing about tlio elder Garfield to distinguish him from tho other plodding farmers of
tho rather-Bterild township of Orange. No
ono could discern any qualities in- hira, whieh,
transmitted to tho next generation, might help
to make a statesmen, unless it was industry;
but his wifo, who ia still living- at an advanced
ago, was always fond of reading when sho
could get leisure for her hard housobold duties,
_ i, uid •MUjKifi* m»» we shall .pee
promising as are tlie iiidlcatlouB to-night
Judgo Hoar-then addressod aGen. Arlhutf'as
follows;   .•
Gen, Arthur, I am, aa tho organ of a committee
of Republicans from ovory 8&lQ in the Union,
created by tbo National Republican Oonvcntloii,
which closed its labors bore lo-day, directed to
ask your acceptanco of tho nomination for
tbo offico of Vice President of tbe United States,
Tho convention, in making thlB nomination,
havo desired to testify their regard for tbo
great   Stato of   which you  havo been   bo   long
a well-known aud honored citizen, and their regard Wuiu uev ivuiuu iw "«i «i"« uuuauuum uuu«
for tbo opinions and desires of a portion of the con- nna was n thoroughly-tapablo woman, of stron,
vention who had earnest preferences for tbe oilico of „!n »ti>m m-inninlns mid mere tbnn avo-aire
President, and a desire to manifest their sense and • £"'' „r™ i!»™X 'or'th? ivi,S ?JnT "mm
their bopi that no division of opinion had operated, for?« of character. Of tho ciuldren no ono
or could operate, any estrangement, where Uio inter-1 besides James has mado the slightest mark in
eats of tho great Republican party are concerned.      1, tho world.   Tho older brother is a farmer m
Gen. Arthur replied as follows:
I am deeply sensible, Mr. Chairman, of tbo hotior
conferred upon me. I accept tho nomination, and
Bhall endeavor, If elected, to dlschargo (ts duties
faithfully, conscientiously, and to tho best of my
ability, I will reply more formally at some future
time.
Mr. Cljsbee, of Michigan, then presented tho
mombeti ot tho committeo to tho candidates,
who roa iivnd their nfmprjttiilalinnR.
THE  HON.  CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
SfcirartS. Woodford, of New York, proposed
thenamo of Chester A. Arthur, of New York,
Th« nomination was seconded by Gov. Dcnni-
son. of Ohio; Gen, Kilpabiek, of New
JerJoy; Emory A. Stores, of Illinois;
3Ir. Lynch, of Mississippi; Hurris, or Maryland j Filloy, of Misiiuri; Hicks, of Florida* s, Harris, of North Carolina j White, of Kentucky; McCarthy, of NewYorlr, and Cunoy, of
Toiu,
William Chambom, ot Toxas, nominated Ex-
G»v; aSdinund 3. Davis, of that Stato.
JhB Secretary callod tho roll for a ballot for
Vibi president with the following result:
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Tho Chairman—Chester A. Arthur is nominated as candidate for Yico President, and tho
Snestiou now hoforo tho convention is, Shall
io nomination ho mado unanimous'!
Mr. Mclleth, ot Missouri—I movo you that
tho nomination of Chester A. Arthur, of Now
York, bo mado unnnimous.
Mr. Haymond, of California—Tho nomination undoubtedly is ono that will bo eminently
satisfactory to the country, and, ns tho delegation from California had anothor choice, I think
it is but right nnd proper for California io moro
to niuko that unanimous.
The Chairman—Tlioso in favor of making
tho nomination unanimous will say ayo; those
opposed, no.   It is carried unanimously.
On motion of Sir, Cougor, of Michigan, a
co*to>H*a of ono from ftscfi Btal« vras appoint*
i^fe notify Gen. Garflold and Gen. Arthur of
th^ir nomination.    Tho Chairman appointed
tho following gentlemen upon said Committeo :
Geo. I*. Hoar, of JTasunchusotte, Ciminnan.
Alabama—willard Warner.
Arkansas—M. "\V. GlbbB,
California—Creed Hayward.
Colorado—Jno. I* Routt
Connecticut-^-]!. B. Blgelow,
Delaware—James It. Holland.
JPlorida—Shennau Coaaat
Georgia—J. 1?. Long.
