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Memory.
BY JAMES A. GARFIELD.

This little poem, from the pen OF the
President was written before his first term
in Congress-hence some twenty years ago.
At that time possibly the President OF
Christian college was the summit where
the sunbeams fell, y but the last lines are
all but prophecy.
Ills beauteous night the stars look brightly down
Upon the earth, decked in her robe of snow,
No light CLEANS at the window, save my own
Which gives its cheer to midnight and to me-
And now, with noiseess step, sweet memory comes
And leads me gently through her twilight realms
What poets tunefu Tyre has ever sung.
Or delicate pen e'er portrayed
The enchanted, shadowy land where memory dwels?
1t has its valleys, cheerless, lone and drear,
Dark shaded by the mournful cypress tree - q
Ahd yet its sDniit mountain tops are Batfe- - q
In Heavens own blue. Upon its craggy cf
ROBBED in the distant light of dreamy years, -
Are clustered joys serene of other days,
Upon its gentle sloping hillsides bend
The weeping willow DER the sacred dust
Of dear departed ones and yet in that land,
Where'er our footsteps fall upon the shore,
They that were sleeping rise from out the dust
OF deaths long, silent years, and round us stand
As erst they did before the prison tomb
Received their clay within Its voiceless halls,
The heavens that bend above that land are hung
With clouds of various hues. Some dark and chill,
Surcharged with sorrow, cast with somber shade
Upon the sunny, JOYOUS land below.
Others are floating through the dreamy air,
White as the falling snow their margins tinged
With gold and crimsoned hueS, their shadows fall
Upon the fowry meads and sunny slopes.
Soft as the shadow of an angels wing
When the rough battle of the day is done
And evenings peace falls gently ON the heart,
bound away across the nclsy years.
Unto the utmost verge of memory's land,
While earth and sky in dreamy distance meet,
And memory dim with dark oblivion joins,
Where woke the first remembered sounds that fell
Upon the year in childhood's early morn:
And wandering thence along the rolling years.
see the shadow of my former self
Gliding from childhood up to mans estate.
The path of youth winds down through many vale
And on the brink of many dread abyss,
From out whose darkness comes no ray of light,
Save that phantom dances DER the gulf
And beckons toward the verge. Again the ath
Leads DER the summit where the sunbeams fall;
And thus in light and shade, sunshine and gloom,
Sorrow and joy, the lfe-path leads along
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PeriIs of the Deep.

The wOrld-renOWned swimmer, Captain
Paul Boyton, in an interview with news
paper correspondent at the seashore, re-
lated the fol lowing incidents in his expe-
rience:
Reporter Captain Boyton, you must
have seen a large part of the world ?''
Captain Boyton-"Y es, sir, by the aid
of my Rubber Life-saving Dress, have
travelled over 10000 miles on the rivers of
America and Europe; have also been pre-
sented to the crowned heads of England,
France, Germany, Austria, Belgium. Italy,
Holland, Spain and Portugal, and have in
my possession forty-two medals and deco
rations have three times received the
order of knighthood, and been elected hon.
orary member of committees, clubs, Or
ders and societies.
Reporter-"Were your various trips &C.
companied by much danger ?'
Captain Boyton-''That depends upon
what you may call dangerous. During nv
trip down the river Tagus, in Spain, had
to ''shoot" one hundred and two water:
falls, the highest being about eighty-Hve
feet, and innumerable rapids. Crossing
the Straits OF Messina, l had three ribs
broken in fight with sharks; and coming
down the Somane, a river in France, re-
ceived a charge of shot from an excited
and startled huntsman. Although all this
was not very pleasant, and might be termed
dangerous, I fear nothing more on nv trim
than intense cold; for, as long as my limbs
are free and easy. and not cramped or be-
numbed, 1 am all right. Of late carry
stock of st. Jacobs Oil in my little boat.
1.-THE Captain calls it ''Baby Mine, and has
stored therein signal rockets, thermome-
ter. compass, provisions, sc. land I have
had but little trouble. Before starting out
rub myself thoroughly with the article.
and its action on the muscles is wonderful
From constant exposure I am somewhat
subject to rheumatic pains, and nothing
would ever benefit me, until I got hold of
this Great German Remedy. Why, on nv
travels 1 have met people who had been
suffering with Rheumatism for years; by
my advice they tried the Oil, and it cured
them. would sooner do without food for
days than be without this remedy for one
hour. In fact would not attempt triD
without it,"
The Captain became very enthusiastic
on the subject of st. Jacobs Oil, and we
left him citing instances of the curative
qualities of the Great German Remedy to
a party around him.
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FARM AND FIRESIDE.

