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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-09-20
DEAD!
A Nation MOurnS.
For James A. Garfield, Its
Stricken President.
He Passes Away
Peacefully
After Terribly Suffer
ing for Eighty
Days.
The Sad Event in All Its
Details.
The Sad Event in All Its
Details.

To-day the Nation will lit up its mighty
roice and weep, for the long battle for life
. ended, and the President is dead. Peace
md rest have come in mercy to the
.ufferer, with whose pains the people
aave suffered all the sad and weary days
md nights for many weeks past. His
Dervices to his country are written in its
history, and the honors bestowed on him
ny his neighborhood, his State, and the
Nation attest the place he held in tn,
hearts Of the people.
His wife and children sit in the dark
ness of griefwhich cannot be assuaged
May the Father of All Mercies give them
comfort in their affection.
For all time to come Americans viii
mourn the untimely end of james A
Garfield, while the liberty-loving people
II Christendom will do honor to hi
memory. g
second time in the history of the Re
SophS 10 te ENu'iOIl upon W los
Of its Chief Magistrate at the hands of an assassin
In the case OF the lamented Lincoln the infamou
rhine wassurrounded with dramatic incidents an,
Occurred at a time when there was some excus
br unbridled passion. The shooting of Presi
lent Garfield can be traced to III
.ause other than the wild act o
man either surcharged with malice o
nazed by his own mislortunes The mourning o
nc people for his untimely taking Off Is genuin
md sincere Men of all shades of politica
opinion grieve at his loss. and the deep feeling
)orror at the atrocious crime and detestation Q
me assassin is not confined to the personal O
POLITICAL friends of the dead President but 1
Universal.
He was President over the whole land; his III
sas the property of the whole people. His Of
Ected family have the sympathy and condolenc
If Nation; and for the delicate woman who
low widow tears will be shed by strong men an
noble women in every village and hamlet in tn
Union.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-10-27

Much sensation has been caused in
the town of Blois by the result of duet
which took place there latey. Two
Lieutenants of the 18th Regiment,
which is CHARTERED at Blois. came to
high words in an argument at mess re-
lating to some military question, and
finally one of them. quitting his place,
gave the other a blow in the face. "A
duel was of course inevitable; and the
officer struck, insisting upon his right
as the party insulted. demanded that
the duel should be fought with pistols,
although the seconds on both sides
wished that swords should be used. AS
both officers were known to be expert
shots, it was arranged by the seconds
that the pistols should be loaded with
half-charges of powder only; that the
adversaries should be placed thirty
PAGES apart; and that one round only
should be exchanged. When the sig
nal to fire was given. a single report
only was II card. but both officers fell.
the one shot through the chest, the
other through the hip. The former has
since died, the bullet having lodged in
his right lung. but the latter is reported
to be progressing favorably.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-10-27
PITH AND POINT.

Hanging man in effigy is about as
much fun as making faces at blind man.
boston Post.
The tail of Prof. Swift latest comet
is nearly million miles long. This
comet ought to be able to keep the flies
off.-Chicago Times.
"Darn your rise!' as the poor man
said to the coal dealer who advanced
the price of coal fifty cents per tom
Cambridge Tribune.
This country is never without its
evil. Just about the time the fly disap-
pears politics begin to get active
PHILADELPHIA Chronicle Herald.
Between sdrouth" and "drought, -
the press of the country appears to have
no particular way of spelling that which
indicates dry spell.-N. 0. Picayuae.
TINY Love Is Gone - is the title of
the latest song, written by young man
in Boston. OF course this is rough, but,
as Benjamin Franklin said, "the alb
sent girl eats no oysters. "-Chicago
Tribune.
Since the seven or eight telegraph
companies and the two or three dozen
telephone companies have accomplished
their labor of thrusting the firm earth
full of poles, the astronomers of other
planets are little puzzled to know
whether the globe on which we-live is a
live porcupine or a globular-tooth-pick
holder Burlington HaOheyc.
Jamie is bad boy, and last week
he asked his teacher this conundrum:
"Why am like nailP" Receiving ne
reply, he volunteered this answer:
"Because I am so often driven home. :"
He was Immediately sent to the ma
ternal bosom with a note intimating
that he had better be sent to learn a
trade, for it was impossible to hammer
anything into his head at school.-Bos-
ton Courier.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-10-27
The President and His Party.

