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Why General Grant Paid Fare.

1roT4 tue Wilmington News.
William II. Lummis, one OF the best known
conductors OF the Philadelphia Wilmington and
Baltimore railroad, died at Minneapolis Mimi.
ON Friday last. II Is said of him that he never
allowed a dead-head to ride. When Gen. Grant
was President, and just before Miss Nellie Grants
marriage with Mr. Sartoris the Presidents fam
iiy and several friends went TO New York on
shopping tour. Mrs. Grant headed the party,
and Miss Nellie was one of it. 1t SO happened
tnas lummis was the conductor Of the limited
express on which they took passage In the
regular order OF collecting tickets he reached
tieni- Tickets" said William. politely. ave
have none. said ono OF the gentlemen. pass -
said William. lacouca,ly. 1--WE haven't thai
either" said the gentleman. with genial smile
ssnd we don't need IL. This is President Grant :
family" William stepped back few feet. re-
moved his cap and made profound bow. !" I
am very happy TO make the acquaintance OF tho
Presidents family" said he, "but the orders of
this company are that all passengers must show
= pass. have ticket or pay their fare" The
gentieman who was speaking for the Presidents
family argued the matter for time, but William
was Dot te DC persuaded, and the presidential
party paid their fares.
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Grave of the Author OF Home. Sweet
Home,
From the Independent.

3FOIn the independent
Near Carthage. in a lonely spot rarely visited.
sleeps a wandering minstrel of our own times.
whose one immortal song has been heard every
where the English language is spoken Like
the rowing singers of lovely Provence many
times he had nothing but his harp. John How
ard Payne was gay Bohemian. extravagant in
taste. lavish in expenditure. living much too
much. "'mid pleasures and palaces" yet with
vein OF sadness down deep in his heart He
died while holding the office Of consul and q
plain marble slab, sent out by the government
OF the United States, marks the grave of the
homeless man. sixty years wanderer on this
earth, the author of = Home. Sweet Home
One winter he was without money or credit
and IN London had not where TO Law his head
he Tried TO quiet the pain OF hunger and home
iessness by looking in AT the windows and from
the areas seeming good cheer. IL was Christ
mas Eve; the snow fell fast the wind was sharp
and Keen. At one luxurious house the hungry
man stopped and watched the lighting OF the
christmas tree Its candles streamed brightly
on the pavement. and among the evergreens he
could see the red berries OF holly. the TOYS and
gariands. and the pretty heads of children.
--1&ey danced and clapped their hands while the
preseetsXere distributed and the air ranp with
shouts. laughter and screams of delight. When
the merriment had spent itself a little. one
young girl went 10 the piano and struck IN
"Sweet Home" while the family Joined i'm a
rousing chorus. Was ever contrast so bitter?
have this from Mrs. Consul General Hean
Payne told it to her long after those evil DAYS
were passed.
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MINNIE HAWKS YANKEES DOG.
He Enters His Native Land Undeclarcd
I'm Spite Of a Customs Inspector.

Madame Minnie Hawk arrived last week in
New York in the Hamburg steamer Suevia
from Havre after voyage of twelve days She
and her mother were greeted at the dock by q
large party of friends. She said to the reporter
that she is not going to sing with Mapleson this
season. zone year, or two, with Mapleson is
just as much as any singer can stand. Nilsson
tried it, and Gerster, too. Ispent my summer
holiday mostly on the French and Belgian sea-
coast and in Baden-Baden. l am in splendid
voice and perfectly prepared to meet the exigen-
cies of trying concert season.
As she was leaving the pier, her dog, pretty
poodle, was stopped by custom house inspec-
tor.
':YOu cannot take the dog along yet, madame.
You will have to wait until the declarations are
made out
"Why?'
81 must find out If that dog is on the list"
Several of the gentlemen demonstrated. Mr..
Smith Il. Lane the park commissioner. said:
"Why, you don't want to let the ladies wait
in the rain on account of the dog ?"
The inspector persisted, but Nine. Hauk, who
led the dog by string, slipped it from his col
lar. blew silver whistle. and the dog started
Off at full speed. and was soon out of sight.
. He is Yankee" she said "and is only re-
turning to his native land
MI~e. Hauk will stay in New York for couple
of weeks. Her season begins in Boston on the
18th OF this month. She will sing alternately in
concert and opera, and will visit all the large
cities under the management of Mr.. Slayton, of
Chicago.
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etc. Gonorrhoea and Syphilis positively cured in
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A VAGUE but horrible rumOr is being handed
around with blanched lips that Oscar Wilde Will
marry and settle in America Just o few more
strsws on the dromedary's back and war with
ehe mother country viii be iaevitabla.-Eoaa
OXs <-gsts.
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THE TRADES.

