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shortly afterwards raised to the rank of
Brigadier-G General, appointed Major Hayes,
September 10Th, 1861, Judge-Advocate OF
the department of the Ohio. On October
24th, 1861. Major Hayes was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
The first serious battle in which Colonel
Hayes was engaged was that OF South
Mountain. He was severely wounded in
the left arm, but pluckily remained on the
field, until. completely exhausted from the
loss of blood. ne was carried off. On
October oath, 1862, he was raised to the
rank of Colonel.
Other battles in which Colonel Hayes was
engaged were the battles of Winchester,
Derryville. Opequan, Fishers Hill and
Cedar Creek. AT the last battle Colonel
Hayes displayed great gallantry. and it was
on this battlefield that General Sheri-
dan. grasping the hand Of Hayes, said to
him, Colonel, from this day forward you
will be a Brigadier-G General" Ten days
afterward he was so commissioned, and on
March 18th. 1865. he was promoted to the
rank of Brevet Major-General, "for gallant
and distinguished services during the cam
paign Of 1904, in West Virginia, and par
t~icularly at the battles of Fishers Hill and
Cedar Greek. Va"
While General Hayes was in the field, on
August 6. 1864. he was nominated by the
Republican Convention of his district for
Congress-the result of his candidacy was
his election by a handsome majority.
He took his seat as a Member of the
House of Representatives of the Thirty
ninth Congress, December 9TH. 1865. He
subsequently three times served as Governor
of Ohio. In 1876 he was elected President of
the United States. Among his first measures
were the withdrawal of national troops from
the Southern States in the hope of establish
ing peace and friendship between them and
the North. and an attempt at civil-service
reform. In the summer o. 1877 occurred
the Railway Riots in Pennsylvania, which
were suppressed by the government after
scene of great violence. Thu Chinese ques
ton also excited great interest, and an effort
was made in 1879 to check all further immi-
grafton from China, but the bill was vetoed
by the President. The resumption of specie
payment, in 1879, was an important event of
Hayes administration, which was. on the
whole, remarkable as a period of peace and
prosperity. The enormous exports of grain
to European markets constantly increased,
and immigration to our ports was greater
tnan ever before.
President Hayes gave the country a quiet
and conservative administration, notwith-
standing that his political opponents, and
no inconsiderable number of his own party
thought then. and still think. he was not
entitled TO the Office, and, at the expira-
ton of his official term he retired TO his
home at Fremont, Ohio, where he still
resides.
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CLEVELAND, PRESIDENT, 1885,
1880.

The Clevelands, while distinctively Amer
lean, having first settled in this country
more than two centuries ago, are of English
origin. So far as known. the first of the
family that came to America settled in Con-
necticut.
The father of Grover Cleveland. Richard
Falley Cleveland, was born at Norwich,
1904. He was a factory boy, together with
his cousin the late William E. Dodge, who
afterwards became the widely known New
York philanthropist. Richard Falley Cleve-
land entered Yale College in 1920, gradual
ing with honor in 1924. From college he
went TO Baltimore as a tutor from thence
to Princeton Theological Seminary (; and
after his theological course became a Pres
b~yterian clergyman. In 1929 he married
Miss Anne Neale, the daughter of a law
book publisher and merchant of Baltimore.
His third charge as a clergyman was at the
village of Caldwell. near Newark. N. J.,
where the fifth of his nine children, Grover,
was born, the 18th of March, 1887.
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Young Cleveland was named in honor of
the worthy pastor, the predecessor of his
father in the church at Caldwell, Stephen
Grover /; but from childhood he has always
been called Grover, and has always written
his name simply Grover Cleveland. In
1851 his father removed his family to Gin
ton, Oneida Co New York. Here young
Grover had the advantage of availing him.
self of proper preparation for college.
While the family were at Clinton, young
Grover was employed for two years as clerk
in the village store at Fayetteville, where he
gained a reputation for diligence, faithful
ness, and honesty, which traits of character
have chung to him through life. 1t is pro-
badly due in part to this ~mingling with plain,
honest, unaffected manhood, such as he came
in contact with in this village store in his
youth, and to his mingling with the people
from early childhood, that has made him. as
Mayor of Buffalo, Governor of New York,
and President of the United States. easily
accessible to every citizen who had either
real or imaginary business with him.