FIRM BUTTER WITHOUT JCE.-In small
families, where the dairy is small, good
plan to have butter cool and firm without
ice is by the process of evaporation, as
practiced in India and other warm coun-
tries. A cheap plan is to let a very large
sized porous earthen flower-pot, with
large saucer. Half fill the saucer with
water, set it on trivet or light stand
such as is used for holding hot irons will
do; upon this set your butter; over the
whole invert the flower-pot, letting the top
rim Of it rest in and be covered by the
water; then close the hole in the bottom
of the fower-pot with a cork; then dash
water over the fower-pot, and repeat the
process several times day, or whenever
it looks dry. If set in cool place. or
where the wind can blow on it, it will
readily evaporate the water from the pot,
and the butter will be as firm and cool as
if from an ice-house.
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NJ A Z A e I A j.
POISON.

The principal cause of nearly all sickness at this
time of the year has its origin in disordered Liver
which, if not regulated in time, great suffering,
wretchedness and death will ensue. A gentleman
writing from South America says: ST have used
your Simmons Liver Regulator with good effect, both
as prevention and cure for Maarial Feyers on the
Isthmus of Panama"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-09-30

PAIN, like trusty sentinel, guards eY-
cry avenue leading to the citadel of life,
and we are by it forewarned of danger.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-09-30

PRIDE of.mind is the attribute of honest
people; prida of manners is that of fools,
pride of birth and rank is often the pride
of dupes.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-09-30

PROMISES made IN affection require q
better memory than many possess.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-09-30

PERSEVERANCE, to receive a rich re-
ward, must have on object worthy of it.
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PRIDE is better than gold, for it keeps
US out of the gutter; but vanity is the gate
that opens the way to failure and ruin.
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PRIDE is never more offensive than
when it condescends to be civil; whereas,
vanity, whenever it forgets itself, naturally
assumes good humor.
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TURNING UNDER CLovER.-A writer
in the s'Farm and Field,'' in reference to
the matter Of turning under clover, says
that some persons contend that if clover is
turned under in it's green state it sours the
land, but his own opinion is that it should
be plowed under when in bloom, and gives
for proof of it that he plowed down the
one half of field of clover when in bloom,
and the other half of the field not until
some time after the crop had been mown
for hay; that the following year the wheat
on the half of the field which had been
plowed when the clover was in bloom was
not only much the best, but that the young
clover at the time of writing was fully six
inches higher. But did it never strike the
writer that the real cause of the difference
lay in the early ploaoing Of the first half of
the field, and not to the condition of the
clover when plowed under?
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-09-30

PEOPLE are always ready to assist those
who need no assistance.
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BEFORE THEY WERE BIsHoPs.-Of the
thlrty-fve Bishops elected by the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, the official appoint
ments held by them at the time of their
election we're as follows: Coke was Super
intendent OF the Methodist Church in
America; AsburY was general assistant to
MI. Wesley in America; Whatcoat was
assistant to Mr.. Ashury; Soule, when first
elected in 1900 (but declined), was Book
Agent, when elected again in 1924, was
stationed in Baltimore, and j. o. Andrew,
Andrews, Peek and Warren we're pastors;
McKendree, George, R. r. Roberts, He'd
ding, Ames, Barns, Of Liberia and Rob-
erts, of Liberia, were Presiding Elders;
Emory, Waugh and Scott we're Book
Agents; Morris; Hamline, Simpson, Clark,
Thomson, Kingsley, Wiley, Merrill and
Gilbert Haven, were editors; Jones was
Secretary of the American Bible Society;
Baker was College Professor; Bowman,
Foster. Foss, Hurst and E. G. Haven were
College Presidents, and Harris was Mis-
sionary Secretary.
Of the eleven Southern Bishops elected
after the division of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, the appointments held were
as follows: Capers was Missionary Secre-
tary; Paine, Pierce and Wightman were
College Presidents; BascoDn and Keener
were editors; Early was Book Agent; and
Kavanaugh, Marvin, Doggett, and Nc
Tyeire were pastors.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-09-30

