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President Garfield's Writing During
His Illness.

The December number of The Centu-
ry magazine contains fac-simile of a
memorable piece of writing by President
Garfield-the "Strangulatus pro Repub-
liea" autograph-and in conjunction
with it the following letter:
"WAsHINGToN, d. c.. Oct. II. 1881.
Editor of The Century Magazine.
Dear Sir:-The late President Garfield
took pen or pencil in hand four times
during his last illness.
II. Sunday, July II, at noon, at his re-
quest for writing materials, L placed in
his hand clip and pencil. Lying on
his back, and holding up the clip in his
left hand, he then wrote his name and
the prophetic words, 'Strangulatus pro
Republica, the fac-simile of which now
authorize you to publish. What epitaph
more significant, eloquent and truthful
than this-his ownl
3. August 10th, with fountain pen.
he wrote his name on clip.
a3. Immediately after. he signed an
extradition paper. sent from the Depart.
ment of State. first requesting me to read
the document-the old habit of thor
oughneSs asserting itself.
~. August 1lth. he wrote on a larger
clip, with a pencil. the brief letter to his
mother, a copy of which has been widely
circulated. Very truly yours.
"A. +. ROCKWELL
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Garfield's Religious Views.

By the natural bent of his mind. the
late President had liking for philo-
sophie and religious studies, which was
strengthened and gratified during his
two terms at Williams College, where a
good neal of attention is given to meta
physics, and his subsequent four years
of teaching at Hiram; but in his late ca
reer the practical questions of life alb
sorbed him so much that he found little
time to devote to the domain of specula-
tion and theoretical thought. He read
Mill, Comte, and Spencer, however, and
was deeply interested in such books as
James Freeman Clarke's ''Ten Great Re-
hgions," and in the current discussions
in the English reviews and magazines
on new phases of religious belief and
criticism. There was nothing of the
bigot about him. He welcomed all hon.
est discussion, and was always willing
to throw off old opinions if convinced
they were erroneous. In his religious
views he might have been called a ra-
tionalistic Christian. doubt if he could
have passed successful catechising on
the doctrinal points of any orthodox
creed, but on such essential matters as a
belief in the divine guidance of the uni
verse and the Immortality of the human
soul, his faith was unshaken. Modern
materialism made no impression upon
him. The argument that the mind is
only phenomenon of matter he
thought stupid reversal of the truth.
The soul or life-principle was the real
thing, he maintained, and the phases
of matter only its transient and varying
expression. The church to which he be.
longed from boyhood has no written
creed and does not question its members
as to their theological conceptions; there.
fore he was not hampered by formal
statements of faith in his intellectual
growth, and was able without hypocrisy
to retain associations which became
very dear to him in early ife.-(E. V
Smalley, in Tne Century for December
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When to Churn.

In reply to an inquiry, when to churn,
an exchange makes the following reply
"Cream should not be churned until it
has 'ripened,' by which term is meant
the result of certain changes which take
place in the cream. This ripeness is in
dicated by certain degree of sourness,
and all the cream of one churning should
be equally advanced, or else some of it
will not yield its butter. When cream
that has been skinned at different times
is to be used in one ehurning, it should
all be mixed together, thoroughly stirred
and permitted to stand for ten or twelve
hours in a temperature Of about sixty
degrees. Even cream that is taken from
enc vessel will be found to be of unequal
ripeness. and it is, therefore, better to LET
any cream stand for day before churn-
ing it. 1t is not well, however, to keep
cream too long before churning, for II
changes so rapidly that decay will very
soon begin. If for any reason it is ne.
cessary to keep cream longer than above
indicated, it should be kept in cooler
temperature than milk is usually kept
in."
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Old Hiek0ry,s Wife

