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The National tribune., 1885-07-09
TRIBUNE WASHINGTON D. c. THURSDAY JULY 1885,

ter, placing his hand upon his right organ of
vision, and holding it there with desperate
pertinacity, as if in immediate dread of his
masters attempt at gouge.
"I thought II knew it! hurrah!" vo-
ciferated Legrand, letting the negro 60 and
executing series of curvets and caracols. much
to the astonishment of his valet, who, arising
from his knees, looked, mutely. from his mas
ter to myself and then from myself to his
master.
The National tribune., 1885-07-09


the yelpings of the dog, who took exceeding
interest in our proceedings. He, at length,
became SO obstreperous that we grew fearful of
his giving the alarm to some stragglers in the
vicinity or, rather, this was the apprehension
of Legrand for myself, should have rejOiced
at any interruption7which might have enabled
me to get the wanderer home. The noise was
at length, very effeJtuallysilenced by Jupiter,
who, getting out ofIthe hole with dogged air
of deliberaton, tied theeBfute's mouth up with
one of his suspend6fs and then returned, with
a grave chuckle, to his task.
When the time eomenti6ned had expired, we
had reached depth Of five feet. and yet no
signs of any treasure became manifest.
general pause ensuBd, and i began to hope that
the farce was at an end.a Legrand, however,
although eyidentlS muEf disconnected, wiped
his brow thoughtfully aid recommended. We
had excavated tho aentiie circle of four feet
diameter, and noweawe slightly enlarged the
limit, and went to- then farther depth of two
feet. Still nothing appeared. The gold-seeker,
whom l sncerely,pitied, ht length clambered
from she pit, with The bftterest disappointment
imprinted upon etery Aature, and proceeded,
slowly and reluctaMtly,iofo put on his coat,
which he had thrown off at the beginning of
his labor In the meantime made no remark.
Jupiter at signal from his master, began to
gather up his tools. This done, and the dog
having been unmuzzled, we turned in profound
silence towards home
We had taken, perhaps, dozen steps in this
direction, when with a loud oath, Legrand
strobe up to Jupiter, and seized him by the
collar. The astonished negro opened his eyes
and mouth to the fullest extent, let fall the
SPADES and fell upon his knees.
"You scoundrel." said Legrand, kissing out
the syllables from between his clenched teeth
lyon internal black villain speak, tell
you ANSWER me this instant. without pre-
varication !-which-which is your left eyer"
"Oh, my golly, Massa Will! amt dis here my
lef eye for sartain?" roared the terrified Jupi-
The National tribune., 1885-07-09
Rheumatism

ge aoubt II there is, or can be, a specific
remedy for rheumatism; but thousands who
have suffered its pains have been greatly ben
Gifted by Hoods Sarsaparilla. If you have failed
to find relief. try this great remedy 1t correets
the acidity of tho blood which is the cause Of the
disease. and builds up the whole system.
81 was afflicted with rheumatism twenty years.
Previous to 1883 found relief, but grew worse,
until was almost helpless Hoods Sarsaparilla
did me moro good than all the other medicine
lever had" II. 7. BALcoM, Shirley Village. Mass.
Hoods Sarsaparil!a
Sold by all druggists. 81 six for S5. Made
only by C. i. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
The National tribune., 1885-07-09
Trunks with False Bottoms.


"Yeu would be surprised at the number of
orders we fill for trunks with false bottoms
said trunk manufacturer.
" For thieves, eh?"
Sometimes, yes, but more frequently for
high toned people. A man came to me one
day with an oil painting of a beautiful woman,
and asked to have the painting built into the
bottom of trunk. Naturally was curious,
and, as he was talkative, soon found out that
the painting was of his first wife. and that his
new wife was awfully jealous. l don't like to
burn up the old picture, you see,' he said, as
she is not dead and it's sign of mighty bad
luck to burn up the picture of living person.
/ suspect if she was dead my present wife
wouldn't care.' Well, built the picture into
the trunk, sent it home to him, and suppose
everything is lovely, and the new wife thinks
the picture has been destroyed. A woman
came once and wanted trunk with false bot
tom arranged so that she could get at it easily.
We generally make the openings to false bot
toms from the under side, but she wanted this
through the upper side of the bottom. / asked
her how deep she wanted the false bottom and
she said, absently, 'Oh, big enough to hold
package of letters and photograph Now,
that was a definite order, wasn't it? just as if
/ knew how thick package of letters was!
She was the handsome young wife of a rich old
husband. But, of course, the commonest order
for secret compartments comes from women
who want some safe place to hide their money
in. A woman thinks there is no place like
trunk for hiding money!"
The Dawson journal., 1885-05-28
REFORM IN WOMEN'S DRESS.
What Boston Has Recently Evolved
in That Interesting Line.
Cincinnati Enquirer,

