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vICE-PRESIDENT ARTHUR.
The Dignity and Propriety of His
Bearing Winning for Him Praise
and Good Feeling.

WASHINGTON. July 5.-Yice Presi-
dent, Arthur's grief, so Enthusiastically
manifested in his eareworn and jaded
appearance when he arrived here the
delicacy of his conduct, and all his ex-
pressions since that time, are beginning
to win for him warm place in many
hearts which week ago would have
found it difficult tO-put a charitable in
terpretation upon any act or word Of
his. al --- e
While tire. threatened death of the
President has been the oYershadowing
subject Of thought and public comment,
the. Rsulting political possibilities and
contingencies have been. the burden of
the Conversational undercurrents in all
directions, and in all this talk General
Arthnr has, of course, been central
figure. His forbearance from comment.
beyond giving expression to his sorrow,
is noticed as the result of the exercise of
sound common sense under trying cir
cnmstances, and the hasty opinions
which were expressed in many quar-
ters when the worst was feared and be-
ing revised and recalled. General Ar
thurscalled at the Executive Mansion
this afternoon and remained for an hour
in conversation with members of the
Cabinet. He did not see the President,
the physicians. .deemingit unwise to ad-
NIT him. Members Of the Cabinet speak
of him in terms of warm friendllness,
and feel that he fully shares with them
the. sympathy and sorrow which they
entertain in common with the Nation
at laige. -. - 'ri ~ -. 80 :. ~
Secretary. Blaine.sags that no one could
have borne himself with more dignity,
delieacy and propriety than Vice-Presi;
dent Arthur has during the trying days
he has been in Washington. He has
shown, says the Secretary. the utmost
of good feeling, and has drawn toward
him the kindliest of relations. $50
Secretary Window speaks warmly in
his praise, as one who has sought to
bear his share of the load which has
been bearing down everyone who had
near relations with the President.
Whether or not the political complica-
lions of the recent past shall extend far
into the future. Vice-President Arthur
will probably be remembered as one who
possesses generous heart and his share
If manly common sense. LI.ll-
All the Cabinet officers have called
lpon the Vice President since his ar
'iyal here and all are in friendly rela-
ions with HMM. Y. Tribune.
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A CORRESPONDENT Of the New York
Evening Post, who has recently visited
Mexico, and studied its people and in
stitutions, does not give very hatter-
ing account of the prospects of the rail-
reads which have been projected; and in
which American capitalists are solicited
to invest their money. He does not be
lieye it is the purpose of Mexico TO pay
the subsidies pledged by its Congress,
which already amount to more than one
half the gross revenue Of the Govern
ment. But these subsidies of money and
the concessions of land, a good deal of
which can never be made productive,
supply "a basis foriworking off the bonds,
which viii be Immediately put upon our
own and European markets. Many of
the projected roads. in his opinion, viii
suspend before half completed, Begin
ming some whore aud ending nowherein
particular. and the bondholders will be
/ left in the vocatige. The Mexican peo-
pie, whatever their Government may
do, do not want railroads, and will not
use them: and notwithstanding friendly
assurances at the Mexican Capital, they
look upon the American projects as but
limitations of a process of absorption of
their entire country. 'The Gringos will
esooh own the whole of !. Mexico" is a
Feammon remark there. The CORE
Espohdent's advice is to button up your
pockets when asked to take stock in the
roads. Pcs i5
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all. l made a great effort. and went
over to entertain Miss Numps, who was
sitting neglected in the corner.
The poor woman was so grateful for
my attention, that felt happy in spite
of myself. and when Arthur. who had
been watching me closely, came at last
ard asked me to promenade. | accented
with beaming face
The black silk did do duty, after all, /"
he said, looking at my dress.
Yes, your philosophy was so eonvip-
cling" replied, blushing in spite of N.Y.
self.
-sYoasfe good, generous CIR" ne re-
piled with some emotion. --You have
fought the good tight manfully, and You
have gained it." 91Hls
Now, with those words ringing in NV
ears. l was happy for the coming week.
Then came Q message for me from the
old home. -
My aunts wished to see me on i'm
pertant busiDessp +i 4 hlil. fI'i
In some trepidation / arrayed mysslf
in the black silk and went up. They
were all in the grand drawinQ-room.
Aunt Clementina in the brocade: Aun.
Seraphina waving to and fro huge fam
lily fan, only produced on state occat
sions; Gabrielle by the window, looking
conscious; Arthur, the only one not en-
barassed, who received me with warm
pressure of the hand and the look that /
had seen once before.
"Niece, be seated" said my Aunt Gle
mentinx, with dignity. snow, Seraphi-
na."
I'VE have sent for you," said my aunt,
with her most frigid air, "beeause on oc-
casiOns like this it has been the custom
from time immemorial to assemble all
the members of our family and submit
to them such proposal as was made to
nae this morning. allude to = propo-
sltion made by your cousin, Arthur JOc-s
elyn, for the hand Of"
She paused. My heart beat so rapidly
that L thought he would hear it. ..l,s5 .
"One of my neices," continued my
aunt, (which he was not pleased to spec
ify, thinking, doubtless, that l. would at
once understand. As an unmarried wo-
man, do not think it would be consist
ent with delicacy to pretend to any abil-s
ity to recognize the symptoms of what
is called the tender passions. Neyerthe-
less, have my own ideas. But as there
% wv VI yOuB JuuSCU ~ uC llOLc Illdu
right to send for you both, that this
doubt may be satisfactorily settled. Mr..
Jocelyn, will you be kind enough to in
form me to which of my two nieces you
refer?" i,.s 1.l'siIl /.
Arthur was crimson with. astonish-
ment and modification.
| burst into loud laugh. 81 49,.
Aunt, hadn't YOU better ask us pri-
vately, first, if either Of US will have
him." .ll
Quick as thought. he had me by the
hand.
"You little audacious elf shall take
You for fear if left to yourself you will :
do something yet and disgrace US all
marry tailor, perhaps" .'tstis'-
My aunt bad sat motionless from sur
prise, being fully persuaded that he
loved Gabrielle. Aunt Seraphins recov-
cred first.
"Niece, I congratulate you, and trust
that Mr.. Jocelya will be able to accom-
plisn what our poor endeay0rs have
failed to do. make you worthy Of the
name"
My husband assures me that he has
been trying to fulfill Aunt Seraphina's
request for the last twelve years.
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INSANITY.