When General Jackson was a candi-
date for the Presidency 1928, not only
did the party opposed to him abuse him
for his public acts, which, if unconsti-
tutiOnal or violent, were a legitimate
subject for reprobatiOn. but they defam-
ed the character of his WIFE On one
occasion a newspaper published in
Nashville was placed upon the Generals
table. He glanced over it, and his eyes
fell upon an article in which the charac-
ter of Mrs. Jackson was violently assaiI-
ed. So soon as he had read il he sent
for his trusty old servant, Dunwoodle.
Saddle my hoIse,' said he to him, in
a whisper, land put my holsters on him."
Mrs. Jackson watched him, and though
she heard not a word she saw mischief
in his eyes. The General went out after
few moments, when she took up the
paper and understood everything. She
ran out to the south gate Of the yard of
the Hermitage, by which the General
would have to pass. She had not been
there more than few seconds befors
the General rode up with the eounte-
nance of a mailman. She placed herself
before the horse, and cried out:
20, General, don't go to NashYillei Let
that poor editor liVel"
LET me alone" he replied, show came
you to know what was going for ?"
She answered, II saw it in the paper
after you went out; put up your horse
and go back
He replied. furiously: "But will 60
get out of my wayl"
Instead of this she grasped his bride
with both hands.
He cried to her: 81 say let go my
horsel The villain that reYiles my wife
shall not livei'
She graspcd the reins but the tighter
and began to expostulate with him, say
ing that she was the one who ought to
be angry, but that she fOrgave her per-
secutors from the bottom of her heart,
and prayed for them,-that he should
forgive if he hoped to be forgiven. At
last, by her reasoning, her entreaties,
and her tears, she so worked upon heI
husband that he seemed modified to
certain extent. She wound up by say
ing:
mo, General. you SHALL not take the
life of even my reviler-you DARE not
do it, for it is written, Vengeance is
MINE, 1 will repay, saith the Lordr"
The iron-nerved hero gave way be-
fore the earnest pleading of his beloved
wife, and replied:
81 yield to your but had it not been
for you and the words of the Almighty,
the wretch should not have lived an
hour"
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anee and ministration Aunt Agatha dis
covered hot few unsupported virtues
In the fat, wheezy, puffy old soul, and
something like genuine attachment
sprung up between them.
A very constant attendant WAS the
Rev. Frank Jordan. Even when his
arm was still very painful, and be might
well have beer excused had he abstain
ed from visiting parishioner who was
In no imminent danger, his sOlieitude
about Miss Payne was remarkable. In
spite of the severity of winter SHOWS
and frosts, his arm secured by splints
and bandages, he would come, and sit
for whole ten minutes with Miss
Payne, and for whole hours talking with
Aunt Agatha-probably about the pa-
TENTS symptoms.
But the SHOWS melted on the high
hills, aud the brooks, swollen with their
muddy tribute, chartered noisily down
the slopes, and snOwdrops and crocuses.
daffodils and violets bloomed again, and
In due course the breath of the blush
roses in the garden was waited into the
cottage.
And the people in the village said,and
laughed at each other as they said it.
that Miss Tipple was going to give up
Barham House and to leave Hilderstock.
She had indiscreetly spoken to some bo-
som friends of her approaching mar
riage with the rector, and before the
chrysanthemums had opened out their
ragged beauties to the next autumn sun
it became known that Mr.. Jordan's con-
sent had never been asked for this ar
rangement, and that the parson had,
with good success, asked that remark
ably disagreeable woman to be his
bride.
Miss Tipple reflected, however, with
some complacency that the living was "a
very poor one, and that Miss Gayrer's
fortune. for all her ridiclous pride, was
barely enough for her to live on decent
ls. But even in this she fell into her
besetting sin of premature talk; for
when poor old Miss Payne died a year
or 50 later, it was found that she had
left the whole of her not incOnsiderable
fortune to Frank Jordan, in recognition
of the great kindnesses and services that
she had received from her dear friend
Agatha, his wife.-All the Year Round.
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Bail is refused the Malley boys, held
in connection with the killing Of Jennie
Cramer, at New Haven.
The New York Express and Nail
are to consolidate into a one cent paper
under the proprietorship OF Cyrus w.
Field.
AT Lancaster. O.. last week. Philip
Betz was shot by Herman Peter, for
having given the daughter of the latter
foul name.
The New York Michigan relief fund
aggregates SI3S,7S4. The Governor OF
Michigan states half million is needed.
The managers of the National Tenn
peranee Society have adopted resolutions
demanding of Congress prohibitory
amendments to the Constitution
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THE wife of Senator Jones, of Nevada
is said to be uncommonly accomplished.
She speaks several languages perfectly,
and has translated from the French va
rious solid books on financial subjects. It
is reported that much of the Senator's ex-
act information is due to the assistance
of his wife, who looks up anthotities for
him 81
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TINTED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Masonic Directory.

DELMONT LODGE, No 16, r. & a. NJ.
ID Meets every Wednesday night, on or be-
fore full moon
JESSE B. MEYER, Sec'Y.
CT. CLAIRSvILLE CHAPTER, No. II,
y Royal Arch Masons. Stated conyoca-
tions, first Friday of each month.
c. w. CARROLL, II. p.
JESSE B. MEYER, Sec'y.
DELMONT COUNCIL, No. 50, R. & s. NJ.
ID Meets second Tuesday of each month.
H R. BUMGARNER, T. l. n.
F. D. BAILEY, Sec'y-
JJOPE C0MMANDERY, No. %, 4. T.
IL Stated conclaves, first Tuesday Of each
month. H. R. BUMGARNER,. E. G.
T.. L. 5EDwIoK, Rec.
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Sooner or Later.
HARRIET PREscoTr-sPoFFoRD.