GIBSON BROTHERS.
" PRACTICAL BOOK AND JOB PRINTERa
12SS Pennsyvania avenue. Warrington. ID. O.
" Fine Printing . specially. 3an1o
IT YCETTS B1NDERY, 1012 iPENN. AvE.-PLAIN
IL and Fancy Bindings of every DESCRIPTION done At
reasonable rates. Blank Books specially Orders by
rTyHE CELLULOID TRUSS: THAT NEVER
y breaks never wears out always clean. aud can b
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HAMBURG LINE.
WEEKLY LINE OF STEAMERS
LEAVING NEW YORK EVERY THURSDAY
AT NOON.
FOR ENGLAND FRANCE AND GERMANY
Ofassage apply to
c. B. RICHARD & CO.,
General Passenger Agents,
81 broadway. New York.
Or to PERCY G. SMITH,
1851 and GIG Pennsylvania avenus.
Send for Tourist Gazette" ap1
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From the Congregationalist.l

CAUSE AND CURE OF SICK HEADACHE.
Sick Headache is of those terrible chronic diseases
that has been overlooked by the medical faculty because
few people die directly from it, but may suffer the
ent on dyspeptic stomach, generally supposed to
be the case but upon irritable state of the
system The headache begins hours before the stomach
becomes SICK and the of the stomach getting sick
at all is from sympathy transmitted from the
brain to the stomach.
The real and first cause Of these headaches lies still
ished condition of the fluid and while in this
don there many local exciting these
headaches, such fatigue overwork bright light hot
sun. going without the usual meal. stimulants and
various other things may bring attack but all be-
cause the nervous system is run down. Now for the
Cure. 1t is DR.. Benson's Celery and Chamomie Pills.
diseases.
Sold by all druggists. Price, 5Qcents box. Depot. 10
North Eutaw street, BatmorVe Md. By MAIL two
boxes for 81 six boxes for g. So to any address.
DIR. BENsON's NEW REMEDY AND FAvORITE
PRESCRIPTION.
DIR. c. W. BENSON'S
SKIN CURE
WARRANTED TO CURE
ECZEMA. LETTERS, HUMORS, INFLAMMATION
MILK CRUST, ALL ROUGH SCALY ERUP-
TONS, DISEASES OF HAIR AND
SCALP, SCROFULA ULCERS.
TENDER ITCHIN
AND PIMPLES ON ALL PARTS OF THE BODY
1t makes the skin white, soft and smooth removes tan
and freckes and is the BEST toilet dressing IN THE
WORLD. Elegantly put up. TWO bottles in one pack
consisting Of botn internal and external treatment
All first class druggists have it. Price 81 per package
c. N. CRITTENTON, Sole Wholesale AgentIfor Dr.
c. W. Benson's Remedies 15 Fulton street New York
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NORFOLK AND NEW YORK STEAMERS.

