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The Dawson journal., 1883-07-19

Two gentlemen were talking the
other day about their success IN
life. One remarked that when he
came to Baltimore, Just after the
war, he didn't have a second shirt
to his back. chats nothing,
replied the other. "When | came
to Baltimore [ did not have any
shirt to my back at all. He was
born there.
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-19
The Horse Reporter settles am
Important Question.

Chicargo Tribune.
Society editor IMP"
A rather thin young man, with
very tight pants, high collar and a
round cloth cap, opened the. door
of the editorial room, and pro-
pounded the above question.
NO." said the horse reporter,
"the society editor isn't in. Did
you want to see him?'
ooh, awfully," was the reply.
us Beatrice Perkins going down
to Mukwonago for the summer
again?" asked the horse reporter;
because if it's anything about
that we keep that In type"
\ mo, it is not like that" !,
|. Nothing about several we'll
known society young men on the
North Side are about to organize
a riding club is it? We've got
that ready, too"
Il never ride" said the young
man.
Il wouldn't advise you to, unless
you take along postage stamp to
make you sit quietly on the horse.
"What l want to know" said the
young man, lis whether in walking
with a lady gentleman should al
ways offer her his right arm or
make it rule to have the lady on
the inside of the walk, no matter
which arm she takes in accom-
plishing this result. We've had an
awful argument about it over on
Ashland avenue, and Cholly and I
nearly had real serious quarrel"
"Who's Cholly?"
Hes my roommate, you know.
We've been awful friends ever
since he lent me his mauve-color-
ed pants two years ago. / would
not for anything in the world have
any trouble occur between Cholly
and /, because we've been in the
threads together for nearly a
year"
'In the what?'
''In the threads-in' the thread
department, you know-and we
think everything in the world of
each other. l hardly ever buy a
lemonade without asking Cholly to
have some of it. But we are aw-
fully puzzled about this matter l
told you about. Cholly says the
gentleman should always offer the
lady his right arm, but [ don't
think SO. I'm going to take
splendid young lady out for a boat
ride in Union park next Wednes-
day evening, and that's how we
came to talk about it."
"Well," said the horse reporter,
'this NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
girls-business is a pretty compli-
Gated matter. There are a good
many things to be considered, and
the best authorities have decided
that no absolute rule in regard to
what arm lady shall take when
walking with a gentleman can he
laid down, II depends good deal
on the gait of the girl. l have
seen some shy, demure, please-do-
n O is a y-pian OIL e g-when-I Lama
round young features that would
carry a man all over the sidewalk
if you happen to walk them in
front of a millinery store and had
them hitched up on the off side"
"Then you think either way is
allowabl6?' asked the young man.
Certainly. When did you say
you were going out with this
girl?'
"Next Wednesday,"
"Well, You'll have time enough
before then to have your legs dip
ded over"
"Have what?"
"Have your legs dipped over
When people make candles, you
know, and any of them are spoiled,
they just put them in the moulds
and dip them over. l guess likely
you can find some candle moulds
on the West Side and improve
your appearance considerably"
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-19
lnYlpOratlng Food

For lie brain aud nerve is what
we need in these days OF rush. and
worry Parker's Ginger Tonic re-
stores Che vital energies aud brings
good health and Joyous spirits quick
or than anything you can use Tnb-
,ine
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-19

A good story is told on Repre-
sentative Blackburn, of Kentucky,
by one of his friends. He says
that when Mr.. Blackburn came to
Washington post-haste last week
to protest against the abolition of
one of the internal revenue dis
tricts of Kentucky, he came in
light marching order, On his ar
rival there he telegraphed for his
wearing apparel. His little ten
year-old daughter, Who was in
charge, packed his effects and
wrote: "Dear, pa, | send you all l
can find-seven shirts, one bowie
knife and three pistols"
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-19
Peter CoOper's StOsy Ofihe
Way he A.tiaincd Hea Tia
and Happiness. i