SEX IN EGGs.-A correspondent of the
London journal of HORTICULTURE says
that eggs with the air bladder on the CEN
tire of the crown of the egg will produce
cockerels; those with the air bladder on
one side will produce pullets; and reports
the following results of a recent expert
ment with fifty-eight eggs, in which three
failed to hatch, eleven are yet too young
to determine the sex, and forty three
turned out true to this theory.
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CHURCH BELLS.-The following from
the London Lancet" is commended to
the consideration Of the proper church Of
ficers. The tolling of bells is certainly
great annoyance. and is wholly unneces sa-
ry: ''There is not a word to be said against
church bells in the abstract, or in their
proper place-that is to say, in the coun-
try, where peal of bells may be useful to
call the residents scattered over an extern
sive district to service: but in towns they
are intolerable and most mischief work.
ing nuisance. To the sick, suffering from
headache and nervous irritation, the ding
dong and jingle of church bells constitute
a very serious annoyance; and we do not
hesitate to say, in many cases the loss of
rest and the general disquietude they pro-
duce not only lessen the chance of recoye.
ry, but may expedite fatal ISSUE This
is grave charge, but we make it advised
ly. 1t is daily cause of injurious excite
ment to the sick, and provocative of ill
temper to the healthy The time is ap-
preaching when it may be needful, in the
interest of the weak and suffering, to ap-
ply TO the Legislature for a special enact
ment prohibiting the ringing or tolling of
church bells in populous localities For
the present. however, the appeal lies to
the humanity of the cIergymen ana
churchwardens of the city and suburban
parishes. Surely they will not persist in
perfectly unnecessary infection, which is
shown and known to work dire evil.''
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III b l. / g !!

Agents can make more money selling our new
Telephones than in any other business. Send 81
for sample pair and wire to put UP and exhibit Sat
rOfts. Address, -
q. g. TELEPHONE CO.,
ulyS Tyr 123 Clark st., Chicago. i'll.
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LEMON SNOW JELLY.-Dissolve one box
of Cox's gelatine in nearly quart of boil
ing water, then add the juice of five lem
ons and enough of sugar to sweeten to
taste; strain and set aside until nearly
cool. Beat the whites of five eggs and
whip into the jelly; turn into dish and
let it set until cold. After it becomes solid
decorate with pieces of red jelly.
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COFFEE CAKE.-Bake two sponge cakes
and let them cool. Take two and half
cups of milk, one egg, four tablespoonful
of sugar, two cups of flour; boil until it
thickens; favor with very strong coffee;
place between the cakes and frost the top.
CARAMELs.-One cup Of grated chocos
late, one and one half cups molasses, one
pound sugar, one cup milk. butter size of
an egg; boil till it hardens, and flavor with
vanilla.
GRAHAM CRACKERs.-One half cup
butter; one half cup sugar; four eggs
one cup of fine white flour, one quarter
teaspoonful soda; enough Graham flour to
roll out. These are very nice to eat with
berries.
YEAsT.-Six or eight good sized pota-
toes, grated or boiled; one half cup sugar;
one half cup salt; handful of hops, stepped;
cup of seed yeast, and two quarts of boil
ing water.
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e. GRAH
+ E z T I L I z E r S.

This Fertilizer l would recommend to any one
wishing a reliable article at a low price, used by
John b. Karicofe Mt. Scion: wheat weighing 6415
abs to the bushel, and best in his neighborhood.
Daily Republican., 1881-09-14
LYING AS Ni.SlIssAT,OS.
LikeiN TO sesult ia fnrce-
fahi irk Gardner Wants n pubItc
'vesIiSattOm.

The COMMITTEE appointed by C!t,
'ouncli u iLNeNhIale the charge,
against street Commissioner Lynch tn,
mA.teasance II ullic" nct last eveuip,
with c.osed doors. Ile committ,. con-,
sisos oI Chairman trmichari Barn
ltlll, La" renee, Adams and Moor.
latrlck GaFdu"r H.lng called appeared.
but emphatlcal.- objected to pjyiur
evidence unless the investigation was
heId III pubic and each witness sworn
MI Gar'iner wanted the reporters ad.
mlttcd that the pubic might know e,
actly what was SAID and done, and thar
the people might know that his cUarrp,
were true.
MIR. Lynch was called upon to make
a statement, but dispute arose as IN
whether hc should be put on oath. There
was an expressed feeling against nu.-
tug Anybody on oath and Mr.. tiarin r
refused to testify unless Lynch and hi,
witnesses were sworn. Couuri,luau
Moore seems 10 have been IT,. only
member OF the committee who favored
II public Investigation. He thought
Win Mr.. Gardner that the doors should
DC thrown open 10 reporters and every
means mace use of to expedite the cas-.
anu arrive at Just conclusion.
The Committee however refused "a
accede to this proposition and Mr.. Gard.
ner picked up hi hat and retired
from the room; Don ,tfterwar the Com.
lnittec "dioull ed without accompli,h.
ihg any h ng except demonstrating the
fact that toere will be no Investigation
" hich viii command the popu,ar re-.
spect, The Committee will meet again
TN" evening but it is he opinion OF the
Gay Solicitor and others that no conclu.
son viii lie arrived at.
Daily Republican., 1881-09-14
FOURTH EDITION.
FIRE LAS r NIGHT.
McCanD's Confectionery 1t Tenth
and Mark ct streets hiis htIy dam. .
aged by fire, and Flooded with