Sooner or later the storm shall beat
Over my slumbsr from head to feet;
Sooner or later the wind shall rave
In the long grasses above my grave.
| shall not heed them where they lie
Nothing their sounds shall signify;
Nothing the headstone's fret of rain;
Nothing to me the dark days pain.
Sooner or later the sun shall shine
With tender warmth on that mound of
mine;
Sooner or later in summers air,
Clover and vlolets blossom there.
| shall not feel in that deep-laid rest
The sheeted light fall over my breast;
Nor even note in those hidden hours
The wind-blown breath of the tossing
flowers.
Sooner or later the stainless SHOWS
Snail add their hush to my mute repose !;
Sooner or later shall slant and shift
And heap my bed with their dazzling
drift.
Chill though that frozen pail shall seem,
Its touch no colder can make the dream
That recks not the deep and sacred dread
Shrouding the city Of the dead.
Sooner or later the bee shall come
And fill the noon with its golden hum !;
Sooner or later OH haif-poised wing,
The bluebird above my grave shall sing.
Sing and cherup and whistle, with glee.
Nothing his music can mean to me;
None of those beautiful thing, shall
know
How soundly their lover sleeps below.
Sooner or later, far out in the night,
The stars shall over me wing their flight;
Sooner or later the darkling dews
Catch the white spark in their silent
ooZe.
Never ray shall part the gloom
That wraps me around in the silent
tomb:
Peace shall be perfect to lip and brow
Sooner or later; oh, why not now.
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Church Directory.

DRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. R
i Alexander, pastor. Public worship every
sabbath; morning service, IL; evening
service, T. Sabbath School, $50 an. Young
mems prayer meeting: Tuesday 7 pm; gen.
erL prayer meeting: Wednesday pm.
Strangers welcome TO AL services.
ETBODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
IIlRev, s. +. Minor, pastor. Sabbath
preaching: IL a.m.; PIN Sabbath School:
2.3e pm. Young meus meeting: Friday z
pm general prayer meeting Thursday p IN.
Strangers are cordially invited 10 all our
services.
TINTED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
u Rev Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath
School. 10 am Public worship: II am.
Weekly prayer meeting: Friday pm.
Monthly prayer meeting: Last Saturday OF
each month, pm Woman's Missionary
Society: Last Saturday each month, pm.
District prayer meetings: First Tuesdays,
Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays each
month, pm. Young womens prayer meet
ing: second Saturday each month at the
Parsonage, pm.
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selmont Co urty omcIaI Directory.

Common Pleas Judge-Wm. Okey.
Probate Judge-Thomas Cochran.
Clerk of Courts-Alex. G. Darrah.
Sheriff-Samuel Hilles.
Auditof-William N. Coffiand.
Treasurer-Hamilton Eaton.
Prosecuting Attorney-Alfred Fl. Mitchell.
Recorder-W 8. Hobbs.
Gwen Mehan, Morris Cope,
[. J. Potts
Surveyor-Chalkley Dawson
Coroaer-Thomas Garrett.
lnfirmary Direcsors-Joseph Bailey, VIM.
Parkinson, James B. Ritchey.
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Miss ANNIE LOUISE CARY is men,
toned as the possessor of s450,0cO-all
earned by her own charming voice.
Among her treasures is one of the most
perfect emeralds of the world; it weighs
twenty-three carats, and is valued at
$4,000. 1t was bought at the sale of
Queen Isabella's jewels in Paris.
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IT is occasionally suggested that it
would be wise for the Democratic party
to disband and reorganize under less
offensive name, but the suggestion is a.
ways contemptuously rejected by the
Democrats themselves. They say they
will never desert the old name or the
old principles. If the object is to keep
the glorious old Democracy" in perma-
nent existence as minority party, this
is most wise and patriotic position for
its members to take.
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First Rational Bank
st. SlairsvilIe, Ohio.
CAPITAL 100000

Banking hours from 9 a m. until pm.
Discount days ruesdays, at 10 Am.
CT sfouey received on deposit.
Collections made and proceeds RENTED
promptly. Exchange bought and sold.
Dirsctors-C CouraG Troll, David Brown,
George Brown, George Jcpson.
D. d. T. C0WEN, Pres.
J. R. MITCHELL, Cashier.
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BelmontChTonicle
w. A. HUNT,
Editor and Proprietor.
Euo,-v Trl,7,rcdov
Published Every Thursday
Terms Of Subscription:
Two Dollars Per Year IN Advance.

II not paid within the year IS per cent will
be added for each year it remains unpaid.
OFFIoE-South side Main street, nearly op-
posife Public School building.
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the lNOEPENDE
The Eornsost religious newspapers Of The URted
Sues.-Ihe Rer. Joseph Cook.


