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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-29

Speaking of the suicide of Mrs
Emma RAIDER, of Nicholas G. H., the
Morgantown Nesc Dominion says;
The lady referred to was formerly
Miss Emma Berkshire, daughter oil
Hon. r. l.. Berkshire, of Morgan.
town. The dispatch in the Wheel.
ing papers was the first intlmatlon
her friends here received of the event.
For number of years her life has
been almost unbearable ON account
OF i'll treatment by her husband, and
there is no doubt that Mrs. RAIDER
was driven to this IN moment OF
desperation. For years she had
been maltreated to an extent almost
beyond human endurance. Desert.
ed by her husband and lett unpro.
vided for, the poor woman had no
refuge this side the grave. There is
much sympathy expressed here Tor
her friends IN their bereavment, and
much indignation for the party whose
bad deeds no doubt prompted her to
commit the rash act.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-29

According to the New York Her.
aid and other Free Trade papers al
the rich men in the country are
exempt from taxation and the taxes
put on the poor man. The poor
man is taxed for his sugar, bis
blankets, his clothing, his shingles,
his baby's cradles, etc. If this be
true then the rich man doesn't use
sugar, blankets, clothes, ETC., and
has no babies or does without
cradles. For these things are all
taxed, says the New York Herald,
and as the poor man uses them he
must pay the tax. So does the rich
man use them, therefore, he pays
the tax The people Of the country
certainly must have a low order OF
intellect to be deceived by such
mendacious trash as the Herald
thus pours forth.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-29

Cleveland made another painful
blunder last week. He wrote to the
G. A r., at Columbus, that he would
not be able TO be present, when be
wasn't asked or expected. He had
been invited by Governor Foraker to
be present at the opening OF the
Columbus Exposition. but he hadn't
the politeness to answer Governor
Foraker, because he hates him. But
instead he sends an unsolicited let.
ter to the G. A. r. boys, that he
could not be present. The letter,
upon motion, was referred to the
Committee on Pensions, amid great
laughter.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-29
where on earth for less than $3.50 a

key.
Again, cut nails have been sold in
this country as low as S1.S5 a keg
of 100 pounds, while the duty was
S1.50 keg. Thus, according to the
Democratic circular, cut nails must
then have been purchablc in Europe
for 80 cents keg.
Three.ply carpet are sold in Eng
land at "a. 3d., or 62t cents per
yard. Add 30 per cent. "taxes" to
this and the price would be 93a
cents per yard. Yet you can buy
better and more artistic carpets at
Dobson's or Sloane's in New York
for 621 cents per yard than you
can for the same money in England.
And so it is with every article of
general consumption which the
masses of the people buy. As for
the cost OF the Bible, those who get up
such literature as the above are not
to pay that tax. Bibles are plenti.
full and cheap. The Press will not
answer these back.number ques.
tions again this campaign, SO those
interested will please paste this in
their scrap book and stop sending
the circular to the Press.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-29
ENGLAND A RACE KILLER.
AS SHE SERVES OTHERS SHE
WOULD SERVE US,


AS SHE SERVES OTHERS SHE
WOULD SERVE US.
| There is an article in the Sept
Harper's Magazine on sour Journey
to the Hebrides," which shows how
surely and miserably the Scottish
branch Of the Gaelic Race Is being
exterminated under English rule
Scotland and Ireland are agltating
home rule, and as tie same power
has ruined their native lands, they
should have the closest union in a
common cause. The Scottish High
lands have been turned into vast
desolation like Ireland. because they
we're Irish at heart and England has
no love for anything that ever was
Irish; "the same enemy that has
created a wilderness from Cantire
to Cape Wrath, is trying to create
one from Cape Clear to Innishowen.''
The Chicago Citizen comments thus
forcibly on the situation of the Sea-
Divided Gaels p
Mrs. Pennell's description of the
awful desolati0n of the Scottish
Highlands, and the awful poverty
of the remnant OF the people that
have still clung to their native land,
is simply heartrending. When
reading her article about the roof
less cottages and obliterated homes
of Argyle and Iverness, one would
imagine she was describing scenes
in Galway or ROscommon. She
speaks of glens once rife with the
laugh of merry children, but now
desolate as the grave, with no trace
of the people that once dwelt in
them save the thousand spots OF
brilliant green that deck glen and
upland, and that mark the tracks of
the otherwise obliterated homes.
She tells about the sad and hopeless
expression that almost invariably
overspreads the faces of young and
old, of their squalid poverty and
miserable cottages,-of the sheep
browsing absolutely in millions over
glen, moorland and mountain, all
now alike desolate; and how those
that have been suffered to remain,
are crowded on the sea.shore, and
in most cases no land save that on
which their cottages stand. The
Scottish Celt is passing away like a
dream; in a few generations, if the
present land system continues in
force, he will be as extinct in the
Highlands as the buffalo is in Hin.
| OILS.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-29