Some of our esteemed Republican
contemporaries will help their readers
perhaps to a more correct appreciation
of the political situation in Washington
il they will substitute facts for gush and
piainness of speech for palaver. BY
the death of President Garfield official
power has been transferred from the
Republicans VINO opposed General
Grant to the Republicans who support
ed General Grant at Chicago in 1880.
The stanch supporters of General
Grant. constituting the famous 1906"
in that Convention, were outllanked
and defeated by the nomination of
General Garfield, and the Vice-Presi-
dency was contemptuously conceded to
them by the victorious faction, as sign
that they were to be compelled to take
shack seats in the councils of the
party. Before the election was de-
cided the supporters of General Grant.
as Mr. Conkling maintains. were as
sured that they should be more mag
unanimously treated, but. after the inau-
guration of President Garfield, this
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-10-27
A Close Shave.

cam Brudder Blue Glass Henderson
in de hall to-night?'' blandly inquired
the President, as he stood up and looked
around.
Eyes, sah.''
"Will he please step dis wayp"
The brother stepped. He didn't
seem to be easy in his mind, and he kept
his eyes on the coffee-pot once owned
by the poet Milton, instead of facing the
President.
"Brudder Henderson, you war; in a
butcher-shop on Beaubien Street las
Wednesday fo'noon?"
Yes, sah."
"When you went out de butcher
missed two slices of ham, an you war;
follered an sarched."
eyes, sah.''
"In one of your coat-tail pockets dey
found, not de three slices of ham, but a
pound and half of beef.''
Yes, sah.''
"You couldn't tell wharf you got dat
beef to save your life, an you let de
butcher keep it?"
Yes, sab, but de charge was stealin'
ham,"
"Jist SO, Brudder Henderson, jist so.
Dey missed ham an dey found beef.
1t am plain huff dat you didn't take de
goods charged, but want you to under
STAN dat whef dey miss ham an find
beef on member of dis club, dat men,
Der has had de VERY closest sort of
shave from bein' bounced off'n our
books an outer de hail. Take your
seat, sab, an let dis be de awfulest kind
warnin' to you" Detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-10-27
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

While Mr.. Ruskin objects to the
steam engine because 'sit brings crowds
of uncultured persons to interfere with
the meditative seclusion of the cultured
few,n the British Association pro-
claim that this motor 'tmust co." be-
cause it 'tspends too much force with
too little result. :"
The abridgment of patents has
been commenced. It is designed in
each patent to give name and residence
of inventor, title of invention, dates Of
filing application and issue of patent, a
brief of the features or points shown,
and the claims, and a copy or enough
of the drawing to display the device or
thing patented.
Experiments by German scientists
in ascertaining the peculiarities of the
electric light establish the fact that it is
not only healthier than other methods of
illumination, in leaving the air purer,
but that it increases the power of the
vision in some respects, especially in
distinguishing colorS. Red, green, blue,
and yellow are made much more dis
tinct and marked under this light than
by daylight.
-Ead's Tehauntepec ship railway is
expected by some people to be greater
success than the Panama Canal. The
railway is l, 100 miles north of the canal,
which would give a saving of 1920
miles to vessels going to the North Pa
cifc. Eads has good concession from
Mexico, and his road would cost $751;
100000 against the $240, 100000 for the
canal.
"A German philosopher has been ex-
perimenting as to the influence of intel
lectual labor upon the circulation of the
blood. His observations show that the
heart beats are increased two to three
pulsations per second. The greater the
labor and the closer the attention, the
greater the number of pulsations. Thus
this philosopher discovered that the
study of geometry, to which he had
never given much attention, made his
heart beat more rapidly than that of
philosophy, with which he was already
familiar. Concerning the effect of ardu-
Gus love-making upon the heart beats,
he does not appear to have recorded airy
observations.
Prof. Laverau, of the Medical School
of Valde erase, has just published a
work describing what he considers to be
a new parasite which he has found in
the blood of persons affected with mala-
rial fever. A notice of his discovery
was communicated to the Academy of
Medicine so long ago as November,
1880, but it seems to have attracted little
attention, being thought to be simply
one of the numerous announcements
made of late years of the discovery of
the cause of malaria, which prove in the
end to have no foundation. The organ
ism described by Prof. Laverau is II
minute cell, in general appearance
somewhat like white blood cOrpuscle,
and having like it ameboid movements
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-10-27

