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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-02-07

BENEFIT OF UNION MEETINGs--oF INTEREST
TO NORTHUMBERLAND ALONG THE LINE.
c. b., writing from Cincinnati of the gratifi-
cation experienced by number of the Relief
Corps ladies at being present at the installation
of the officers of Commodore Foote Post, makes
a good point in the following:
These meetings Of Post and Corps I thiEk should
be held often, as / understand the duty Of the
Corps is not only relieve distress, but TO aid and
cheer one another. and to meet with the Post and
epdeavor to make pleasures FOR them; To help
those in trouble and who worid-wearied as
women only can, by a handshalse or pleasant
word feel sure that If the members of Corps had
seem as have, the hardshps that our men had to
undergo; had seen them as they came from rebel
prisons, sick, dying. naked almost; had seen them
by thousands III hospitals they would feel, as do
that 10 leave your comfortable homes to spend an
evening with them; to give of your substance to
get mp little supper for them; to wait upon them
hear their experiences with sympathy. in fact
make heroes of each individual one-for to me
they are suchtiey would feel, as do, that moth
ing pay the debt that we as individuals to
our brave comrades. And ! think, too, that we
should do this to show that appreciate the
honor Of being allowed TO become an auxiliary of
the grand Order the noblest and best so long as IL
remains true 70 q. A. II. principles. And besides,
let teach the rising generation to respect the
soldiers; to honor those who gave US back our
birthright; to feel for those who fali-who do
wrong-tiiat think that perhaps the bardships and
priyations they suffered had made them weaker in
body or mind in fact. that an old soldier in the
gutter, in prison, anywhere snch appeals to US
Tor sympathy niiu itcp anu tilat we ii rs women
OF the Relief Corps, women deserving the saeri-
| fees made for us, when we do not respond.
OF INTEREST TO INDEPENDENTS.
1t is we'll known that among those opposed
| 10 aug form OF secret work in connection with
Woman's Auxiliary Societies was the efficient
| old organization at Toledo of which the ma
| tional senior vice-president has from the first
been the presiding officer. However after the
Relief Corps organization at Denver, the Toledo
society accepted the recommendation of their
president and went into the national Order
yet not without some niisgiYings on tile part 0I
several of its active members. It is pleasant to
J report that ali fears of criprling tie work by
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ogEfEAsftt-i-l IA-s JANUARY 1904.
TO tie Editor NATIoSAL TRIBUNE.
Please. may come again to your Experience
Meeting, which ] enjoy 80 much. as week after
week yonr noble paper hads is way INFO our little
home in the aiiis. II Is certainly very cheering TO
kfsow that - j. at last acknowledged through the
country that there a war at honie-so ably por-
trayed by Mrs. Mathews time asso-and that
we. even VIC. the women OF the war. finding
work and place IN the q. A. II.
We. old soldiers wives, have waited long ard
patiently FOR boys TO realize this and at last
ifse dawn > appearing Our work, of course. is
not theirs; but now. then, De * necessary to
the victory Of the cause Is fise other and agree
with CoInrade T. j. Brown Thai il IL reasonable
70 deny admission into tie Church os Christ be-
women, 10 refuse 10 recognize us
in the G. A. r. We did NOT 20 to the front and
with bodies stoI, the rebel bullets (which
would gladly have done IL we conld) bui we
gave what dearer aud more precious. hsis-
bands. sons, fathers and brothers. while tool,
up their burdens and battied alone here with pri
Yations, despair aud loneliness.
But Rt last our soldier boys are beginning TO well
come asld the campfire Is permitted 10 shine
upon US, once in while rs well as npon thcm
And really believe that stray little glean
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NATIONAL WASHINGTON THURSDAY

has fallen here on the hills of Pennsylvania. for.
true as you live on Friday evening" January 4, the
boys of Spadwin Post, No. SO. did have public
installation, and told their wives and daughters
they might come in if they wanted to, and we did
want to TO the numbers of eight ladies' some of whom
came six and eight miles 10 show their apprecia-
ton of so small favor. i think it did us good,
whether it did them not. for will help to cheer
many lonely hour these winter evenings when
we are waiting for them to come from the Post, TO
think that have been just once permitted to en-
ter with them into their home and sanctuary and
have witnessed some of their glories from affair,
and did not have cooking, sewing, work to do,
which is a thing almost unheard of amongst us.
SOLDIERS WIVES.