n ORFOLK AND NEW YORK STEAMERS.
THE STEAMER LADY OF THE LAKE
VIII leave her wharf, foot OF 9th street MONDAY.
WEDNESDAY, and FRIDAY at $50 o'cl'k u. m, touch
ing ct Pney Point Point Lookout Fortress Monroe
CONNECTING AT NORFOLK WITH TIE BOSTON
AND PROVIDENCE STEAMERS.
Firstcass fare to Fortress Monroe and Norfolk 50
Round trip fare TO Fortress Monroe and Norfolk 90
Second fare to Fortress Monroe and Norfolk 80
First fare to Pney Point and Point Lookout so
Round trip fare to Piney Point and Point Lookout e 80
Secondc Ass fare to Pney Point and Point Lookout IS
Returning. leaves Norfolk TUESDAYS. THURSDAYS
and SATURDAYS. at five O'Clock pm.
THE NEW YORK STEAMERS
JOHN GIBSON and E. G. KNIGHT will resume their
SATURDAY, at four O'Clock p. m, and Georgetown
every THURSDAY, at O'Clock am. For particulars
apply to agent, 63 Water street GEORGETOWN.
Tickets and stateroons he secured at general
office, 613 18th street, National Metropolitan Bank
Buildng b. o. Ticket Office 1851 Pepnsy lyania
hue; st. Marc Hotel, and at boat
oc23 ALFRED WOOD. Secretary.
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DOUBLE TRACK. SPLENDID SCENERY
IN EFFECT SEPTEMBER 10Th, iss2
TRAINS LEAVE WASHINGTON FROM STATION CORNER
OF 6TH AND STREETS. AS Follows
of Palace Sleeping Cars at $50 a. m, daily: Fast
Line. $50 am, daily. with Sleeping Cars from
Pm daily, with Palace Cars to Pitts burg and
S ttcbn nd Mall sa Express. $3.50 p daily for
BALTIMORE AND foToMAc RAILROAD.
For Erie, Canandaigua, Rochester. Buffalo Niagara.
200 p m daily except Saturday, with Palace Cans
For Williamsport, Lock Haven, and Enira ate 30 A.
m. daily, except Sunday.
For Neg YORK and the East 500 M, 1890 an lsc,
and 1920 pm. Limited Express of Pullman Par
Tor Cars. $3.50 q. m. daily. except sunday
eey City with boats of Brooklyn Annex. afording
direct transfer to Fulton street. avoiding double
For Philadephla. 800 am. 1880 m; 80 400
1920 pm: Limited Express. $50 a. m. daily.e1-
Fer Bsltimore. gao, 500, $780, 1880 m and l:so
Sunday 500. $50 am sSD 40. e;a6 7'so $50.
rorPope's Creek Line GAO M and pm daily.
For Annapolis. go I'm and 4;ao pm. daily exospt
aLExHNpRiA AND FREDERICKSBURG RAIL
WAY. AND ALEXANDRIA AND WASHINGTON
IVA LOO 700 600 500 and ii 80 ?. m. ON SUNDAY
at6:30 900. II; 90 and II :25 q. M. and Pm.
$" daily. and 500 .. m. daily. except sunday.
Trains leave Alexapdria for Washington $500 7:2a.
and 10 sSs 2s sS s 90 s mao ana
10. 500 and 1000 e. m. :: :00 and s:2op PIN
Tickets and information at the ofce northeast corne
don. where orders can be left for the checking q BAD.
gage to destination from hotels ana residenees
General PASSENGER mp Agent.
FRANK THOMSON. General MANAGER.
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DEcKER BROS PIANOS, BURDETT ORGANS.
~ The best now made @. H. KUHN Sole e<SSm
Af Sss:s - $500, 'ss 80 1ensss. = usU
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NORTH GERMAN LLOYD
IN STEAMSHIP LINE BETWEEN NEW YORK, HAvRK,
LONDON, SOUTHAMPTON AND BREMEN.
The steamers of this company viii sail EVERY SAT-
URDAY from Bremen pier, foot of Sd street. Hoboken.
Rates of passage: From New York TO Hayre. London,
SOUTHAMPTON and Bremen, first cabin. 800; second
cabin 500 steerage $780, prepaid steerage certificates,
S24. For freight or passage apply TO OELRICHS
CO., Bowling Green, New York; w. G. METZEROTT
CO., 925 Pennsylvania avenue northwest Agents for
Washington. ja12
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STEAMERS. &c.