Iotal. ....-....... ........-..... -. S302,o4o
1t is thus seen that the aggregate for
furniture and repairs under Grant and
Hayes was four times greater than it
should have been! Also, that the APP
preparation for furniture. instead of be-
ing quadrennial, was made annually.
During eight years the notorious Bah
cock handled this money, and that fact
tells the story, in connection with the
other fact that Boss Shepherd was the
man of repairs"
That the appropriations were not ex-
pended according to law is capable of
proof, if Il proper and stern investiga-
ton should be ordered. Everybody
familiar with the White House knows
that no such amount of furniture was
put into it during the last twelve years.
Confederates of Babcock may have
given vouchers for furniture but they
never delivered it.
Recurring to the statement from
Washington that large part Of the
furniture had not been changed lin ten
years. the question will naturally be
dred thousand dollars? The ready an
swer is that a great portion of it was
stolen outright, and the accounts were
pSbSSCtt ~ AuIlttolS VI
the Treasury, just as those of Howgate
were. with promptitude and without
challenge:
Power has the faculty of overcoming
scrutiny at Washington. Hayes drew
his salary month in advance for a
long time; and when mild suggestion
was made that this course was unusual,
he changed the practice from the 1st
to 10Th of the month. still in advance,
and when not dime had been earned
for the long or the short period. He
knew that the Treasury officials COM
mitted felony in every instance by
passing an account for money not due.
But rs thrifty patriot he wanted to
pocket the interest on his salary.
which was Immediately invested, and
he commanded silence ON the part OF the
enforced subordinates by the reserved
penalty of removal i'll case they dared
to speak of his criminal and. despicable
avarice.
After all these liberal appropriations,
for which Congress deserves blame,
when General Garfield entered the
White House on the 4th of March, he
could not find ordinary table equipment
Tor the use of his family, and he was
obliged to buy Immediately dinner and
breakfast sets of china. and to order
supplies of linen. In the graphic lam
guage of member of the family, there
was not "a napkin in the house. ~.
Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-10-27
Our Young Folks.
JOHNNY'S TEAM.

think of all the galloping,
The trotting fast and hard.
That have seen in town or park,
On track or boulevard,
No horses ever paved the air,
Or plunged about and ran,
Taking the bit between their teeth,
As these of Johnny's can.
What color are they? sorrel? roam?
Chestnut? or dapple-gray?
Excuse me, but Ills difficult
To know just what to say.
I'm not enough a horseman to
Have learned their phrases yet,
But one. think, is yellow blonde,
The other a brunette.
Where is their stable? do they have
A Manager and a stall?
One has his room with johnny, one
Rooms just across the hall.
They're not such very patient steeds,
For both are apt to cry;
heard them, too, to-day at lunch,
Quarrel about their pie.
But still they're very spirited.
To neigh, and prance, and run;
And make for Johnny when he drives
Plenty of work and fun.
Youths Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-10-27

Iowa. on the 2lst Of December last. was seized
with sudden attack OF neuralgia In the chest,
ing breathing My. pulse. usually So fell to -;
intense nausea Of the stomach succeeded, ana
cold, clamny sweat covered my entire body.
leve me. After suffering for three hours, 4
thought-asI had been using ST. AcoBs on with
I saturated n piece of flannel, large enough TO
cover my chest. with the OIL. and applicdit Tho
relief was almost Instantaneous. In one honrI
taken the train 10 I'LL an appointment that night
in neighboring town had my friends not dis
suaded me- AsitwaS tookth night trainfor my
since.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-10-27

"A club has been established in st.
Petersburg, the members OF which bind
themselves, under perslty of heavy
fines. to wear only clothes made of
Russian cloth. to employ only Russian
workmen, to dine at Russian restaurants.
and to abstain from everything coming
from foreign sources.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-10-27
WEATHER--0R NOT.

