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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-08-24
TO velasquez. who. at first. was too
dazed at the very unexpected attack TO

| TO Velasquez. who, at first. was too
dazed at the very unexpected attack TO
move.
don Velasquez. call upon your SER
wants for help; inform my men with
outr'
The young officers who had accom-
panied Fernandez. had all they could
do In n hand-to- hand struggle with
two robust Americans. However. the
struggle was of short duration, and the
Mexicans soon surrendered
The ranchero gave a weak cali for
help. which some of the men servants
quickly answered.
A sort OF melee commenced. There
was a scene of confusion Ivy the little
chapel door. Pistol shots rang out ou
the still night air. The women i'm at.
tendance shirked and fled through the
garden. The priest who stood un-
moved in the chapel door, shouted in
vain to be heard above the din.
In the height Of it all. Loo with
severe wound in his left arm. received
he scarcely knew how. cut mis- way out
dragging Col. Fernandez. a prisoner
still. with him. lula Velasquez and
Leila her maid. were near him. and the
other Americans soon came after. bring
ing the two officers that had been cap
tured.
Here. through the garden to von
grove" whispered lula to Leo. ave
shall find horses there for our escape.
Go not bv the front enterance, as
soldiers left on the plaza by Col. Fer
naudez will again oppose us.
1t required little time TO reach the
grove pointed out bv lula Velasquez.
As she had promised. they found their
horses ready for them. Zela, with the
assistance Of her lover. one of the
ranchero's servants had attended to
that part. They soon mounted and
started BRISK away through the grove.
the shouts of the Mexican soldiers. who
were trying to find their route of es-
cape ringing in their ears.
When n last their trail was discov.
cred. the Mexicans gave them n hot
chase for short distance. But they
had the prudence to rclinqush the pur-
suit. rs they were being drawn within
q short way from Juarez's camp.
Leo and his companions dashed into
camp. where the lovely lula was
placed under the charge of Eznaldo
and the prisoners surrendered to Juarez
himself who found in Col. Fernandez.
foe whom he had long desired TO cap.
ture.
Leo Gordon's wound was so obsti-
nate in healing that he was compelle d
TO leave the service. Before he had
quit Mexico. however. he saw Tul a
Velasquez and Eznaldo happily made
one. Three wears after, when Leo re-
turned to visit his friends in Mexico.
he met Eznaldo's handsome and ac-
complished sister, Valletta. A love
sprang up between them, and they
were soon married. Leo bringing his
bride TO dwell on the banks of the
Pearl. - lank &c Hdde.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-08-24
A VAIN QUEST.

We started one morn. my love and I,
On journey brave and bold;
Twas 10 find the end OF rainbow,
And the buried bag OF gold
But the clouds rolled by from the summer sky.
And the radiant bow grew dim,
And We lost the way where the treasure Law
Near the sunsets golden rim.
The twilight fell like curtain
Pinned with the evening star,
And we saw In the shining hesve ms
The new moons golden car.
And we said, as our hands clasped fondly,
what though We found no goldl
Our love Is richer treasure
Than the rainbow's sack can hold"
And years, with their joys and sorrows
Have passed since we lost the way
10 the beautiful buried treasure
At the end OF the rain bows raw;
But love has been true and tender
And life has been rich and sweet,
And We still clasp hands with the olden 10Y
That made our day complete.
ID. II. Jordan, N Century.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-08-24
In q Bad Way.

Little Chicago boy; kin re help poor
harmless, helpless boyr'
Kind cliizeni ~ reckon so Are you an
orphan, Sonnyi"
Boy: Pm uuss nor an orphan. Ne ladder
an mudder Is both divorced an married
agn', an don't know whose boy am nm
am slowly fergittin' me own name. "-Epoch
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-08-24

Look not mournfuily into the past II comes
not back again. Wisely improve the present:
n Is thine. -LoHgfeiOr.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
4 CHASTITY Realistic Scene,