Illinois—Jghjn _, TMgan^
Indiana—Ben H. Harrison.
Iowa—Robert St. Haynes.
Kansas—P. B.MuBib.
Kentucky—John H. Whito.
Louisiana—William Pitt Kollogy,
Maine—Bugeno Hale.
Maryland—J. A, J. Creswell.
Massachusetts-.W. S. B. Ilopklni.
Michigaa—Omar J>. Oouger.
MinncBOto-,A. O. WoOgo.
MisfltftBfnpi—George C. srcKeo.
Missouri—Robert T. Van Horn.
Nebraska—Lorenzo Orounse.
Novada—M, D. J?oIoy.
Now Hampshire—Benjamin I\ Brescott
New Jersey—Jndson Kilpatrick.
New York—-William IL Bobertson.
North Carolina—Stewart Ellison,
Ohio—Charles Footer.
Oregon—John H. JHtchell.
Pennsylvania—John Cessna.
Rhode Island—John P. Sanborn.
South Carolina—John P. Elliott.
Temiefifieo---A. M. Hughes, Jr.
Toxas—E. J. DaviB.
Vermont—^Frederick Billings.
Virginia—Joseph Jorgenson,
West Virginia—A. W. Campboll.
Wisconsin—Phlletus Sawyer.
After passing a voto ot thanks to tho Chairman and other officers, tho convention, at exactly 130 p. ta., adjourned slno dio.
Notifying; Uio Nominees.
Tho committeo appointed to notifyGOn, Garflold of his nomination subsequently mot at tho
Grand Pacific Hotel to perform tho duty imposed npon thom.
With Judgo Hoar at thoir head, tho gentlemen
proceeded to Gon. Garfleld'B room at tho
Pacific, and, aftor a fow Opening preliminaries,
Judge Hoar addressed Gon. Garfield and Gon.
Arthur, who waa also present, as follows:
Gen. Gnrfleld, tho gentlemen present arc a committeo appointed by tho National Republican Convention, representative of every Stato in the Union, who
havo been directed to convoy to you tho formal,
ceremonial notice of your nomination as Republican candidato for tho olUCo of Prosidont of Uie
Butted States,  It ia known to yoti tjtat tlio conven-
Tho Hon. Chestor A. Arthur, of Now York,
who ts tho Kepuhlican candidato for Vice President, was bora Oct 15, 1830, at Franklin, Vt.,
and ih now in tho 50th year of his ago. Ho
ia about blx feet two inches in height, rather
portly, with a most dignified and gracious
presence. His hair is slightly gray, and ta
wears side whiskers and a mustache, both
tinged with gray also. His eyos aro dark brown,
and liis face is vory winning. Probably no man
in America haa a larger eirelo of personal
frionds, and no man better deserves them, for
ho is as steadfast to thom as tho needlo to tho
pole. Whilo yet a very yonng lad, his parents
removed to the Stato of New York, and ho attended school at Greenwich, on tho Hudson,
until ho was li, at whieh early age ho entered
Union Collego, and graduated well no in his
class at 18. In a fow months ho wont to tho
eity of Now 1'Ork and entered tho oilico of tlio
Hun. E. D, Culver, then member of Congress
from tho Krst district of that Stato, Mr.