81 LA M hS. &c.
OLD RELIABLE
FALL AND WINTER SCHEDULE.
On and after OCTOBER LIST, 1882. the steamer
AKROWSMITH will leave her wharf, foot of 9TH street,
at am. every MONDAY, THURSDAY and SAT
URDAY for al river landings. On MONDAY far
Bay, stones wharf, Cobsons and Towards. Nonni
and Currioman On SATURDAY, Currionlau and
Leonardtown.
I he steamer MYSTIC leaves every MONDAY, NED
NESDAG and SATURDAY At pm. Freight received
for al Landings the Potomac this side of Leonard
town. JOHN TX. WOOD,
o3 Agent.
EOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS.
STEAMER THOMPSON
Leaves Sixth Street Wharf every Sunday. Wednesday
and Friday, at O'Clock An
Fare and freight as low rs by any ether boat
For freight or passage Apply to 9Th street wharf or
General Office, Glib l5tl street. s22-3m
FENHE STEAMER ''IATTANO" LEAVES 7rH
n street wharf every SUNDAY, TUESDAY AND
THURSDAY. 1T seven O'clock g.. for Potomac river
landings, stopping at BINDINGS in Nomin Tuesdays
and Thursdays, Nattox Creek on Sundays and Thurs
days. Chapel Point and irents Wharf Sundays down
and Wednesdays ''un," sind Mattawoman Creek
SUNDAYS down and londays up" returning to
Washington every Monday. Wednesday and Friday
Fo- information appy-1
G. T. JONES. Agent
nE2S 9Th street wharf,
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AND SAFE.
WEAVER, KENGLA l. CO.'S
LAu NDRY SOAP

NDRY SOAP
Is ECONOMICAL. BECAUSE IT IS PURE; BEING
FREE FROM ALL DELIBERATIONS, SUCH AS
MARBLE DUST, SOAPSTONE, PIPE CLAY, SILL
CATE, &C., WHICH ARE USED To ADD WEIGHT
AND BULK, AND WHICH QUICKLY WEAR OUT
AND ROT THE CLOTHES.
IT Is SAFE. BECAUSE IT IS MANUFACTURED
FROM STRICTLY PURE MATERIALS, VIZ: STEAM
REFINED TALLOW PREPARED By OURSELvES),
PALM AND COCOANUT OILS; WHILE ON THE
CONTRARY MANY OF THE SOAPS ON THE MAR
KET ARE MADE FROMGREASE PROCURED FROM
THE CARCASSES OF PUTRID DEAD ANIMALS
THUS ENDANGERING LIFE AND HEALTH.
BUT UP IN BARS. AND EVERY BAR BRANDED
WITH OUR NAME.
FOR SALE BY GROCERS GENERALLY,
AND WHOLESALE AT OFFICE.
Els S244 WATER STREET. GEORGETOWN. d. C.
NEW TURKISH BATH, lxl7 g STREET (OPPO-
IN site Riags Housed; large pool: good ventilation;
ladies' MondW and Friday not open supdsy: 2Pea
tickesa 3A.50. DR.. u. l. BoYEk- 0ectx1c1An on
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CUNARD LINE.
NOTICE.
LANE ROUTE.
THE CUNARD STEAMSHIP COMPANY LIMITEn
BETWEEN NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL.
CALLING AT CORK HARBOR.
FROM PIER 40. n. z NEW YORK
b ia. Wed. IS Oct Scythia. We'd. Is Nov.
Gallia. We'd. Nov. Parthia. We'd. % Nov
SerMa Wed. Nov. Gala -. We'd. Dec
AND EVERY WEDNESDAY, FROM NEW YORk.
RATE OF PASSAGE:
$50, $50 and 500 for passenger accommodations
Steerage at very low rates. Storage tickets from Iy-
sool and Queenstown and all other parts Europe at
Havre Antwerp and other ports ON the Continent and
tor Mediterranean ports. -
For freight and passage apply at the Company's Office
No. Bowling Green, both steerage and cabin to
d. G.
Orto Messrs OTIS RIGFi,oW h 90
3anl2 COS 7th street, Washington.
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BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD.

