St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-18

OF brigade of negro troops, and was at
tached to General Buffers division All the
nameless outrages of thieves, guerillas and
vagabonds, were directly charged upon But
Ter and Dow, with childishness born of ig-
noranee, and prompted by malice" When
Mitchell reached Selma, Ala, there were a
large number of refugees from New Orleans
there. Somebody telegraphed to Selma that
Mitchell was on the way there with Dow in
custody. Mtchell's GOODNESS and bravery
narrowly saved him from death at the hands
of a mob At Weldon, n. c., his life was
again threatened.
He was put in Libby Prison, and there
delivered almost daily temperance lectures.
BOWS temperance matineeS were very pop
ular, and the ''boys" would cheer him to the
echo. They would crowd around and sign
his pledges eonditionally, ''till this cruel war
is over" or ''til we get out of this" or ''till
we get where whisky is cheap
One day, in looking out of the prison
window at the risk of his life, he saw a nearly
barefoot Yankee prisoner being led along by
two Confederates. Dow called to him from the
window and threw down his own shoes and
stockings.
Nine months in Libby, and he was ex-
changed for General Fitzhugh Lee and re-
turned to his old home, amid the congratula-
lions OF thousands of friends. Since then, he
has been very active in temperance meetings,
in lectures, and meetings on both sides of the
Atlantic, and III 1885, he was nominated for
President of the United States by the Prohib-
ton Party Courageous, temperate hopeful,
without worry, he has done the work that
God has set to his hand, and he has done it
we'll.
Said he to day: "Mine was a long lived race.
several OF my ancestors passed by ten to
lfyy q rE EhTl0 and fN, 1ixS1tA
two reached 100, one passing 104 while my
honored father lived to within three months
of So, with hardly a sick day in his life. For
at least three generations, my progenitors
lived the frugal, quiet, well ordered lives Of
Friends, and they transmitted &c me the family
tendency to longevity, unimpaired by dissipa-
ton and excess. In youth, being fond of
athletic sports and having opportunity for
reasonable indulgence in them, 1 thereby
added to my Inheritance of health and
strength
Il have been particular in the matter OF
diet, SO far, at least, as to avoid eating to sa-
tiety of meats and altogether of what have
found hurtful. Ihave always abstained from
intoxicating liquors and tobacco, and am
convinced that such abstinence has greatly
contributed to my health. I have borne ply
Steal and mental strain under which asso-
ciates as strong naturally, have failed, be-
cause, as l believe, they reSorted to Stimu-
lants. This has been due in part to prudence in
diet, but more in my trying to bear in mind
that sufficient unto the day is the evil there
Of In wasting no regrets on the inevitable,
in trying to endure what could not be cured,
and in borrowing no trouble, I have saved
the great waste of health and strength, which
always attends useless anxiety.
81 have always been busy; I think it can
be truthfully said never willingly passed an
idle hour in my life. Books have been my
closest companions. In their company con-
tent and pleasure has been found, when all
other conditions tended to discomfort and
unrest. So that time has never hung heav-
lily on ny hands.
''You ask what advice would give to the
young, as essential to success in life. Ideas
of success vary. can conceive of no higher
standard than the full discharge Of ones duty
to God and his fellow men. No higher re-
ward can come to man than the content at
tending consciousness of that duty well and
faithfully done WRIT ARLAND.