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Appealing to Prejudices.

II has been charged in the past by the
Democrats that the Republican party
retained its hold upon the colored voter
by appealing to his prejudices and by
arOusing his hatred ;;1;rfdfsstt' ms former
master and Democr ATTIC neighbor. This
may or may not have been true, but this
we do know that at this time it is too
frequently the .se that bad men among
our political opponents are continually
trying to arouse The race prejudices of the
Democrats against Republicans. To those
who doubt this assertion it
is only necessary for them
to pick up almost any Democratic
paper and see if they do not find such
lncendiary and false assertions as the
following, which We quote. "Do not
neglect to register if you want to rejoice
with the Democracy this fall 10 grand
triumph against high taxes, negro
dominion. and mixed schools. That
kind of argument we contend is unjust,
unfair, and false, and the man or men
who strive 10 cement the voters OF their
respective sides by such means deserve
to be, as they, undoubtedly will be,
ANONYMOUSLY defeated at the polls
The colored man has been a voter for
twenty years and his right in this State
to vote and participate in all political
movements has been conceded BY all
political organizations; and at no time
during the whole Of that period has any
set of representative eolored men IN the
State asked for NIX ID schools, for it is
well known fact that they prefer sepa-
rate schools; and we do not know Of
single white Republican in the State
who favor them. Nor do they wish to
domn,te. But they do wish with eve
~ other freeman to have a say by their
ballots who shall represent the people in
the Halls of Congress, who shall enact
State laws for our government, and VIII
shall Gil the locll offices. This is their
aqquestionel right, long since conceded,
aud We think those misguided ones
among our political opponents, thank
God We believe they are in a minority,
could be better employed during po-
itical campaign discussing the living
issues of the day than by appealing 10 |
ace prcjuiices and making false charges. /
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The Reason Why.

The Olive branch, which for some
time has been waved in the interest Of
the Democratic party aud It's venerabl
editor and proprietor. mainly for the
latter. a.. he hzs just oeen nominated
for the Legislature 10 Baltimore city
in its last weeks issue says, "Nobod,
can say that the Democrats Of Charles
county are a set Of hungry cormoranfs,
clamoring for office. In that county
at present, among Democrats at least
the man doet not seek the office; on the
contrary, the Offices have to 60 in search
If the man, and seem to have onsidera-
bic difficulty in finding him" This
statement might create the impression
that "our friends. the enemy" had CIV
en- up all desire to push themselves for
ward to get a seat at the political table
where good things are in abundance
That is not the case, for i, is now, as II
everhas been, and ever will be, the average
Charles county Democrat always makes
desperate rush for the political sweets
when there is shadow Of chance to
get them, but at the same time, in this
county at least, they have been blest
with fair amount of intelligence and can
see as far into mill stone as the man
who peeks il, and, knowing that after
the earnest efforts in the past for party
success made by Chapman, Cox, and
other leaders, those gentlemen were
without provocation, except to crafty
the personal HhImS Of few so-called
leaders, turned down; and after Senator
Edelcn had refused to be again made a
cats paw to pull some other mans chest
nuts out of the fire, these Democrats
who are lot clamorng for office, saw,
our most venerable brother, that to
clamor for Office as Democratic nominees
was worse than foolish Ne Brother
Cotton if the Charles county Democrats
who refused to accept nominations had
thought there was any show for election
they would have snapped at those nomi-
nations as catfish do at their favorit:
rich worm bait.
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1t may be believed by some Republi-
cans that the Democrats Of
this county are not going to
make much of contest. This
is a mistaken notion. the new Executive
Committee are going to work with vim
to try and prove that they are better
fitted to lead the Democratic ticket to
success than their deposcd predecessors.
Republicans should not fail to do their
duty and sec that the full vote is polled
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Maurice Alder. who Wa. .bo, :

Maurice Alder, who was shot in a
Washington saloon by Frank X. w,ra
three months ago, die on Thursday
night. The unfortunate victim was
shot by Ward because Of previous dis.
Pute, but which Adler was led to believe
was overlooked from the fact thai w.
was invited to drink by Ward, moasr Mt
before he was shot. Ever since the
shooting, Adler has been paralyzed aud
unable to move hand or LIMB. Ward
who was cut on bail was rearrested on
Friday aud now awaits the action of the
grand jury
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1EllMANuFAcTURiH0 CO.