Mr.. Cleveland was elected Mayor of
Buffalo, New York, in 1881, and entered
upon his official duties January Ist, 1882.
While Mayor of Buffalo he saved the city
in eleven months nearly 81 600, 900, thereby
clearly illustrating the necessity of having
efficient and i~ncorruptible men in public
Office.
In 1852. Mr. Cleveland was nominated by
the Democratic State Committe as candidate
for Governor of the State of New York, on
the issue of reform, and he was elected by
the largest majority ever received by any
body, in any State of the Union. viz Io2,
s54. This vote was certainly fattering in
its indication of the great confidence the
people placed in Mr.. Cleveland.
On Friday. July nth. 1884. on the second
ballot Mr.. Clev Land was nominated as Presi-
dent of the United States. receiving Cog
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head, a true heart, a strong arm, may not
rise through all the grades of society, and
become the crown, the glory, the pillar of
the State" This public life is a weary,
wearing one, that leaves one little time for
quiet reflection but / hope l have lost
n of my desire to be a true man and
keep before me the character of the great
! Nazarene."
Saturday July I'd, 1881, will ever be men,
orable as one OF the saddest days in our his
tory, for it was then that President Garfield
received his fatal wound at the hands of an
assassin.
1t was in the waiting room of the Balti-
more and Potomac Railroad. Among the
few waiting people was a slender. light COM
plexioned man, about 40 years of age, his
name was Charles Jules Guiteau. AS the
President. arm-in-arm with his Secretary of
State, James G. Blaine, passed beyond him.
he turned about, advanced a step in their
direction, drew a heavy revolver from his
pocket, pointed it steadily, and fired deliber-
ately at the President. The President
uttered no word, but turneG with a gentle
surprised look to see from whence came the
murderous bullet Secretary Blaine sprang
to one side Guiteau re. cooked his revolver,
and. with the deliberation of death, again
fired at the President, who fell to the floor
with blood squirting from the oun in his
n r
his pistol.
Secretary Blaine sprang after the mis-
%creant, but finding him already in the hands
of the law returned to the President.
The President passed two months of
terrible suffering, augmented by the fierce
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HARRISON, PRESIDENT, 1889.

Benjamin Harrison was born at North
Bend, Ohio, in the house of his grandfather.
William Henry Harrison, (who was the
ninth president of this country, OF the goth
day of August, 1883. The boyhood of
young Harrison was not unlike that of most
country boys. AT an early age he became
a student at Farmers College, where he
remained two years, at the end of which time
he was transferred to Miami University at
Oxford. Ohio. Upon graduation he entered
as a student the office of Slower and Gwyne,
a notable law firm of Cincinnati.
Before he had quite finished his legal
course, listening to a voice in his heart, he
made a pilgrimage to Oxford, and on the
goth of October, 1853, was married, after
which, with his wife, he returned to his
fathers place below Cincinnati, where he
continued his studies, going up frequently
to the Office for examination. Space will
not permit us to follow the professional
career of Mr.. Harrison, which was of the
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were assembled around the Exchange build
ing in New York City. The cry of the vast
crowd was vengeance!" Two men, one
dead, and the other dying, lay upon the
pavement of one of the side streets, who, a
moment before, had said that Lincoln ought
to have been shot long ago.. The people
were in no mood for trifing. A telegram
had just been read from Washington
Seward is dying" 1t was a critical
moment. Already a movement of thou
sands was making, having for its object the
destruction of the Woyd building. Just
then a mar stepped forward on the balcony
of the Exchange building, waving a small
flag and reckoning to the crowd. Another
telegram from Washington. Taking advan
tage of the momentary stiffness of the
crowd, and raising his right arm heaven
ward, in a loud, clear and steady voice he
spoke:
Fellow citizens Clouds and darkness
are round about Him His pavilion is
dark waters and thick lou of the skies!
Justice and judgment are the establishment
of His throne. Mercy and truth shall go
before His face! Fellow citizens. God
reigns. and the government of Washington
still %lives!"
Instantly the dark passions of that enor-
nous crowd were subdued, as rooted TO the
ground it stood, gazing with awe into the
face of the inspired orator. 1t was a
triumph of el~oquence, unsurpassed in the
annals of American history. The crisis
had passed. The hero OF the crisis stood
there in the person of James A. Garfield.