AS the facts respecting the wretched
man, Guiteau, become better known, the
evidence upon the question of his sanity
or insanity remains contradictory.
1t appears that Guiteau applied for a
pension for services during the rebel.
lion, and that only two months ago DIR.
Wood of the Pension Bureau in Wash
ington endorsed upon his papers: "The
applicant is insane"
: The testimony of Francis Wayland
Smith Of the Oneida Community is to
the same support. Guiteau lived in that
community for some time. His egot-
ism." says Mr.. Smith, "'was;so great that
it was really a phase of insanity. His
mind was diserdered continually with
hobbies of ali sorts and descriptions.
One of his many idiosyncrasies was to
mark large card with this inscription
Charles j. Gsiteau, Premier of England,
will deliver lecture in st. James's
Hall, London This he kept fastened
to the wall before him. He imagined
himself some great dignitary all the
time" if So u
But perhaps the most striking evi-
dence in this direction is contained in a
letter of Guiteau's father, written in
1873, and furnished for publication by
the brother of the assassin in Boston.
Il have been ready" says the father, "to
believe him capable of almost any folly,
stupidity, or rascality. The only possi-
BILE excuse can render for him is that
he is insane. Indeed, if Twas called as
a witness upon the stand am inclined
to think ! should testify that he is absO-
lutely insane and is hardly responsible
for his acts. My own impression is that,
unless something shall stop him in his
folly and mad career, he will be finally
hopelessly insane and fit subject for a
lunatic asylum. / saw him once or
twice when it seemed to me he was will
ing to do almost any wicked thing he
should happen to take a fancy to. His
insanity is of such character that he is
as likely to become sly, cunning des-
perado as anything. Iregard his case as
hopeless, or nearly SO, and, of course.
know no other way but to dismiss him
entirely from my mind and leave him
entirely in the hands of his Maker, with
very faint hope that he can be changed
either in this world or the next"
This goes to confirm the idea that
Guiteau is crazy. On the other hand,
the conduct of the man at the time of
the assassination was perfectly cool
His proceedings were deliberate, and his
language, though essentially irrational
bore no mark Of frenzy or Of any sort OF
uncomfortable impulse. He seemed to
understand what he had done, to be well
aware of the nature of his deed. So fal
as his manifestations at the time could
60, the only act to suggest lunacy was
the act of killing. Everything else bore
the impress of sanity, of consciousness
of all the facts. :.
The case Is one which will. of course
receive the most thorough examination
from every point of view.-[New Yorl
Sun, 5th inst.
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F am ~ F ride.

