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Saving is Wealth.

There is nothing new in this, but it
is subject fraught with so much I'M
portance t. the young who would sue
ceed in life, that it is we'll to refreshen
their memories by often repeating the
axiom.
Moreover, as the American Pottery
and Glassware Journal says, waste and
extravaganza have been the bane of
our times Owing to these multitudes
have become bankrupt, and because of
them many are to-day unable to make
any headway in the world. In the
face of all the lessons of the past and
of all the warnings Of the present,
there is a strong disposition to spend
money recklessly in dress, equipages,
entertainments, and innumerable use
less ways. Stripping boys and young
misses think nothing of devoting more
every month to dress than clothed
their fathers and mothers for year;
and yet they appear to no better ad-
vantage in society and are no more re-
spected than were these same parents
in their youthful days. Every cent
they can make for themselves or
wiring from parents or friends is dis
posed of without any thought Of the
bad habits they are cultivating, of the
demands of sickness and old age, or Of
the possible crimes to which they may
expose themselves in the hour of
tenn ptation to meet the results of their
outlays.
The great difference between those
who save and those who do not in the
struggle of life, consists not so much
in early advantages or superior ability,
other things being equal. as in the
power to resist wasteful expenditure
and sinful indulgence and to save
something.
One evening lately, Hon. William
E. Dodge, Of New York, delivered an
address embodying his recollections of
New York for the last sixty years.
Near the close he uttered these words,
which should be carefully weighed by
every young man and woman:
I'm conclusion, permit me to say
that, as | think of my early business
life, am impressed with the fact that
those young men who were then
known as industrious, high-minded
youths, conscientious in the discharge
of their duties, were those who sue
ceeded in business on their own ac-
count; while many who had better OPP
portunities failed, because they would
indulge IN pleasures which not only
impaired confidence, but wasted what
might have aided them in commenc-
ing for themselves. All young men
should aim to save something each
year, even at the expense of a limited
wardrobe and many little things which
they. think necessities. If there were
none but young men here, | would say
that from the first year when | en-
tered a store, with a salary of fifty
dollars, to my last year-when as a
salesman | received for those days very
large pay--I never failed to save por-
ton; and when | started in business
that sum and my experience were all
my capital"
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Charcoal aud its Uses.

Charcoal, laid fiat while cold on a
burn, causes the pain to abate imme-
diately; by leaving it on for an hour
the burn seems almost healed when
the burn is superficial. And charcoal
is valuable for many other purposes.
Tainted meat, surrounded with it, is
sweetened; strewn over heaps of de-
composed pelts, or over dead animals,
it prevents any unpleasant odor. Foul
water is purified by it. 1t is a great
disinfectant, and sweetens offensive
air if placed in shallow trays around
apartments. 1t is so very porous in
it's minute Interior" it absorbs, and
condenses gases most rapidly. One
cubic inch of fresh charcoal will alb
sorb nearly one hundred inches of
gaseous ammonia. Charcoal forms an
unrivaled poultice for malignant
wounds and sores, often corroding
away dead flesh, reducing it to one
quarter in six hours. In cases of what
we call proud flesh it is invaluable. 1t
gives no disagreeable odor, corrodes
no metal, hurts no texture, Injuries no
color, is a simple and safe sweetener
and disinfectant. A teaspoonful of
charcoal, in half a glass of water, Of
ten relieves a sick headache; it absorbs
the gases and relieves the distended
stomach pressing against the nerves,
which extend from the stomach to
the head. 1t often relieves constipa-
ton, pain, or heartburn Scientific
American,
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PROMPT ATTENTION
WHOLE NO. 1923.
philadelphia Times.l
General Garfield's Religious Faith.