His character is again shown in his own
words, which speak for themselves q
would rather be beaten in Right than
succeed in Wrong" - am afraid TO do
a mean thing" 81 think the main point
is to look upon life with a view of doing
as much good to others as possible"
There is no American boy. however
poor or humble. that. If he have a clear
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GARFIELD, PRESIDENT, 1881.

The earliest American ancestor of the
subject of this sketch was Edward Garfield.
who came 10 America from his birthplace
Chester, in Wales) in the same ship that
brought TO these shores the famous Gov
ernor Winthrop.
The father of Garfield purchased eighty
acres of forest land, and had begun the work
of clearing il a short time before the birth
of James. but in May, 1883, when young
Garfield was only eighteen months old, he
died from the effects of o~ver-exertion in
fighting a FIRE in the surrounding woodlands.
and a severe cold he contracted when the
IRE was subdued. The mother determined
upon keeping the family together and man.
aging the farm with the assistance of her
eldest son Thomas. As soon as James was
old enough to handle a hoe. or hold a pillow.
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votes out of a total of S2o-the election took
place November 4th, and resulted in Mr..
Cleveland's favor. he receiving 2Io electoral
votes out of a total of 4oI.
President Cleveland, during his admins
t~ration, strictly adhered to the policy fore
Swallowed in his letter of acceptance, his
letter on Civil Service Reform, and his
inaugural address. That his administration
was carried on in the interests of the people
the vast majority are agreed. Here and
there a disgruntled politician comes to the
front in its condemnation. but the people. to
whom alone civil administration is respon-
sible, are its hearty endorsers.
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shows a muster out of the service OF Benja-
min Harrison, Colonel and Brevet Brigadier-
General, 10Th Regiment of Indiana Infantry
Volunteers; that he was enrolled on the 9TH
day of August, 1862, to serve three years.
or during the war, and discharged on the Sth
day of June, 1865, at Washington. d. c.
We thus pass from the military portion of
General Harrison's career.
General Harrison began his political life
as a stump speaker under circumstances
that were not very exciting, and in behalf
of his law partner, Mr.. William Wallace,
who was a candidate for clerk of Marion
County, Ind.
The election of 1876 was inaugurated
in Indiana under peculiar circumstances.
Many influential republicans in the state
insisted personally and by letter that Gen.
eral Harrison should allow his name to go
on the ticket for governor but TO all such
overtures he gave n answer. positively
declining the honor. He, however, was
run as governor. but the result of the cleo
tion was unfavorable to him, although he
ran handsomely ahead of his ticket. Two
years later he was called upon to preside
over the state convention, and in 1850 we
find him chairman of the delegation from
Indiana to the national convention. He
again represented his state in 1854.
General Harrison was nominated for
President upon the Republican ticket. June
IS, 1888 and after an exciting contest. was
elected the twenty third President Of the
United States.
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still admire and trust him. but on
account of the formidable opposition to
bestowing the office upon any man, however
eminent OF noble. for more than two terms.
General Grant died at Mount McGregor.
near Saratoga, on the 23d of July. 1855 and
was buried with great pomp in New York
on August :, 1855. His remains now lie in
a emporary tomb in Riverside Park. New
York, upon the banks of the Hudson. where
il is proposed to build a national monument
20 his honor and glory.
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HAYES, PRESIDENT, ls77-lssl.

Rutherford B. Hayes. the nineteenth
President of the United States. was born
October 4. 1922. in Ohio Having graduated
al the Harvard Law School he practiced
law in Cincinnati Shortly after the insult
TO the flag at Fort Sumpter. Mr.. Hayes sig
nihed his intention of entering the Union
army. and on June 9TH, 1861. he was COM
missioned by Governor Dennison. Major of
the T~wenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
OF his regiment w. s. Rosecrans was COM
missioned Colonel. and Stanley Matthews.
Lieutenant Colonel. Rosecrans, who was
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ment of Indiana Volunteers. which regiment
was brigaded with the 79th Ohio and the
Io2d. .ro5th and the I29th Illinois, Brigadier-
General w. T. Ward, OF Kentucky. COM
handing; and, what is extraordinary. the
organization thus effected was kept
unchanged TO the close of the war.
