Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-10-08

ez- The DEAD PRESIDENT AND HIS RE-
,IGIors LIFE Rev. Isaac Erfett, VINO
delivered the funeral Grafton OF PRESIDENT
cor6old at Cleveland, addressed large
audience Sunday last at the Richmond-
Stree. Christian Church, ut Cincinnati
unou the death of the late President. lie
sa<A much anxiety had been expressed to
hear something from the dcath-bed OF
pr. sidept Garfield By some last words That
would reatiirm the faith and CONVICTIONS
of his life. Comment had been made,too,
unon the absence of religious talk or NM
i.trations beside the dying. The speaker
thought too much attention was given u
mere death bed declarations. far oetlel
than any ASath-bed testimony Is the Sraiu
life of lanes 4 Garfield. Through the
canton of the Presidents physicians no
risk was permitted, and he Gied without
any formal farewell message or testimony.
But 1T is known that ut the beginning ne
asked 70 know the worst, saying, ~ on
know I am not afraid Of death" We
know too well that when the Lords DAY
came he said TO attendants, "lhls Is the
Lords day / have great reverence Tor IL.
Itmay not be known that one Sabbath
ut Elbcron. when he lay with the sea roll
ling before his window, and heard from
the chapel near by the hymn, Jesus,
Lover of my Soul" he recognized anu
quoted the, words, ''Lct me TO Thy bosom
1ly. while the waters nearer roll, While
the Tempest is still high" TO those who
believe in the efficacy of human priest
hood there must be regret that President
Garfield had none of the administrations;
Int the President himself did not feel
such n need, nor do we. IL would nave
been comforting to the living TO have had
his pastor beside him at the last; but we
knew that james 4. Garfield was himself
Il royal Priest of God by virtue OIL ms
amounting As Christian, and needeu hole'
save the one mediator between God and
man. TO intercede for him with the Father.
cE- OF late there has been very great
demand for American canned goods a
broad. Canned meats TO the value of five
millions Of dollars were exported last
year by single firm In Chicago. We
have already noticed the charge brought
by member of the board of health ut
Berlin, Germany, that part of the canned
meats sent from the United States was the
product OF diseased animals, and that a
German chemist had discovered one and
a-lnilf grains Of soluble salts OF tin in one
of the cans examined 10y him. These salts
Of tin are poisonous, and are supposed to
hc derived from the inside soldering of
cans. The story told of the Berlin health
commissioner WAS so outrageous in its
principal allegations that it was well cal
culated TO defeat it's own ends. But that
there are occasions-though these are very
rare-when the heating processes to when
cans are subjected before Dramatically
sealing them may liberate salts of tin from
the solder, or from the body of the can
when it Is made Of impure tin, seems Il
have been demonstrated to the satisfac.
ton Of the French government. The
consequence has been that a decree has
recently been published by the French
director.general Of customs fforbiddine
the soldering of tin cans on theinside, ans
the use Of tin plate, except when manu-
faxnred Of pure tin. Thedecree apple
10 tin cans used for canned goods il
France, as well as to those imported fron
o:h-r countries.