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hours Of his life were spent. lio sat In the
dear old homestead again, with the loved
uncs around HIN, the ake'l mother. sol
prottd Of her big boy. tho faithful
wife, and ti,e beloved children, It was n
|bltssful dream tint robbed death of its|
|tctrora, anh rendered tile dying man for al
moment unconscious Of tho cruel re1,.lfng Of
ILLS oncn vigorous frame that was constantly
]going OH.
THE MOAN or TifE nfsTi.Ess ncEAy
mingled with tile soils Of tho loved oncs as
tho lamp Of ltfo illckcrcit md went nut fnr.
ever. Nearly every one around tic President
clung to llopc 10 the last, anl refused to be-
I itcye the approach Of death until the shadow
Stlccpenetl and the tlcstroyer's presence could
I he IN longer nnfclt.
! The flags lang Mt llalf-lnast from every
\ o,,sc M t}rcam avenue, and the gayety al
i this favorit waterlng-placc Is followed by thf
3heepcst Eloom.
! Tlestruggle Is over, md death Is the victor
, 1881-09-20

PRESIDENT GAnrIELD died Mt 10:95 Inst
night. His faithful, devoted. heroic wife
held his land rs life went out. Jtist before
passing away his mind wandered. lie lnaR-
fned lie was in Mentor, and talked about his
wife, Ills mother, and Ills children,
, 1881-09-20

THE guard around tho Francklyn CottNge
was doubled soou after the Presidents
death, and no one was allowed to approach
| It wns deemed best, doubtless, TINT tho sor'
rowing wife should be undlsturbcd.
, 1881-09-20

YESTERDAY was tho anniversary Of the
battle Of Chicknn,Auga, in which Gen. Gar-
lfjeld bore so conspicuous and gallant part,
and wllcro he won his spurs as Ma5or-Gei'-
darnI
, 1881-09-20
hours. 1Ie 1laI 5S. :rtl to tnurmur:
"Tle peoplel ~ Ny trusti"

In an Interview .ney-Genoral hlo
Veagh said there was no new grounds foi
hopc, and that the President could not last
long III his present weak condition. lie IL
weaker now tflnM ut nny time, anti the Attor*
ncy. General llns tho Rravcst npprctlerBiona.
|T,e Mind of tho President llaa been perfectly
clear nj, dag. There Is no reason now to be-
!eye that he will 'l,ave another chill. Tie
3Attorney-t;onefnl says lle understands thai
every precaston has been taken during the
day to prevent the recurrence OF the rigora.
At e: 10 y. H., Miss Motlie Garfield was walk.
! Ing OIL tho lawn with several ladies.
7:e5 Z. N.
3 Dr. Agncw says lie does not feel much en-
j acourage,i by tile evening bulletin. Tlle case
! Is still critical.
II Tho President lIas tins far passed CONF
Il Portable night. lie IL now sleeping, with
pulse ut 19U. There arc no indications OF an
&other chill.
= 10:45 r. II.
: The President is said to be sinking very
: fast. All the surgeons are In attendance.
: Tic Cabinet have been summoned.
81 II r. n.
ELDERoy, N. j.. Sept. 10.-I'ho President
4 d1cd Mt t0:35. From what ean be ascertained
/ Ills death was from sheer exhaustion. hfr.
E Warren Young, assistant to Private SecEe-
Il 8tary Brown, brought the news from the cot
( tnge Mt ten minutes before II. The first In
3 tlicatlon that anything serious llad occurred
{ was tile appearance Ut messenger at the
II Elberon Hotel, who obtained carriage and
&drove rapidly oil. 1t was supposed he had
& gore to summon tie members Of the cabinet,
WHO left here about half-past Q tonight. AT
8torney-t;eneral AlacVeagh las notified Vice
, 1881-09-20
TIE FUNERAL.

