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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12
TEMPERANCE READING.
The RumselIer'sPrer.


The rumseller stands at his counter and deals
Out his thief Of the brain, and through it he
steals
From his victims the strength of thsir reason
and will;
And while they can stagger, he sells to them
still,
So long as their money drops into his till
With the coil Of serpent his victims he
holds,
And tighter and tighter he fastens the folds
OF pitiless passion that crushes the bones
And he hardsns his heart at the sound Of
Because there's hint Of hard cash in the
tones.
He thinks OF ths wife who Is sad and forlorn.
He knows that her garments are faded and
He thinks Of the children that blush to be
seen,
He knows they are wrstched because he is
But, oh, he is fatssr because they are lean.
He thinks OK the scaldlng hot tears they have
shed,
He knows they have reason to wish they
were dead:
Because, by the DEVILS most deadly device,
The husband and father is held ina wise,
That he may have pleasure while they pay
the price.
He knows that his traffic makes psupers and
thieves,
Yet the price Of their ruin he coolly receives;
Then turns them adrift for his neighbors to
feed,
And to carry the cost of each criminal deed,
Until all feel the grip Of his terrible greed
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and was counted mighty quick at fig
gess; but since the days Deft school /
have not had to work probaem in cub0
roos mensuration, or geometrical pro-
gression. But, take it in interest, frac-
tions, compound numbers, and q few
othe5 things, have always had use fory
and don't see how I could gst along
without them. Hence / have come to-
regard the time wasted that spent on
things that in later years, in my line Of
occupation, have proved of no use to
me. Mind you, don't say that might
not have been placed so that it would
have proved beneficial; and, on general
principles, all good knowledge is bene-
iicial; but the point want to make is,
there is SO much to learn in this world,
that think it wise for one to devote
sumo time.to study Of what things he
needs to know most and learn them
first. Then, if You have any time left
for other things, pitch in and learn
/ them, too. In other words. eat your
bread and meat first, and your pie and
cake afterwaTd; for; if you should miss
the latter, you really don't suffer, -as
tile solid, substantial food which you
have already had supplies all your
necessary wants
The above' remarks. George, are
prompted by piece Of information
which you gave me in your last letter.
You said yoU'were taking lessons on
the violin, and that you were getting
along splendidly. Now,.I love music,
George, and think the fiddle has been
we'll named the king of musical instru-
ments, and I know you could be doing
many worse things than learning to
elicit sweet harmony from catguE and
horsehair, but still I can't see that it
will bs of much 'benefit,to, you in the
grocery business, So you must be
careful to not let your taste for music
get ahead of your love for business
Music lis an accomplishment, very
desirable one-.a source of pleasure to
those.wAo possess it; butI'lSave known
men who mixed music up $50 with busi-
ness that the latter suffered So, my
dear boy while you are studying music
don't forget to also keep your eye on
the daily market reports, and also to
keep as sharp lookout for bad debts
as youever have done, and you will
come ous'all right. But, don't think /
mean to lecture you, George, and per-
NIT me, with best wishes for your mu-
sical and financial success, to still sign
myself. yours as ever. UNCLE SAM.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12
The GRAND ARMY.
A VETERAN SAILORS STORY.
Bow the Rebels Got the Sumter
Privateer.

