The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-27

i EnglaDO 8 gfeaC MISREPRESENTATION tnlT-
! ty years ago-in which he traces the
| upward steps of some
"Divinely gifted man,
| Whose life in low estate began,
Aud on simple village green;
"Who breaks his births invidious bar,
Aud grasps the skirts OF happy chance
Al d breasts the blows of circumstance
And grapples with his evil star;
"who makes. by for ce, hi1 merit known,
And lives to clutch the golden keys,
To mold q mighty State IS DEGREES,
Aud shape the whisper of the thronc;
"And moving up from high to higher,
Becomes, on Fortunes browning slope
The pillar of u Peop.e's hope,
The centre of a Wo Ids DESIRE"
Such a life and character will be
treasured forever as the sacred posses
sion of the American people and OF
mankind"
On the 18th of February, 1876. on
the announcement, in the House, OF
the death of Senator Orris S. Ferry, OF
Connecticut, Gen. Garfield closed an
eloquent tribute TO his memory with the
following words:
Before closing, let me refer to the
crowning glory of his life. Mr.. Ferry
had n strong religious element in his
character. This was with him great
controlling force, and not a sentiment.
No cloud obscured the effulgence of his
hope or dimmed his vision. Clear and
high his intellect and his faith rose
above all storms and darkness. and sus-
tanned him in sweet companionship
amid the unrevealed mysteries of pain.
As his end drew near, he came back to
his home after brief absence. There,
under his own roof, with the angels of
his household about him, he passed to
his rest. Thinking of trials past, and
knowing as we do how we'll he had
wrought for the future, trusting in the
merits of his dear Lord, he could re-
peat the sweet lines of Bonar;
"Beyon the parting and the meeting,
/ shall be soon;
Beyond the farewell and the greeting,
b yond tho pulses fever-be ating,
Love. rest, and homel
SweethOpe!
Lord, tarry not, but come.
Beyond the frost-chain and the fever,
shall be soon;
Beyond the rock-waste and the river,
B.yond the ever ard the never,
shall be soon.
Love, rest, aud homel
Sweet Pc!
Aye, the sweeter word Of inspiration
lin the volume of the Book it is writ
zen: 40! 1 come quickly. Even so.
some. Lord Jesus"
Boards.
Exceptionally long boards have al
ways attracted go ID deal of attention.
and history records many instances OF
this kind. Rauber Won Talberg, Ger
man Knight. and Councillor of Maxi
milan Ii. I'd. l575). rejoiced in a beard
which reached to his feet. and from
there again to his waist. John Mayo.
q celebrated painter of tho sixteenth
century, who accompanied Charles V.
in his campaign. had beard so long
that although lie was tall man, it
would hang upon the ground when he
stood upright; he wore it, therefore.
fastened to his girdle. George Killing
worth, sent by Queen Mary as one of
her agents in 1856 to Gar Ivan the
Terrible, is said TO have had a beard 5
feet 2 inches long. In the olden time,
when every part of the body had its
large sum for the time-while the
loss of leg was only estimated at 12s.
We can easily imagine that at periods
looked upon as ornamental, false
article. Pedro Nv. of Aragon G351)
found himself compelled to prohibit his
Catalonian subjects from wearing false.
boards. But the most singular substi-
tute is the golden beard which Chrys-
ostemus says. was worn by the Kings
of Persia. Suetonius says the same of
Catignla, the Roman Emperor. Ac-
cording to Andreas Favyn. the kings of
France of the first dynasty wore boards
entwined with gold threads. Duke
of Lorraine, was the last, and
it is related that he wore at the funeral
OF Charles of Burgundy, who died at
Nancy, in 1477. a beard of gold thread
hanging down TO his girdlc. AS Jupit-
or was sometimes adorned with a gold
en- beard, the phrase aa0'eam bar6am
hdbs'e was equivalent to saying Deuns
esse Boards were at various times
taxed in England. Thus we read in
Notes and Queries that the Sheriff of
Canterbury pail three shillings and
our pence for wearing beard. In the
irst year of Elizabeth every beard of
above fortnights growth was taxed
hrec shillings and sixpenoe; but the
aw was too absurd to be enforced.
The duty imposed upon boards by
Potter the Great was a rublc (about |
hree shillings). This tax met with a
ate similar to that of Elizabeth's and |
vas soon cancelled. The development
# the beard, as we'll as tho harness of
he body. differs not merely in different
aces, but also in families of the Same
ace. In Europe and a portion of Asia
'eards prevail, until we go beyond In
ia, when gradually boards, disap-
ear. as is the case with the Siamese,
,hinese and Japanese. = Ha,pe,'s