WHAT HAS DEEN DECIDED EToS.
Special Dl.pateh to 1hs Chicago Tribune.
LoSa BRANCH. N. j., Sept. 19.-ShortIy
after o'clock MacFeagh met some of thu
ncwspapcr.nlcn in Secretary 1,rnwn's cot
tage and gave this Information in formal and
official utterance:
The arrangements for the funeral lave
|becn made entirely to meet tho wishes ht
Mrs. Garfield. ard changes may yet. Of course.
be made IN them. As at present agreed npon
they are these:
on WEDNESDAY MORNING
q special train will convey the re'nains to
Washington, and the botly will tic In state M
Thursday aud Friday III the dome of the
Capitol.
on FRIDAY
the remains will bo conveyed By spec'a
j .ratn to Cleveland, where they lie III statt
during Sunday.
The funeral will take place OIL Monday, al,t
| the remains will be Inferred fl Luke V[eV
Cemetery, Cleveland. in accordance With TIL
/ o{ten-expressed wishes Of the Prcstden
& willie nllTe.
: THE REMAINS
+ laye been given under tho charge OF Alr
n Afoires, tho village undertaken, AMI will re-
u main under his charge until the arrival froli
4 Now York of nh elnbalnlcr, who will be llcr
8 III tho morning.
AN AUTOPSY
i will be performed tomorro"s afternoon
AThere will then be present DR.. Curtis, u
Il Washington, WHO llas heen requested to
4 tend, Drs. ,Agncw, Hamilton, and Bliss, I
q we'll as SurgeonGeneral 1'arncs and 1>r
II Woodward anl llcyburn, who until recent
y attended upon tile President.
RI "MIis. GAltFlELD
H Is bearing her attlctlon with TIC fortttude fl
# which she WAS so remarkable during il
long and terrible trial." =
, 1881-09-20

GANFfEIDS 8 LAST Wulsns.
LONG BRANCH, Sept 19.-l u. m.-pre-
y,ous to Ills death, the only words spoken by !
the President wero tl,at he lad q severe pain
lin his heart, 1t is supposed by
The surgeons that death was oc-
casioned by clot Of blood forming
Z In tho heart. DR.. Bliss was tic first one
notified OF the Presidents expression OF
pain, and, upon entering tho room. he at
once saw the end was near. Tile menibers
Of tho family were Immediately summoned
) to tho bedside. All arrived, ind perfect
3quiet prevailed.
s11ts. GARFIELD
3boro the trying ortteat Will, great tortttude
Il and exhibited unprecedented courage. She
gave way to no pafoxysris Of grief, aud
Efnftor death became evident, she quietly with
: drew to her own room. There sllo sat, n
ahcart-strtcken widow. full Of grief. but with
4 too mucll courage to exhibit 1t to those about
Nhor. Sle WIS laboring under terrible
q strain, and, despite her efforts, tears flowed
i from her eyes, AMI her lips became drawn
{ by her noble attempt to bear tha burden
/ with which she hn,i been afflicted. Miss
i Molllo was greatly affected. aild bursts OF
: tears tlowetl from the child's eyes, notwtth'
= standing her noble effort to follow the ex'
T. ample of ller mother.
TIE DEATH SCENE
was one mover to be forgotten. Perfect Qu!o
= prevailed, a1,d there was not ln'lrmu1
heard while the President whs sinking.
s. After deatl. had been pronounced tho bod,
NJ was properly arranged BY Dr. =. a. Boynton
@ Telcsrams wero Immediately sent II
the Presidents mother in oh!t
and to the sons IIarry md Janus, who art
now at Williams College, Us also to Vice
President Arthur, md other promtnen
61bublic mon. Air. Morris. the undertake
3|of tho village, VIII be In charge q
M tho remains. EugeB Dritton. Corona
y Of Monmouth County, will hold All inaucs
Hover the body Of the late President. Lie la
as yet made 10 arrangement for tho Inqucs
and, as fur as can he ascerta|aed. Inns nc
been notified OF the Presidents death.
, 1881-09-20
THE CABINET

IN aEAStNS.
ELnEnoS, N. j., Sept. @.-The Cabinet. at
L t n. ILL.,. WIS still In session at Francklyn
cottage.
, 1881-09-20