~ The MODEL FAST, AND THE ONLY LINZ
VIA wAsHINGToY..D TRACK
J yriFDI, G2UP Id STEEL Fl RAILsi
AN. sg mn, M MAH fssEi 5ss2.
Sleeping Cars TO Cincinnati, st Louis and Chicago.
5:oo-Baltmore. ELlcott City and Way Stations
6:5O-Batmore. Annapolis and Way piedmont Strss-
burg, winehesier, Hagerstogn and WAY. via keay.l
t7:45-BALTIMORE EXPRESS.
sl0-Point of Rocks and Way Stations.
S:l5-PHILADELPHIA. NEW YORK AND BOSTON
EXPRESS. Psrlor Cars to New York.
S40-Staunton and Valley Express connects for Hs-
ts:O6~Baltimore, Hyattsyille and Laurel Express.
1000 BALTIMORE EXPRESS. (stops at Hyartsvills
t1O:z0-Pttsb1rg. Chicar Cincinnati and St Louis
Express Steering Cars to Cincinnati and Chicago.
t1:25-0n sunday only for Baltimore and Way.
f2:20-B LTLM0RE EXPRESS.
330-Baltmore and Way Stations, Winchester Fred
erck Hdgerstown and Way, via Relay)
erick, Via Relay. stopping at Annapolis Junction.D
T. baltimore, Annaloiis and Way Stations
chester and Way stations. CON Sunday to Point OF
ROCKS and rTt, Way Stations ms 139nsy)
Way, via Relay Stops at Hyattsville and LGurel)
=. e:oS-P boiIt II Rocks and Way Stations,
tS:I0--PITI SBURG, CLEVELAND and DETROIT
s1oB BtkkFFS ksEefI SPk fSES to PfSOurE'
f9:55-PHILADELPHiA. NEW YORK and BOSTON
EXPRESS. Sleeping Cars TO New York
tlU:lo,Chicago, Cincinnati and St Louis Erpress-
1l:30-BALTIMORE AND WAY STATIONS.
tDaily +Sunday only Other trains daily exert Sunday
For further information apply the Baltimore and
Ohio Ticket Offices. Washington Station 6l9 and 1851
will be taken for baggage to be checked and received at
c. X. LORD. Gen Passenger Agent BALTIC.
WM CLEMENTS, Master of Trans, BALTIC. myg
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IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND.

EXCHANGE ON IRELAND AND SCOTLAND
We prepared to issue in sums Of one pound and
upward bills of exchange of THE AMERICAN TX
CHANGE in Europe, limited. payable at
THE HIBERNIAN BANK, LIMITED, DUBLIN,
and THE BRITISH LINEN COMPANY BANK, Ed
INBURGH available in all parts of Ireland and Scot
land. LEWIS IOH NSON CO.,
Of Corner 10th ana Pennsylvania avenue.
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The only route tn the Peerless
CAVERNS OF LURAY,
tie only Cayerns the world illuminated by the Eeo-
tIic Light.
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SAFE DEPOSIT co.
RAILROADS.

SHENANDOAH VALLEY RAILROAD.
TIE GREAT TRUNK ROUTE To THE SOUTH
MIST, BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADEL-
lHlA. BAIT AoEE, WASHINGTON.
AI-M ORLEANS. KNOXVILLE AT
LAMA, { = L ANUOGA
&EAPHIS.
NEW OrLFsSS FxFRESS leaves Hagerstown a.
and Pullman S4r.peT Roanoke to New Orleans.
MEMPHIS EMPRESS leaves Baltimore 10 M, via
Western MarylGnd Railroad and Washington 10 40 a.
via Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, with Paror Car
philadelphia 10 Luray, and Leighton Sleeper LGray TO
Memphis.
The only route the Peerless
CAVERNS OF LURAY,
tie only Cayerns the world illuminated by the Eleo-
tric Light .
NATURAL BRIDGE OF VIRGINIA.
Cneo Americas remarkable Freaks OF Nature.
And Popular and Favorite Route To the
VIRGINIA SPRINGS.
QUICK TRANSIT,
SUPERIOR ACCOMMODATIONS
Ash for Tickets via Shenandoah Valley Railroad.
HENRY FINK, General Manager.
A. POPE, GenI Passenger and Ticket Agent,
LNnchhurg, Va.
JOSEPH H. SANDS surerintendeIt.
au2 Lynchburg. Va.
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NATURAL BRIDGE OF VIRGINIA.
One OF Americas remarkable Freaks OF Nature.
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MEDICAL. &c.