Some of the more reckless organs
have assailed General Garfield as a re-
ligious hereto. While the theory of
our Government is that religious be-
lief should not hinder or promote in
dlvidual advancement In public trust,
it is none the less true that this is a
| Christian Government, and that no
man could reach the Presidency who
was not what was commonly accepted
as orthodox in faith; and because Gen
eral Garfield is not an adherent of one
of the several leading religious organ
izations he has been accused of unbe-
lief. Such a charge against him is
wholly without foundation in fact,
and without even plausible ground to
give the semblance of sustaining it.
General Garfield is a religious fol-
lower of Alexander Campbell, as are
number of prominent men of all po-
litical convictions in Western Penn
sylvania, West Virginia, Tennessee,
Kentucky and Ohio. Campbell emil
grated to this country from Ireland in
1909, and located in Washington
county, Pennsylvania, near Bethany,
West Virginia, which subsequently
became his home and where he subse-
quently founded college over which
he presided until his death, at an ad-
vanced age. He was Presbyterian
minister, but in 1910 he and his father
seeded from the Presbyterian Church
and organized new society at Brush
Run, Pennsylvania, c;llled Disciples
of Christ" ;" They have been popularity
known as "Campbellites," because Of
the name of their distinguished found
er, who was one of the ablest theolog-
ical disputants of his time. The first
point of dispute raised with the Pres
byterian Church by Campbell was in
rejecting the entire Confession of
Faith, and declaring that the Bible
should be the sole creed of the church.
Subsequently the Disciples accepted
baptism by immersion, and that with
the free Interpretation of the Scrip
lures as members shall chose for them
selves, sums up the whole faith of AL
exander Campbell.
The Disciples Of Christ now num-
Der nearly or quite half million of
people, and they command the respect
of all religious denominations by the
simplicity and liberality of their faith.
They have no ordained ministry, but,
like the Quakers, all teach when so
moved by the spirit. So far from
being unbelievers, they cherish and
teach the utmost sanctity for both the
Old and New Testaments as the in
spired word of God, and the divinity
of Christ is one of the fundamental
truths of their religious system. They
simply accept the Bible as their creed,
rejecting the creeds of men, and allow
the widest latitude of belief in the in
depreciation of the Holy Word. They
administer the Sacrament on every
Lords Day, and exhibit their opposl-
ton to bigotry and intolerance by per-
mitting all to join them, as none are
invited and none debarred. To assume
that the believer of such a religious
faith is at war with the Christian re-
igion, is to make bigotry, and those
who assall General Garfield because of
the choice he has made of his church
will harm only themselves.
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Not too Poor TO get DRINK.

The New York Times says of drink
ers: However poor a man may get
be without friends, ambition, love-
may be ragged and repulsive, he is
never too poor to get drunk, disgrace
fully and beastly drunk. New York
ers must be particularly impressed
by this fact. At least half the men
who solicit aims for starving wives
and children show symptoms Of intox-
ication. If they would let liquor
alone few Of them would be obliged to
beg. Drinking and begging are direct
cause and effect, and mutually sustain
one another. The uninitiated often
inquire, chow can such wretches get
money to buy liquor with?" "Do
rum-sellers give them liquid poison
out of kind malignity?" ''Do they
wish to hurry them into a pauper's
grave?" Nothing of the sort. They
get liquor only when they pay for it.
It is the public, deceived by their pit
eous tales, that gives them the money
to purchase drink. Any man or wom-
an accustomed to drink will not go
without it so long as begging or any
establishment can secure it. Urged
by morbid thirst, he or she begs from
every passer-by until enough is gained
TO crafty If.
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Garfield and Credit Mobilier.

