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The Evening critic., 1883-02-23
Persecution Regarded as Honor.

The leader of the Salvation Army in Eng
land, General Booth, evidently regards per
secutlon as an honor, for he gives the details
of the indignities to which his followers have
been subjected during 1882, dwelling witt
especial satisfaction upon the item that 251
OF the 600 OF his soldiers who were knocked
down, kicked or otherwise brutally treated
were women. The statistics indicate tina
his crusade is aptly called war,
The Evening critic., 1883-02-23

The subscription thieves of the EcoainJ
Yesterday, alias the Ercaing stdr, are in n
frame of mind over our exposure Of the
thieving game they were playing at the
public exponse,
The Evening critic., 1883-02-23

IN the Ashuelot disaster all the officers
were saved, while eleven of the crew were
drowned. The proportion of officers saved
to seamer drowned is altogether too great.
1t doesn't speak well for the gall&utry of
the officers.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-23

TIE gilt niokels which are circulated as
So gold pieces are not a circumstance to the
bad bills which are introduced in the Ma
tional Congress.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-23

THE friends of Colonel Polk have offered
to pay nearly the amount of his defalcation.
The friends of Colonel Vincent are silent,
and the Colonel himself is still non est
cOmeatiJus mp a stlmpam IN a SrampO, as it
were.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-23

SECRETARY CHANDLER has succeeded
in compelling Lieutenant Commander Cor
ringe, Of obelisk fame, to resign from the
Navy in order to preserve his self-respect.
Mr.. Gorringe's heinous of'en5o was the ad-
vocacy of free ships. 1t is possible that
Secretary Chandler could have occupied his
time to better advantage.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-23

PERHAPS the best way to stamp out
polygamy will be to kill all the Mormons.
We don't charge Senator Edmunds any
thing for this hint.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-23

EMERSON seventh in his class as an es-
sayist The names of the six brilliant
young men who outranled him would be a
literary curiosity.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-23

THE Republicans in the House will prob
ably act the fool aud defeat the Senate
tariff amendments to the Revenue bill by
not allowing the bill to como up in the
House again. This is neat way for the
Republicans to commit hari.kari.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-23
..AIderney Dairy wagons,

Fresh Alderney butter, churnod every morn
ing and delivered In u ID ward" prints, SOC.
per ID. Also, cottage cheese, buttermilk and
sweet milk, &c. per qt. Cream, 15c. per pint.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-23

GEORGE WASHINGTON will now remain
quietly in his tomb at Mt. Vernon for
another year.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-23

SPEAKER KEIrER led Doestcks friends
CDamphools) in the Republican caucus last
night.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-23

PARTY Of Yale students went over to
the Willimantic Thread Mills on Wednes-
day to investigate for themselves the re-
lative merits of free trade aud protection.
Their lesson in protection began with au
elegant lunch, very much on the champ.
and terrap." order 50 familiar to our lobby
when they want to talk cuisines" to a
member Half a dozen Of the prettiest
girls in the employ of the mills hal been
selected to beguile the young gentlemen.
That the y. &. were willing, yea anxious, to
be beguled is apparent from tho 7fibme's
The Evening critic., 1883-02-23

WINDOW still has an eye on the presi-
deucy Of some railroad.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-23
ADJUSTMENTS
NATIoNAL THEATRE.
TONIGHT


NAT1oNAb THEATRE. TONIGHT
HER MAJEsTY's OPERA COMPANY.
ONE NIGHT ONLY AND ONE MATINEE,
THIS FRIDAY, Feb. ?3--ALBANT, SCALCHI
RfGoLErTo.
Sgnori Ravelli Galass Mouti, Mime. Scalchi
and Nine ne % Al9ani cher last appea1rapsel, AFT after
Director Of The Music and Conductor sig. Ardln
TOMORROW CsATuRDAY) AFTERNOON,
GRAND EEtAnEWELI Patti MATINEE,
Alfredo Nerdls opera La ThAviAlT6; slrnoi Frapol
.signqr Caravati
Vioeiia..'.',',.,.Mme. Viiyi'.'',',,M,ii '.Xi.DEIINh PATTI
(Her last appearance. 49,
The incidental advertisement bv Nine. Nal
Prices for Saturday matinee to Orchestra aud
2Tshsstra ns4x Circle #s Dress Circle 81
STsHIs Fits Vi SfnsFS 70 6lchesia Pr'e' S
Ieseryed),sl; (unreserved), 5oc General Admis-
Reserved seats on sale daily from to at Met
zerotts music store.
Feb. 2G-LAwRENCE BARRETT as Lanciotto.
FoRD's.-IoLANTHE-To-NIGnT ATS.
Crowded by the Beauty and Fashion of the City.
Many Unable to obtain Admission.
Grand Procession officers led by Full Brass Band
of the Grenadier Guards, In honor of the an
niversary of Washingtons Birthday.
CHAS. (. FORD'S Comic Opera Company
In GILBERT d &sULLIvAN's Latest Production,
lola NTHEs
On, THE PEER AND THE PERI.
The Orchestratlon by Prot. ]. p. Sousa, of the
Marine Band.
The most brilliant production of comic opera
ever seen In Washington.
Places secured at the boX-offlce. Reserved
Seats, 15 cents and 81.
February 2G-ESMERALDA.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-23

Friday, February IS, 1888.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-23
GIVEN AWAY,