NERVOUS PROSTRATIoN, PREMATURE DE-
~ bty Lost Vitality. Youthful Errors, Weaknesses.
&c, positively and permanently cured without medi-
cine pain. Also all Private Diseases of both sexes.
No calomel. Office, 5l4 9th ST. W. o17-2w-
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PICORD'S VITAL RESTORATIVE.
RESTORES NERVOUS AND PHYSICAL DEBILI-
TY, LOSS OF MANLY VIGOk, sc,

This infa,ble remedy has been scrutinized and en-
dorsed by the Academy of Medicine, of Paris, and
tested for half century by the medical celebrities of
Europe 1t contains PHOSPHORUS cantharides, or
pin. For sale by ,GHRIsIIANI, Druggist. 49, Penn
sYlvanla avenue Washington, where descriptive cir
culars can be had None genuine without the private
proprietary stamp with monogram and fun name of
DIR. S. 3. Sgesmond.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-03-08
The Revenue Commission.

This body, at its recent session in
Philadelphia, practically completed all
the recommendations which it had to
make to its subcommittee appointed
to draft the bill which is to be report
ed to the Legislature. These recon-
mendations are in brief that building
associations, manufacturing corpora
tions and limited partnerships engaged
in manufacturing, be exempt from all
State taxes; that the tax on money at
interest be reduced from four to two
miles that firms and corporations en-
gagged in commerce or shipbuilding
within the State be relieved from all
State taxes. Besides these things a
separate bill is to be reported revising
the methods of collecting mercantile,
liquor and other licenses and taxes, so
as to insure better returns. The meth
cd of returning moneys at interest is
also changed, so as to cause the return
to be made under oath. If these rec.
concentrations are carried out by the
passage of the bill, taxes will have
been reduced to the amount of about
100000 annually, and yet the reve-
nues of the State will not have been
decreased half that amount The
Commission sought to meet every
reasonable complaint, and we believe
the result of their labors will be en-
dorsed by the Legislature.-Er
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-03-08

ton was called to over two hundred
pending claims from the district | rep
resent, and | do not know of single
instance among them all where an at
tempt has been made to defraud the
government. The extravagant allega-
tions of fraud, so easily and fippantly
made, are notjustifed by my knowledge
of a multitude of cases, and l believe
that this opinion will be borne out by
the experience of the members of this
House
| trust, sir, that this country shall
never forget the promise embodied in
the golden words of the illustrlous
Lincoln in his second inaugural, deliv-
cred at time when hope and fear al
ternated in ever patriotic breast:
"With malice toward none and char
ity for all, with frmness in the right,
as God gives US to see the right, let
us strive on to finish the work we are
in, to bind up the nations wound, to
care for him who shall have borne the
battle, ard for his widow and his or
phans, to do all which may cherish a
just and lasting peace among ourselves
and with all nations"
Now that peace and prosperity have
blessed our country, let it not be salo
of US that, when the shadow of danger
was removed and our enemies meet us in
this Hall and greet US in social gather
ings, we have forgotten him who "ha;
borne the battle, or his widow or or,
phan
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project.
THE NARTIRED PRESL
DENTS.

The first and fourth pages of the
CITIZEN this week are occupied prin-
cipally by two articles: one being an
important part of Blaine's recent Eu-
logy upon the martyred Garfield, and
the other some "Personal Reminis-
cences of Abraham Lincoln" the other
martyr President. This latter article
was sent to US by our friend Mr.. Ezra
Likin, of Jackson township, this
county and will be found very inter-
esting, as coming from writer, Rev.
Miner, who was a near neighbor of
Mr. Lincoln, before the war, and who
knew his personal traits of character
well. We found something in it new
to us and read it with the same inter-
est that we think our readers will.
TAQ much, in our opinion, cannot be
written or said in praise of Lincoln
snd' Garfield. The mere fact that this
Nation has had, within little more
than fifteen years, two martyred Presi-
dents, and they both good and great,
is one. that cannot be dwelt upon too
much. The horror of such acts must
be kept before the people in order to
be guarded against in the future.