are so complete that | feel that cannot inn
prove upon them. My long experience in the
business and ms knowledge of the different
characters Of soii In Southern Maryland, enc
bles me to tell you what grade Of fertilizers TO
use; therefore whatever brand | nay recon-
mend Won 10 nse You can do so with the for
mer confidence that yon have heretofore placed
in me- am now in the county and will cal
upon you in person with samples OF these
grades and hope you will reserve your orders
for me- Should yOu need any goods before !
can see you, please order direct from the Com
pany, or youf commission merchants. as al
responsible orders will he promptly filled.
Yours very truly
ap Icy JOHN VI. LLOYD.
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NOTICE TO TEACHERS.

The County School Commissioners have de-
cided TO close the School at Waldorf and also
White Plains, for the present. on account of
the prevalence of dipthe,iA in said localities.
All teachers are requested TO use every pre-
caution to prevent this terrible disease trom
Spreading; they are expect to exclude from
school all children coming from families 50 af-
fected aud not 10 to receive them thereafter
until some ply stefan has certified thatall dam
ger OF incubation has been removed.
By order OF tue Board.
F. J. MADDOX,
oct ll-bt Secretary.
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Emancipation Celebration,
The 9th anniversary of the Emancipation
of Slavery will be celebrated by the colored
people OF this county on
Fridoy, NoecntJer LIST, neat.

ptOpie OF thls county on
Fridoy, NoecntJcr 1&t, neat.
Clubs from every district in the county, and
the Leagues OF Washington and Baltimore
cities will attend. The county clubs will as
sembe at La PiN> II o'clock ;, q. .ssss.
the visitors Every club must he headed by
captain who shall carry in his hand flag
with the portrait OF President Lincoln. The
parade will be under the command of Hon.
B. &. Stonestrect, and headed by brass
band viii march from La Plata to the display
grounds at Ammordale on the .. & p R. K.
betSeen Pert Tobacco and Cox's Station. -
The Ptoetdadti viii be read by DR.. r. S.
Lows, Of Washington city; DR.. W. r. Will
mer will deliver an CREATION on the progress Of
the colored race. Speakers from different
parts OF the country, will address the meeting.
The battle cry of freedom and old plantation
songs will be sung by hundred voices. Do
Is Of olden times will be acted by old men
and women Ball at night Floor manager,
Prof. George Cortee, of Washington city
Admission 10 hell, % cents; children 10 cts.
SAMUEL GARNER,
r. II. JOHNSON,
II. HAWKINS.
CHARLES WATTS,
JOHN BLAIR.
JOHN BOARMAN.
Comm$t{eS st Arrangements.
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Mortgages Sale
House and Lot,
Situated in the 4th Election District of
CHARLES COUNTY.

BY virtue of power contained in mort
gage from Samuel Thomas and Susan Thomas
his wife, 10 Adrian posey, dated November
23rd, 1886, and recorded among the Land
Records of Charles county, in Liber j. S. T.,
No. !, Folio LA, ETC., the undersigned, will
sell al puS3je auction al ;he Cosrt House door
in Port Tobacco, Charles county. between the
Tours of and clock p m, on
Monday, November In, 1889.
that tract CO parcei of land devised to the
said Samuel Thomas. under the will of the
late W W. Ware, laid off by b. A. Jameson,
by virtue of power under said will TO which
said Will recorded IN Lber J. 5. t., No II, Folio
522, reference is made for more full and ac-
curate description. The said tract is in- .1rov-
ed by Il small frame dwelling.
Terms OF sale as prescribed by mortgage.
A. POSEY,
oct Its Mortgage.
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Tho important duty of the hour for
Republicans who wish to see the party
victorious is to organize. Form clubs
in every district and neighborhOod. Go
to work earnestly and do not desst until
the last vote is polled on election day
A new idea haI obtained in Virginia
called Groups of Ter" where each
worker is allotted certain territory
'frs county
constitute himself worker aud push on
the good work
Physicians recommend Dr. Bulls
Cough Syrup, when all ether medicines
fail, as a certain certain cure for bron-
chitis, sore throat, and coughs or cold
of long standing For sale by all drugs
gi>ts. Price % cents
For there was never yet philoso-
pher. that could endure the toothache
patiently" Perhaps not-but there is
little wit in enduring it at all, when one
bottle of Salvation Oil will cure it.
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MOOre's Hotel
AND
Summer Resort.

