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 bill was passed in time for Pres-i-dent Ar-thur to sign it, but through good will for Mr. Cleve-land he left the hon-or to him. This bill gave aid to the great man then in his old age, poor, and in debt; ill, though hard at work to earn bread for those dear to him.

BARTHOLDI'S STATUE OF LIBERTY.

Cleve-land's old plan of hard work stood him in good stead in his new post. Hordes of men made a rush for posts which paid large sums. When they did not get these they found fault, but the Pres-i-dent was firm, and kept at his toil, while the whole land was at peace and things went well.

In 1886 the great Bar-thol-di stat-ue was set up in New York Bay. It was a gift from France, and shows Lib-er-ty with a torch in her hand, as if to give light with its rays to all the world.

On June 2, 1886, Pres-i-dent Cleve-land was wed to a sweet young girl, Miss Fran-ces Fol-som. This took place at the White House, and was the first wed-ding of a Pres-i-dent in that house. O'er all the land was good will and kind thoughts for the young pair. The bride won all hearts.

When Cleve-land's first term was out, the friends of James G. Blaine of Maine would have been glad to have made him the next chief, but Ben-ja-min Har-ri-son took the chair, March 4, 1889.