Rev. Father Huge Lane, OF the
Phila. Branch Of the Irish League,
said, "a Protective Tariff would
start many industries In Ireland,
aud would bring back prosperity
He and Father O'Dwyer recently
returned from trip to Ireland, and
do not think that 1t is possible FOR
Ireland TO get Protection before
England adopted it. Their exper-
fence in England showed that the
English people were regarding a
Protective tariff with favorable eyes,
as they were being undersold III cot.
ton goods by cheap Italian labor.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-29

WARMERS LOG CABIN REMEDIES
consist of Warmers Log Cabin Sar-
saparilla, Cough and Consumption
Remedy, Hops and Burchu Remedy,
Hair Tonic, Rose Cream for Catarrh,
Plasters and Liver Pills. They have
been on the market for some time,
and are compounded from fOrmule
that were in other days very popular
and efficient among our ancestors.
Their trademark is a log cabin, typic-
al of the simple life and simple meth
DDS of the earlier days. 1t is scarcely
possible to turn in any direction dur
ing this presidential campaign with
out finding somewhere emblazoned
upon billboard, house-top or running
fence, some reference TO Log Cabin
Tippecanoe days. Warmers Tippe-
canoe has been upon the market some
six years and is pronounced by those
who have used it the best of all stom-
ach tones and inyigorators. Log Cab
in Sarsaparilla is the best and most
efficient blood purifier known. To
Warmers Log Cabin Cough and Con-
sumption Remedy many who sup.
PooCo NCIC AZ 0AlC Vi lIIC
monster, attribute their rescue from an
untimely death; Warmers Log Cabin
Hair Tonic is unsurpassed as scalp
cleaner. Warmers Log Cabin Rose
Cream is snperfine preparation for
all catarrh affections of the head, nos
trils and throat, and Warmers Log
Cabin Plasters and Liver Pills
are, for the purposes for which they
are designed, at once the most eff
Gent and the most grateful. Warmers
Log Cabin Remedies, (nade by War
ner of Safe Cure fame, aside from the
circumstance that this presidential
campaign has brought them into
prominence, are bound by their very
intrinsic merit to win a very high in
huence in popular esteem. 3
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-29
HON. ]. 4. BURT'T VlTHDRAWS
FROM THE UNION LABOR TICKET AS
CANDIDATE FOR AUDITOR AND
GIVES HIS REASONS VERY
PLAINLY-.THE DEMoC-
RACY FOR FREE
TRADE.