YESTERDAY forenoon the President said
that ho wished to sec his daughter Mol!!e.
Col. Rockwell went Immediately to find her.
Size came soon. On entering she kissed her
father and told him that shc was glad to sec
him looking 50 much better, whercat her
father asked: "You think 10 look bettcT,
A{ollle?" She answered: IL do, papa.
Sllo then took chair and sat at the foot OF
tho bed moment or two. DR.. Doynton
soon noticed that she was swaying
In the chair, aud, before he could
render any assistance, she fell over IN
faint, IIer faca struck against the bed
post. She was unconscious aud bleeding
from tho confusion when she was taken
from thu room Into tho fresh air. Tho Pres
ident did not seen, to notice what had oc-
Cured, but when Dr, Boynton returned to
the stck-room ho was surprised to hear the
President remark: "roor little Moille, sl,e
4 fell oyer like log.. What was tile mattor r.
DR.. Doynton nssursd hin. that the faintins
{ 1tlt was caused by the cioseness Of the room,
I as we'll as the delicate condition Of tho girl.
, The patient seemed to be satisfied, and tllen
! sunk into sleep, OF rather stupor, which
: laataa till ths noon examination.
, 1881-09-20

ELnEnoN, n. j., Sept. 10-1l:15 p. m.-The
Cabinet I,as Just arrived and gone ln body
to the Fsancklyn CottaEe. All are here ex-
cent DlaIlo and Lincoln. Attorney.Qcnorn al
MaoVoagh las telvgraphc1 them Of tue
Presidents death.
0NEAT Exc1rEMENr PREVAILS HERE.
and the particulars cannot DO obtaInod. The
Ruard around the cottaKo las been doubled,
and no one Is allowed to approach It Tho
Government bus taken possossiolI OF the only
telegraph wire which is connected at FL
boroN.
IN Will III ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE
to get further details tonight. US We are stsslt
III from ali communication With tho cottage
+ and Its inmates.
, 1881-09-20

EVIDENTLY WRITTEN IN THE HERALD
OFFICE.
New YoRK, Sept. 1o.-A Telegram "oxtsa !"
says:
1t the Presidents bedside, holding his
noor. en,aclated hand In her own, aud watch
\ lnV with anguish unuttorablo tho fast van.
IyIn9 sands OF life, sat tho faithful, tloyoae.t
wife, during tia closiug hours Of the PFesl'
dont's career.
Around him were other weeping friends,
aud physicians, lamentlng their poWerlcs.
ness in the presence Of the dark angel ot
death.
Toward the last, the mind Of the sufferer
wandorMl. Ite was once more back III Men
to., aluld thoso scenes where the happles'
, 1881-09-20

SHORTLY before 10 o'clock last night DR..
Bliss asked tho President II llc was feeling
comfortable. Tho President answered,
"Not at ALL" lilo fell as1eep soon after.
DR.. Bliss returned to his room, and told At
|torney-Genernl NIacVeagh that all tho condl-
tIous wero promising for quiet night.
About fifteen minutes past 10 ths President
awakened, md remarked to Col. Swain.
who remained beside his bed, that no was
suffering great pain. aud placed Ills hand
oyor his heart as If to Indicate where tho
: palm was. DR.. bliss was Immediately suni-
,noucd, and found that the action OF the
! heart was almost ind1stlngulshabic, and
! tho patient substantially without pulse,
It was plain tl1at tho brave man
who had fought SO Rallantiy against
Death was dying. DR.. Bliss said so'
Mrs. Garfield WIS called. Tho President
; remained In d dying condition until 1o:35
: At that hour the physicians pronounced
! him dead. The immediate cause OF deatll'
HI Is believed, was neuralgia Of the heart
aGuIteau's bullet had done Its work, AMI
: tho whole Nation mourns.
, 1881-09-20
HE Is DEAD.

The Nation Startled by thek
Deep Sounds OF Mid
night Bells.
They Strike the Knell off
Garfield, the Heroic
Sufferer.
Death Made a Sudden Sailyl
from His Many Lurk-
! ing-PIaces.
: The Great Heart, That Citadel of
Patienae and Bravery, Fell
I at Last,
aHo Woke lfom a Sleep, lie Pressed Ills
! Hand on Ills Breast. and Then
Il Passed Away.
! His Poor Wife Failed to Reach
Y His Side While He Was
/ Conscious.
lat 1890 O'Clock Last Night III
Was Pronounced Dead by
the Surgeons.
&Vice.Pre.ident Arthur Officially Adyise'
Il by the Cabinet 10 Take the
Oath.
HThe Terrible Shock Which tn
8 News Caused Throughout
EN the Nation.
n RECENT of the Mournfut tntetli
Il gence in chicago-The
n City Bells.
Adjournment Of tho Counoil-Appr'
H pirate Action to Be Taken
n Today.
Richland beacon., 1881-07-09
THP JJNT- KIN CTEP.