Culver was nt that time ono of tho leading
anti-slavery men of tho day, and it was
hero that Sir. Arthur imbibed those firm Bepublican senthnonts and principles wliich ho
lias sinco so ably and boldly maintained in
good and ovil report At tho age of 23 ho was a
delegate to tho first Uopublicau convention ever
heid in the State, whieh met at Syracuse, and
ho almost immediately took a position aa an
earnest, active, and. determined worker in t ie
Itox>ubUcA.tt.c*usc. ."When the celebrated Xcmon
- sl.TOi^STr^artt^na^ifi'^U^^&Btattt,. PHrlWUnitod^
States Court there, young Sir. Arthur was tbo
unanimous selection ot the anti-slavery peoplo
for tlio defense of tlio fURitlvo and tho ijrosocu-
fion of thoso who sought to forco him into
slavpry. This thing ho foiiRht to tbo bitter
end, and when it was over ho was already a
marked man. Up to tho beginning of tho war
ho waB ongaged in tho practice of law, and was
on tho way to a competency when tho war
broke out. At that timo Uio militia Of thoState
of New l'ork, as, in fact, most of tho various
States, waB m a very poor condition. It bocamo necessary to at onco put it m shape, and
Gov. Morgan called npon tlio energetic yonng
lawyer to abandon his practice and como to the
aid of his State, Ho was mado Quartermaster
and Inspector General, und with his usual impetuosity throw himself with heart and soul
into his work, and within less than a mouth
tho troops from Now York began to go forward
armed, equipped, and supplied in a manner
that was as gratifying to themselves as it was
to tho military authorities at Washington. For
nearly threo years ho worked night and day nt
this task, and mado a most satisfactory record for
himself and his Stato. At tho closo of the war
ho returned to his practice, and was known as
a hard-worker, persistent student, and as a citizen who always took a prominent part in politics. In fact ho is ono of thoso men who be-
h*ovo that overy American citizen, old and
young, should wsar his sharo of tho political
burden, and not only inform themselves regarding municipal and national affairs, hut
shonld also tako an activo working interest in
everything that tends to insure good government, and that affects for good or evil (ho interests of tho people, lie was selected by
President Graot in 1871 as Collector of tho Port
of New 1'oik, which position ho filled until
1878, whon ho was removed hy President Hayu
for, as waa alleged, violating Ilia civil-service
rules, ihonifh an investigating committeo reported that his offico was n model, and not tho
slightest complaint was heard against it. Ho
is now engaged hi tho practice of his profession. Ho has two children, a son of 11 and
a daughter of 8 years of age. Ho had tho misfortune to loso his devoted wifo laBt January.
wIkbb death was sndden and unexpected. Sirs.
Arthur was a daughter of tho iato Capt, Hem-
don, of the United States navy, the intrepid explorer of tho liiver Amazon, who wob lost at
sea whilo in command of the steamship Central
America on her trip between Havana and Now
York in 1837.
Gon. Arthur wfll add strength to the ticket,
and when elected will fill the'high position for
whieh ho has been nominated with ability, dignity and integrity.
Why Qwicks Succeed.
Any  explnnntion  of   tho success ot
quackery would ba insufficient if it did
not include the fact expressed in tho following lines:
You'll ne'er convince a foal, Mini-elf is so;
He hates realities, and buns the cheat.
And stilt tho only li'casnro's the deceit.
Aii invnlid, -\vliose disease had been
pronounced inctmdile, intrusted liis enso
to a quack. It wns liis Inst resort. The
quack promised that if ho would submit
to liia treatment for six mouths he
would make a well mnn Of him ; but no
change must be looked for nntil the expiration of thatporiocl A friend, seeing
that the invnlid was paying out money
and receiving no benefit, expostulated.
"For mercy's sake I" exclaimed the
invalid, " destroy not tho hopes wMcli
that man liolds out to me; upon them I
live, without them I die."
The man's stimidnnfc was flie quack's
assurances, lialf suspected though thoy
wove. A modienl writer tells this story
of a celebrated English quack:
He was onco visited by an old acquaintance from the country, who addressed him ns "Zam,"
VI
how
hnd no move brains nor a pumpkin."
'faking liim to a window, the quack
bade him count the passers-by, "How
many have passed?" asked the quack,
after a few minutes.
"Nointy, or mayhap n hundred."
"And bow many wise men do you
supposo wero among tliis numbor ?"
"Mvybnp one."
"Wall, all the rest aro mine."
William Bexnolds was so popular
among Ms fellow-workmen, in an Ala-
b una factory, tliat they bought a watch
to present to him. Just before he was
t> have been informed of the matter he
cotmnittcd suicide, while laboring under
ths hallucination, that they were jjeaIofl&
and intended to rain him.