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Driven to the wall in its search 1or >
leader The Republican party now turns
Tor hopeful consolation to nan whom
the party leaders regard Nith small
consideration. Too much Of man to
cringe and COVER before tne clamor Of
partisan appeal General Sherman has
in season and out of season spoke his
mind upon all public questions and
more than once expressed his opinion
of the men who were DOMINIC the garb
of patriotism for ambitious ends. While
he has sought no opportunities to at
tack the partisan leaders OF the Repub-
lican party, be has never minced his
words nor tempered his thoughts when
their manner and methods were being
discussed. He was . bold. blunt man,
and said what he had to say without
caring whether anybody liked it or not.
Having never allowed the buzzing bee
of political ambition to find Judgment
in his brain. he was under no restraint
and so managed to 60 through h's pub
lie duties with satisfaction to the
people, though never highly valued by
politicians. who early found that they
could not use him. 40 this grim war
rior, rs independent in speech as he
was brave in the field. the Republican
party is now inclining itst6. in the hope
that his good name and military servi-
ces may furnish them with bridge by
which they might re-establish connec-
ton with lost public favor. Although
General Sherman has repeatedly an
nounced his determination not to enter
the field of political ambition, and has
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Ailments Of Swine Due to Mlsmanage-
ment.

Indigestion sometimes occurs among
swine who ar not supplied with food at
regular intervals, and occasionally re-
ceive large and unlimited quantities of
it, and in consequence pass suddenly
from starvation to surfeit, and this
evil greatly retards their growth or.fat-
tening, or seriously damages their
health, or even undermines their con-
stitution. Il must be rectiied by sup
plying them with proper allowances of
food at stated periods of the day and
never in such quantity at q time as to
provoke them to gluttony.
Costiveness, accompanied by dlsln-
clination for food, sometimes results
from great and sudden changes of
weather, and from feeding necessarily
ON dry and comparatively indigestible
food, and this may be corrected BY Civ
ing them any green food or succulent
vegetable substance which may happen
at the time to be most accessible or
plentiful, such as cabbage, lettuce, po-
tato-tops, or . mixture of sliced pOta-
toes and mangel-wurzel. -
The opposite evil Of diarrnha, also,
is sometimes induced; and this may be
corrected by giving the animal free ac-
cess to cinders, soft coal, brIck-dust
and chalk rubbish.
Eruptions of the skin, occasionally
becoming aggravated into pustules and
scabs, sometimes also break out IN the
ears; and these may be occasioped
either by want Of proper ventilation,
by want Of general cleanliness in the
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GIFTS.

n could give you what would outlast time
Remain as fixed as Polar star above
Something to live and thrive In any cline.
I'd give my love !!
And should you ask for that more true than
steel,
something Of yourself kindred part
Ny Utmost thought I'd then to thee reveal
And give my heart!
Should friends desert you, fortune cease to
smile;
Should JOY itself appear beyond recall,
Your weary moments would then beguile,
And give my ALL
But II some lofty sacrifice you'd ask,
How glad I'd yield me to your sweet control
And giye-since giving Is Loves sweetest
task
My very soull
And oh. believe me. could turn away
One cruel shaft, one pang OF this WORLDS
strife
From your great heart, this day
I'd give my life
Sarah j. Miuer. In The Continent
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and then throw myself upon yohr
mercy. am entirely in your power,
but ii you believe my story you will be
sorry for me. I am quite innocent of
any wrong in this matter-as innocent
as yourself land might say, even more
soi''
How can that be?" / asked.
"See," said he, 'sthis is the only
thing have robbed you of, and this is
mine, not yoursr' and he showed me
the envelope with my name upon it.
ssThen why did you not claim itP" l
asked; ''you saw it in my hand yester-
day. Why did you not ask for it?''
Il dared not, and l am going to tell
you why. y
"How came my name upon itp''
at is my name, not yours-or rather
mine as well as yours"
..But the waiter told me your name
was Pierce, not Dickens"
ssPierce is the name go by here.
Let me sit down; ] will explain every
thing"
He seated himself by my bedside,
wrapped in q travelling rug which / lent
him, for he was shivering, as much
from nervousness, perhaps, as from the
cold, and told me his story in few
words.
He was bankers clerk, high up, of
long standing, and very much respected
in his house. He had--or, / may say,
hasa son grown up and daughter.