'La Tosca" has one scene which causes
many q woman to faint at the Port st.
Martin theatre. 1t is realistic to such
ghastly extent that even Paris protests at
Its awful brutality. The police arc look
Ing for q fugitive. Bernhardt knows the
escaped convict's hiding place, and in Or
der to force her to tell where it is the
police seize her lover and torture him be-
fore her. They know that she would
suffer any amount of pain rather than
tell, so they attack her through her love
for the hero. He is torn from her arms
and steel clamps are placed on his head
that slowly press the temples inward as
the police twist the lever. He screams
like madman as the clamps are pressed
more and more tightly, but insists that
the secret shall be kept. Then he leaves
off screaming and means weakly from be-
hind screen.
The effect, in CONJUNCTION with Bern
harlt's frenzy under the awful strain, is
overwhelming. Finally she succumbs and
tells the police that the prisoner is in the
garden. The lover is released. He stag
gers into her presence with the blood
dripping from two great wounds in the
temples over pallid face. The eyes are
sunken, the jaw distorted. 1t is the most
shocking spectacle ever seen. Then the
police bring in the convict's body. He
committed suicide when the torturing
began, so it was all in vaiII. This is ihc
beginning of the play. The succeeding;
acts are not so tame and uneventful as
this one by any means.-Pioneer Press.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
nlaIns and tn. Repuhlle:n Panty.

The possibility Of Blaine meant the as
cendancy Of daring, uncertainty, advent
ure, inventive genius, the policy Of
dazzling government by lightning flashes;
pottering over Chilli and Peru, and those
lazy, half clothed, greasy communities
near the Equator, who live on bananas,
doze In the sand and think they are re-
publics; governing by sensation, one sur
prise following another, and resulting
either in marvellous triumphs or ignomin-
ious, irritrievable ruin. This was what
we were to have in Blaine, and the fas-
cination involved in such a policy of fancy
and caprice, this wooden nutmeg Bona
partisan, was among the sources Of his
strength. We shall have, on the contrary,
in Republican policy, promises of good be-
havior, serene common sense, anthracite
rather than petroleum, care about the
finances, no sentimental grievances over
suffering nationalities, no Cuban revolu-
tions or annexations, lavish appropri-
ations, and no philosophical illusions that
will disturb vested rights. And we shall
have party organization inspired by the
fiercest passion known in moral science
such passion as we read about in bucca-
neering stories of the Spanish Main; the
passion for gold, fired by the knowledge
that the treasury is burdened to an over
flow with gold.-New York Herald.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
a Trick of His Trade.

An amusing incident occurred at the
expense of Nassau street jeweler few
days ago which may be of benefit to peo-
pie who are in q hurry to carry their time
pieces to the watchmakers as soon as they
betray slight evidences of being out Of
order. A friend of the jeweler in ques-
ton had returned to New York after an
absence of twenty-six years in California.
He was naturally curious to look up his
old schoolboy friends, among whom was
the man in Nassau street. Having dis
covered his place OF business the returned
Californian dropped in one afternoon. He
pulled his western slouch hat down over
his eyes and walked up to the counter.
Taking out his heavy gold stem winding
watch he handed it to his former chum
and said: 81 think there is something the
matter with my watch"
The jeweler took it, twisted the stem
with the air Of an expert, and said: "Thc
main spring is broke"
The Californian snorted, took the watch
back and remarked in rather gruff
voice: "Oh, there's nothing the matter
with the watch, but see you haven't for
gotten your old tricks, Bob"
The jeweler looked up in surprise, gazed
In astonishment at his customer for IN
instant, and then. blurted out: "Well, If it
isn't Kaiserr'
The trick of the trade was forgotten in
the cordiality of their embrace. New
York Evening Sun.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
A Pathetic Spectacle.

But the sorrow of the Hon. John Sher-
man exceeds even the surprise and the
faith of all the others. His grief because
Mr.. Blaine has left the field is profound
and pathetic, and there is no telling what
may be the result Of It. In good sooth,
there are grave reasons to fear that the
sad salt tears which pour down his cheeks
may dissolve him, e'en as the waters of
the Gulf Stream dissolve the most frigid
icebergs. Should such really be the re-
suit, we are authorized by both the
grounding and the goose bone to predict
thaw which may deluge the country be-
meath waters Of woe and sweep the Haw-
leys, and the Allisons, and the Greshams,
ard the Sheridans, and the like, from the
face Of the earth.
Truly, there is a time to laugh and a
time to weep, and the Hon. John, always
having o well developed idea that he
knows thing or two, is to be presumed
to have some knowledge of certain species
of vegetation which are supposed to
thrive best when iudiciously watered with
tears.
At any rate, we trust that the friends
Of Mr.. Blaine will be duly impressed
by this grief of the Hon. Johns over the
action of their chief, and lend willing
hand to clearing the Obstructions from the
path which the Hon. John SO longs to
tread. Meanwhile, brethren, let us sing
that affecting hymn which the poet adj
dressed ''To an afflicted Protestant lady, ~
beginning:
The path of sorrow, and that alone,
Leads to the lands where sorrow is unknown.
Louisville Courier-J Journal.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
sheridan Knows Why,