tanned so much that is Of benefit tLas
it is reproduced in full: Il.
First tell me how you managed
to live so long what advice would
you give to young people TO help
them to live to be ninety =
Il should put it in Two words
live sobeily and righteously,'' said
Mr.. Cooper ~
when asked to amplyfy a little on on
those words, Mr.. Cooper added :
one Of the best lessons / ever got;
was from one Of the Oldest records Of
human events, where / find that
man is the offspring of the Infinite
Power which las given hing the
world, with all that in it is, to be
rightly enjoyed. 1t is only required
of man that he should Keep it and
subdue it. understand by that;
that the Infinite Power give us all
that is in the garden to eat, to drink
to work and to play. We are re-
quested not to eat too much, nor
to drink toe, much, nor to work too
much nor to play too much. When
man eats too much he appears like
the prodigal son, who took all his
portion of the loaves and fishes aud
went and spent ii in rIiotous living
and among harlots. He thus got IN
to deplorable state, and would fain
have partaken Of the husks that the
swine did eat That reminds me
that mans very wretchedness will
bring him to himself, His sufferings
will teach him that he has done
wrong. When the prodigal son re-
turned to his father he was humble,
and thought that peradventure his
father would make him one of his
hired servants. But be did not find
his father harsh and unforgiving.
His father did not say You rascal
why have you been wasting my sub
stance 2 No, his father welcomed
him, saying, This is hiy son, Who
was dead and is alive again lie
called his people and killed the fat
ted calf, and gave the prodiga1 a
welcome that even offended the son
who had not gone from home. /
infer that just in proportion as we
live in obedience to those laws we
shall have health and comfort. If
we disobey those laws we shall pay
the penalty. That rule holds for
man or city or community or State
or mathis. ~
'0ne more question Mr.. Cooper.
How did you get rich?'
In the fist place, I learned tlRee
trades, learned to be a brewer, a
coachmaker and machinist, all he
fore l was twenty one years old. I
worked three years at $1.50 a day,
and savel enough out of that to get
stort in life. I was making ma
chimes to shear cloth. Then 1
bought the patent right of the ma
cline and made them for sale. That
vas before the war of 1912.
"What general rule have you
adopted in business I was asked.
'One was that L determined to
give the world an equivalent in some
form OF useful labor for all that /
consumed in it. I went on and en-
larged my business, all the while
keeping out Of debt 1 cannot re-
collect a time when I could not pay
what I owed any day. ] would not
spend money before I earned it.
Another rule had was TO keep clear
of banks. I never got them TO dis
count notes, because did not wish
to incur an obligation without GER
tainty of being able to pay it, In
that way l managed to keep clear of
panica. Ny rule was pay. as you
60. I can't remember the time
when any man could not have had
for the asking what | owed
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-19
Sad Story Of a Young Woman.
Sumter Republican.

Sumter Republican.
A few days since we saw young wo-
man of the demi monde, and her resem-
blance to one we had known In the past,
and who had become the victim of some
base villain, caused us to make inquiry
concerning her as che passed US by on the
street. Size was The same, but oh, how
she had changed in few short years We
knew her in her innocent girhood how
p.tiful to &c herln her degrat ion, with the
finger marks of sin indelibly stamped on
her still comedy face Driven from home
by her unforgiving parents, with no other
refuge open for her, she travelled the same
road to degradation that thousands had
gone before her. She loved and was foul,
ly deceived, but if a plying hand had been
held ont 10 her she might have been saved
to a good and useful womanhood. And
the csse is only one in countless thousands.
The Governor OF Ohio does not read the
newspapers. He addresseda letter la
week to "ITon. A. H. Septhens Governor
N n 80 =.
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-19
A Relic Of Ihe. War.

d.. II. Warren, the eminent ply.
stefan, late Puryeyor General, C,,S.
A.. now a practitioner in Paris and
widely-known throughout the South,
wrote officially 'ADr. ,Worthington,s
Cholera and Diarrhoea Medicine has
long ago. enjoyed a high reputation
both in and out of the Army" 9th
er physicians of high standing. re-
commend it, and with such endorse
mept it is recognized as a sovereign
cure.
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-19

APPLES AS FOOD: An exchange
states the benefits Of apples as
follows: "a raw, mellow apple is
digested in an hour and half,
while boiled chabbage requires
five hours. The most healthy de-
sert that can be placed on a table
is a baked apple. If eaten fire.
quently at breakfast with coarse
bread and butter, without meat or
flesh of any kind, it has an admir-
able effect upon the general system
often removing constipation, COR
recting acidities and cooling off
febriie conditions more effectually
than the mostapproved medicines.
Ii families could be induced to
substitute them for pies, cakes and
sweetmeats, with which their chill
dren are frequently stuffed, there
would be a elimination in the to-
tai sum of doctor bills in a single
year sufficiently to lay in a stock
of this delicious fruit for the whole
seasons use"
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-19
A western paper has this item