Cincinnati Enquirer.
Speaking Of unseen features OF
feminine toilets, Boston has
evolved something in that line.
The dress reform committee of
that city are the authors of what
they callthe "corset-abolishing un-
,derwear. One Of their enthusi-
asts, Abby Gould Woolson, has
brought some of the articles to
New York for missionary purpos-
es. She showed them to an invi-
ted gathering yesterday, and [ no.
ticed that very adroitly the girl
who acted as a figure model on
which to exhibit them, was a Slim
WASTED creature, who might as
well go without corsets as not, so
good were her natural outlines.
The outfit consists Of three gar
ments, viz: A balmoral skirt,
composed of a deep princess waist
reaching to the knees and joined
there to broad, straight flounce;
then a suit of white cotton cloth
or muslin, shaped loosely to the
form by vertical seams and ter
minating in sleeves and drawers.
With one thickness of smooth
cloth, the latter garment covers
the entire body from chin to
wrists and ankles. Finally, beneath
this, a woolen undersuit, woven
upon the same model, and, like
the chemiloon, buttoned down the
entire front. An underskirt of
fitting make may be buttoned Ell
ther to the balmoral or chemiloon,
and to the inner side of the lat
ter the stocking supporters are at
tached.
Thus equipped with four gar
ments, union undersuit, a prin-
cess petticoat and a princess dress
you have not a belt in your
whole attire, nor a bit of gathered
fullness, save what is found in the
skirt flounco. A lit of the shoul-
ders meets resistance only from
the tops Of the stockings, SO loose
ly worn and connected is your en-.
tire garb. Summer discards the
flannel undersuit and reduces the
number of garments to three.
The Dawson journal., 1885-05-28
A KENTUCKY VENDETTA.
Two Men and Little Girl Shot by
Andrew Johnson, the Outlaw.
Woodbine, Ky. Special.

Woodbine, KY, Special.
Intelligence has just been re-
ceived that another chapter has
been added to the bloody record
of the Bell county vendetta and
the lives Of three more persons
ended by Andrew j. Johnson, the
notorious outlaw and apparently
implacable demon. On Sunday,
as Josiah Hoskins, jailer of Bell
county,was returning from church,
accompanied by several of his
children and Thomas Napier, the
whole party was fred upon by
johnson, who was lying in wait
behind a building in the town of
Pineville, and Hoskins, his little
daughter, ten years old, and Ma
pier were instantly killed. The
weapon used was a large revolver;
the first shot killed Napier and
the second Hoskins and the child,
who was standing behind her fa-
ther in the wagon, with her hands
upon his shoulders.
This assassination is the result
of a difficulty between Napier and
johnson on the day of the last
presidential election, when Napier
was wounded in the eye by a shot
from Johnson's ever-ready pis-
tol.
AS soon as Johnson had COM
mitted the bloody deed he called
to his aid two Of his friends and
they were entrenehed in Johnson's
house at dark last night, defying
the authorities and threatening
the first person who undertook
the arrest of the murderer. Ex-
citement was at fever heat and a
posse was being summoned to
storm Fort Johnson and cap
ture the culprit and his compan-
ions.
The three persons killed by
johnson yesterday swells the list
Of his victims to five, all killed in
the past three years.
The Dawson journal., 1885-05-28
He Was Sorry.

The other morning a tramp
walked up to one of our promi-
nent citizens on the street and,
shivering with cold, begged him
for quarter with which to buy
something to eat. The'prominent
citizen stopped and looked at his
trampship pityingly, then replied;
"My good man, how long is it
since you had a meal?"
"Two days" said the tramp, as
his knees shook and his teeth chat
tered.
81 am very sorry, my friend,
but | have not had dinner for
two weeks" The tramp opened
his eyes and looked wild, and his
teeth ceased chattering and his
knees no longer quaked as he
drew breath with difficulty and
sadly said:
"Here is quarter, poor fellow.
take it and go and get some grub"
"But I am not a beggarl" cried
the prominent citizen.
81 know, l know" the tramp re-
piled; "but you are the champion
liar Of the country. You were
picking your teeth when [ met
you" - Bloomington Through
Mail.
The Dawson journal., 1885-05-28
PUNGENT POINTS.