Gen. Sheridan knows that he could not
get Republican nomination if he wanted
it, or be elected as II Republican candidate
II he had it He is Catholic, and that
fact in the eyes of nine-tenths of the people
who vote the Republican ticket renders
him ineligible for the presidency. The
knowledge that lie would be slaughtered
by his own party if he ran is q quite suf-
ficient reason why the party's representa-
tives would refuse to nominate him. All
this he knows we'll The controlling
spirit of Republicanism to-day is the spirit
Of Knownothingism, which is just as full
of rancorous vitality as it ever was when
1t had the courage to assert itself without
an alias or disguise. The party which
stands for absolute religious liberty in the
United States is the party which Gen.
sheridan, strangely enough, has consist.
emily opposed, the Democracy of Jeffer-
son, of jackson and Tilden. Brooklyn
Citizen
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15

Senator Hawley is the fastest talker in
the United States senate. He is the ter
ror of the official stenographers, and each
of them always attempts to shirk the re-
sponsibility of reporting his speeches.
Senator Plumb is the next most rapid
talker, while Senator Reagan is the most
difficult to report. His uttcrances are
very indistinct, and he stammers and re-
peats continually. Even when he stands
down in the front row of seats the report
ers are driven almost crazy in their efforts
to take down his words. Senator IIawley
speaks very plainly, but exceedingly fast
In making his excited speech against the
Blair bill the other day he was worse than
usual, and StcnOgrapher Shuey, who re-
ported him, says that he never knew Mr..
Hawley or any other senator to talk at
such continuously rapid rate. In the
stenographers' room of the senate it is es-
timated that in that speech Mr.. Hawley
spoke at nm average rate of 215 to 225
words per minute. This is very rapid,
considering that the average rate for
public speakers is 100 words. Mr.. Shuey
was about exhausted when Mr.. Hawley
concluded his speech, and says he does
not care to follow such u speaker every
day.
There are four official stenographers of
the senate, and two of them, Dennis and
f. v Murphy, read each others notes
with perfect ease, it being their daily Gus
tom to dictate from each others man.
uscript. Messrs. Gensler and Shuey
are both very rapid stenographers, but as
their style is somrwhat different each
sticks to his own notes in debating to the
trauscribers. Mr.. Shuey's notes are said
to be unreadable to everybody but himself
Mr. Dennis Murphy, the head of the sem
ate stenographers, is n very rapid writer,
and among stenographers generally he is
reputed to be the most accurate writer in
the country. His notes never vary lie
makes word one day precisely as he did
the day before, and follows the rules of
the art much more closely than stenogra-
pliers usually do. His notes are small
and pretty and he phrases or runs words
together very little All the senate stenog-
raphers use the Ben Pitman system
Washington Letter.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
Ono Dark Eurse Less.

Gen. Sheridan's declination Of the Re.
publican candidacy is absolute, unequiv-
ocal and soldierly. 1t is also free from
any trace of that vanity that is insepara-
BILE from the buzzing of the presidential
bee. Asked about the probability of his
selection by the Republican convention,
and what he would do if nominated, he
answered:
Nominate mel would not accept. But there
is not the slightest possibility of my being NOM
mated; and, in any event. would not accept.
mol Not under any circumstances! do not
want that or any other civil Office.
Evidently there is one dark horse less
in the Republican stablc.-New York
Star.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
Let Foraker Take Warming.