A western paper has this item
which may interest the dudiness:
Many young ladies use alum meal
instead of washing their face and
hands. 1t keeps the complexion
clear, rubs out wrinkles and softens
the skin. It is really astonishing
how much of the stuff is sold. 1t
costs but a dollar a pound, but one
pound will last some little time. 1t
is fact that there are Scores OF la
dies who have not washed their "a
ces for years THY use alum meal
instead. heard the other day Of a
welIknown literary lady of the city.
who has not touched water to her.
face for fifteen yeare.-Just think Of
it!
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-19

Faded hair RECEIVERS its youthful
color and soft. silky texture by the
use of Parker's Hair Balsam.
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-19

A Chicago wholesale cloak house
advertised for female model
with a thirty-six inch bust" offer
ing IS week. There were tweli-
ty-fiye applicantes In two hours
The Dawson journal., 1883-07-19

Have your legs dipped over.
When people make candles, you
know, and any of them are spoiled,
they just put them in the moulds
and dip them over L guess likely
you can find some candle moulds
on the West Side and improve
your appearance considerably"
The Evening critic., 1883-05-03
The Critic wouId Ltke to See

The Infantry and the Rifles in possession OF
their proposed armories.
Tim Sullivan win the Infantry fair punch
bowl.
The present building boom extend int the
summer.
The proposed opera a-house erected.
Less arduous tasks imposed upon the
younger pupils in the public schools and
more credit given 10 the teachers.
The street improvements provided for by
Congress fairly distributed throughout the
city.
The gas cases entrusted to prosecutor who
Will prosecute.
Younger men chosen for the vacancies on
the police force.
Some protection from highwaymen and as
sassins In the public parks.
The Army OF the Potomac reunion an I'M
posing display and q grand success.
The Police Headquarters In habitable
building.
Good weather and large attendance at the
Jockey Club races.
The Hill investigation either pushed or
squelched.
Murch and Mullett compelled to toe the
mark when they make charges against any
one.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-03

The vital statistics for the past week show
that there were 90 deaths In thIs,city. Onthis
number 81 were white males and 81 white
females, 20 were colored males and Is colored
females. Sixteen OF the decedents were under
year of age, 81 under years of age and 90
were over 60 years. The death rate per an
mum was 81 90 for the white population and
37.71.for the colored, while for the total popu.
lation the rate was 22.77 per 1000 per an
mum. The principal causes OF death were
pneumonia, white males, white female, 3
coloreo males and three colored females: con-
sumption, white males, / white female, 8
colored males and colored females; Group,
white male; malarial fever, / white male |;
congestion OF the lungs, white males dlar-
rh9a, i white male; scarlet fever, white
male, white female, / colored male; typho
malarial fever, white male, colored males;
cerebro spinal meningitis, white female;
bronchitis, 1 colorcd male, 1 colored female;
diphtheria, colored male; typhoid fever, /
colored male; whooptng cough, colored fe-
male; other diseases, not specified In the
foregoing statement, 10 white males 10 white
females, 10 colored males and colored fe-
males.
Births reported--5 white males, 6 white
females, 10 colored males, 8 colored femal Is
and l unknown.
Marriages reported-7 white and @ colorel.
Still births-2 white and 5 colored.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-03
A Painful Warfare.

An fec cream festival In Louisville, Ky., has
caused o painful warfare between young
man and woman who might have been his
mother-in-law. Joseph Summercale escorted
Miss McGhee to the festival and there enter
tained her with great lIberality, expendlng no
less q sum than 1.S5 for her benefit. After
seeing her safely home, however, the remorse
which follows extravaganza set IN, and he ex-
pressed to friend regrets that he had been
so lavish. This regret was subsequently COM
municated to Miss McGhee, who told her
mother, whereupon Mrs. McGhee, thinking to
overwhelm him, forthwith sent TO tho uneasy
Summercale the sum which she understood
that he had expended upon her daughter.
This was bold stroke, but the young man
was equal 10 the emergency, and Immediately
made reply that she had not sent him enough
by thirty-nve cents. AT this point Summer
Gale had slight advantage, but when Miss
McGhee's small brother soon afterward ad-
dressed him on the street as "Thirty.ave-cent
joe he lost his temper and threatened 10
thrash the youngster. The boy told his
mother, who sent word that she would COW.
hide summercale II he attempted anything OF
the sort. But Summerclle is man of re-
source and he Immediately swore out a peace.
warrant and had Mrs. MeGhee arrested, TO
which she forthwith responded by causing his
arrest for dlsorderly conduct. At this stage OF
the conflict the Louisville papers went to press
and the telegraph has been unaccOuntably
silent as 10 the finGl result.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-03
A New party Proposed.