The Democratic guns are firing
broadsides at Garfield, about his alleged
completely in the Credit Mobilier
transactions. These charges do not
really demand an answer, but we will
subioin choice bit of Democratic tes-
timony upon the subject. Judge Jer-
emiah S. Black is one of the, very
ablest Democrats in this country, and
would be one Of the very last men to
attempt to shield a Republican if
caught in any questionable transac-
tions:
From the New York Evening Mail, June Il.
is % ii il the this e0gRFy who has e
slightest tendency toward corruption it Judge Jer
emiah S. Black, Democrat of Democrats. With full
the following letter, which commend to the care
full study all intelligent and disinterested readers
PHILADELPHIA Feb. Is, 1873.
sMY DEAR SIR: From the beginning Of the inyesti-
SiIier SeiieVed that CEN Gared was free rom all
guilty connection with that business. This opinion
tegriy, but some special knowledge Of his case
desire now to REPEAT it by way Of reminder.
II assert unhesitatlngly that whatever Cen Gar
found Ignorance of the nature and character of the
thing which MIR. AmeS was preparing to sell. He had
not the slightest suspicion that he to be taken
the public nor did he that the stock any
connected with anything which came or could come
legislaSive jurisdiction of Congress. The
against him lacks the scienter, which alone
stitutes guilt.
fact that his name was on Ames' list; that Ames
charged him with being one of his distributees
planned to him the character, origin, and objects of
the Credit Mobilier; pointed out the connection it
had with Congressional legislation, and showed him
how impossible it was for member of Congress to
hold stock in it without bringing his private inter-
ests in conflict with his public duty. That all this
to him perfectly new revelation am as as
be of snch fact of any fact which is capable
OF being proved only by moral circumstances. He
told then the whole story of Trains offer to him
and Ames' subsequent solicitation and his own action
in the premises, much he details ii to the commit
tee. do not undertake to reproduce the cOnversa-
ton but the effect of it all was to convince thor
Iy unconscious of anything evil watched carefully
every word that fell from him on this point and did
not regard his narrative of the transaction in any
other respect with much interest because in view
everything else insignificant. did not care
whether he made bargain technically binding
not his integrity depended upon the question wheth
he acted with his eyes open. If he had known the
true character of the proposition made to him he
would not have endured it, much less embraced it.
'sNOw. couple this with Mr.. AmeSS admission that
he gave no explanation whatever of the matter to
Cen Garfield; then reflect that not particle of proof
exists show that he learned anything about pre-
viOus to his conversation with me, and think you
list of those who knowingly and wilfuly Joined the
association in question j. S. BLACK.
Hon. j. G. Blaine, Speaker Ofthe House of Represen
tatiyeS:
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Garfield broke down badly the two
first times he tried to speak, but per-
sisted, and was at last, when he went
=. to Williams, one Of the best Of the
fve-minute speakers. When he re-
turned as principal his readiness was
striking and remarkable.
cat the time | was at school at
Hiram, Principal Garfield was a great
reader, not omnivorous, but methodi-
cal and in certain lines. He was the
most industrious man I ever knew or
heard Of. At one time he delivered
lectures on geology, held public de-
bates on spiritualism, preached on
Sunday, conducted the recitations of
five or six classes every day, attended
to all the financial affairs of the school,
was an active member Of the Legisla-
ture, and studied law to be admitted
to the bar. He has often said that he
could never have performed this labor
if it had not been for the assistance
of two gifted and earnest women
Mrs. Garfield herself, his early school
mate, who had followed her husband
in his studies, and Miss Almeda A.
Booth, a member Of the faculty. The
latter was a graduate of Oberlin, and
had been teacher Of young Garfield
when he was a pupil, and now that he
had returned as head of the faculty,
she continued to serve him in sort
of motherly way as tutor and guide.
When Garfield had speeches to make
in the Legislature or ON the stump, or
lectures to deliver, these two ladies
ransacked the library by day, and col
lected facts and marked books for his
digestion and use in the preparation
or the discourses at night Mr. Gar
field always acknowledged his great
obligation to Miss Almeda Booth, and
at her death, recently, he delivered
one of the most touching and eloquent
addresses of his life.
"Mr. Garfield will be sure to get
large vote from the members of the
Disciples Church in the country We
number about half a million. Our
creed is the Bible alone Every man
is at liberty to interpret it for himself.
We have no written formula, except
Jesus Christ is the Son of God On
anything else men may differ. We
are immersionists, of course-mem-
bers Of the great Baptist family.
Garfield was never ordained a minis
ter, but he is an earnest member, and
preached in this town twenty-four
years ago this summer. Citizens re-
member him as a gaunt, awkward
youth, with trousers about foot too
short, and big red hands. But he had |
voice like a trumpet, and when he
was fired with his theme he carried his
audience with him. He attended the
Disciples Church in Chicago the very
day before he was nominated" l."
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s ESTABLISHED IN
I MARCH, Is47.
New York Evangelist
Garfield in Clerical Eyes Delight Of the
Religions Press with the Nomination.