Last evening the workmen in Nc
Cams candy manutactory at Tenth
and Market streets, were busy employed
until about 9 O'clock, making candy
tor the purpose OF filling some orders,
About that time having finished their
work they saw that the fires were al
right and closed the place for the night.
About ! o'clock, Mr.. Lewis McCann,
one OF the tirm, having occasion to visit
the premises, was surprised 10 see a
bright light i'll the candy room on th.
third floor he immediately entered the
buldinEand tound Sight fire in some
excelsior or packing such as is used in
packing candy the fire is supposed to
nave caught from the chimney.
The alarm was immediately given
from box No : at Tenth and Orange
streets, to which the whole department
responded, and went into service as
socn as they arrived upon the ground,
f1ooding The whole building with water.
touncll William II. Blake was pres, Mt
and in the absence OF the Cher l!ngi-
netr tndeavore,i To prevent the tremep
IRON throwing SO much water into the
building, Int all that he could saw ap-
petTei to have no ett ct uuon the mon.
and the streams OF water continued 10
pour into the house.
About THIS 'rm" rhc chief enrin rar
ar wed, and his frs action was TO or
der th" companle, to stop OF their
wAicA they did, and returned
. their respective houses. The damage
10y hre was but slight, but there are
huhure'n 81 dollars worth Of goods.
groceries, Nc, al. through The building,
that ar" rntnei hy The water, with
"hlrA HE par" was use,e SLY II ,oleI |
IN" loss however, is fully ruv .Trd bv |
iusuran,e, Tn" Mes rs. MlIAnn WISH
u S1"'eN tiaf lhrre was nn trpWugk : III |
sA" roo Whtr" IN" iilr orlGutIehA- l.
4 ort"d IN tAe morning paper; and a.
80 tiaI a. .nv GuhpoWic.' thu. was ~ !
II" hutIh ~ WA ~ cans ltI"t lnSn.r gt |
tie front door, ahR was re.l,yru WI,u
ne a,"fin Wa> EEsr sIytu,
Daily Republican., 1881-09-14
stranger Ghan Fiction and Moy
Trup

Some years ago the daughter Of A
wealthy and influential citizen Of this
c!'y was married to gentleman hi.h
social stancing, and they cOmmtlcd
life together under very favorable sl.
plces. But short time had eapSi
when the gentleman fell into habits n
dissipation and finally, about eleven
years ago, disappeared from home and
1t was reported and believed that be
had committed suicide, and the widow
Went into deep mourning, rejecting
every offer made for her hsud and
heart though she and her trells had
no other idea than that her husband
was indeed dead.
Her surprise, however, can be more
easily conceived than described when a
e" days ago she receive! a letter dated
Meadvlllr. Pa in the well l-known hand
writing of her supposed deceased nus
band. With paIpitatIpg heart and
emotional curiosity she hastily opened
the letter, and sure enough u
was from her husband who was no!
dead as surposed but was living IN
Meadyille where several years ago be
had located and was engaged IN busl'
ness enterprise that was yielding nun
a handsome competence. he asked Als
long neglected wife to come and stN'
life with him again under brighter aa'
spices after eleven years bitter expert
ence, and she good faithful wife lSpacS'
ing up her trunks to fly to her nus
band 5 arms and heart.
Daily Republican., 1881-09-14
A Mill Floor Gives WAY.

Last Thursday afternoon the third
floor of fthe large three story stone mill
of Samuel Katrolh, in Warwick town
ship, Lancaster county, known as the
"Millport Mill, !" broke down under the
weight Of grain, 600 bushels that
was stored in it. In its fall upon the
second floor that, too, gave way, and the
united weight cane crashing upon the
lower floor, which, being upon the
ground, could, OF course, not be moved
except aJ the point where it was built
over the mill race, where it gave way
and large amount of & ain went down
into the water. There was nobody in
the mill at the time although the mill
was running AT the time the catas-
trophe happened. The inside of the
mill was completely wrecked and the
loss Of the grain and property destroyed
is considerable. The mill will be re-
built.
Daily Republican., 1881-09-14
A HapDy Reuu,n