The rank of Brigadier-G General by brevet
was conferred upon him. the commission
being signed by Abraham Lincoln. and
countersigned by E. w. Stanton. Secretary
of War. 1t is dated March ~. 1865, and
states that it was given "for ability and
manifest energy. and gallantry in command
of the brigade" The certificate of discharge
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ment shall be third and fourth in line of
succession to the Presidential Office.
He was succeeded by Grover Cleveland.
the Democratic nominee, his W party
nominating James G.. Blaine.
Mr.. Arthur retired from Office March 4th,
1855, bearing with him the hearty good will
of the whole people. He died at his residence,
Lexington Avenue, New York City, on No
vember IS, 1856.
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1t is impossible. in the space at our dis
posal. to give with any degree of complete
ness, the career of Garfield. The following
incident. however. will prove the character
of the man The day after the assassina-
ton of President Lincoln, $4,000 people
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heat, and then was removed to
Elberon, near Long Branch. New Jersey,
where it was hoped that the pure sea breeze
would assist nature in restoring him to
but it was not so to be /; gradually
he grew weaker, and wasted day by day,
until on Monday, September 10Th, he passed
away.
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all our broad land, arose a wall of sorrow,
the like of which heavens arches had rarely
echoed.
o Garfield brave and patient SOIL!
Long as the tireless tides shall Ioll
About the Long Branch beaches, where
Thy life went out upon the air,
So long thy land. from sea to sea,
Will ho.d thy manhood's legacy.
NJ P. SAVAGE.
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most brilliant and successful nature. Harri-
son entered into active service in the war of
the rebellion, as Colonel of the 10Th Regi-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-07-04
ulnta tansto ghnying.

Never iRl 20 we'll wash your beard with
soap aud cold wator, and 10 rub II dry, im.
medlatoly before you apply tho lathor, OF
which tho moro you uHo and tho thlokor 10 Ia,
tho caster you VIII shave
Never ugo warm water, which makes tho
face tot ahgycrl tondaE
In cold wenthorplaeo your razor lclossd Of
courol Ia your pocket, or under your arm,
~ warm 70,
Tho momont you loayo your bod ,or BATH
II tho boat tlmo 10 shave
Alwayi wipe your razor clean, and g,ropit
boior0 putting itUWay aud always puJ youg
shaving brush away W,,h tho lulhcr on Il.
Tho razor boing only llno Eaw, should 10
moved Ia u hloplg or saving direction, aud
hold uorly Ono " your iago, care Dp,ng
t0l,on 70 draw the Gdn a. light "a possible
with the loft hand 20 ~ 30 prceut Hn own
surface and 20 throw out the beard.
Tho practice Of pressing ON tho olgo Of tho
razor IA G'ropplng Il soon rounds II, the pres-
uro should bo dIrocted 20 tho back, which,
should uoyor bo ral.od from tho strop n
you shave from heel 10 point Of razor rrop
10 from point 10 hool, but if you begin with
tho point IN shaving, then strop 10 from he'd
10 point.
II you only onco put away your razor
without ttropplng II, or otherwise perfectly
cleaning The edge you must no longer cxpcct
10 shave woll and oagy, the soap and dampR
soon rust tho ilno tooth and edge
A pioco OF soft plato leather should always
bo kopt with raaor, 10 wipo thom WITH
Mafinai Ciosrios
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utio got Killed with a LOG last year. -

uho got killed with log last year,
"And you've basn living here ever ain0sls
YVES, SIR bat II wasn't 'oauso we wanted
10, but cause we dldn't have money 'nough
~ get on WITH
"What win you do noWf'
"lhen NANNY Is deadl' cried tho boy, a.
he understood tho meaning OF my question.
"Yes, my poor children, sha d IN heaven"
with such sobs a. | hops never 70 hear
again, thay foil on tho body aud began oa-
re.sing II and kissing tho cold iaoo, at tfA
same time begging her 10 speak 10 tham just
once more,
| lot tho first bprst OF grief eEpend itaalf,
and then taking tho boy Ia nay arms, saidi
"My boy can you 90 Tor helpN
"Yee, slr % he replied, bis BIS eyes stream
ing with tears
sent him for aasialanoa, and the body was
removed TO tho mill, fran where II was given
decent burial
Whom gat back 10 tho Office | went direot
W tho room u tho general manager
lle was expecting mo, aud a. ! entered no
said
"What do you think Of prosecuting Monk,
noWP
"lt the farthest thing from my mindHI
answered, as tho picture Of tho aoeno | had
witnessed passed before mo,
"Anl mine also" replied my employer.