Rev. Sam Jones says dancing
is hugging set to music" Sam,
no doubt, knows all about such
things.
Speaking Of sentiments, "She
who rocks the cradle rules the
world" the Memphis Avalanche
says: "In this section she in gen.
orally a colored girl, and we don't
belieye q word of it,
Travelling along the road of life
it is ever a pleasure to gather up
the chunks of wisdom which care
less philosophers have dropped by
the wayside. Here's one that was
lately dropped; A woman who
has been obliged to give up chew
ing gum may still be happy in a
sassafras tree.
Mr.. Beecher's lecture on Evolu-
ton is big thing in its way.
But really, Mr.. Beecher, can you
gaze through the bars in a menag-
erie upon a comical chimpanzee
and honestly believe that perhaps
in century or two it will be the
ancestor of a great divine like
yourself, Orwell, this is what ey-
olution leads to.
1t was at the baptismal font,
and the minister had the baby in
his arms. "What is the name?'
he asked Of the mother. "Jose-
phine Newton" Joseph E. New
ton, 1 paptize thee" "No, nc"
hurriedly' whispered the mother
in great alarm, "Not Joseph b.
Newton-Josephine Newton. It's
not that kind of a baby"
81 tell you, sir, no woman can
be fully trustedg' exclaimed a
cynical man to a friend. "Why,
lust look at poor SniHSon. Didn't
he love that wife Of his? Didn't
he consider her an angelo Didn't
he fairly worship her? Didn't he
think nothing was too good for
her? And how. has she requited
bim?" "How?' asked the other.
"Gone and had twins--these hard
times"
The Dawson journal., 1885-05-28
A Difference of Opinion.
] have a friend / knew at school,

: ] have friend knew at school,
- A manwhose taste is fine;
4 AndJim's opinions, as rule,
Do not conflict with mine.
What he admires praise with care;
a. He censures what blame;
But of a certain damsel fair
Wedo. not think the same.
Lthink her eyes au azure blue;
He says dull gray" instead,
Icall her hair an auburn hue, ..
While he declares tits red"
When her complexion compare,
To roses pink and white,
He smiles with a sarcastic air
I'donot think polite, 81
Whene'er her attitude praise,
Sograceful and erect,
Hestares quite languidly, and says;
"She poses for effect"
1say her figure is dream,
A vision made to waltz,
lie smiles: "Things ale not what they
And winks; perhaps It's false"
Ialways like to see her play;
edon admir- touch,
like her bright, vivaeious way;
He thinks she laughs too much
To me she's fair as fair can be;
She seems not so to jim.
You see, she's engaged to me,
And she has Tilted him.
The Dawson journal., 1885-05-28

"A strange animal visited the
premises of S Henry Wood, in
Greensboro, the other night. He
heardapeculiar noise at his chick
en- coop, and got up to'see what it
was, Before he reached it, a fierce
bulldog he owns had attacked If
and a terrible fight ensued. In
the darkness the animal escaped.
The next morning Mr., Wood
found that his dog was most ter
rlbly cut up, his face cut, his eyes
-iaeerated, showing that whatever
/ he attacked was fighter. Mr..
wood says the animal made a pc
cullar believing noise and he is
unable to say what it was. An
animal Of this kind has been
heard Of in different parts of the
county before, but no one has
seen it..
Very few, if any, women will
believe the following statement
from the North Georgia Citizen,
but we will not refrain from Civ
ing them the benefit of the lesson
which it teaches. 1t will be their
own fault if it does them no good:
"When DR.. Tucker preached the
Introductory sermon before the
Baptist convention in Newman on
the 23d ult., a lady in the congre-
cation was wearing the same dress
which she wore thirty years ago
on a similar occasion, at which
time DR.. Tucker was also the
preacher. Such economic women
arc rarely ever found in these wear
one-dress-a-season days. A man
with such a wife can snap his fin
gers at hard times-he'll always
be on top, no difference how great
the financial pressure may be in
the country"
"A young Greensboro boy not
long ago went to church accompa-
MED by negro nurse named
"Adam." The boy with Adam
took a seat in the back of the
church, and proceeded to interest
himself in all that was passing.
Soon the minister came into the
pulpit, and looking around over
the congregation solemnly said
announcing his text): "And
where is Adam now?" The young
boy jumped from his seat in a
jiffy; rushed into the aisle; threw
up his hand, and yelled. loud
enough for all to hear him: "Here
he is, right here Mr., here is
Adam on the back bench, if you
are looking for himr' 1t was i'm
possible to resist his earnestness,
and the preacher and congrega-
ton yiSibly smiled.-Savannah
News.
The Dawson journal., 1885-05-28

A deeply humiliated man is the
pillar of the church who goes to
sleep and leans heavily but con-
fidingly on the pew door, which
flies open and tumbles him and
his umbrella out in the aisle. It
adds to his happiness to hear a
small boy in the gallery snieker
out loud.
The Dawson journal., 1885-05-28