Jocelyn Place had been a grand old
mansion in its day; and my aunts con-
sidered it their duty, as descendants OF
the great Jocelyn family, to uphold its
dignity, by affecting a. profound uncon-
sciousness Of the fact that it was, now
one of the most ruinous, leaky, weather
stained old country houses, that ever
disgracsd the fair country Of. So
aunt Seraphina picked her way through
the puddles, and accounted for her
swelled face by referring to her visit to
the Widow Browns damp cottage. And
Aunt Clementina wore her old brocade,
in which she had figured forty years be-
fore at her brothers wedding, declaring
that she would not disgrace the family
name by putting on thin. washy things
they called silk nowadays.
A few old, blear-eyed, grsy-headed
family servants crept around in the
shadows, and brought us up our daily
potatoes and occasional joint in the bat
tered old family silver, and made the
huge old family beds, and swept care
fully the faded carpets, and tended the
old family horse, who was generally sup
posed to be the oldest'inhabitant of the
village. And amidst all this ruin and
desolation and decay, we grew up into
womanhood- sister Gabrielle and I;
she fair, handsome, and holding her
golden head loftily among the descend
ants of shoemakers, tailors and shop
keepers, who had, only fine estates apd
rich clothing-I, dark, pale and always
sad, being. unfortunately, Of practical
nature, and unable to prefer our watery
potatoes to Giles Broadax's roast beef
merely because they were served up on
the family p'a'e. 90 -. s
This and sundry plebian house-keep-
ing tendencies Of mine were the cause of
endless dissension; and, of late, so fierce
had waxed their dedunciations that on
the rainy afternoon, as sat In the re-
cessed window, looking wearily out, my
whole being rose in rebellion against
JlliS ulScIdoly pui pOoclcoS tiic, uoS ducuI
as it was, by petty chickering's, and EN-.
bittered by continual repinings.
Like lightning formed the resolve
that colored my whole afteI-life.
Aunt SeraphinaT
My aunt laid down her embroidery
and prepared to be shocked.
Aunt, am tired Of this life"
sGracious goodnessp calculated Aunt
Clementins, "The unhappy girl is GO
ing to commit suicide"
"No, am not" said, Indignantly
81 mean to keep school,"
My aunts grew stiff with horror. Ga.
brielle rendened. -. e
al know" 1 continued, fall you would
urge, and, to -sayetrouble. Etell you, at
once, it is quite nseless-I am determin.
ed. Disown me if you like. i. for one
meapto rid myself Of this horrible fam
lily incubus" ..t ..-.el
"Shes, madl" calculated both my aunt:
in chorus.
! Gabrielle curled her handsome lip:
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A MEMORABLE SPEECH.
What Mr.. Garfield Said on the Death
Of Lincoln.
From the Congressional Record ]

From the Congressional Record
The efficial report of Saturday, April
IA, 1866, recites that Mr.. Garfield, in the
House of Representatives, after prayer
by Chaplain BoyntOn, moved to dispense
with the reading of the Journal. and
said. "Mr. Speaker, desire to movethat
the House do now adjourn. And before
the vote on that motion is taken desire
to say = few words. This day, Mr..
Speaker. will be sadly memorable so
long as this Nation shall endure, which
God giant may be till the last syllable
of recorded time when the volume Of
human history shall be sealed up, and
delivered to the Omnipotent Judge. In
all future time, on the recurrence Of this
day, doubt not that the citizens of this
Republic will meet in solemn assembly
to reflect on the life and character OF
Abraham Lincoln, and the awful tragic
event of April IA, 1S65-an event un-
parallelled in the history Of nations,
certainly unparalleled in our own. Is
is eminently proper that this House
should this day place upon its records
memorial of that event After brief
eulogy upon the late President, and .
pathetic allusion to the circumstances
of his death, Mr.. Garfield concluded:
"Sir, there are times in the history Of
men and nations where they stand so
near the veil that separates mortals from
immortals, time from eternity, and men
from their God, that they can almost
hear the beatings and feel thep epulsatiOns
OF the heart of the infinite. Through
such a time has this Nation passed.
When 100000 brave spirits passed from
the field of honor through that thin veil
to the presence of God, and when at last
its parting folds admitted the martyr
President to the company of the dead
heroes of the Republic, the Nation stood
so near the veil that the whispers Of God
were heard by the children OF men.
Awe-stricken by His voice, the Ameri-
can people knelt in fearful reverence
and made solemn covenant with Him
and with each other that this Nation
should be saved from his enemies. that
all its glories should be restored, and
on the ruins Of slavery and treason the
temples of freedom and justice should
be built and should survive forever.
1t remains for US, consecrated by that
great event and under covenant with
God, to keep that faith. to 20 forward in
the great work until it shall be complet .
ed. Following the lead Of that great
man and sbeying the high behests Of
God, let US remember that
HE has sounded forth q trumpet that
shall never call retreat;
He is sitting out the hearts Of men be-
fore His Judgment seat.
Be swift, my soul, to answer him; be ju-
bilant, my feet,
For God is marching on"
At the conclusion of this peroratiOn
the House silently adjourned.
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Mark Twain and the Comet.