| UhFneIu Ill CIeFlcdl Eyes" -DeilSHI OI TIE
Religious Press with the Nomination.
While the Evangelist takes no part
in political contests, yet it is not indif-
ferent to the character of our public
men, and feels it to be a duty to con-
tribute, as far as possible, to the in
formation of its readers, in regard to
those for whom their votes are asked
But no degree of success has ever
changed the man. He has always
been the same-simple in character
and modest in manner, though with
the consciousness Of strength which
comes with long experience of his
power, yet with an utter absence of
arrogance and pretension He is pre-
emlnently man of the people. Born
in a very humble home, among the
poor, and all his sympathies are with
them. He has no more pride than
Lincoln had. Indeed there are many
points of resemblance in the charac-
ters, as we'll as in the careers, of the
two men.
And now if we were to sum up in
one word the impression which he
makes upon US, it would be that of his
thorough manliness. He is every inch
a man. There is something manly in
his very physique. Tall in person,
broad-chested and strong-limbed, he
has the figure of an athlete. His head
is large, and the expression Of his face
one of mingled intelligence and kind
ness. He has an open countenance-
one in which we can detect no lines of
craft and cunning, but which shows a
frank and open nature, that scorns
guile and trickery and deceit. If there
be anything in physiognomy-if we
can read the mind in the face-we
should say this is true, brave, honest
man, who would serve his country in
any station, legislative or executive,
with the same manly courage which
he showed in the field.
But there is more in his counten-
ance even than intelligence and sim
plicity of character There is another
thing which goes with true manliness
great sweetness and gentleness,
something which shows under frame
of iron a heart which we do not al
ways find united with sterner quail
ties. It is face, in short, which in
dicates one who is brave as lion and
gentle as woman. Such is the hero
of the hour. We repeat, he is ''every
inch a man'-big Drained, big breasted
and big hearted-a man to love as a
companion, and to follow as leader.
Such is he who, in the full vigor of
his manhood-he is not yet fifty-is
nominated for President of the United
States. Should he be elected to that
Office, we are sure that he would carry
into his new position the same quail
ties which he has shown hitherto, and
that as the head of the Government
he would pursue the same straight
forward course, and maintain the
manly simplicity and integrity of the
early days of the Republic.
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New Y Ork Tribune.l
For President, James A. Garfield.

With its best Judgment the Tribune
approves, with its heartiest enthusi-
asm the Tribune applauds the work of
the Chicago Convention. With what
ever power it possesses it will COM
mend that work to the people, and
labor increasingly for a triumphant
ratification at the polls.
Greater work in purifying and
emancipating politics it has never
fallen to the lot Of any convention to
achieve. State rings and State bosses,
having a policy to enforce against the
will of the party, have received a death
blow. That unrepublican contrivance
through which they alone maintained
themselves, the despotic unit rule, is
broken. The true organization of Ma
tional Conventions is henceforth made
compulsory. No man can hereafter
stand between the delegate and his
constituents. No body of men can
make the Misrepresentation of his
constituents the price of the delegates
credentials. What the Republican:
of each Congressional District in the
United States really want, that thu
National Convention will honestly
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columbus DiSDatch,1

The nomination of General Chester
A. Arthur, of New York, for Vice
President, by the Chicago Convention
was something in the nature of a sur
prise, as no mention had hitherto
been made of his name in that con-
nection. General Arthur is not known
much outside of the State of New
York. He has been prominent in
local politics for many years, and at
the present time is Chairman Of the
Republican State Central Committee.
He and Roscoe Conkling are warm
friends, and it is conceded that he
owes his nomination to the latter.
When Senator Conkling made his
mastery fight for Grant, and exhib-
tied his qualities as leader, going
down with his Grant flag nailed to
the mast, as it were, it was felt that
something was due him. His voice
was for Arthur, and in this he was
sustained by the New York delega-
ton. General Arthur received the
solid vote of that State with one ex-
ception-his own, which he cast for
Washburne. 1t will be remembered
in this connection that General Ar
thur was delegate-at-large from
New York.
General Arthur was formerly Col
lector Of the Port Of New York, and
fell victim to President Hayes fa-
nous civil service policy. He refused
to abandon his political positions,
even for the sake of a lucrative posi-
ton under the Government. Secre-
tary Sherman, at the time of his re-
moval, testified to the fact that nc
charges were made against his official
integrity He is popular at home and
will add strength to the ticket in his
State. He was a soldier, and served
during the war of the rebellion. Fol
the first time since the war, the Re
publican party has placed two soldier;
in nomination for President and Vice
President.
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Examiner and Chronicle.l
The Duty of Christian Men Just Now