Sam Jones has converted liq-
uor dealer named Beasley in Nash
vile. He was a wholesale dealer,
and turned over his entire stock
to a church committee to be de-
sroyed or disposed of as they See
fit. The managers Of steamboats,
have ordered their bars closed.
Providence Star.
The Dawson journal., 1885-05-28

A lady Of experience gives adj
vice on kissing to a young lady
friend as follows: "Be frugal in
your bestowal Of such favors. In
the first place l would cut off all
uncles, cousins, and brothers-in-
law; let them kiss their own wives
and daughters; and L would not
kiss the minister or the doctor or
the lawyer" You see this lady
understands her business and does
not leave out the editor.
The Dawson journal., 1885-05-28

An Arkansas editor who was
elected county judge some time
ago did not approve of his own
administration ,and in an able edito-
fial written by himself said; 1T is
with sorrow that we announce that
the county judge Of this county
and the editor of this paper is a
big fool
The Dawson journal., 1885-05-28

During a conversation between
two gentlemen one of them re-
marked: "Yes, [ have lost much
flesh since l saw you last. :" Should
think dat he hab," muttered an
old negro who overheard the re-
mark. Los 200 pounds dat l
knows erbout, 'kase half O. it am
at home under my bed at dis time.
Uh huh, man lib in my curmunity
Is mighty ap' ter lose flesh"
The Dawson journal., 1885-05-28
Mormons in North Carolina.

The Mormons have effected q
Judgement in Rutherford county,
N. c., and are doing a missionary
work, i'll Surrey county. They
have quite a following in the lat
ter county, and have been holding
conference at their church near
Pilot mountain. The president
of the council, as it is called, is
only 10 years old, and is a most
eloquent preacher. There were
fifteen ministers present at the
conference. There are about two
hundred attendants at this church.
1t was announced that any person
desirous Of joining the Mormon
Church, and who desired to move
to Utah, would be assisted by the
church to make that Journey.
There have been no plural marri-
ages as yet in Surrey.
The Dawson journal., 1885-05-28
Oats Grew in His Ear.
Port Jervis Gazette.

Port Jervis Gazette.
One day last fall small boy
named Washington benson, who
is learning to be a barber at Will
liam Hildebrant's shop in White
Plains, had his ears filled with
oats by some boys with whom he
was skylarking in barn. The
boy scratched and cleaned out, as
he thought, all the horsefeed, and
went home about his business.
About six weeks ago the boy was
taken with severe pain in his
ear. His head swelled up and he
was in awful agony. All remedies
failed and his mother took him to
a doctor in New York city, and he
removed two kernels of oats which
had sprouted and taken root in
the boys ear. He is now perfect
ly well.
The Dawson journal., 1885-05-28
THE QUESTION OF COLOR.
Not a Dead Issue Even in a Washing
ton Church.

It seems that the fashionable
Presbyterians Of Washington cam
not stand Fred Douglass and his
white wife. The Washington cor
respondent of the News and Cou-
rier telegraphs that paper as fol-
lows:
GA highly sensational scene was
to-day enacted at the First Pres
byterian church. AS is we'll
known President Cleveland is a
pew-holder in that church, there
fcre vacant seats have been at a
premium ever since it was deter
mined that the presidential fami-
ly would worship there. Recent
ly a pew directly in front Of that
rented by the president became
vacant. It was Immediately Sc
cured and but few members of
the congregation knew to whom it
had been rented. This morning
their curiosity was gratified when
Frederick Douglass, the colored
recorder Of deeds, accompanied
by his white wife and two friends,
entered the church and took pos
session of the pew. The congre-
CATION became 50 excited that they
paid very little attention to the
divine services. Neither the pres
ident nor any member of his fam
lily were in attendance. Neverthe-
less, great excitement prevailed
when, at the conclusion of the SER
vice, DIR. Sunderland descended
from the pulpit and greeted Re
corder Douglass and his party
cordially. The elders, deacons
and members of the congregation
did not leave the church until
they had expressed their indigna-
ton at the minister's conduct in
unmistakable language.
can informal meeting Of the
congregation was held on the spot,
and it was agreed that Fred
Douglass should be requested to
relinquish his right to hold a pew
in the church. Otherwise the con-
gregation would secede. 1t is al
legged that Douglass on a previous
occasion almost ruined the church
by lecture which he was permit
ted to deliver from the pulpit, and
therefore he was considered an un-
profitable member. For a time
excitement ran high and the scene
was intensely dramatic. 1t is said
that Douglass rented the pew
through a personal friend, and that
his idea is to establish a relation
ship with the president through
the church, and by that means re-
tain his Office as recorder of
deeds"
The Dawson journal., 1885-05-28
HER JOURNEY.
Detroit Free Press