H. H p
| A Hartford correspondent tells that
he called on Mark Twain a few nights
ago, and found him sitting in an open
scuttle, grasping a murderous-locking
bOat-hook with both hands and grimly
watching the comet. His face had a
haggard look, and his long legs hung
listlessly through the scnttle-Way On
being asked for an explanation, there
was considerable transportation in his
tones as he replied:
"This makes the fourth consecutive
night that / haven't closed half an eye.
It's wearing on me. This constant re-
sponsibilityi is undermining my cOnsti-
tuition. My sense of duty is as strong as
the next mans but sometimes / feel like
letting gomy grip. even if the condemn
ed planet slides into the revised version
of birthstone. - ~ ''s''-i
"The tail of that comet" said he, sad
ly waving the end of his pole toward the
northern sky, sis, according to my cal
blIIC OfCI fA,VVO,OOO ihiiCo
long; yet it wouldn't reach more than a
quarter way through the skulls of some
people that know. The reckless ignor-
ance of mankind amazes me more and
more thesolder grow. Why don't 1 go
20 bed ? Yes. it would be perfectly
easy and natural thing to 60 to bed,
wonldn't it, now? Perhaps 1 had better
60 to bed" And he laughed derisively.
S'fAnd what do you propose to do with
your pole ?" l asked. .s.ll 90 .... q.
"Great Cesarp he exclaimed, l"With a
tail 42, 600, 900 miles long, 100000 miles
thick, and toughas whip leather, whisk-
ing aboutin the wake of that piratical
craft every time she tacks overhead,
don't you see the necessity of keeping q
coel-headed and muscular man on deck
here to fend off in case the cussed thing
whisks this way"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-07-14

THE Presidents demand for a beef.
steak. his willingness to compromise on
an egg. and his subsequent enquiry as
to, whether he could, hold a Cabinet
meeting, will cause a smile all over the
country. 1t will be better medicine than
all the doctors bulletins that can be
posted. But then the whole thing is
Garfield, all oyer, and no one in this
section would be surprised to see him
out for an airing before the physicians
had given him permission to draw on
his boots.-[ Cleveland Herald. i
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Watterson on Garfield-A Touching
= Tribute from Political Opponent

Louisville Courier>JOurnal. fa-r g
A peoples President, the kindliest and
simplest of human beings-but four
months in Office and for the most part
lmmured in the sick room of his wife
two amiable and charming types of our
system, our civilization and our race
two gentle and pleasing illustrations of
what an honest, aspiring boyhood and
girlhood, going hand-in-hand, may
achieve from the humblest beginnings
in this land of ours-separated fora few
days-are about to meet fol- little holi-
day; good Christian people, their hearts
full of thanks to God for sparing the
life of the weaker; plain, unpretending
offsprings and representatives of the
people, and no crowns, nor uniforms,
nor escortage-a sweet July morning,
and the children peeping oyerwistfully
into his coming fOurth-presto! a flash,
bullet, flash, another bullet-and,
with peace and plenty all around about,
and not private enemy in the werld,
and not an act or word to wrong or in
jure any living thing-this happy-heart-
ed man-girdled by that sovereignty
only which doth hedge an honest citizen
lis shot down like dog, or a Gar.
And the wires carry the dreadful word
to that eager, expectant woman, who
shall hurry forward, feeling in her an.
guish and in spite of her courage, how
cruel, how miserable it is to be great
| Nor is this all, for it does not include
the children, nor yet the gray-haired old
mother far away, who is kindly KEPT
ignorant that her forebodings have
come true. Indeed may you be appalled,
Mr.. Secretary of State, for it might havt
been you. And, alack, / say, Mr.. Secre
tary of War, you may well look on will
eyes that are prematurely sad, for yol
alone, of our public men know what this
is.
i II Garfield lives it will be answered
and universal prayer. II he dies, |
will be the curse of God upon peopl'
given over to false gods. If there is any
thing in prayer, let good men ant
women everywhere pray. For it is time
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Masonic Directory.