When, at the Republican national con-
vention of 1884, the Hon. ]. B. Foraker
undertook to nominate John Sherman for
the presidency he rashly opened his speech
with mention of the name of James G.
Blaine. Thereupon the floor and the gal
leries yelled continuously for nearly an
hour before Mr.. Foraker was permitted to
resume. The Shermanism was knocked
out of him so completely that it never got
back. When, on Monday evening, at
Columbus, he undertook to sketch the
glorious record of President Lincoln he
again rashly spoke of Blaine, and once
again the audience interrupted him with
vociferous and long continued applause.
1t is, therefore, mildly suggested to our
Ohio governor that when he presents Mr..
Sherman's candidacy to the Chicago con-
vention of this year he should be very
cautious about references to Mr.. Blaine.
The roof of the building might go off if
he were to repeat his two previous per-
formances. Enquirer.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
SHERMAN AND CLARkSON.
One Waves the Bloody Shirt-The other
Goes Back on 1t.

One Waves the Bloody Shirt-The Other
Goes Back on 1t.
Mr.. Sherman is the foremost represent
ative of the bloody shirt contingent, and
mis- nomination will mean that this issue
will be pushed more vehemently than ever
by the Republican party. When Mr.,
Blaine was nominated four years ago, it
was certainly his purpose to conduct the
campaign on a higher plane than that to
which it was lowered before its close.
His whole course MS public man
gave rise to the hope that he would
eschew sectionalism in his campaign
for the presidency, and that he would
base his candidacy on more solid, sub
stantial and patriotic principles. He un-
doubtedly entered the contest with this in
view, and it was not until he saw that he
was conducting what he believed would
be losing fight, that he raised the
bloody shirt; and in hopes of turning de-
feat into victory, waved 1t before the
country with a venom and hostility which
surprised even his own support. Instead
of the result being as Mr.. Blaine desired,
it insured his defeat and robbed him of
even that kindly feeling which the people
of the south had felt for him.
OF those who stood behind Mr. Blaine,
holding up his hands and lending every
encouragement to his trade against the
south, Mr.. John S. Clarkson, editor of
The Iowa State Register, and member
Of the national Republican executive COM
mittee, was among the most prominent.
Mr.. Clarkson has for years been looked
upon as most bitter, prejudiced, vindic-
tive and acrimonious enemy Of the south,
which his paper has abused with venom
almost incGnceiyable in its intensity; and
when Mr.. Blaine, in desperation, took up
the bloody shirt, he did so with the
heartiest approval Of Mr.. Clarkson and
his paper.
The country was startled few weeks
ago by the announcement that Mr. Clark
son and The Register had experienced a
complete change in sentiment about the
bloody shirt. He openly announced that
there was no chance of Republican sue.
cess as things now stood, and that to be
successful it was necessary to break the
solidity Of the south. He believed that
this could be done if the Republican
party abandoned its position of hostility
and broadened its platform; dropping
old war issues, and cultivating q
friendly feeling with the white people OF
the south. Since then Mr.. Clarkson has
been very emphatic in his position on this
question, and has continually urged the
Republican party to take down the bloody
shirt as its standard and go before the
country on live and patriotic issues. =
If Mr.. Clarkson means what ne says,
he cannot support Mr.. Sherman on this
issue.--Atlanta Constitution.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
Tho Real Cause.

Our Republican exchanges have been
busy for some months constructing acros-
tics or lines in which the letters OF Mr..
Blaine's name are made to appear in un-
expected places and in impossible connec-
tions. 1t is thought that these acrostics
were all sent to Blaine, and that they dis
turbed the visions of the night as he lay
courting sleep. Indeed, his letter of with
drawal may be traced to such q conjunc-
tion Of the alphabet as occurs in the fol-
lowing acrostic:
Judge Gresham's Decisions,
Allison's Reform Speeches,
Mulligan's Letters,
Edmunds' Indifference,
Solid South,
~ Growers Popularity,
Burchard's Brilliancy,
Little Rock Bonds
Agricultural Opposition,
Independent Republicans,
New York Vote,
Exhausted Magnetism.
Confronted by all these clements, It is
not strange that Mr. Blaine read the
handwriting on the wall as q warning of
coming disaster, and at once telegraphed
to Jones to publish his letter of with
drawal.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
BLAME AND HIS PARTY.
Farewell. a Long Farewell. to Both
Them.