Jliehigan, and tlio two sisters aro, 7 bolievo, formers' wives. James had a tough
time of it as a hoy. Ho toiled liord on the farm
early and lato in amnmer, and worked at tlio
carpenter's bench In winter. Tho best of it was
that ho liked work. Thero was not a lazy hair
on his head. Ho had an absorbing ambition to
get an education, and tho only road open to tliis
end seemed thatof manual work. Rcadymoney
was hard to got in thoso days. The Ohio canal
ran not far from where ho lived,and finding
that tho boatmen got their pay in each, and
earned better wages than ho could mako at
farming or carpentry, tw hired ont aa a driver
on ihe towpalbf and Boon got np to tlio dignity
of holding tho helm of n boat. Then ho do-
tenniiwd to ship as a sailor on the lakes, hut an
attack of fever and ague interfered with his
plans. Ho was ill threo mouths, and when ho
recovered ho decided to go to a school called
Goanga Academy, in an adjoining county, Hia
mother had saved a small sum of money, wbich
sho gave him, together with a Xaw cooking
utensils and a stock of provisions, Ho liirod a
small room aud cooked his own food to make
his expenses as light bb possible. Ho paid his
own way nfter tliat, nover calling on liis mother
for anymore assUtanco. By working at the
carpenter's boneh mornings and ovemngs and
vacation times, and teaching country schools
during the winter, ho managed to attend tho
academy during the Bnring and fall terms and
fo savo a littlo money toward going to college.
Ho had excellent health, a robust frame, And a
capital memory, and tho attempt to combine
mental and physical work, which has broken
down many farmer boys, ambitions to got an
education, did not hurt him.
OWVIEMI AT COLLEGE,
Wkon ho was 23years of ago ho concluded ho
kid got abontall thero was to bo had in Uio ob-
Bcnre otoSB-roads academy Ho calculated tliat
ho had saved about half enough money to got
through college, provided ho conld begin, as ho
hoped, with tlio Junior year, Ho got a life-in-
Sufanco policy nnd assigned it to a gentleman
assecuritv for a loan to mako up tho amount
Uelackoi   In the fall of 1854 ho entered tho
honors of his class. I liavo seen n daguerreotype of him tnken about this time. It represents a rather awkwnrd youth, with a shock of
light hair standing straight up frein a big forehead, and a frank, thoughtful face, of a very
marked German type. There is not a drop of
German blood in the Garfield family, hut this
picturo would ho taken for somo JVitz or Carl
Just over from tho PalherlaniL
Deforo ho went to college, Garfield had connected himself with tho Disciples, a sect having
a numerous membership in Eastern and South-
em Ohio, Wost Yirginia and Kentucky, whero
its founder, Alexander Campbell, had traveled
and prcaehctl. Tho principal peculiarities of
tho denomination aro their refusal to formulate
iheir beliefs into n creed, tho independence of
eaeh congregation, tho hospitality and fraternal
feeling of tho numbers, and tho lack of a regular ministry. When Garfield returned to Ohio
it was natural that ho shonld soon gravitate to
tlio straggling littlo collego of the yonng sect
at Hiram, Portago county, near liis boyhood's
home. Ho bocamo Professor of Latin and
Greek, and throw himself with tho energy and
industry whieh are leadiup traits of his character into tlio work ot building up tlio institution.
Before he had been two years in his professorship ho was appointed President of tlie Collego.
Hiram is a lonesome country village, threo miles
from a railroad, built upon a high hill, overlooking twenty miles of cheese-nuking country to
(lie southward. It contain-) fifty or sixty houses
clustered around the green, m Iho confer of
which stands tho homely rod-brick collego
structure. Plain living and high thinking was
tho order of things at Hiram Collego in tbose
days. The teachers wero poor, tho pupils
wero poor, and tho instUution was poor, bnt
there was a great deal of hard, faithful study
done, and many ambitious plans formed. Tho
young President taught, lectured and preached,
and all tho timo studied as diligently as any acolyte in tho templo of knowledge. Ho frequently spoke on Sunday in the churches of the
towns iu tho vicinity"lo create r.n interest in the
college. Among tho Discipics any ono can
preach who has a mind to, no ordination being
required. From these Sunday discourses camo
tho story that Garfield at ono timo was a minis-
tor. Ho nover considered himself as such, and
never had any intention of finding a career in
tho pnlpit. His ambition, if he had auy outsido
of tho school, lay iu tho direction of "law and
politics.
ins MAnnlAOE.