Wabh. Cor. N. Y. Tribune.
WASHINGTON, May 2.-Ex-Senator Pomeroy,
OF Kansas, and DR.. Stoddard, OF Chicago, are
the advance agents Of new party. They are
In Washington now, or were here yesterday,
hunting for Presidential candidates. They
call their proposed new party the Prohibition
and Anti-Secret Society party. Mr.. Pomeroy
and DR.. Stoddard are very enthusiastic In the
work in which they are engaged and say their
1884.
They called on Mr.. Bruce, Register OF the
treasury, and in set speeches offered him the
nrst or second place on their Presidential
ticket. They told him that they wanted a
prominent colored man on the ticket and had
come to him because they thought that he mad
the largest following OF any colored man IN
the country. Mr.. Bruce said he was not ready
70 sever his connection with the Re.
publican party for anything that
did not give absolute assurance of
success. HIS natural modesty also
prevented him from accepting a position as a
PRESIDENTIAL candidate. Mr.. Pomeroy and Or,
htoddard then asked him TO name a prominent
colored man FOR the second place on the ticket,
and he named Frederick Douglass, Mr.
Douglass was not accepted because he lives IN
the District OF Columbia, and, therefore, has
no political following. Mr.. Pomeroy and DR..
Btoddard are still searching the country for a
colored man 10 I'LL the second place on their
ticket,
The Evening critic., 1883-05-03

THERE is good deal Of rot published in
the papers about Senators occupying splen-
did establishments and living in luxury in
Washington. And then the inference is
drawn that these residences were pur-
chased by money obtained in corrupt way.
Now the truth is that comparatively few
Senators own houses in Washington,
and some who are householders live in q
very unpretentious way. The majority of
the Senators, and of Representatives, too,
for that matter, board at hotels or in board
ing-houses during the sessions of Congress.
Most of the Senators who own property
here were rich before they came to Wash
ington. Besides, when Congressman feels
that he has a constituency who will give
him long lease of political
life he finds it much more economical to
buy than to rent. 1t was only the other
day that Mr.. Cox expressed his intention
Of buying property here, and we venture to
say that in his long career as Congress
man Mr.. Cox has spent more money for
boarding and rent than would have pur-
chased half dozen houses Take the case
Of man, for example, who is disposed to
entertain literally and who wants to do so
in his own home. He has a reasonable
hope that his constituency will return him
to Congress for ten, fifteen Or twenty
years. He cannot get such house as
he requires for less than rental
of 5000 or $4,000 year. He therefore
purchases, even il he has to decorate his
house with mortgage for the time being
and in the end he finds that he has saved
money. We are Of those who would like to
see every Congressman own house here,
and the fact of such ownership would not
be the slightest evidence of corruption
except in the eyes of the hypocrites, whose
whole stock In trade is denuncation OF
Congressional corruption. 1t is safe rule
TO give Q wide berth to men who are
eternally suspecting dishonesty in others.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-03
Why the Star.ROute Trial is Per.
petuatcd.


But there is a limit to human patience, and
ii was long since passed In the Star-Route
trials, which seem 10 have been perpetuated
Tor the sole purpose of pouring our surplus
National revenues Into the capacious pockets
OF the lawyers engaged to conduct the Govern
ment side of the case. That none of the Jury
have died through sheer exhaustion or com.
mitted suicide, thus leaving the whole ground
TO be gone over anew, is something almost in.
explicable. Popular interest in the AFFAIR
grew languid many months ago, and soon
after lapsed into feeling of Indifference,
which Will be only slightly disturbed by tha
announcement OF the verdict.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-03

THE Piute Princess, Winnemucca-wha
pretty name-seems to have level head
and cheap good sense" She lectured last
night in Boston and, among other things,
urged that the employment of Government
agents was prejudicial and that the Army
was by far the best peace officer. And she
thinks certain missionaries whose practices
were the reverse of their preaching should
be kept at home. IN this all good people
will join. A bad preacher is the worst of
men,
The Evening critic., 1883-05-03

The Official Transfers. ns Rccorded
To-day.