lake pleasure in informing my customers
and the travelling public that have thorough
" renovated my house, impro' ed and reftted
the same and am fully prepared to accommo-
date both
Permanent and Transient Boarders.
The BAR, is IN every particular, complete
Ny stables have been rebIilt and are in first
class condition for accommodation Of horses
and siorlgeofall kinds ofvehicles. Gail and see
for yourselves.
HERBERT F. MOORE,
aug 6.tf PROPRIETOR
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE,
ORrHANs' CoURr OF CHARLES County, Scr
September Bird, 1889.
HRDERED by the Coars, that Jsne D.
Milton, Administrators Of Charles
H. Milton, deceased, give the notice
required by law 10 the credi-
tors of said deceased, to exhibit their
claims, legally authenticated, by advertise
mcnt inserted in some one newspaper published
in Charles county, Maryland, once in each Of
three successive weeks.
True copy-test:
} BENZ. MATTlNGLY, Reg. Wills Chas. Co.
NOTICE.
TNHISi is to give notice, that the subscriber
has obtained from the Orphans Court
OF Charles county, Maryland, letters of adj
ministratrix on the personal estate Of
CHARLES II. MILTON,
late of said county, deceased. All persons
having claims against said deceased are here
nv warned 10 exhibit the same, with the
vouchers thereof legally authenticated, to
the subscriber, on or before the 9th day Of
March next. They may Otherwise By law
be excluded from all benefit of said deceased
estate.
Given under my hand tins 9th day Of
September, 1890.
JANE D. MILTON,
Administrative OF Charles II. Milton.
sep Gam
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Steamer MhttanO, having been rebDiIt
leaves 7th Street Wharf on SUNDAYS. TINS,
DAYS, and Thnrsdays at a. m for Potomec
river landings, as far as Mattox creek. Grin
der's wharf. SUNDAYS down and Wednesaays
up. Brents and Chapel Point, THURSDAYS
down and Mondays and Wednesdays un.
+. l.. FOLSOM Agent nh Street wb.,r
JOHN McGAHFE, Agent Alexandra.
aus 9-Im Yirgni,
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beg leave TO inform my customers mar !
nm new connected with the aoove mouse
and thanking you for the very liberal pa
tronage extended to me for the past thirteen
years, respectfully solicit continuance OF
the same. This house is one OF the OLDEST
and hest known in the country, their goods
having an enviable reputation wherever nsed,
being made Of the best and most concentrated
material have heen in the habit OF making
special mixtures for most OF my customers,
but the different brands that will offer you
manufactured hy the
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DRY GOODS. &c.
PROHIBITION MEETING

PROHIBITION MEETING.
The ProhibiIionisis of Charles county are
hereby requested to meet at Waldorf IN
Saturday. October l2th, 1889,
at O'Clock p. m, for the purpose of nomi-
mating candidates for the coming election.
By order of the Chairman for Charles county
oct 4-bt
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FURNISHINGS.