/ entered the service in 1859, on board
the U. S. ship Saratoga, Captain Thomas
Turner commanding. Lieutenant Perry,
whose name is mentioned Ia the boy
Spy in Dixie" occupied the same posi-
tion on the Saratogs that he did after
ward on the Powbatan. We laid Oh
Vera Cruz during the bombardment OF
that city by General Miramon. being
there to take on board the Mexican
officials in case they were obliged to sur.
render,' and as we were anchored be-
tween the famous old castle and the
city. we had good view Of the fight,
On the 6th OF March, 1860, there was
great eommot;on, caused by the arrival
Of two large steamers. They came there
to clean out the Mexican guRboats. a
job easily done, as each of them carried
but one gun. The strange steamer
anchored about 10 miles below the city,
and came from Havana. loaded with
arms and munitions of war for the
Church party in the revolution then in
progress.
Our ship was ordered to destroy or
capture them. We were towed down
by steamer, whose name l now forget.
She bad two guns and detachment Of
sailors an3 marines on board. / loaded
the first gun that was fired there that
night. The &C zion commenced at 10 80
a. m. We ran up alongside of the lar<
ger steamer and called upon them to sur
render and send their boat aboard.
They made no reply, but slipped their
cable and commenced to move ahead.
but came to a sudden stop when we fired
q broAdside, which disabled the mas
chinery and killed the engineer, Chas.
Cooper, Of New York, the only Ameri.
can on board. Capt. Turner ordered
them to let 60 their other anchor, and
we then sent an armed boat on board
and took possession! In the mean
time our consort was busily engaged
with a smaller steamer, for they fought
like blazes, and did not surrender until
they had number of men killed and
wounded. We sustained some loss on
our side. The vessel broved to be
the Marquis of Havana clark rigged)
and the Gen., Mirsmon 10 brig; one
carried seven guns and the 9th r
/ f g. We returned to- Vera Cruz the
next day W tn our prizes, and their
crews were turned over to- the Mexican
authorities as prisoners of war. They
made our Captain present of the ves-
sells. We put prize crews on board
aud sent them to- New Orleans. Gen.
Marimon, the leader ofthe Church party,
after losing his ships and the supplies
they contained, was obliged to raise the
seige and withdraw from, Vera Cruz.
was m New Orleans in March, 1861,
and saw the two vessels, we captured
lying at Algiers, opposite the city. !
went on board and learned from the
watchman that the ships were still in
the hands of tn, court. When the war
broke out the rebel Government soon
decided What to do with, them. They
were retitted and renamed; the small
one was callel Gen. Bragg and the
other became the Sumter. She made
her escape past the BROOKLYN Commo-
doTe Poor commanding.
| / have written this to show how the
rebels got possession Oft this Sumter,
and how the Saratoga's crew lost the
prize money.
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The CoLoRED TROOP
They did not Kill Surrendered Reb-
els at Fort Blakely.

They did not Kilt Surrendered Reb-
els at Fort Blakely.
/, Some time since Isaw q. statement in
The NATIONAL TRIBUNE, made by
comrade who c'aimedito. know whereof
be spoke, that the negro TROOPS murder
ed the rebel soldiers after their surrender
at Fort Elakely. felt it to be my duty
then to contradict the statement in the in
terest of truth and justice to the negroes,
but my desire to avoid controversy kept
me silent.
Now, when Comrade Combs states
that "We tried to stop the killing of
the rebels. but had to, stand back, fer
the colored troops had, blood in their
eyes," etc., l cannot withhold word of
explanation.
can easily see how the report could
get abroad that the colofed troops had
done such thing. aud especially as it
was ex pected that they would do it be-
cause of the provocation they had had.
But how Comtade Combs could
make such statement. as the one above
quoted cannot understand, for it is q
fact that every officer of the colored
troops will testify that not rebel soldier
was shot by the dsrkies after they had
surrendered.
Comrade Combs, you say you chad to
stand back" Yes, you rad to stand
back 500 yards or more, not because the
s'darkies had blood in their eyes, !" but
because your troops were halted at that
distance to the rear of the fort in the
woods. and the first the colored troops
knew of your presence was after all was
over and they were marching back
to camp.
Now. as to "waveringn of which
Combs speaks, it occurred in this way !:
| At about 80 o'clock an officer (proba-
bly, Of Steele's staff came along the line
and called to the commander Of the
skirmish. line t, advance few rods to a
slight elevation. The order was mis-
understood, and the boys jumped over
the breastworks with yell and started
for the rebel works. but the enemy con-
centrated his fire on this part Of the line,
and had it not been for depression in
n the ground and the .sslashing'
4 Hawkin's Brigade would have been an
initiated. But when they saw that the,
were alone 10 the ch ,rge they halted
within 100 yards of the rebel works ant
burrowed into the ground with bayouet
and some spades which were brought I,
them by IA Of the members Of my com
pany. who ran down the ravine to on
WORK 9. securing their loads and. back agai
in incredibly short time.
But by the time they had "hunte'
their holes'' the remainder ct the hn
started on the charge, and then our boy
went for them" gain, this time not T.
top until they were within the enemy
works.
If by the use Of the word "wavering
,. any retrograde movement was intended
i there was nothing Of the kind on or
4 part 81 the line; nor, in faction any pal
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Truth.