IN admire The philosophy OF tho unfortunate
man. who. when everything had been sweps
away. said, "wcIl, thereii be weather and taxes
len. at any rate" Alasi weather Is the yenppw
special right to try TO better the weather, an.
hurls his anathenas against Old Probabilitics
and all who endeavor 20 assist him IN .is. y
the weather. The following communication is
from Prof Ticc Of st. Louis, No. the reno ,s
meteorological and weather prophet OF the Mess
II does not discuss the weathcr but soinetnlng
surely OF more importance to those who suffer
with that painful Innlndy he speaks OF: Inc
day after concluding my lectures at BurinS'on'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-10-27

"A very large caribou was killed in
the vicinity of Kingman, Me-, few
days ago. The animals antlers were
nearly seven feet in length.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-10-27

Six aged brothers of seven living
held a reunion in Ballston Spa, N. Y,
recently, it being the first time they
had all met in eleven years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-10-27
More Stealing.

1t has been announced from Wash
lngton that the White House is to be
put In complete order. and properly re-
lifted throughout, because most of the
furniture IS said to be ''ten years old"
This extraordinary statement de-
mands notice.
The long established custom before
General Grant became President was
to refurnish the Executive Mansion
every fourth year. SO that the incoming
President should be becomingly well
coined and housed. Any part OF the
old furniture that had been injured was
sold and the proceeds of the sale were
added to the appropriation, which was
always sufficient but modest.
Under Grant the rule of simplicity
and economy was abandoned, and pomp
with extravaganza became the fashion
in every branch of the Government.
The plain methods of his predecessors
were rejected as unworthy the g dig
nifty" of an Administration controlled
by rings. The country has been made
familiar with the reckless expenditures
and the disgraceful robberics of the
Treasury that were common from 1869
to 1877, and which were continued as
far as possible under Hayes.
A DemOcraClc house OF hepTeSeHta-
tives curbed these excuses materially,
and compelled large retrenchment in
the public expenses at the close of
Grants second term. But it was not
able, even with the aid of the Senate.
when the Democrats obtained a major
ity OF that body, to stop enormous plum
der in new direction by the manipu-
lation of the National debt, through
which immense fortunes were acquired
by the Treasury Ring. Nor could both
combined prevent the open prostitution
OF Office and other patronage as rewards
for the forgers, perjurers and thieves
who, under the personal direction OF
John Sherman, did the work of the
great Fraud in 1876.
Following the regular usage, the cost
OF the furniture and repairs of the Ex-
ecutive Mansion-the latter item most
ly barefaced fraud-should not have
exceeded, for the two terms of Grant
and for one term of Hayes, seventy five
thousand dollars at the outside. Con-
trast that liberal allowance with the
following appropriations, and then
fair idea of the scandalous system that
has prevailed for twelve years may be
formed. Here are the figures:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-10-27

An Irish member of Parliament
once said that "a man can't stand On
nothing unless he's bird"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-10-27

Few people are wise. and fewer are
weather wise; but many are otherwise.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-07-23

Justice Clifford Of the United
States Supreme-court is lying at
the point Of death in Portland,
Maine.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-07-23
An Apology Accepted .