Let II" warn We" began tho ol'
r"n. ~ Pickles Smith hung mp tho WI
'"r dirl"r aud sat GOWN with a heavy
Inr, l"t IN" warn We dat do man who
has Il" mos iuimirs am dc man who fiat
t"rS hi-~'lf on his bluntness, truthful
n'sS ?n' common sense. DE grandcsi
mott" on airth ain lie one which SAYS:
Np"k" ic truf at all timc~, but it amt
~" wi~"S; one 10 foller. has fonn' dot
"Nacc"ra~hun rlcaScs whar' truf hurts.
"u' dat flatt"ry amuScs whar' truf cngcn-
d"rS anger Srnk" 1e truf Of your nav
in,,il" of a var. Spoke de tr,f of your
friends. ard Won will he confronted hy n
l"gi"n "i lnimi"s. You may know in
H'r own rnd dat dis man am n rogue.
H., "u" rascal an lie oddor ono right
NJ an down wicked, Int vou musnt talk
what yr know. One blunt word will
upset a whole nayhnrhood One trnful
statement will raise up host Of howln'
mml's. DE- puss"n who won't fiat
t"r aud cajolc am avoided and sus-
p"rt"l. De biggest inimics | have IN
ais Ills world am people who have hal
nay honest "rinynn, ar to whom have
spoken de plain truf. Only one man
ont "f fifty axes yer honest opinvun viii
any id"ah Of 'crrtin' il if II differs from
Ina. Not one In 100 axes y.r advice wid
any id,ah uf follern' it Onlcss it jihcs
vId hiS plans.
pari"r", ! say to ycu. he blunt only
wn"n yun have no kecr for friendship.
i;r truful only when Won am ready 10
max" inimies. Condemn only when Won
am all packed mp and ready to become a
hermit. Tell a lie about man an he'll
grin ohcr IT, Hit him wild de truf an
h" will fulier y"u until he has secured
REVENGE In walkin' aro,n' for half n
dav can make score of men friends bv
rtaisin' de looks Of hat. de set of a
coat, de grace OF st"po or de fit of n new
par oi hutes. Months and months AGO
! dropped n word of praise fur Cur dog
which was trottin' long behind citizen.
De oddcr day dat same man walked past
twenty to glib me job of whitewashn'.
Fact is, though I'm old an baid-hea,led
an sto"p-shonldered, it docs me heap
If good :" have some man stop me on
de street an lie To me like blazes in saw
in dat I'm looking as Young a. a man
VI 50. - I,ctrON Free Press.
Richland beacon., 1881-07-09
NJ AiBiiR -.
7HE RFtDI<G tBTT.

Charlrs Dudley Warner SAYS, III III"
Christian fnion, that tho extent OF tho
reading hnbit ls ov"rcstlmatrd. Even III
the United States. where hohnbt "f read
ing is most prevalent, few Of tho p"Pu-
lniion read book. In support of his
opinion, Mr. Warner brings out tho fol-
lowing,
Nearly v everybody takes daily snatch
At the newspapers, 81 tho summary "f
Bows or at tho telegraph columns. and
ehs baseball record. aud occasionally
persons follow for DAYS tho columns de-
voted to some singular accident or curt
ous murder even women have acquired
she art of dofily sh INNING tho cream on
the morning journal, comparatively few
of tho entire population, even tho cdu-
ca-cd. read books.
Unlcsa a book hy some good luck be
comes "a fashion, and ia recommended in
conversation, few see il th" number -
people who riSinally ssek ont the read
aole book from their habit Of craving il
very small.
When a story becomes the fashion.
everybody reads il but who ia ov"rv
body Why, novel il said to hav"
run" if 10000 copies Of it are pub
lished for 40, 900. 600 people.
Aud there are books that everybody
has real, and all the newspapers
talk of, which have not got beyond tho
third or fourth thousand
The late Samuel Bowles once told mo
If his experience. He had written his
capital book on the far West at tho tim"
Of the Pacific railway cxcitemcnt. when
millions Of people we're eager for the in
formation his book contained.
Never did book seem to be in grcat'r
demand it was sold in England ~ well
M in America and all the newspapers of
both countries quoted from il and com
mentsd on it.
Mr.. Bowles said that no never met a
nerson who had not read it-or who did
not say he read it, forget which. And
yet, he asked, how many copies do you
suppose satisfied this enormous demand
OF sverybody9 Fifteen thousand filed
the market
believe that tho majority Of business
men read hook very rarely; the ma
jority Of young men in business and in
society, fancy, read littlc-they do not
give their evenings to reading, and are
not apt to take up a book unless it he-
comes the talk of society.
People who spend o greet deal cf
money on dress, on dinners, on amns"-
ments. would think it extravagant to
bny q book, and, if ono is commended
to them, they will wait till they can
borrow it or get it from the library.
They do not hesitate two minutes
about an ordinary 81 dinner, but they
will wait months to borrow 80 cent
book.
Richland beacon., 1881-07-09