During hi? professorship Garfield married
JliHB Lucretia Rudloph, daughter ot a farmer
in the neighborhood, whoso acquaintance ho
had mado while at tho academy, whero sho was
also a pnpil. Sho was a quiet, thoughtful girl,
of singularly sweet and refined disposition, fond
Of study and rending, possessing a warm heart
and a mind with tho capacity of a Bteady
growth. Tho marriage was a lovo affair on
both sides, and hns been a thoroughly happy
One. Sluch of Gen, Garfield's subsequent success in lifo may bo attributed to the nover-failing sympathy and intellectual companionship
Of his wife and tho stimulus of a loving homo
circle. Tho youug couple bought a neat httle
cottago fronting on tho college campus and began theirwedded lifo poor and in debt, bnt with
brayo hearts.
In 1853 tho college President was elected to
tho State Sonato from iho comities of Portago
and Summit Ho died not resign his Presidency, because ho looked npon a few months
in tho Legislature aa an episode not likoly to
change the course of his life. But tho wnr
camo to alter his jilans. Daring the whiter of
1861 ho was activo in tho passage of measures
for arming tho State militia, and hia eloquence
and energy made him a conspicuous leader of
tho Bepublican party, Early in tbo summer of
1801 ho was elected Colonel of an infantry regiment (tho Forty-second) raised in Northern
Ohio, many Of tho soldiers in which had been
students at Hiram. Ho took tlio field in Eastern Kentucky, was soon put in command of a
brigade, and, by making ono of tho hardest
marches 6ver mado by recruits, surprised and
routed the rebel forcos, under Humphroy Slar-
shal), at Piketon.
Prom Eastern Kentucky Gon. Garfield was
transferred to Louisvillo, and from that place
hastened to join tho army of Gon. Buell,
which ho reached with hisbrigndo in timo to
participate in the second day's fighting at Pitts-
bate Landing, Ho look part in the siogo of
Corinth and in the operations along the Jtom-
?his and Charleston railroad. In January,
803, ho waB appointed Chiof of Staff of tbo
Army of tho Cumberland, and horo a prominent
sharo in all tho campaigns in Middle Tennessee
in tho spring and summer of that yoar. His last
conspicuous military servico was at tho battlo
of Ohickamahga. Jfor his conduct in tliat battlo ho was promoted to tv Major Generalship.
It is said that he wroto all tho orders given to
tho army that day, and submitted them to Gon.
Boaecrans for approval, savo Ono. Tho ono ho
did not write ww tho fatal order to Gon. Wood,
which was so worded as hot to correctly convey
tho meaning of tho commanding General, and
which caused the destruction of tlio right wing
of the army.
Etsonsn to conoSkss.
Tho Ckmcressional district in whioh GarSold
lived fras tho oho long mado famous by Joshua
B, Giddings.    Tlio old ftiiti-Blfttew- djiaippion
llin consent:   Thatwasiir**'
a, of tho ttotniii*tM>ft*"6ar-
'yfpuld ;bo: fifteen months
wonld, maet t» which, he
iid^hphoving, us did every.
stfMmx could, not possibly last
- a ~%.-y--<'~^> ooncluded in'accept; I; have j
of t\ JV*d him express {regret $h%f he did not
hol|£rfght the war through,, and "gay that he
notfer would liave loft the army to: go U> Oon-
'gress had he foreseen that the struggle wPnld
continue boyond the yoar 1863. He contin- «■
nod: his military service np to .tfeeithwe ppn-
groBsmot.
On entering Congress, in December, 1863,
Gon. .Garflold was pfaeefl .njiOn thS $pmmittco
on Military Affairs with Schenck. and Earns?-
worth, who woro also fresh from tho field. Ha;
took an aohvo part in the debates of the: Houso,
and won a recognition which fow W)\f numbers
succeed in gaining. He was not popiflar nnibng
his fellow-members during hisflrst term. Thoy
thought liim something or a Jiediint Because
ho sometimes showed his scholarship in his
speeches, and thoy were jealous of. his prominence. His wild, attainment! /t'jidjjlble social
qualities enabled liim to .overcome thia proju-
:dico during his feebnd term,'and he* became
dn termuof olp?o.friendshipwithtlia bosfcmeii
in-both house?, pb'eoffiruitt<Jo.S,ervjce"during'
his second • tdnn -was jJn.thb^Vays snd Moans,
which was quite to.,bin .taste, for it gnve him
an opportunity,to, .prosecute tho t studies' in
financo ,and .'political economy .wluch he JumI
always *folt a fondness for.- He- was a hard
worker and a great reader in those days, going'
homo* >»Uh his- arms, full of books from.tlio.