Ina the Brighton, England, Her
aid, of June 18th, we find the fol-
lowing apology for the London
Telegraph, which we gracefully
and iraternally accept. When a
journal of such high standing as the
Herald apologies for the foibIes
Of one such as the Telegraph, it
would be impolite in us not to ac-
cept it. The Herald SAYS:
The DAILY AsToGIAN, of Oregon,
America, has the following hit at
Mr.. Levy-Lawsons paper:
The London Telegraph, which is
about as well informed on American
topics as the average British newspa-
per, says that ''without exception the
bread used IN Chicago is poisonous.
Yes, and the meat used in New York
is all diseased; sulphuric acid is the
common beverage, and the streets are
paved with gun cotton: but then,
somehow, Americans manage TO sur
vive and keep the death rate of the
principal cities below that of London,
where the people all live on ambrosia
and nectar. 1t dces seem that the
genius of misrepresentation has passed
from Mr.. JEFF Brick to John Bull.
Fancy the Daily Telegram be-
ing taken as misrepresenting Mr..
John Bull. The AsToIIAN ought
to know that the Telegraph is one
of the few prints in England,
unfortunately their number is
growing; which are never read
without their information being
discounted a hundred per cent. If
one believes half what the Tele-
graph says, they give quite enough
evidence of child-like simplicity
that should ensure their being
"looked after"
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-07-23
Timely Discussion.

Leading journals of the Atlantic
side are discussing the propriety
and impropriety OF the subscrip-
ton started i'm New York city to
raise a fund of s250,O0O for the
benefit of Mrs. g Garfeld and her
children. THE AsToRIAN endorses
the belief that this movement is
not in good taste, and is setting a
bad example. We have as much
admiration for Mrs. Garfield as we
have for any other true and faith
full American lady, wife and moth
er, but no more. There could be
no possible danger of her or her
children suffering, in the event Of
the presidents death. She has a
good and highly improved home
and farm ut Mentor. Ohio, worth,
it is said, $4,000, and in case her
husband should die during his
term congress would be sure to
vote her at least a years salary.
Men do not generally give sums
of from one to FIVE thousand dol
lars Just for the love of giving.
And large maj"Tity Of those
whose names will grace this sub
scription list will naturally expect
to be nearer the president, and
have more influence, than ordinary
outsiders. But admitting that in
this instance none but the purest
and best motives have influenced
the promoters of and subscribers
to this fund, we still think it is in
bad taste, and will lead 10 results
that will be diScreditable 10 as a.
a nation. Future presidents vii
expect their friends, soon after in
stallment into Office, to begin tC
circulate a subscription list foI
their endowment, and men vii
subscribe to it, and literally, too
for the increased influence they
will expect to have with the al
ministration. And it will not bC
long before the subscription husi
ness will be extended from th,
president to members Of the cabi
net, members of congress, COVER
nors of states, etc. If the Presi
dent must be pensioned, let il b'
done by the government.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-07-23

A Ii PERSONS ARE HEREBY FOR
N hidden 10 treSpaSs in any manner upon
lot !, block y. Olneys Astoria, under pen
atty Of prosecution. j. G. MEGLER
Astoria, Oregon, July Is. 1881.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-07-23

An attempt is being made to
introduce English pheasants among
the Rocky mountains, and Lord
Morley has lately despatched a
number fine healthy birds to a
friend who has settled in that re-
gion. 1t is now suggested that
American turkeys could be intro
duced into England. The prairie
bird might also be acclimatized
there with advantage.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-07-23

The only desire that actuated
Guiteau 10 assassinste the presi-
dent was that he might become a
hero, and the sensational press of
the day are making him a lion by
quoting every act of his life. All
but one thing that the lousy scrub
ever did in his life time, has been
reported; that is this: Several
years ago he introduced the style
of men parting their hair in the
middle.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-07-23

An insect of some kind has been
destroying wheat in Yamhill coun-
ty at a fearful rate, cutting the
stalk off at the surface of the
ground. Some of the farmers
have lost very heavily on account
of it. Jos. Watt, of Amity, loses
about 200 acres of wheat, and
other farmers lose quite largely.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-07-23
Girl Wanted.
Nnticp IN TrpsnasSprs

GIRL OR MIDDLE AGED WOMAN.
" Inquire az THIS OFFICE
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-07-23
NEW TO-DAY.

p. Wilhelm. Boss saloon. opposite
the Clarendon hotel. Portland. Oregon.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-07-23

Col. G. /. Gillespie will be as
signed to place in the east on
account of the death of Gen.
Michler.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-07-23
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