THERE was new composition in the
office this morning. He was wander
ing "sub." After wrestling few min
utes with take" of manuscript, he
put down his "stick," remarked "I'm
SICK" slipped on his coat and walked
ont. A proof of his was soon taken
with the following result: 81 can't
read Chinese. The man who wrote this
is evidently laboring under fit Of a'co-
holism. Before | would try to 'vank
antimony from this manuscript | would
steal jack knife and make shoe-pegs at
cents quart. The foregoing confess
sion I make in q moment of despair,
sitter having turned this copy upside
down, t'other side up, and every other
way. One way it is Greek, another
some antediiuvian dialect or Egyptian
hieroglyphics from Cleopatra's needle.
If you are after reputation. for human
tvs sake stop where you are. 60, |
know not where. ."-NeW Horen Regis
tor.
Richland beacon., 1881-07-09
THF TRF1TUFNT or WONrT.

u fell in the WAY OF MalthuS in his
Celebrated work on population to search
IN tn" accounts of yavelcrs for tho,'
causes which operate, IN different conn
tries of tie world, TO cheek the procrcss
and to limit the numbers cf mankind
Foremost among these is wee, and fore
mort among the vices is that most M
natura! one, Of the cruel treatment "f
women. "In every part Of the world.
says Maltaus, Zone of the most general
characteristics of the savage is 30 Do
-pise and degrade tho female scv.
Among most of the tribes IN Am"rirg
their condition is so peculiarly gri"voUs
that s"rvltIIde In q name too mild to de-
scribe their wretched state. A wife j.
nn better than a beast Of burden. While
the man passes his days In idlrncss and
nmllscm"nt, the woman j. condemned {"
incssHaist toll. Tasks are imposed upon
her without mercy, aud services are re
c"ivcd without complacenco or graft
tuir. There are some districts in Amer
lea where this state Of degradation has
been 50 severely felt that mothers have
destroyed their female infants. to dc
liver them at once from llto in which
they were doomed To such miserable
slavery" 1T is impossible To- find for
this most vicious tendency any place
among the unities of nature. 1hcfc i,
nothing like it among the beasts With
them the equality of the s"xrs. rs r.
cards all the enioym"nts as we'll as all
the work If lifa, is the universal rul".
And among those of them III which
,orial instincts have been specially i'm
planted. and whose systems OF polty
arc like tho most civilized politics A
men, the females Of the race are treated
with a strange mixture of love, of loyal
ty, aud of devotion. II, indeed, We CON
4ider the necessary and inevitable re-
suits Of the habit prevalent among saw
age men TO maltreat and degrade their
women-its effects upon the o,nsti'u-
tion, ana character, and endurance of
chlldren-ws cannot fail b, see how
grossly unnatural it ia, how it must tend
to the greater and greater degradation
OF the race, and how recovery from this
downward path must become moro and
more difficult or impossible. But, vi
cious, destructive, unnatural As tins
Richland beacon., 1881-07-09
SJOW GROWTH OF TRFES.