The former had been idle and unsteady
until about q year ago; he had held
one or two situations and lost them
from misconduct. At length he seemed
determined to reform, and as he had
never been suspected of anything worse
than unpunctuality and inattention to
business, his father consented. upon
his earnest promise of good conduct, to
apply for situation for him in the
bank and under his own immediate SUI
pervision. For time the young man
went ON well, but he grew weary of the
confinement and often talked of emf
grating, a proposal to which, as he was
bis only SON, the father would not listen
to for moment.
At length one day the son disap-
peared, and letter arrived BY post next
morning from Liverpool, saying that
he was on the point OF sailing for New
York, begging forgiveness for the Sc
crecy and suddenDess of his departure,
which he could only justify on the
plea that he knew it would be useless
to ask his fathers consent. The letter
was full of good resolutions and affec-
tionate promises, but before they could
reply to it he had sailed.
Here I would have comforfed the old
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while I, beginning to feel uneasy on my
own account at having raised and in
troduced into another mans room such
spectral array as this. kept in the back
ground, or, to be plain with you, In the
corridor, recommending over the shout
ders of the rest The old gentleman,
for such he evidently was, though | was
not near enough to see his features, re-
NAMED for some time unconscious OF
the intrusion, till the landlord. finding
that he could not rouse him with his
voice, laid his hand upon him and
shook him. He then woke up with
start and q sob, and appeared for .
minute or two to be in great terror; he
spoke English, and began to protest
that he could explain everything, and
that he was the victim of circum-
stances. with other such expressions;
and it was long time before the land
lord could satisfy him .(for he was
rather deaf that no other motive had
brought him to his room but fear that
he was i'll.
sNo," said the old gentleman, APP
parently much relieved, mo; l am not
i'll; have slept soundly there smoothing
the matter. have not complained nor
uttered soundi why have you dis
turbed mep"
As soon as heard this retrcated at
once to my own room and closed and
locked the door. 1t was cowardly
thing to do, but I confess dared not
face that regiment of excited men and
women, who were beginning already to
abuse each other, and who, felt sure,
would presently turn upon me with the
conviction that / had been playing q
silly practical joke upon them.
ssOu est done ce, MONSIEUR l heard
them exclaim, and the word "Betise
betise," was repeated often in variety
of voices; then there were snarling
sounds, as if, like Demosthenes, they
had been taking lessons from the dogs
in the pronunciation of the letter
'sr-r-r-r," and mutual recriminations.
Somebody was called "a great turkey"
and told to Ego to bed" which have
no doubt he would be very glad tc do.
/ suspect it was the tall white cook,
who had been, next to myself, the chief
agent in the disturbance; however, hard
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THE MYSTERIOUS ADVERTISE

was on my way home last autumn
from tour which l had been making
In Normandy, and arrived by late
train at Dieppe, intending to cross over
to England next morning, weather per-
hitting. The clock struck one before
/ got to bed, and, being tired with my
journey, l soon fell asleep. Between
two and three in the morning was dis
turbed. The night was pitch dark, but
there was faint light reflected into my
room from lamp in the courtyard of
the hotel, and the outline of my win
dow was printed on the ceiling of the
room like q huge, distorted skylight.
1t was blowing hard outside but L only
heard the distant murmur of the wind,
my side of the house being well shell
tered. Yet fancied that / must have
been disturbed in my sleep by its roar
ing.
Before had had time for much re-
Election my attention was attracted by q
strange moaning sound which seemed
to be close to me; then a sharp cry rent
the air, followed by loud EXPLANATIONS
of pain or terror, and then series of
most distressing sobs and groans fell
upon my ear. The sounds were so near
me that they seemed to be in my room,
and, indeed, close to the head of my
bed. l could even fancy that l felt the
air vibrate, and thrust out my hands
in the darkness to feel whether any
living object were near me from which
such terrible sounds could emanate. Aft
er short time the groans and exclama-
tons ceased. or nearly so, and then
called out, first in French, and after
wards in English: ssWho is there
what is the matter p But / could OBJ
tain no answer, and presently the
alarming sounds began again and were
louder and more narrowing than before.