truth is beaatiful as well as safe and
mighty. In the incident related below a boy
twelve years old, with only truth as weapon,
conquered smart and shrewd lawyer, who
was fighting for bad cause.
Walter was the important witness in alaw
suit. One Of the lawyers, after cross-quss-
tioning him severely, said
"Your father has been talking to you and
telling you how to testify, hasn't hep
YES, , said the boy.
Now" said the lawyer, q just tell US how
your father told you to testify"
WE'LL" said the boy, modestly, father
told me that the lawyers would try and
tangle me in my testimony; but if would
just be careful and tell the truth, could tell
the same thing every time.
The lawyer didn't try to tangleup that boy
any more.
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A Big Difference.

ST.. Louis. Dame Ihsar that our old
friend Augusta Smith is married.
Chicago Dame-Yss; she marriedl
her fathers confidential clerk.
at must have been aqniet wedding. =
"Oh, nosib was grand affair"
~Why, there was only just a little.
piece about it in the Chicago papers.
WELL, the parents approved thu
match. you know. ST. Paul Globe
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Turning words BY c., ron Farrar.

When Garibaldi had been defeated at
Rome he issued his immortal appeal "Sol-
diers, have nothing to offer you but cold
anu hunger and rags and hardship. Let him
who loves his country follow mel" and
thousands of the youth Of Italy sprang to
their feet at that high appeal. And will you,
the trustees of posterity- will you turn your
backs to the appeal of your Saviour Christi
know you will not. You cannot all be mis-
sionaries; but some Of you may be called to
that high work, and all of you may help it
forward. know that many one Of you
will devote your lives, not to Mammon, not
to Belial, but to the service of man for the
love of God. Cambridge and Oxford, year
by year, are sending forth their young
scholars, their young cric,leeelS, theiE young
athletes, TO missions in China, in Central
Africa, in Japan, in India. Glasgow will
do the same. And in this as in other ways,
YOU may help to save Britain in saving
Africa, and help Glasgow and Edinburgh by
helping Melanesia and Moosoneel We owe
this work to the heathen. We owe 1t to
them, not as splendid generosity, but as
our tardy reparation for intolerable wrongs.
| We girdled the world with zone OF drunk
enness. The footsteps Of Aryan races, as
| they traversed the continent in their careers
| Of commerce or Of conquest, have too often
been footsteps dyed in blood. Christians
| they who bore that name have sent to
savage races, now the Jesuit and the oppres-
.sor, now the bloodhound and the lnquisitor,
| now the fire-water and the pestilence, now
| the fash Of the firelock and the fetter of the
slave We have decimated aboriginal popu-
lations by disease and drink. They have
melted before us as the line fof snow
! on the sunshine 1t is time, it is more thar
time, that we would show them that our true
1 mission is not to destoy their bodies, but tt
save their souls. Horrible to them have been
the feet of those who brought only the curs'
/ and the blight of our civilization; it is on
awful debt due to the perishing remnant that
beautiful upon the mountains should be tht
feet OF them that bring good tidings thai
1 publish peace. VIII you not aid, my friends
/ In this noble worka Your old crusadina
fathers took the Red Cross to rescue sep
/ nlchree Win you be recreants from the
notler crusade Of this our century to rescue
! not one material sepulchre of Christ, bu
millions of His Living Temples for youi
Living and Risen Lorda--l lArchdeacor
tarrar at Glasgow University.
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Of it from the time III boys crossed their
breastvorks until they had reached those
OF the rebe s. These s.e the plain, un-
vanished facts as saw them II. 1.
Cappoc, Captain, COmranylD. 47th US.
@, T.
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There IS 6 great
deal of time
spent in acquir-
ing knowledge
of q kind that is
not apt to be Of
q n y practical
value to us.
When I Hsed to
90 to school /
cphered clean
through Derie's
old arithnatie
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Prohibition sentiment is very strong in
Colorado. Peublo, the second city in the
many smaller towns have local option in fun
force.
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DO not suffer life to stagnate, II
win grow muddy for want Of motion.
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FiddIing.