To make no mention of the cost of pre-
"A very expensive sort of fuel when pro-
duccd hv cultivation, and raised on land
capable Of yielding valuable cultivated
crops. Ten years are required to pro-
luce trees Of the quick-growing yarie-
ties OF sufficient size To cut for fuel The
fuel they will then afford will he Of infe-
rior quality, being what is known rs
sap-wood. Only trees that afford soft
wood, as the poplar, bass or linden, or
the willow will attain sufficient size to
make it an object to cut them in ten
years. Twice that time will be required
to produce oak, ash, beech, birch, wal
nut and hickory trees Of a size tit to hc
cut for fuel. During five years, at least,
,hc ground OH which the trees grow
must he kept in cultivation. Seeds or
cuttings must he planted i'll the first in
stance, and they cannot he obtained
without some expense. During twenty
years time the taxes on piece Of land
will amount to the sum it will bring in
the market. The growth Of trees that
afford good fuel is very slow. The grand
I rests of Maine and Michigan afforded
much the appearance they now Il" not
only incolonial days, but before they were
ever penetrated by white men.
Elizur Wright says on this subject ::
"I not long ago, in Olro, measured the
stump of n sugar maple, recently cut,
and found it thirty inches in diameter
The tree had lived 125 years. In th"
first sixty-three years, while it hal stood
in the dense forest, it hal acquired hnt
nine inches in diameter After the for
est was cut away, and it was left with
only n few scattering companions, IT
soon assumed superior rate OF growth,
which it maintained till nearly the last,
So as to add twenty-one inches Of diam
eter in sixty-two years. The rings av-
eraged about seventeen-hundredths o'
an inch in thickness, whereas, in IN.
first sixty-three years they had average
but seven -hundreths. .''(HicdgO Tmes
THE papers have n deal TO say ahou
the mons of egrcss from onr theat"rs
Fogg says he is more troubled about th'
means OF entrance e-Bosfon Trar.
script
A YOUNG gentleman once sent a ba'
lot Of apples to his lady-love and toll
her to read Solomon i'll, 5. 1t reads
Stay me with fagons, comfort me wit
apples for am sick OF love"
Richland beacon., 1881-07-09
JDHN'S UTFE.

Whatever possessed Brother John to
20 ny :" The city and anarry that Yellow
haired, bluc-cycd hit of "a school cirl.
when he could have had just his pick %:
girls nearer home. was something |
could not understand. There WIS Ii.la
liandscombc. Just dead III love with HIM.
ns anybody could see, and the best
bread maker in the whole country. be-
side taking prizes at the State Fair fer
pickles and iellics, and ever so much
better looking, too, than Mvra. NJ
yellow bangs over her eyes she Just
c"mhed it back Off her faca and did il
mp in hard knot that staid. She sent
John birthday cake, and knit him a
comforter, and everybody Thought il
would he match, but John said he
didn't like her eyes; they were hand
aomo eyes, TO my idea. and could look
you through and through, they were
that clear and bright; but did you ever
know man to take advice? MARRY
that ferret" said john, "and never have
any peace Of my life; well, | guess
not !" and with that off lie goes TO town
and teleGraphs back. Expect me and
my wife" Dear such shock IA it
gave me. and our spring cleaning not
done, aud the minister coming to board
with us while his wife went home on "A
sisit-it was trial, you may he sure
And when she did como, il was more
like having a wax doll in the way than
anything else. with her big wondering
eyes, and childish ways, and silly quea-
tious, and hanging OH Johns arm, and
leaning over Johns chair, with two lit
tie insignificant feet in the rungs at tho
back, and her clothes Such fallals,
Just like a dolls rigging. and | just set
nv foot down that if she was to live with
us. she must conform to our ways. I
hadn't been forty years in this world for
nothing. II she wanted to wear fine
whlto laccs and ruflicd aprons. she had
10 wash and iron them herself. |
wouldn't he her slave. And such silly
questions rs she asked, they Just made
ne sick: "When did the cows shed
their horns Which COW gave the hu'
termilk? We're there any dear little
Vellow chlcks2"
Dear little yellow chicks, indeed !!
They were dear enough before VIC raised
them and got their heads of and We hid
Them ready for market, and il that silly
,hild didn't sit down and cry because
thew we're killed said she had named
,verv one of them end watched them
grow ur. And she WAS our Johns
wife, bah !
Then she did the silliest thing Of all
went and bought a book called "What
T Know Ahout Farming" and used to
rt out under tree studying it by the
nnnr: and one night, when she went
down to the bars to meet John, ! head
neg ssk