Congressional Library and sitting up Into nights .
- to renn mom.   it Vas* then tnat tio laid tho
' fonndations ofthe convicUouii oii tb« ■object t
of natiniwl- laa«« .1»bic*i ,.lie Ism .'
-t\8Str0ru^um^	
opposition,' but in iat»<; Mr. Juiitehin*; whom ho,
had supplanted, mado ah effort to defeat "him. -
HijfchinS. cjAnvassccl  tlio' district thoroughly,
but tho convention'  nominated  Garfield',' iiy
acclamation.   Ho has had uo opposition slnco
in his own party.   In 1872 the Liberals and ,
Democrats united to bent him, but his majority
was larger than over. In 1874 tho Greenbackers
and Doaipcrals combined and put up a popular
soldier against him, but thoy mado no impression on tho result.   The Ashtabula, district, as
it is generally called, is tlio most faithful to its
Bopi-cstntalives of any m the fTorth.   It has
had but four members in half a century.
HIS WOBK TS CONOHESS.
In the Fortieth Congress Gen. Garfield was
Chairman ot the Committee On Military Affairs,
In the Forty-fwst he was given tlio Chairmanship of Banking and Currency, whieh ho liked
much better, becauso it was in tho line of h's
financial studies. His next promotion was to
tho Chairmanship of tlio Approp iations Committee, which ho held until tho Democrats came
into power in tho Housu in 1875. His chief
work on that committee was n, steady and judicious reduction of tho oxpenhca of the Government, In all tho political struggles in Congress
he has boriiB iv leading part, his clear, vigorous,
nnd moderato style of argument making him
ono of tlio moat effective debaters iu either
house.
When Jaines G. Blaine went to tho Senato in
1877 tho mantlo of Bepublican leadership in tho
Houso wns by common consent, placed upon
Garfield, and ho has worn it ever sinco. In
January last Gen. Garfield was elected to tho
Senate to tho seat which will bo vacated by
Allan G. Thurman on tho Uh of March, 1881.
Ho received tho unanimous voto of the Republican caucus, an honor nover bef orogiven to any
man of any party in the Ktato of Ohio, Since his
election ho has been tho recipient of many
complimentary manifestations in Washington
aud Ohio.
OAnriELD AS A LEAKER.
As a lender in tlio House ho is mOro jaiiitions
and less dashing than Blaine, and his judicial
turn of mind makes him too prono to look
for two sidetf of a nnesfion for liim to bo an efficient partisan. When tlie issue fairly touches
his convictions, however, he becomes thoroughly aroused and strikes tremendous blows.
Blaine's tactics woro to continually larasa tho
Onomy by sbarp-sbooting surprises nnd picket-
firing. Garflold waits for an opportunity to
deliver a pitched battle, and his Generalship is
Bbown to best advantago when tho fight is a
fair ono and wagod on grounds whero each
party thinks ibjelf strongest Uien his solid
shot of argument aro exceedingly ciTectivo. On
tho stump Garfield is ono of the very best onw
tors in tho Bepublican party. Ho has a good
voice, an air of evident sincerity, groat cloar.
ness and vigor of statement, and a way of knitting his arguments together so as to jrinko a
"■—*!ch deepen its impression on tho inindot
deal might bo said, but a single illustration
mil havo to sufllco horo, Onco during tho busiest part of a very busy aossion at Washington
I found him in liis library, behind a big barricade of books. This was no unusual sight, but
whon I glanced at fho volumes I saw that they
wero all different editions of Horace, or books
relating to that poet, " I find I am overworked,
and need recreation," said tho General. " Now,
my theory is that tho best way to rest tlio mind
ia not to let it Uo idle, but to put it at something
quite outside of thc ordinary lino of its employment. So I am resting by learning all tho Congressional Library can show about Horace and
tho various editions and translations of liia
poems."
OAnnELD AT DOME.