w uSH gn6 uOCtOI Cdk10s eut1Wn
stairs from the sick room OF Mrs.
Marshall the whole family yseemed
to have arranged themselves In
the hall TO waylay him.
"How soon will mamma dit
well?" asked little Clyde, the baby.
"Can mamma come down stairs
next week?" asked Katy, the old
est daughter and the little house.
keeper. Ey
"Do you find my wife much bet
ter?" asked Mr.. Marshall, eagerly.
He was tall, grave man, pale
with anxiety and nights of watch
ing.
The doctor did not smile ;he did
not even stop to answer their
questions.
al am in great hurry he said,
as he took his hat; Z must go to a
patient who is dangerously i'll.
This evening 1 will call again. I
have left instructions with the
nurse" J"
But the nurses instructions
were all concerning the comfort
of the patient; she was profession
ally discreet and silent. The chill
dren playing on the stairs were
told to make no noise. The gloomy
day wore on and the patient slept
and was not disturbed. But that
night, before they went to bed,
they were allowed to go in and
kiss their mother goodnight. This
privilege had been denied them
lately and their little hearts re-
sponded with JOY to the invitation.
Mamma was better or she could
not see them. Tho doctor had
cured her. They would love him
for all their lives.
She was very pale, but smiling,
and her first words to them were:
4 am going on journeyr
"A journeyp cried the children
VIII you take us with your
No; it is long, long journey
Mamma is going to the South,
said Katy; the doctor has order
ed her to. She will get well in
the orange groves of Florida
4 am going to a far-distant
country, more beautiful than even !
the lovely South, said the mother
family, and / will not come back
You are going alone, mammal
asked Katy.
No. said the mother in q lows
sweet voice. Il am not going alone.
My Physician goes with me. Kiss
me goodbye, my dear ones, for in
the morning before you are awake
[ shall be gone You will all
come to me when you are ready,
but each must make the journey
alone
In the morning she was gone.
When the children awoke their
father told them of the beautiful
country at which she had safely.
arrived while they slept.
How, did she go? Who came
for her?' they asked amid their
tears.
The chariot of Isreal and the
horseman thereof their father
told them solemnly.
People wonder at. the peaceful
happiness expressed in the faces OF
these motherless children. When
asked about their mother they
say: She has gone OF a journey
and every night and morning they
read in her guide book of that
land where she now lives, whose
inhabitants shall no more say T
am SICK and where God himself
shall wipe all the tears from onr
ewes,
The Dawson journal., 1885-05-28
Marring the Pleasure of an Ariz0ra
Funeral.

"The only thing to mar the
pleasure of the'occasion," wrote
an Arizonr editor of funeral,
"was little difficulty between
the clergyman and one of the
mourners concerning the owner
ship of flask found in the car
riage they had occupied"
The Dawson journal., 1885-05-28

Some men will never learn any
thing. A tramp tried to rob
editor the other day.
The Dawson journal., 1885-05-28

An Indiana wife told her hus-
band one morning that she was
going to elope with the hired man.
Let US ISay over it" replied the
husband. They prayed for half
an hour, but when they got
through the woman's intention re-
manned unchanged. So the hus-
band helped her on with her wraps
and tucked her in the sleigh, wish
ing her God speed with tears in
her eyes.
The Dawson journal., 1885-05-28
A Remarkable Escape.

Mrs. Mary A Daley, of Tunk-
hammock, Pa, was afflicted for six
years with Asthma and Bronchi-
tbs, during which time the best
physicians could give no relief.
Her life was despaired of, until in
last October she procured bottle
Of Dr.. Kings New Discovery,
when immediate relief was felt,
and by continuing its nse for q
short time she was completely
cured, gaining in flesh so lbasin o
few months.
Free trial bottles of this certain
cure of all Lung and Throat Dis
eases at Crouch Bros. Drug
Store. Large Bottles $1.00
The Dawson journal., 1885-05-28

Daniel have you been drink
ing?' asked President Cleveland
of his private secretary.
"No, sir"
"Has anybody started o dissiI.
lery near hereY"
"Not that / know Of"
"What, then, is this dreadRna
smell?"
"Unless what, DanielY'
"Well, there's a Chicago Alder.
man out in the other room waiting
to see YOU"
"Ah, there is, eh? Wen, DAM
iel, you step in and tell him TO go
over to Georgetown and call
me up by telephone. " Chicago
News. b