Mr.. j. III. Burtt, of Wheeling, the
Union Labor party's nominee on the
State ticket for Auditor, has written
u letter to the State Executive Com
mittec withdrawing from the ticket
and giving the reasons which impel
him to this course. His letter Of
withdrawal is as follows:
WHEELING, September Is, 1888.
HOn.J w. Goshorn and Members of tht
State Erecutice Committee Of the Un
ION Labor Party of West Virginia:
GENTLEMEN Enclosed you will
find my declination for the Office Of
Auditor upon the State ticket.
For the course | assume it is due
to you and the committee that an
nounce through you the cause fol
this withdrawal.
Ever since | have been in the
State l have been connected with
the Green-back Labor party, and
have always used my utmost endeav
ors to teach the principles as pro
mulgated by it.
So long as it did not interfere with
or menace the trades of or labor so.
cieties of the country, felt it du
ty to continue my connection with it,
But the lines are so drawn in the
coming election between the Demo
cratic party and the people engaged
in the industrial interest OF the coun.
try, that | regard it criminal for any
voter to follow a policy which tends
to sap the very foundations which
make our present trade and labor
societies possible.
If the tariff is disturbed it Will pro.
woke a competitive war between
this nation and others. Our people
would resist any change which might
be enforced by "strikes and other
methods, thereby causing suspen.
sion in the industries affected until
the workers accepted the situation
Then our societies would be broken
and scattered, never to recover.
| believe the Democratic party oil
the nation intends to pursue a pol.
icy which would eventually result in
Free Trade.
The party in West Virginia will
follow wherever it is led. This is
shown by its representatives in Con
gress, who support the party in its
course on the Mills bill, which has
been so tersely proclaimed as the
first step toward the abolition of all
tariffs, aud indicates the road to
Free Trade.
do not believe it is to the best
interests of West Virginia that this
policy should prevail; nor do l be.
lieve it wise for any voter to trifie
at this critical period, but each
should so act that his convictions on
this subject should count in the gen.
eral result.
| have been led to consider that
duty requires me to sever my con-
nection with the Union Labor party
and give whatever influences | may
have to the party which proposes to
defend the standard of the American
laborer.
hold that it is the governments
duty to protect the American people
from foreign importations. If this
is done the American workman will
see that he gets full, just share of
the product Of his labor.
Respectfully yours,
j. Ii. BURTT.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-29
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR Governor

OCOuliCo uConOCn Uuo AOSiuOho anu
young officer a most remarkable
scene. Golf, who was intent upon
effecting the release of his comrades
whom he had left in prison, made
this interview the occasion of depict
ing to the Executive the sufferings
of our prisoners. His eloquent reel
tai of their hardship brought tears
to the eyes of the great hearted
President, and even moved the stoi-
cal Stanton, who was present. The
result Of this appeal was that ar
engagements were soon made for an
exchange of prisoners, which was
promptly carried into effect.
But little time had elapsed after
his return TO his regiment when Maj.
Armsey, for whom he had been held
as a hostage and exchanged, was
again captured by the Union forces
and was under guard at Clarksburg.
The news had no sooner become
known among the people and the
soldiers of the town, that the man
for whom Golf had so greatly suffer.
ed was in their power, than his life
was IN danger. Just at this time
Golf happened to come down from
Grafton to his home. and he at once
stayed the fury of the citizens by
saying to the angry crowd =
"Let no friend of mine lay a hand
upon this man he is entitled to our
protection as a prisoner Of war;"
The rebellion had just ended when
he entered the University OF the
City of New York, and having grad.
uated, was admitted to the bar in
the fall of 1866. His success IN the
practice of the law has been as emf.
nent as his services as a soldier, and
as marked as his scholastic record.
He has now been twenty-five years
in the active practice of his profes.
sion, and it woHld he hard to indicate
the time when lie WAS not prominent
at the bar. .l faI
Iu 1867 aud 1868 he represented
his district in its deliberations. He
was serving his second term in that
body when he was appointed United
States District Attorney by Presi.
dent johnson. His success as an
attorney of the United States court
was so conspicuous that he was, at
the expiration of his first term, ap.
pointed, and reappointed by Gener.
al Grant, during his second term.
Mr.. Hayes followed the example of
his predecessors, and commissioned
him for a fourth term, and he vas
reappointed By President Garfield.
In 1876, while away from home,
and against his earnest protest, he
was, by acclamation, nominated for
governor; and, when he finally de-
cided to accept the same, his letter
of acceptance to the chairman of the
State committee was Characteristic,
and while conspicuous for it's brew.
ty, it yet denotes the man OF poise,
of decision, and of action-"I accept
the nomination and am ready for
the campaign" The history OF that
political battle is one of the most
noticeable in the record of American
politics. For eight weeks General
Golf, accompanied By single friend,
travelled into the remotest sections
of the State. often walking miles
over the mountains to speak to a
handful OF people; frequently driv-
ing hundred or more miles ia the
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-29
THE MARTINsBURG HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPT. 20, 1888.