Our all wool. hygicnic. undyed and
faithful-6bre Underwear is in elegant
stock at popular prices VIII save YOU
many cold ibis Winner In fact We
can meet your wishes or Preferences At
every point Our CUSTOM depart
ment is special feature and one that is
out-strippng itself this season. Send
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samples. itaud satisfaction guaranteed
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Coaniy Commissioners
MOYSIOTS T. BOWLING,
JOSEPH y HARRISON,
JAMES / NAYLOR.
II. LEGRAND PADGETT.
RODERICK g. MILSfEAD.
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Hoass NJ DsI"gafcs.
DR. GEORGE y. MUUn.
PHILIP 4 r. CONTEE.
WILLIAM Dec. MITCHELL
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life may have been, stormy as her voyage
may have been at times, she still loved
gentleness. 1t found response in her
heart. For all very strong souls are also
very gentle.
Had my one asked her, had she asked
herself why she so wilfully and suddenly
declined to return with the party but pre-
ferred remaining, as she often had done
before, indeed, with her people on the
Islands she would have been at a loss for
an answer Surely she wanted to be
with Mr.. Gray; ah, she ever now and In
truth all the time wanted to be with him.
Yet had she thrown all this sunlit after
noon of glory into the sea! Such is the
incomprehensible contradiction of woman.
Climbing higher and high up the steep
and stupendous wall of SCARED and light
ming riven granite and conglomerate and
lava she found new and almost incalcul-
able deposits of eggs. She startled storms
of sea birds that had W. yet been in
terrupted there in their cloud-bultt crags.
This pleased her. This was conquest |
She would not only have something new
to tell; this discovery would add to her
fathers meagre revenues.
Higher and higher she fastened to
climb till at last she stood with flowing
hair hmned out against the gold of the
sunset, the silhouette which her startled
father saw the time he turned about to
look back from his boat as they sailed in
through the Golden Gate.
The girl remained fixed to this spot,
watching the fading away of the yellow
sail a long time. The task of reaching
this almost inaccessible point where she
now stood had been considerable; as ex-
hausting as perilous, and she felt that she
needed rest before attempting to return.
At last night moved down in all his
his sombre majesty from his camps IN the
canyons under the cedars and frs and
redwoods of the Sierras and swiftly as
the fight of a bird possessed the sea walls
and the sea. The Golden Gate was
barred by bolts of darkness; and the
white roads across the waters of the
ocean of oceans that ended here by this
sea bank were obliterated for the night
Taking firmly hold of the rocks, setting
her certain feet Sesarely in the narrow
niche below, the girl began to slowly des-
cend. But the light lay on the other side
of the Island now. Darkness, r atleast
confusion of light, lay on the side where
she stood, or rather chung, and Farla drew
herself up by the hands to the same spot
where she had rested a moment before.
She began to think seriously if it were
really safe to descend by this precipitous
way.
She gathered some eggs that lay in a
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sinuous Dough, becoming hard as steel
when dried that bore the laurel wreaths
for which the competitors at the Olympic
games struggled as the sole reward of
their prowess for so many centuries.
Surely pedigree, story, history, charac-
ter, is worth something, even in a tree.
Whether the girl came daily to trim
her lamps and her graves the man could
guess; but certain it was now that he
had learned so much that he was sorry for
his intrusion; half ashamed and curious to
know how he should look her in the face
the next day and contrive to keep the
truth from her.
The debate did not last long. Far back
in life he had been assured by one who
had a right to say that the simple truth is
best; the plain clean truth first and all the
time. He would tell her all, ~concealing
only the name of Sanello, and take the
consequences of his audacity and her dis
pleasure.
While he resolved thus the great proud
neck rose and bobbed on the bosom of
the breathing waters and the savage head
tossed IN his face even above the top of
the topmost lilies. The waters boiled and
dubbed over the river and flowed at his
feet.
Then suddenly they began to recede;
and down, down, down! The lights
drew down and the man stood alone in
the darkness. $50. ea
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feathery nest by her right hand, dropped
them one after another down the steeu
wall by which she had climbed.
It startled her to see how nearly per
pendicular she, in her sudden flash of
pique and displeasure, had assembled. Her
heart beat so loudly that she ceased toss
ing the eggs down the precipice and laid
her hand to her bosom.
The soft silver moon came to her in
this lofty isolation and kept pleasant COM
pany for a little time and then settled
slowly on down in the path of the ex-
hausted sun. And how lone nowi
The shadows that came crowding up
from the sea far down below seemed
never SO black as now. The girls heart
had ceased to beat, so terribly now at the
idea of spending the night alone on the
shelving crags, but for all that she was
sadly frightened. It may be safely said
that now, for the first time in her life,
fear really came upon her.
It was not the danger. She had known
danger both by sea and land from infancy.
But it was her helplessness that appalled,
her; the inability to really move either
hand or foot. She was literally chained
to the rock.
Fortunately the night was warm, even
to sultriness; but she knew that the small
hours of morning would bring down a
cold blast from the ice foes of Alaska.
Fixing her feet securely in the rough
and porous surface of the land where she
stood she turned her back on the world
and laid, or rather leaned her face to the
mighty wall. Then with great care and
caution she drew herself up to a more
secure and less precipituous side Of the
singular prison and prepared to spend the
night as best she could.
The place was SO filed with sea birds
eggs that little or no room was left her
here. And so nest after nest, as far as
she could reach, was emptied by starting
the eggs rolling down the steep.
Then, making certain of her footing,
she put out her arms and drew all the
feathers, as far as she could reach, under
her reclining body and thus soon found
herself far from uncomfortable. Still
there vas the dread of slipping down
while asleep.
The downy but slippery bed of feathers
did not at all add to her n of security.
Fortunately she had a stout cord at her
girdle. This stout silken cord she had
long worn in order to make more secure
in it's concealment the knife which she
always carried.
Do not be alarmed at mention of this
knife. It is no rarity. Besides this girls
work at building her curious boat; the
continual climbing of crags, both in the
sea and on the land, all her life and ac-
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CHAPTERX x.