/ had some matches in the room, but
they were not within reach as l lay--or
rather sat up-in my bed, and l did not
like the idea Of leaving it, but l pres
emily mustered courage and stepped on
tiptoe towards the table, feeling anx-
iously before me till 1 reached it. /
found my matches, struck at least half
q dozen, which would just flash up
and 60 out, and, growing more and
more nervous every moment, at length
succeeded in procuring light. As the
match burned up, Illuminating the
whole chamber, it enabled me to see
distinctly that there was nothing unu-
sual to be seen-nothing, at all events,
that could account in any way for the
mysterious and painful sounds which
had alarmed me.
l lighted my candle. and, after .
careful survev If the anartment oh
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Under the new Congressional appor-
tionment the Electoral vote in 1884
will be IS follows:
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"A knight Of the jack-knife Is George
Hancock. q Hufisld. Conn, He has re-
eeufly finished piece made with >
common jackrknife, y inches = DE-
ameter. rspresenting three starh and
containing 81 pieces. The points are
Ill inIafd He he's IL construoti0n boz
which has nlxondy 1,O61 distinct pieceok
and II = on1y shout hall completed, and
In 10y ofheg opcefnaens q ~ baud1s
work ui(k MI - VbiIoo aWoy . epeu
6cQr = - 1gep R16tteE
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--6fck animals 6ho0I6 81 6opoIofed
from healthy onss
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WHICH, nave ucSCIiucu W IccOfcI pOS-
session of the all-important document,
of which. as he truly remarked, had
robbed him, rather than he me.
/ need not tell you that cxnnerated
him at once from all blame, and prom
ised that, whatever happened, / would
keep his secret. / should havegone on
to offer my assistance in arranging
matters for him at home, but he inter-
rupted me.
20, if could but see the Times" he
said. II win 90 down to the coffee
room and fetch 1t; l cannot wait till
morning to read the message
He did so q would have gone with
him but that feared to meet the cook
again upon the stairs), and returned
clasPing the paper in his trembling
hands.
There is your key, said; stake it,
and may it bring you good news"
20. help metz he exclaimed; ''you
know all about it; have no secrets now
from you; help me to make it ont, the
letters all seem to swim before my
eyes,
The advertisement did indeed look
formidable; here it is:
''Zmmh slkg Dtccrlk yg fmdl rmdl
msbv dygctel fmdl rndl to msn.
Tzslg."
Now for the key" said. '.But
what is this? the envelope is empty. =
1T must have fallen upon the floor, =
said my poor friend, and he stopped
down and &rUped about for Il with
trembling fingers s.
| But no. il ksd not fallen 70 The door
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ing him, 1 saw him take something.
which from the sound / thought must
be a letter, and sitter examining the adj
dress, clasp it eagerly in his hand; and
then he turned to leave the room, walk
ing with stealthy steps and carefully
shading the light from my eyes with
his hand.
was determined not to be robbed in
this manner, and slipping hastily out of
bed, contrived to reach the door and
intercept his retreat, almost before he
knew that he had been observed. In
his surprise he dropped the candle and
with sudden gasp or exclamation
stood still before me, making no effort
TO escape, and presently began to sob
Historically. / closed and locked the
door, and then, rs quickly as l could.
lighted my candle. To my great sur
prise and sorrow, found that the per-
son had detected was no other than
the sad old gentleman whom had mo-
ticed in the coffee-room reading the
Times, as / have told you.
perceived Immediately that my
watch and purse. with one or two rings,
were lying on the table undisturbed; it
was evident, therefore, that thiswas no
common thief.
What have syou taken?".I asked;
''what motive had you in coming to my
room?'
Ifelt very sorry for the poor man, be
seemed in such distress, and I suppose
something in my look or tone Of voice
made him aware Of IL
II win tell you." he said, If you
will only be silent and promise not to
betray me. ] am the most unfortunate
ct men; but win tell you everything
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-06-14
Ventura County Items.
(rrom the signal)


Enormous front have come up from
the ocean into the Santa Paula creek,
this spring. Fish twelve to sixteen inches
long are being lifted out OF the stream
every day, AMI the boys report plenty
more of the same sizs in sight.
II il rumored here that the decision
will soon be rendered in the ease Of
Diolz VS.. the Mission Transfer Company
and that the protracted oil war which has
stopped work in our oil territory will
soon be ended Look out for q two-inch
stream of crude petroleum pouring into
your big tank, If these news be true.
Snuflin and Castanos started for the
Piru silver mines on Wednesday with
the intention of sinking shaft on their
claim-being fully equipped for the
purpose. All the country for miles sur
rounding the main lead has been located
by Los Angeles prospectors, the un.
favorable assay to the contrary notwith-
standing.
The framework for the new $1,000
schoolhouse il all up, and carpenter
Steepleton is doing the work right up to
the terms of his contract. The build
ing Is to contain three rooms ON the
ground, is one-story structure, built
from plans drawn up by a prominent
Los Angeles architect, and, when tin
ished, will be decidedly the finest build.
ing for school purposes in Ventura
county.