MY DEAR NEPHEW: The practical
things of life are the most valuable.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-01-12
Temperance Lecture in Few Lines

The Missouri State Supreme Court has de-
clared what Is known as the Wood Local
Option Law to be constitutional. The effect
of this will be- to give the temperance move
ment in the State additional impetus, and
elections will soon be held on the question in
ell the counties in the State that have not
already taken snch action.
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Our Candidate for Congress.

Following are extracts from the various
papers in this Congressional district in regard
to the nomination of Hon. Herman Stump:
Harre de Grace Republican.
The people of Hartford are to be congratu-
lated upon the nomination of the Hon. Her
man Stump, by the late Democratic conven-
ton. The nomination being equivalent to an
election, the Second Congressional district
will be represented in the next Congress by
Hartford gentleman, for the first time since
1878, when the Hon. Stevenson Archer rep
resented this district. Col. Stump needs no
introduction to our readers, he being to the
Manor born, and Harford's approval of the
conventions choice will be shown by large
majority at the polls. He will make an able.
efficient aud popular representative. Coupled
with congratulations to Col. Stump, We can
not but regret the retirement from Congress
of DIR. L. I. Shaw, who has made us SO credit
able representative, and who has so faith
fully served the interests of his constituents
and the nation at large. The unwritten rule
which prevails in this district, of giving only
two terms to Congressman, is one that we
think would be better In its breach than OBJ
servance, as it is an undenied fact that the
leading and most influential members OF Con-
gress are those who are returned and kept
there Tor years.
Belair .E,gis and Inteligcncer.
We congratulate the Democrats of the dis
trict upon the choice the convention has made.
Col. Stump is in every respect worthy can
didate and there is not the shadow of a doubt
of his election. He possesses every qualihca-
ton for the place. He is gentleman OF un,
questioned ability of dignilied bearing and
courteous manners; of experience in public
life and thorough knowledge OF the affairs oil
his State; an earnest, consistent but conser-
vative Democrat, and withal, OF a warm, !.
hearted, generous disposltlon..incapa6ie OF
using public position to crafty any political
entre u aocord viii the ADMINISTRATION of
President Cleveland in favor oftariff reform,
and if elected, will represent the district with
crealt 70 himself wltn hohor c 10 larioru county
m WIZ uoe- pl..a., - '' ~
There is not the shadow of a doubt of the
election of Mr.. Stump by the regular Demo
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journalistic.

For sixteen years the Hanover, Pa,
Herald has been a welcome weekly visitor
to its numerous patrons, and at the COM
mencement of the seventeenth volume its
patronage is larger than ever before. 1t
is well printed and carefully edited,
The Emmitsburg Chronicle has entered
upon its tenth year. 1t is an excellent
paper, one upon which there is great deal
Of mental labor. Brother Motter always
has something fresh and entertaining for
his readers
The Centreville, Md, Observer, one of
the most prosperous of our Eastern Shore
exchanges, has donned new and attractive
suit. 1t is a good paper and we congratu-
late it upon these evidences of prosperity.
We have received the first issue Of the
Onancock, Va, Times, edited by Samuel
D. Gordon, Esq. As rule first issues
are not success, but in this instance the
editorial and local departments give evil
dence of work. There is good field in
that county for carefully managed paper,
and we think Mr.. Gordon will be an indus
trious and painstaking newspaper man.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-06-16
A False Issue.