Farewell. Long Farewell. to Both OF
Them.
Brother Sherman with southern out
RACES, Brother Manderson with depend
ent pensions and Brother Mckinley with
the tariff reasserted at the celebration Of
Abraham Lincoln's birthday the platform
on which the Republican party will
go to the country this year. With malice
toward the south, with charity for
neither friend nor foe, the party desc
crates the memory of the kindly soul
which would have cemented all Sec
tions in a common love of country
had 1t remained in the body few years
longer. AbrahapJ Lincoln would not be
waving bloody shirt II he were alive,
and to wave it over his grave is piece Of
cold blooded effrontery worthy of Sherman
and Spooner, but unworthy of any man
with q spark Of manliness in his bosom.
Democratic success becomes more GER
tain with every Republican banquet.
And to make the situation more per-
picking for Republicans, James Gillespie
Blaine declines to be q candidate. That
is to say, the panic has been averted by
wise Democratic management and Mr..
Blaine sees defeat before the Republican
nominee. He built his hopes-this patri-
otic Mr.. Blaine-upon the distress of the
people. All the labors of his friends and
organs could not produce a panic,
and as the spring begins to show
its earliest flowers with the pros
pect OF a prosperous year, he
heaves sigh Ond tosses the nomination
on the dung heap, to be scratched for by
all the noisy flock of weaker applicants.
Good.by, Mr.. Blaine; you are sharp
enough to know what is what, and you
will have some fun if the convention hap
pens to pick up one of the fellows against
whom you have grudge.-Kansas City
Times.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
Each with His Little Boomlet.

Among tho spectators who are noting
the points about the booms with especial
anxiety are several gentlemen now labor
ing for the public good at Washington.
Their names are ingalls,, Plumb, Ander.
son, Funston, Ryan and Morrill,. Every
boom that starts makes one or the other
Of these statesmen go into his closet and
pray.-Kansas City Times.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
That Black Record,

During Republican control public
honesty was maintained and less money
was lost by fraud than under any previous
administration or in any other country in
the world.-Senator Sherman.
What about the credit mobilier, the
star route frauds, the theft of the presi-
dency, the whisky ring, the Pacific rail-
road steals and other rascalities too numer
Gus to mention?--Albany Argus.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
Republican peorease IN MiohIgan.

Had Mr.. Blaine waited few days his
Florence message might not have been en-
livened by that roseate computation of
the increase of his party vote. He would
have learned from the election in the
Eleventh Michigan district that the same
old story is going on--Republican de-
crease and Democratic growth. From
nearly 8, 900 majority in 1884, the district
has receded to a beggarly 500, and this
only after most desperate efforts on the
part of the machine. New York Star.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
a beautiful Sight.

1t is q beautiful and touching sight
to see John Sherman hustling about over
the country making stump speeches and
declaring to newspaper interviewers that
he doesn't ''care continental if receive
the nomination or not. kansas City
Times
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
The beginning of the End.

Cutting down the Republican majority
in the banner district of Michigan-Jay
Hubbell's own-from 1000 to 500 is not
SO bad for February indication. If these
things can be done in the green beginning
of the season, what may not be accom-
plished in the time for ripper political
action?-Philadelph Record.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
A Good Platform.

An enthusiastic Republican residing at
Springfield, No, writes to The Tribune
to say that he must have Blaine or moth
ng. The average Missouri Republican is
accustomed to nothing in politics, and he
can afford to stand and shout on a plat
form of this kird.-New York World.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
Another Pipe Line

1t 10 stated that syndicate OF New
York, Toledo, Chicago and Detroit capi-
talists, representing $25, 1000, 900, has just
organized to build pipe line from the
northwestern Ohio oil fields to Toledo,
and to erect refinerics, so as to compete
with the Standard Oil company. They
claim to own patents on new process of
refining, and can place the product on the
market at cheaper rate. The capital
stock of the new company is $40, 600, 900.
Frank Leslie's.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
And the Victim Appears.

The Republicans have found yet an
other presidential victim. Undaunted by
the determination of George William
Childs and Philip Sheridan, Phineas 7.
Barnum declares his willingness to cast
himself into the bloody chasm as the
greatest and only candidate of q hopeless
party New York Star.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-03-15
Down to Stay.

John Sherman says that the Republi-
can party has touched the earth to rise
again. We think not. The "touch" has
been too long. The party is too deeply
sunk in the mire to get its running legs
just yet.-New York Star.