mountain businesses to keep his
engagements and to carry out the
program which be had made for him
self, of meeting the people of every
county in the State. The result OF
such canvass and OF his presence
was that he ran ahead of his ticket
in every county, ran 1900 votes
ahead of his ticket in the State, and
attracted the attention OF the whole
country to his efforts.
This campaign brought him into
prominence, not only as a public de.
bator, but as man OF irresistible
force OF character. From the day
be was defeated for governor his in
fiuence went beyond the limits of
the State, aud he began to take a
significant part in National politics.
In the Presidential election of
1876, and III every prominent cam
paign since, he was asked to address
the people in the States of Ohio. In
diana, Pennsylvania. New YORK,
Maine and elsewhere. In 1877 he
delivered the Decoration Day ad-
dress at Arlington Cemetery, and
thereby added greatly to his reputa,
ton as public speaker.
January 6, 1881, President Hayes
named General Golf to be Secretary
of the Navy, and his nomination was
Immediately confirmed in executive
session of the Senate, January z,
1881. He was the youngest Cabinet
officer since Alexander Hamilton,
and he now looks even younger than
his years.
At the famous Fifth Avenue Con-
ference in 1880, to devise means to
secure the election of Garfield, Gen
eral Golf was a prominent figure.
He made a short speech which at.
tracted the attention OF the leading
minds of the Republican party in
that conference from all parts of the
nation.
General Golf is the idol OF the Re-
publican party in West Virginia,
No man so fully represents Its fight.
ing force as he does besides, he is
the brainiest man of his years in the
country. .,.s..
He was elected to the Forty eighth
Congress-, and represents his consti
tuents with marked distinction. He
was reelected to the Forty.nlnth
and Fiftieth Congresses, and has
now consented to go before the peo
pie as the Republican candidate for
governor. shu rriI fal
Gen. Nathan Golf is undoubtedly
man of destiny, albeit he himself
hews the stepping stones by which
to ascend the pinnacle Of fame The
world has need of such men, and
for the subject of this sketch the
future undoubtedly holds greater
honors in store, and none can carry
them more acceptably or be more
deserving thereof than the nominee
for governor of his native State, the
noted jurist, gentleman and states
man whose name heads this article
- Washington National Vier. e
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-29
81 do not believe that a Republ

II do not believe that a Republic
can live and prosper whose wage
earners do not receive enough to
make life comfortable, who do not
have some upward avenues of hope
open before them. When the wage.
earners of the land lose hope, when
the star goes out, social order is i'm
possible, and after that anarchy or
the Czar."-Beyamia Harrison be-
fore the Irish. American Club Meet
ing.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-29
THE M0RGANTOWN POST TALKS
BUSINESSI

The Post is Republican newspa-
per, but it belongs to its owners and
is under no obligations to give spec
ial support to any individual. If
candidates desire the aid that their
candidacy published in our columns
would give them, they can have it at
the regular terms, but if they think
that We are under obligations to pub,
lish a newspaper and advocate their
election to important and profitable
offices for nothing, they deceive
themsclves-POSt.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-29
The MARTINsRr1Rc HERArn score

The MARTINsBURG HERALD scores
a good point Directing to the senseles
way most political conventions have
of making all the editors of the State
or district, assistant secretaries.
Editors are not fools, whatever else
can be said of them, and are not to
be caught with such sickening taffy--
If they need any flattery, which
they don't. Why not for change.
make all the lawyers or physicians, or
preachers, or farmers, or carpenters,
or blacksmiths. or book agents, or
sewing machine peddlers, or lightning
rods, secretaries ?-Ritchie Gazette.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-29
CEN. NATHAN COFF
Soldier, Statesman, and
@ Scholar.
A STRONG AND FORCE
Full CHARACTER.
"A POTENTIAL FACTOR IN THE
RECORD OF PUBLIC AZ
FAIRS.