The Republicans say the issue between
the two parties in this canvass is free trade
and protection, and that the Democrats
are contending for free trade. This is a
gross misrepresentation, and the figures
show it. The present tariff imposes an
average tax of over Al per cent. The
pending bill in the House of Representa-
tives proposes a reduction to 40 per cent.
VIII it not still be a protective tariff ? No
intelligent man will deny it. The Mills
bill maintains higher rate of protection
than was fixed by Mr.. Clay in the tariff Of
1912, or by the Morrill, and Kelley bill Of
1861, both of which were distinctively
protective tariffs. The tariff of 1912,
arranged by Mr.. Clay himself, the father
of protection, taxed the people 80 per cent.
The tariff of 1861 taxed them "a per cent.
While the Mills bill proposes tax of 40
per cent, reducing the present war tax of
over AZ per cent. to that amount. What
man, therefore, with any regard for truth
whatever, can charge the Democratic party
with supporting free trade in the pending
bill? The figures brand the charge as a
stupendous lie, asd it ought TO blister the
tongue that repeats it.
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of his superiority as candidate over any and
all Democrats; in fact, he is the ono strong.
independent, aggressive force in the party.
and those Republican or Hill Democratic pa
pers that have recognized this fact and coupl-
ed with it depreciation of his abilities have
simply stultiied themselves. A weak and
inferior man does not attain so command
ing an importance by the mere occupancy of
an Office, however exalted"
Richmond lVa.) Dispatch Democrat:
"Cleveland's administration is a bright CAPT
tai on dark column whose base is planted
in hatred and preiudice-a capital from which
is reflected the light of fraternity and patriot
ism. 1t is an olive branch standing out from
a background of strife, injustice and malig-
nancy. 1t has made the Southern people
feel that they are again in the house of their
fathers in fact as well as in name On some
questions Cleveland is not in accord with
many members of his party But he has
been true to his pledges, and has kept the
Democratic faith in the lofty sense of that
phrase. In so doing he has kept faith with
the people and become stronger than his
party.
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Business Locals.

Wanted-1OO Bushels of Old Potatoes at
once. N. 1. Gorsuch L Son, Westminster.
E. P. Brundige, Westminster, Nd, is sole
agent for Hullis Horse and Cattle Powders
in Carroll county, and parts of the adjoining
counties of Frederick, Nd, and Adams and
York counties, pa,
]. P. Hall wants all dealers 10 gHaraHtee
his Horse and Cattle Powder to cure Cholera
and Gaps In chickens, A fair trial is all ask.
Cabbage and Tomato Plants now ready for
delivery. Roop & Hile, Westminster,
$500 to loan ON first class mortgage, In
quire at this Office.
Houses for Rent. Apply at this Office. 5t#
g. Frank Beaver has moved his Sale Sta
bles from No. 100 East Green street, West
minister, to No. 40 East Green street, one
square east of Myers mill, where he will be
pleased to see his friends and the public gen.
orally.
FASHIONABLE DREssAAKER,
Having had several years experience, Miss
Joe Ham is confident she can please the
ladies either with plain sewing OF the latest
fashions in dressmaking. Residence, 80 East
Green Street, one square east of Railroad,
HulPs celebrated Horse and Cattle Powder,
for sale by 4. o. Grimes.
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Their Fat in the Fire.

They used to call it sugar" and then
they called it "soap," but now they call it
"fat." james P. Foster, the President of
the League of Republican Clubs, talks in
his money-beggjng letter, of @frying the
fatout ofthe wealthy manufacturers, which
means bleeding them heavily through the
pocket for campaign purposes. But he
and they will find their STAT all ip the
&C.