/ There was happy family ,,,
at the home of Edward l.. Ne E'a E.uFFl y
Lombard street. Last evening ~ ~, ~ ~
ar"n all arranged to be at home -, ,.I y1li !
celebrate together with him rho "1I W
anniversary Of his birth. Tbn ~ %l
son Wm. ii. Mckeag, deputy S sSo.4 v'4s!
maulson county, Illinois, and Ga4. ,I v
Mcheag OF the same State and o' s1
reached home last week to ,p4,J 'ouu!
days with their parents and FRIEND "N1 ',
had been fourteen years since ,h"'t
All met together under the paternai ,a r
ana 'eeiing 1t might he a long tj,n4 "
ever, before another opportunity won,
present Itself for such a pathori,, y"ul
determined 10 make it as euinv,tio 'u| "
occasion ~ possible. Mr. MrK.,,
enjoyed the day very much snr,7n's %
ed by his family, calling To- ,n;nJ ,a
years that had passed and ,bp ,a," ,u'
pleasant seasons he had eynprano}
with them, with now and rhrnarbon,h.
ot the trla!S aud sorrows which I1I
been met by the way, aud little draam
liiG mat 2nything else was in Star, =,
hiln, 10 aid 10 he pleasure of tho n,'
Sent holr, when IN tn" evening hi, "a, r
Tor, =. II. klwiins Of scott, ana tu'',
iLa!e lhtlH app lrauCr. After Ar. ,aH,
or Two OF cheerful intercourse. HI, n,'
lor came forward to surrri> hu with
d 'e" """ s"t co@gra'uIa;ion and %
present 10 MN on thrpart Of hi, chill
urea an elegant pair OF gold sp-cl,I.
together with other us=tu, article, from
other friends who thought to rpnr,0.
her'him, AT this time on receiving ,hs
things he made u few remarks, thank.
ing them tor their kindness to him
prayer was offered, and the reiI4,b.
lnenis which had been provided o-tba
occasion were served, after which ,te
company separated.
Daily Republican., 1881-09-14
SECOND EDITION.
NEW CASTLE PRESBYTEkY.
Opening Session At White Clay
Creek Church Last Night.

The annual meeting of the New
Castle County Presbytery, met accord.
ing to adjournment in the White Clay
Greek Presby terian Church, near New.
ark, at 7.30 O'Clock, last evening
Meeting open with devotional exer
cises conducted by Rev. Robert Ora,
ham of Lower Brandywine Church.
and Rev. j. II. Johns of Zion, Md.
The opening sermon was preached
by the retiring moderate, Rev +. B.
DuNai, pastor of the First Presbyterian
cIurc' this city.
The sermon was forcible plea for
Christian consistency and activity,
eloqu: :nt!y delivered and attentively
listened to by the very large congrega-
ton present.
After the sermon the Presbytery was
called to order and constituted with
prayer.
At the roll call SO members answered
to their names and many more are eX-
pected TO arrive to-day.
1t was announced by the committee
of arrangements that the assurances
were that this session of the Prssbytery
would he unusually well attended.
Rev j. T. tmsted, of Smyrna, was
elected Moderator, and Rev. w. +.
Louderhongh, of Odessa, and Elder W.
E. Gillespie were elected temporary
clerks.
The committee of arrangements,
through its chairman, Rev. w. d.
Mackey, presented the following report
which was adopted.
''TEe sessions of Preshvtery shall
commence at 9 o'clock, taking a recess
from T. 80 until > 2o'clock, and from )
until 1.3O D. IN.
A discourse will be delivered at II
O'Clock A NJ. on Wednesday (to-day)
by the Rev. J. T. Cmsted ou tue recent
revision of the New Testament, aud "A
sermon will be preached This evening
by Rev. James Conoway. The first |
half hour of each day VIII be spent in |
devotional exercises.
The readiug of the minutes of the
last meeting was deferred, and the
Preshytery adjourned, with prayer,
until 8 clock this morning.
Daily Republican., 1881-09-14
Another Chance For Cane NAV,

The steamer Susie Mccall will con
hnue 10 max" her regular trips this
week, and VIII make connections, as
usual, with the Steamer Republic foI
Cape May, the managers of that boat
having decided t. rnn their boat unit
SUNDAY next the 18th inst, when that
day will be their last "trip for the sea
son. All who have not been able 20
visit Cage MAY the past summer should
avail themselves otth's their last opror-
tunity. Ihe Thomas Clyde discontin
utd her trips yes rrday. The Susie
Mccall Will not make daily trips after
his week, bur will continue to make
regular rip four times a week, due
notice of which will appear in Satur.
days papers.