Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-07-14
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY. JULY Ia. 1883.

AT Long Branch 10000 people celebra-
ted the Fourth of July in witnessing a
bathing performed by the Jersey Lily.
The wonderful sensation is thus put in
print: "She emerged from her bathing
room dressed in an olivette bathing cos
tune, of blue flannel trimmed with red.
Mrs. Langtry swims with a chest stroke,
taking long strokes. The crowd fire.
quently applauded her, to which the
lady responded by swimming under the
water and doing various little oddities.
Freddie stood looking on from the bluff.
He was dressed in duck suit. white
muslin cravat and straw hat. He seemed
to enjoy the applause immensely, and
was by no means sparing of it himself.
The full perfection of Mrs. Langtry's
figure was seen at its best in the new
role she assumed as one of the goddesses
of the sea. Her motion was easy and
graceful. Altogether she was perhaps
three quarters of an hour in the water.
Upon resuming her walking attire she
wore tight-fitting steel-colored silk
costume, hat of similar material.
strong, thick boots, and light parasOl."
RELIGIONISTS who travel in balloons
live above the clouds, keep company
with stars, visit the spheres, entertain
Venus, Mars, Jupiter, rusticate amid the
heavens, scintillate on an ocean of glory
and arrange the wrappings of Jehovah's
Throne, those religious dreamers who
are perfect, who are proof against the
weaknesses, and practices of sinful men
and women, those Don QuixOtte, Guilt
yer Travels kind of dreamers are entire
ly too goody gooody for world where
babies cry, women weep, and orphans
starve, in which men work, struggle and
fall, in which there are prOdigals to be
reclaimed, lost sheep to be found, lost
treasures to be hunted up, and chief of
sinners saved. This world needs not
dreams but practical benevolence.
MICHIGAN practice and theory are
thoroughly in love with murder, out
rage, and all yillianous transactions in-
flicted upon the innocent. Her crime
record is heinOus, with daily additions
to its long black roll. She invites the
worst classes to come here and commit
the most atrOciOus deeds, where the in.
nocent suffer and the guilty go unpun-
ished.' Things are going from bad to
worse with frightful momentum, and
it is high time this paradise for outlaws
were converted into place of law, disci-
pline and safety. There is too much
legal nonsense and altogether too many
outrageous acts that are protected and
pardOned.
SOME evil wishers are prOgnOsticating
defeat to the Republicans of Iowa this
fall. 1t is true that some Republicans
will not vote the tiket because of 1t en-
dorsing the action of the people on the
temperance question, but it is also true
that many thousands of Greenbackers,
and hundreds of Democrats will support
the Republican ticket because of its ia
vorable attitude to temperance, or be-
cause of its Difference to the will of the
people of the state, previously expressed
on the subject of temperance legislation,
and it does not yet appear that heaven
will afflict Iowa with Democratic sue
cess in addition to her numerous cy-
clones.
A REMARKABLE accident occurred at
one of the seaside resorts on the Fourth
of July. An Italian had handful of
toy balloons. and fool with more money
than brains bought them all, and tying
the strings to the belt Of little girl
tossed the child into the air. Much to
his amazement, and to the surprise and
alarm of the bystanders. she didn't come
down, but hoated gradually toward the
ocean. just beyond reach. A gentleman
with presence of mind and revolver
rescued the child by firing ball through
a dozen.or more Of the balloons, which
brought her dOwn-Inter Ocean.
The liquor men of Chicago defend the
practice of selling whisky to children by
defending a man guilty of this crime.
In Chicago murder, gambling prostitu-
tion and every foul crime is permitted