FARLAs NIGHT ON LIONS HEAD. -
Farla was very angry; angry at she
scarcely knew what. She could not say
that she was angry at what her innocent
and simple-hearted little sister Sanello had
said or done. She was surely not angry
at anything that Mr.. Gray had said or
done. She was simply angry; perhaps at
herself, Fate.
She had looked forward eagerly to this
day when she should be with him, sail the
boat that bore him on and on through the
Straits on and on through the Golden
Gate, on and on to the stormy Islands of
stone with their roaring sea lions and
their clouds of countless sea birds. She
had expected so much of this day and
what had she had of it? She surely had
not expected aught of John Gray except
his ever serene forbearance and equipoise
of She had long learned that
this silent and absorbed man had never
been a boy and was something more than
man; at least something more than
the brute-man. 1t was indeed this gentle
element in his nature, this u~nselishness
and serenity and entire respect for her
that had suddenly, and for the first time
in her life touched her heart. Hard as her
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HINTS TO HoUsEKEEPERs.

Salt pork sprinkled with red pepper is
excellent for sore throat.
Sandpaper applied to the yellow keys
of the piano will restore the color.
Marble should always be washed with
ammonia and water, rather than with
soap and water.
The lustre of morocco is restored by
vanishing it with the white of an egg.
Apply with a sponge.
If brooms are wetted in hot suds once
a week, they will last much longer, and
always sweep like a new broom.
A good furniture varnish is made of two
ounces white wax, n gill of oil of tur-
Pentine; melt the wax, and gradually mix
IN the turpentine.
A sure and safe way to remove grease
spots from silk is to rub the spot quickly
with brown paper; the friction will soon
draw out the grease.
To make sealing wax for fruit cans, take
eight ounces of resin, two ounces gum
shellac and q ~half-ounce of beeswax. Melt
all together. This will make quite a
1uoAGcy oAO moy OC AAO4GCO AOr use WuGu
wanted.
To raise the pile on plush that has been
pressed down fat, first hold it over some
steam a few moments, wrong side down,
and then run it tightly across a hot iron.
Then brush the crushed place with a stiff
bristle brush.
To remove paint from cotton, silk or
wollen goods, s~aturate the spot with spirits
OF turpentine, and let it remain several
hours, then rub it between the hands. Tt
will crumble away without %injuring either
the color or texture of the article.
Rust can be removed from steel as fol-
hub the article with kerosene oil
and leave it to soak for a day. Then pro-
cure fine -four of emery and mix with
kerosene oil and scour the surface. finish
ing with rotton stone. To preserve from
rust, heat the steel and rub paraf6ne on +
and when cold, polish with a cloth dipped
in parafine.
To polish marble cut the surface with .
piece of fine sandstone, using fine sand
and water. When the whole surface has
been equally gone over take a piece of
felt or old hat wrapped around a weight,
dip it IN fine emery powder, and rub the
marble until all the marks left by the
former process are worked out. After
wards hnlsh the polish with putty, pow
der and fine rags.
A cheap filter can be made by putting
a piece OF sponge at the bottom of a large
Hover pot, and filling the pot three-ouar-
tiers full with clean, sharp sand and small
pieces of charcoal mixed in equal parts.
Lay upon this mixture a piece of linen or
Moolen cloth, so as to hang over the side.
Inc water poured through this will come
out at the bottom clean and pure. The
eIosn must be kept clean, and the sand
Sn9 charcoal, as well as the sponge, washed
and occasionally changed.