.DELMONT LODGE, No. 16, F. & A. NJ.
ID Meets every Wednesday night, on or be-
fore full moon.
JESSE B. MEYER, Sec'y. soc = 80
ct. CLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. II.
y Royal Arch Masons. Stated convoca-
tions, first Friday of each month.
C. w. CARROLL, II. P.
JESSE B. MEYER, Sec'y.
DELMONT COUNCIL, No. 54, R. & 8. M.
ID Meets second Tuesday of each month.
II. r. BUMGARNER, T. /. NJ.
F. D. BAILEY, Sec'y.
HOPE COMMANDERY, No. 26, K. r..
Ii Stated conclayes, first Tuesday of each
month. II. II. BUMGARNER, L. G.
L. T.. 5RDwIoK, Rec.
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A Beautiful Peem.

The following exquisite gem from tn
pen of Father Ryan cannot fail to toucl
tender chord in the heart Of every ad
mirer Of the muse. 1t is imbued with
fervor, sincerity and pathos worthy o
the pOetieal magician, whose gifted pei
has made bim a conspicuous Ornamen
to the annals of song and story"
-n A. THOUGHT. .-sl. .r
There never was valley without fadet
flower;
There never was Heaven without SOM
little cloud;
The face of day may fash with light In any
morning hour, .,..f.-.rr a. l-'
But evening soon shall come with her shad
ow-woven shroud. - 81 t'i'* 7
There never was river without its mists O
gray;
There never wasa forest without its fall
ing leaf; ttll- ,i p" % r';'-..r
And joy may walk beside Us down the wind
ings OF our way,
When 10! there sounds a footstep, and w
meet the face of Grief. 80, i.- FEE
mere never was seashore without its drift
ins "rech,
There never was an ocean without it
IL, moaning wave; 81. f,la3Il.. 20 ,si5s
And the golden CLEANS of glory, the summer
On. say tiias ilech,
J. onine "hefe. ueau stars afesieepihg IN theii
az 5a%ure inAntleu grave. -lii''r t'sf f--.'
,.,,..., .-,,...... .,t5 ri-t Z,
There never was streamiet, however crystal
clear, ''' =, .<'
without shadow resting on the npples
oi us tide; 500. - :, 1i,il.s,
sable fringe OF Tear - .'',''i :,
on enher sue. O., fu...f.f.i. Ya p.,yi.
.,.
Inc shadow OF the mountain faiis athWars
tne lowiy pam, lt 7Iu}-
And the shadow OF the cloudlet hangs above
. the mountain head, -,
@. snaoow OF some pam, i3sig = y
ana tne smile Is scasceiy nltted ere me an an
guisneo Tear IS sned. tt..ft
ii'5- a. io3 ~ 7fo.sSi ~ -'','n
For no eyes haye' there been, ever Without
weary tear, f<sf .L-,.tI h, -sEbcs !
And those lips cannot be human which
have never hea7ed sigh, -''''i y"
er been year, ...,.,.. la. .,i
Ana the tempests nlde their terror IN the
caimest summer SKY. -
jju .9..Ias!s ~ 20 u .aisiII-.. Ii.i'J : Z
The cradle means the coffin, and the coffin
means the grave;
The mothers song scarce hides the DE Pro-
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THE sensational, report that secret
organization has been discovered in
Washington, consisting of six hundred
negroes, pledged to lynch Guiteau if the
President should die, will amuse those
familiar with the typical jovial and easy
going Washington black. 1t will-remind
others that the treatment of Guiteau
and the feeling exhibited toward him
since the attempted assassination are
notable proofs of the law-abiding spirit
of the American people. Expressions
of regret are often heard that, in case of
the Presidents recovery, Guiteau could
only receive the inadequate punishment.
at the outside, of a sentence Off eight
years Imprisonment, and the hope is
often expressed that in event of the
Presidents death, none of the Common
devices of murder trials may succeed in
cheating the law but there has been not
the slightest symptom of a desire to use
extraordinary and unlawfull measures
against this extraordinary criminal.
There has not been time when his life
was not as safe as that of the most COM
mOnplace murderer. Two or three pO-i
lieemen sufficed to arrest him and take
him to Jail, where he is quietly awaiting
the result of his victims injuries andt
Itrial,by jury that will follow The Jail
is guarded, but there is not now, and
has not been at any time, the least evil
dence of any danger of attack. The full
significance of this is only to be appre-
ciated when it is considered that Presi-
dent Garfield had already achieved a
great personal popularity, and that the
dastardly attempt upon his life aroused
an intense popular emotion. not seen
since the murder ofLincOln.-N iY.i
Tribune, 9th. sla~ a.fElan 5fj I0i i