The Official Transfers. ns Recorded
To-day.
Messrs. Danenhower h Son, roal.estate
brokers, 1926 + street northwest, report the
following transfers In real estate In the Dis.
trict to-day, as compiled by them from tho ofi-
cial records In the of1lce OF the Recorder OF
Deeds:
Mills Dean to Ellen owen, part Of lot 5
square 200, $3,bOO,
u John Sherman, trustee, TO Annie Harding
and Helen 9. Yates, lot s, block 90, Columbia
Heights, s001.GO.
Engenia Lockwood to saiIle O. Funk, parts
OF lots % and %, square 300, S2,250.
Rudolph Eichorn TO Henry Wiso Garnett,
trustee for Mrs. j. L. Hobsop, lot S5, square
241, $1,000.
Elizabeth Frere TO John u. Frere and Mary
German, part of lot 10, square SO, 1850.
A. u. Duyali, trustee, to Edward Temple,
part OF lot /, square 81, $3.50.
George +. Harbin, trustee, TO Julia Wilson,
part OF lot 3, square 1919, $3.50.
j. b. N. Smith ct al, trustees Bank OF Wash
ington, to James s: Edwards and J. Barnard,
part OF lot IA, square 1888, $25.
nj. p. Callum, treasurer, to Lawrence Hickey,
lot 10, in block 10 of Howard University sub.
James Gibbons TO John Nj. Buckley, lot Il,
square GAS, s77.4d.
Mary L. Goodey to Frank b. Smith, lot 81, In
square north OF square Ut, $500.
Marg Elliot Matthews to Mary Edwards
Beele, lot 7S, square 212, nominal.
Edward Temple ct al. and Francis Dane,
trustee, 10 James s. Edwards and Job Barnard,
part Of lots and Ii, square dsS, $6,250.
William Blrney and A. A. Dirney to Henry
Harvey, lot IL, square SOL, S1,500.
Anthony Pollock TO Ann g.. Monroe, part OF
lot 10, square 127, $4,000.
Annie L. Stewart to Lawrence Barrett, lot
90, square 113, $1,000.
William Chapman, trustee, ct al, to @. @.
Glover, lot /, square 222, $11,d00.
William g. II. Newman and Henry NJ New.
man TO Edward II. Loughborough, part of l)t
B. square 81, nominal.
Samuel II. Smith to Mary e. Adams, lot ID,
section 2, In subdivision OF Barry farm, $3.50.
william Chapman ct al, to John A. lehman,
lot 2, square 222 S11 700.
Asbury Lloyd to Virginia Long, lot O. square
36S, and lot in square south Of square 562,
nominal.
Virginia Long to Elizabeth H. Lloyd, lot .,
square 30s, and lot 10 In square south Of
square 500, nominal.
s. L. Phelps to Margaret NJ. Hudson, LOT 10,
square 277, $1,5O0.
Nicholas Callan TO Mary Bonnell, part OF
lot 4, square 41, $6SS.
H. II. Barker to BENJAMIN Ii. StlnemetZ, l)i
IL, square 23S, $4,000.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-03
why We should BE thankful.

Good, spring.like weather has at last set in,
for which we should all be thankful.
We should alls be thankful too, that
we have In our midst the enterprisiDg CLOTH
ing firm of Robinson, Parker & Co., No. $40,
southeast corner OF Seventh and D streets,
can be purchased.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-03
Terrible SnGertngs.

DR.. r. v. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y.:-I have a
friend who suffered terribly. purchased o
bottle OF your "Favorite Prescription" and, as
the result Of Its use, she is perfectly we'll.
j. BAILEY, Burdeit MY,
Dr.. Pierces "Golden Medical Discovery" and
"Pleasant Purgative Pellets" purify the
blood and cure constipation.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-03

THE Republican Mayor of Vincennes,
Ind, went out yesterday and hung himself
because the day before he had been beaten
by Democrat. If every Republican who
is beaten by Democrat in the next few
years follows this example, there will be n
rapid diminution of our population.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-03

THE spring meeting at Ivy City promises
to be the most interesting since the organi-
zation of the Jockey Club. 1t is expected
that about $50 flyers will participate, among
whom are many of the best horses of the
country. The weather bureau should make
extra exertions for good weather.