Established in l84s, as an advocate Of anti
slavery and of reforms in religion and politics
| The independent at once become q recogniz-
ed power throughout the country. Its In
| fuence has ever since been constantly grow
| ing. As it has fought against slavery and for
cheap postage, so it will fight against Nor
monism, for Civil Service Reform, and for
pxrity in politics. and general uprightness in
all things. 1t employs the best editorial
talent, and speaks fearlessly on all subjects.
| It pays for contributed articles and for edi-
torial services more than double the amount
paid by any other weekly newspaper.
It publishes more religious discussions than
the religious reviews, more poetry and stories
| than the popular monthlies, and gives more
information than an annual cyclopedia. The
long cable dispatches recently published from
the great Methdist Couaeil in London are a
good illustration of what The Independent is
| constantly doing. A list of the most promi-
nent religious and philosophical writers, poets
and story writers in the country is the list of
the contributors of The Independent. Besides
the space set aside for these writers and for
editorials, there are twenty-five distinct de-
partments, edited by twenty-five specialists,
which include Biblical Research, Sanitary,
Legal. Fine Arts, Music, Science, Pebbles,
Personalities, Ministerial Register, Hymn
Notes, School and College, Literature, Re-
iigious Intelligence, Missions, Sunday School,
News Of the Week, Finance. Commerce, In
surance, Stories, Puzzles and Agriculture.
Thirty-two pages in all.
Our New Terms for 1 SS2
One subscription one year, So 90
For 6 months, 81 20; for months, O75
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in one remittance 900
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One subscription five years, lou
ANY number over five at the same rate, in
varibly with one remittance.
These reduced prices (s2 per annum in
clubs of five or more) are very much lower
than any of the standard religions weeklies.
Subscribe with your friends and get the
low rate. We offer no premiums.
Contrary to the custom of all the religious
newspapers, The Independent will hereafter
be stopped at the end of the time for which
payment is made.
Send postal card for free specimen copy
and judge for yourself Address
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THE burning Of the old Capitol at
Austin, Texas. recently, resulted in the
loss of many articles of historical value.
The archives of the State Government
were saved, fortunately. The library,
containing among other treasures an an
cient history of Mexico, the only one
900 having been paid for it
in England-and the reports of both
houses of the British Parliament for one
hundred years, was entirely destroyed.
The Texas reports were burned. causing
loss to the State of $4,000. All-of the
portraits in the House of Representa-
tives, except that of General Burleson,
were destroyed, but copies of them
which had been made recently were
saved.
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THERE is no mistaking the depression
which has settled upon the whole Dem
ocratic party like heavy fog. 1t is WIS.,
ible in all the party organs and in the
doleful walk and conversation of the
Democratic statesman. They are tired
of the wearing waiting, which seems to
be endless, and are oppressed witha fear
that there will be fresh desertions from
the ranks after the renewed demonstra-
tion in November, that the party is
without future and without hope. II is
doubtful if there is man in the party
who would not like to get out. We com
mend to such as make up their minds to
depart the farewell speech of revival
ist in Texas, who. after three days of
unsuccessful effort, gave up the task in
these words: Dear brethren and sis
ters, this is the last meeting that l shall
try to hold 1t is impossible for me to
get up fervor ON corn bread and mo-
lasses for myself and an ear of corn a
day for my horse. Goodbye. God bless
you."-(N. Y. Tribune.
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Practice in the Supreme Court and Court OF
Claims and appear before all the DEPARTMENTS.
Promptness and satisfaction given In all busi-
ness entrusted 70 them. Correspondence So
icitsd. S2s 7th az 81, op; 10; z; Q; Department.
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RIVER DIvIsIoN-GoING EAST.

NOTE Trains leaving Bellaire at 5 IS m
and 2 % m connect at Yellow Creek for
Cleveland. All trains daily except Sunday.
d. W. CVLDWELL, E. A. FORD
Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. & Tiki Agt.
PITTSBURGH, PA
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TEACHERS, EXAMINATIONS.
issI-s2.

iS8I-82.
Belmont County, Ohio.
Sd Saturday of Sept at Bsrnesviils;
lat do Oct at Bellsire:
9TH do Oct 1t MorrietoWn;
Cd do Nov at 81 Clairsville;
zth do Dec IS Bellaire;
sd do Jan 1t Barnssviile;
Sd do Feb at Bridgeport;
I'd do March at st Ciatrsville.
LIST do April At Glencoe:
4th DO April at st Clairsyille;
81 do May Al Belmont;
ID do June 81 Bellaire.
Also st close OF Institute at 81. Clairsviile.
Examinations begin At g. am.
Testimonials Of character are required
applicant In not known to the Board.
Certiacates will not be antedate or extended
Tests In higher branches will be given
Beilaire on the I'D OF December. and al clos
Of Insiftute.
r. ALKxAEDER.l
A. A. CLAE. Ex. BoRid d.
]. II. YAREELL.