The excitement Of a Presidential
campaign has fairly begun. In few
weeks we shall be in the midst Of a
sharp contest, for the party forces are
so evenly divided that the one which
wins will win only by straining every
nerve. The tendency of things, for
the past twelve years, has been to
make elections turn more on the
character Of the candidates than upon
the principles they are supposed to
represent. This will certainly be the
case in the coming election; and this
being so, it is reasonable to suppose
that each party will do its utmost to
discredit the candidates of its oppo-
nents. All will remember how bitter
was the canvass Of 1876. It will be a
grateful surprise to everybody if the
campaign of 1880 shall prove to be
more moderate
1t is worth while for Christian men
to stop moment just now, and con-
slider their duty in view of this state
Of things 1t is difficult thing to
keep ones head in the midst Of great
excitement, but it may be done if
ones course of action has been pre-
viously determined. We take it for
granted that every christian man has
political convictions which ally him
more or less closely with one or the
other Of the two great parties of this
country; and furthermore, that he is
not so blinded by partisan prejudice
as always to vote for the candidate Of
his party, without regard to that can
didate's fitness. In other words, that
character counts for much with him
in politics. as well as in business or in
society. The Christian man will as
sure himself, therefore, before voting
for any man, that if elected he will
administer the government honestly,
efficiently, and for the best interests
of the whole country.
But it ought also to be taken for
granted that every Christian man will
set his face as flint against the too
common tendency to invent and cir
culate campaign slanders against can
didates-slander that are set afoat
and kept afoat for the mere purpose
of gaining votes. Everybody knows
HOW ul U1cSC LIS cilWdyS drc
everybody is certain that there will be
plenty of them in circulation soon
But Christian men can do much to
mitigate this great evil. Their inhu-
ence, properly exerted, might make 6
Presidential campaign a candid and
able discussion Of the principles and
proposed policy of the party, and a
fair examination of the character and
ability of the candidates, instead OF
fierce denunciation, personal abuse
and the stirring up of sectional AMI.
mosities. That our. government
stands the strain of such campaigns is
no small evidence Of its strength.
1t is to be hoped that Christian mer
will throw all their influence on the
side of moderation, justice and goot
sense. They make the majority of tht
''best citizens and can give the key
note Of the whole campaign if they
choose to do it. The professional pol
iticians are not lacking in shrewdness
Once let them see that vituperation
r and SANDER lose votes, and there will
, be a speedy reform in political man
ners and morals. 1t is for Christian
men to make them understand this.
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IN. y. Tribune.l

The Senate declined to take up the
Presidents veto of the new Marshals
bill before adjourning yesterday, and
it goes over to December as unfinished
business. The Democrats had not
votes enough to pass the bill over the
veto, and they shrewdly refrained from
making the defeat Of their scheme for
paralyzing the election laws unneces-
sarily conspicuous. For a year and a
half they have tried to get these laws
out of the way, so that they might
carry New Y ork by repetition of the
Tammany frauds of 1868; but moth
ing has come of all their effort.
Thanks to the frmness of President
Hayes and his thorough comprehen-
sion of the Importance of the princi-
cal good which has resulted from its
exercise, the laws stand unchanged.
They will be executed in the Presi-
Dental election next Fall. All that
the Democrats have been able to do
to hinder their enforcement is to re-
fuse to provide money to pay the
deputy marshals appointed to protect
the polls. This refusal will avail them
nothing. Plenty of good men will
be found to serve without pay from
motives of patriotism.