Gen. Garfield is tho possessor of two homes,
and hia family migrates twico a year. Somo ten
years ago, finding how nnsafisf actory lifo was
m hotels and boarding-houses, ho bought a lot of
ground on the corner of Thirteenth and I Btrectn,
in Washington, and, with money borrowed of b
friend, built a plain, substantial three-story
house. A wing was extended afterward f o mako
room for tho fast-growing library. Th{< money
was repaid in time, and was probably saved in
groat part from what wonld otherwise'hfcve gone
to landlords. The cMldren grew up in pleasant homo surroundings, and tho houso beenmo
a center of much simple aud cordial hospitality.
Five or six yoars ago tho littlo cottnpo at Hiram
was sold, and, for a time, the only residence tho
Oarneios haa in his mstnetwus a'summer-Uouso
ho bnilt on Littlo mouulain, ». bold elevation in
Lako eounty which commands « new of thirty
miles of rich farming country stretched along
tho shore of Lako Erie. Threo years ago ho
bought a farm in Mentor, hi the same county,
lying on both sides of tbe Lako Shore and Michigan Southern railroad. Hero his family spend
ail tbo timo when he is freo from his duties in
Waslungton. The farm-house is a low, old-
fashioned, story-and-a-h«lf building, but its
limited accommodations havo been supplemented by numerous outbuildings, one of which
Gen. Garfield uses for office and library purposes. Tlio farm contains about 120 acres of
excellent land, in a liigh stato of cultivation,
nnd tho Congress-ian finds a recreation, of
which he neyer ti -, in directing tho field work
and making improvements in tho buildings,
fences aiid orchards. Cleveland is only twenty-
livo miles away; there is a posloflice and a
railway station within half a Kile, and tho
pretty country town of Plainesvillo is but fivo
miles"distant. Ono of tho pleasures ot summer
lifo on tho Garfield farm is a drive of two miles
through tho woods to tho lakc-shoro and a bath
in the breakers.
Gen. Guriield has flvo children livmtr, and hns
lost two, who died iu infancy. Tho t.ro older
Loys, Harry and James, nro now at school in
New Hampshire. Mary, or Molly ns everybody
calls her, is a handsome, rosy-"lieel--ed girl or
about 12. The two younger boys an- named Irwin and Abram. Tha General's incth .r is still
living and has long been nmeinbcr of Insfamily.
Rhe is an intelligent, energetic old lady, with a
clear head and a strong will, who keeps well
posted in tho news of tho day and is very proud
of her son's career,'though more liberal of criticism than of praise.
Gen. Garfield's district lies in tho extreme
northeastern corner of Ohio, and now embraces
tho counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull. Geauga,
Lake, and Mahoning. His old home county of
Portago was detached from it a year ago. With
tho exception of tho coal and iron regions in tho
extreme southern part, tho district is purely a
rural ono, and is inhabited by a population of
puro Now England anceshy. It is clni Jicd that
thero is less illiteracy in proportion to tha
population than in any other district in tho
United States.
In person Gen. Garfield is six feot high,
broad-shouldered, and strongly built, Ho has
an unusually largo bond, that seems to be threo-
foiutlis forehead, light-brown hair and beard,
light-blue oyes, a prominent noso, and fidi
checks. Ho dressos plainly, is fond of broad-
Irimmod slouch hats and stout boots, eat*
heartily, cares nothing for luxurious living, is
thoroughly temperate In all respects savo in
that of brain-work, and is devoted to his wifo
and children and is very fond of his country
home. Among mon ho is gonial, approachable,
companionable, and a remarkably entertaining
talker.
r|r?*r
hA¥
Bolicrt Burns' trose.
It is not generally known that Burns'
prose works exceed in bulk his xioetry. It
is when we seo the former collected in three
large volumes thnt wo perceive that
the poet wrote So many and so voluminous letters. She more of Burns' letters
that come to light tlio feebler will bocomo
the prejudice now common against; his
prosa style. It is true that liis letters
are pompotas and affeoted, and echoes of
the fine language of the time; when lie
writes with ME sincerity and ni what be
calls liis "'very best manneiv" But
when ho is himself, burning words ancl
manly eloquence rise to bis lips,-~.£o}H
(Ion Time^,
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