The subject of this sketch, Nathan
Golf, who has received the nomina-
ton for Governor of West Virginia
comes from sturdy Scotch.Irish an
cestors, whose descendants were Am.
ericanized before the revolutionary
war and contributed Of their num-
Der to the band of patriots who
fought for American independence.
The family traditions and records
indicate that its memb ers have been
noted for long and useful lives,
physical strength, clear judgment,
and great force of character.
The subject OF this sketch was
born February 8, 1913, in the town
of Clarksburg, Va. The best schools
of his native town and the North
western Academy, at Clarksburg,
furnished to the spirited lad an ex-
cellent foundation for a good educa-
ton. 1t is stated that as IL boy,
young Nathan was full of fun and
fight, yet was studious, and he early
determined to acquire a profession.
To this end he, in 1859, entered
Georgetown College, District of
Columbia, and here the outbreak of
the war found him. s.-..-.=.sa..t
Early in April of 1861, and while
the guns of Sumter were echoing
over the land, he threw down his
books, went home, and enlisted as a
private soldier in Company e, Third
Virginia Union Infantry. With his
regiment he participated in the bat
ties of Mcdowell, Winchester, Cross
Keys, Front Royal, Warrenton
Springs, Rappahannock Station,
Second Bull Run, Antietam, Rocky
Gap, Droop Mountain, and other en-,
gagements of greater aud lesser
note. By 1864 he had done so well
upon the field, that, notwithstand.
ing his youth, twenty-five, he was
made major of his regiment, having
been advanced through all the in.
termediate grades. The latter part
of the war he served with Averll's
command, and was taken prisoner
at Moorefeld, w. Va, January 20,
1864, and sent to the noted Libby
Prison, where he endured confine.
ment of four mouths.
During his prison experience, and
augmenting its horrors, he was held
as hostage for the safety of Major
Armsey, West Virginia Confeder-
ate, who, with some others, was cap
tured, tried as spy, and condemn
ed to death by the Union authori-
ties.
After months of confinement, an
exchange of .Armsey for Golf was ar
ranged, and each officer returned to
his regiment. se
When Golf reached Washington
after his imprisonment, he was sent
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-29

The necessity for war taxes pass.
ed away with the war.-Freemdn'
J0urna'.
Away, then, with the great war
tax, the internal revenue! 1t was
unknown before the war, and was
created only for the purposes of war.
No other kind of taxation is so much
a war tax as that.-N. Y. Sun Dem. J
Now will our Democratic friends
please tell us which is right, the Sun
or the Freeman'S Journal? Or both ?
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-29

The yellow fever record last Fri.
day, 21st, at Jacksonville, Fla, show
ed fourteen deaths and one hundred
and eighteen new cases.
Three more cases of yellow fever
at jackson, Miss, and the people
are panic-stricken.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-29

Flem.-No, thank you, | prefer
"the interior" and run the risk
of being kicked by mule, rather
than meet the thunderbolt of Repub.
licanism, Nate Golf. Tableau-
Fleming scooting for the red-brush. I
--MOrgantoaca Post.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-29

TWO PICTURES.
A FREE TRADE PICTURE.

Labor Day in Europe,-1OO,OO0
starving men and women cry ing for
bread or work, and driven through
Trafalgar Square and dispersed by
armed constabulary,-many killed
and wounded. Every day and Sun
day scenes OF misery.
In Leeds, England, a Free-Trade
city, population 100000, not one
laboring man or mechanic owns his
home.-Euidence Chief of Police.
| heard Mr.. Bradlaugh declare IN
speech in Parliament that agricul.
ture was ruined; that half of the
farm laborers could get no work
that those employed received the
pittance of a shilling or shilling
and sixpenee a day. 1t l should de-
scribe the condition of English la,
borers in his words l should be charg.
ed with gross exaggeration.-Senato
Frye.
PROTECTION PICTURE.
Labor Day in America, 800 0C
men in line in New York: $4,000 in
Phil; 10000 in Baltimore, and so in
all cities swell dressed, well behav-
ed, highly respected, -reviewed by
Governors and Statesmen; organic
ed by trusted leaders, -courted by
great rties,-independent freemen
with homes and happy families wei
protected from foreign competition
or invasion under Republican
government.
In Philadelphia, Pa, Protection
city, 10000 homes are owned by
working people.--Hom. Charles
O'Neiu.
The laboring men and women o.
the United States have on deposit
in these savings banks sufficient
amount to have paid on March L
1883, the whole Of our national deb
of 81 POP, 454, ia, and still have S33,
DOC. 900 SurDluS.-SenGtOf Morrill,,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-29

Gen. Golf will meet Fleming.
Elem. where are you = Richie Ga
zette,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-29

West Virginia will go Repn5 Iiean
by 5000.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-29

After months of confinement, an
exchange of Armsey for Golf was ar
ranged, and each officer returned to
Ii.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-29

When Golf reached Washington
after his Imprisonment, he was sent
for by President lincoln, and there