While | saw signs Of tears Ia hIa usually stern
eyes,
Not long aftor that Monk was sant Tor and
came 10 tas office,
Asho ebambloi IN llil hldoounoss was lost
10 mo, for iu tho llra could only oa tho
good heart that / bad 6esn tho actions OF a
abort while before,
lle was badly frightened, flF no know that
his deeds he'd been found cut
IN answer % questions pat 20 him we
learned chat ho had boon feeding three dHstl-
tutH families Tor two mouths ur more,
lle never lHt tho occupants Ot tho cabins
know who was tho gIyfr Of their daily bread,
but sought them 90 tha hour 0f midnight and
leit tha food nn tho sIops, a. we had soan him
do,
Tho only excuse he offered waBl
"noa, / fouu' dem po' folei widout .
mou'iul, an tuck Mo 10 UNI so had o. lot Oh
H. an ! thought yod uebbor mla blt"
"Ddn't you know 70 was wrong 20 6toalf
"Ye5, sgr but | lHInf hero no oman an'
ohlllun eryIn' for bread, whom my arms air
long uough Ter gIt through or window pane
an ON ieftun do haahn
Wo did not prosecute Monk, hut Ia tho
future tho general manager kept mp tho poor
that Monk discovered, 6nd let him have tho
satisfaction Of taking 10 20 them
The orphan boy and glrl were taken by a
worthy farmer not far from tho mill, and
eyory now and then I catch sight OF their
happy faces and think what IA CHANCE WAS
mado IN their lives and thlt byHnogro whom
no ono would trust Ten stops prior 70 that
Edward n, Wood Ia Atlanta Constitution.
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NEWS IN BRIEF

Tho Pittsburg roliof committee has ro-
ccived SIl0OjB for the Johnstown suf-
fcrcrs,
Chicago has annexed enough territory
10 bo Ia miles square, the largcat city
In America,
John 4, MoKcnnAn, u prominent Pitts-
burg druggist, dropped doad In hia store
Of heart disease,
Two Illegal liquor sollcB were fined
$500 piece and six months 10 tho work
house by a PittsbTg judge,
Tho chicago grand Jury returned
seven indictments against men for COM
plicity in tho Cronln murder,
The break in the dam that caused tho
great loss of lifo Ot Johnstown Is il9 fOet
wide 10y actual measurement,
A coblegram from Pornol advises tho
Irish Land league 10 postpone their Con-
vention until after Parliament meets.
Fourteen iron firms hayo signed tho
scale at the AmnlgamUtcd Associations
terms. Other firms nro expected 10 sign
Monday and Tuesday,
The consolidation Of tho Cleveland,
Columbus, Cincinnati nrl Indianapolis
and the Cincinnati indianapolis, ~.
Louis and Chicago will SO into effect 10.
day.
Sir Julian Pauncofote, the British
minister, viii sail for England shortly.
On his return TO this country no will DO
accompanied by his wife and two daugh-
tors,
Dr. Mellow tho slayer Of Editor Daw-
son Of Charleston, $. c., has been ac.
quilted of the charge There Ia deop
FEELING among the friends Of tho mur.
dered man.
Flann, the young man who Is a do
faulter TO the amount of S8j, 900 from 0
pittsburg bank, Is unable 10 secure tho
$4,000 bail and will therefore bo COM
polled to linger in jail pending his trial,
which has been sot down for October.
The mayor Of ST. Louis scattered
$1,000 among The Johnstown sufferers
Saturday io hunted up reliable cid
2ens and placed the money where IL
would do the most good. Moro than ono
poor man is now blessing the mayor OF
81, Louis.
The remains of Con. Simon Cameron
were laid TO rest in the beautiful ceme-
terry In Harrisburg on Saturday. Ia ac-
cordance with his wish there was no
demonstration at his funeral, and the
service was characterized by tho utmost
simplicity. A number Of PROMINENT
citizens participated In the last sad rltaa.