Crockery and Glassware with Teas and Cotfees.
ENTERPRIsE TEA COMPANY, Fourth st: and
Pa; aye.se Branches In the markets. j. ii. q
j. l.. O'DONNELL, Proprietors. jlS
GONFECTIONERY OF ALL KINDS. FOR
~ eign and domestic fruits and everything
pertaining to a iirstclass confectionery. Orders
for cakes OF various kinds received and filed at
short notice. i. STEINLE,
l3 No. 11g Penna, ave- east,
The weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1883, 1883-04-04

1t is said that kissing cures freckles;
but every red headed girl in the country
knows better.
Why is it easier to be a clergyman
than a physician? Because it is easier to
preach than to practice.
A man being tormented with corns
kicked his foot through window and
the pane was gone instantly.
A mule never kicks the same object
twice. Probably for the same reason
that lightning never strikes twice in the
same place-it doesn't have to.
When man puts his hat on the floor
and ten minutes later, mistakes it for a
cuspadore, the funniest story ever told
won't bring smile to his lips.
Said doctor to lady patient: "You
must take exercise for your health, my
dear" "All right" she said. "I'll jump
at the first Offer" And she did.
Red-headed student to professor: "Pro-
fessor, why is it that you never seem to
recognize me on the street," Professor:
"Well, Mr.. Y, the truth is l am slightly
color blind"
The weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1883, 1883-04-04
What Blaine is up to.

The fact that Mr.. Blaine is writing a
book of his life and times is regarded by
some as the most conclusive evidence
yet that he does not intend to be cam
didate again. The ex-secretary is too
experienced man not to know the en-
tire significance Of Jobs exclamation:
"Oh, that mine enemy would write a
book" That Blaine would deliberately.
place club in the hands of his enemies
did he mean to come before the country
again is not considered probable. What
ever be the fact as to this there can be no
question that Mr.. Blaine as an author
will be great success. Scarcely another
living man could be named from whom
a book would be 80 eagerly sought for.
Its permanent success will depend on
the authors fidelity to the truth of his
tory, let it cut where or whom it will.
1t may be said that Blaine knows more
history, as yet unwritten, than any other
man in the land. Whether it is this he
intends to write is not precisely known.
Indeed, there is some vagueness about
what the book is going to be, which of
itself, if kept up, will tend to create a
curiosity that will give it the very best
kind of a send-of. In Colonel Benton's
Thirty Years in the United States Sem
ate" there was single chapter which
sold the work. 1t was the graphic ac-
count of the duel between Clay and Ran
dolph. 1t was the only chapter that was
not dull. Its judicious publication in
advance created demand which moth
ing else in the work would have caused
There is no danger Of anything of the
kind as to Blaine's book. No publisher
in the land would hesitate for an instant
without knowing line it contained, and
readers and buyers would be similarly
moved.
The weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1883, 1883-04-04
Flights. Of Acrobats.

The following is the explanation given
by Lulu, the famous gymnast, of the way
in which he made his perpendicular
leap: 1t was done, he said, by means Of
a mechanical device. II stood in full
view of the spectators on an iron plate
about a foot in diameter, which was at
tached to spindle running down
through framework. This spindle was
thrown up distance of seven feet above
the stage by means Of rubber springs, car
rying the plate with it. The springs were
powerful enough to send my body
through the air like shot. Another
set of rubber bands jerked the spindle
back as quickly as it shot out, SO that the
motion both ways was to quick for sight.
On reaching my distance l caught hold
of ropes. 1t was necessary to pose my
body so that it would be exactly in line
with the medium line of the spindle.
One night at Dublin the machine was
imperfect and the spring became released
before was ready, throwing me On my
head and shoulders in the orchestra cir
Gle. feel'as if the earth had suddenly
fallen from under me. But there is real
ly no time for thought. 1 am at the
ropes in an instant. gave up this per-
formance because grew too stout One
day my body was almost telescoped by
the shock. I then set to work to devise
a machine that would enable me to dis
tribute the force over my whole body.
The result was the catapult, after several
months spent in making experiments.
This machine is very simple in its con-
struction. An iron plane about fifteen
feet long is suspended on an axle at a
slight angle. Rubber springs are made
to act so as to throw the plane forward
Suddenly into position nearly perpen-
dicular. This movement throws my
body, which is lying at full length at the
upper end of the plane, so that ] describe
an arc and a!ight in net about sixty
feet from the machine. / was nearly
killed two or three times. The first time
I was thrown lost all sense of what l
was doing or where was going. I was
utterly helpless and came down into the
net on my head and face. My head was
so cut and bruised that my hair came out
in punches.
In London made the experiment Of
using a machine much the same as the
catapult, but suspended in mid-air. The
springs were SO adjusted that the iron
beam on which l lay, when released, de-
scribed almost asemi-circle, so that when
my body left it was underneath instead
of on top of it. This machine threw me
a distance of 200 feet in almost straight
line. My movement was so straight and
80 swift that it was almost impossible for
me to turn my body, even once. In fact,
/ did not recover consciousness until my
force was nearly spent. The principle
of the cannon from which gymnasts are
sometimes hurled is the same, the only
difference being that the body is sent in
an oblique line upward, instead of per-
pendicularly into the air. As the per-
former can get his position with perfect
safety, this feat is not attended with
much danger. The spring is released in
this instrument by means of a trigger set
off by the explosion of powder.
The weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1883, 1883-04-04
had redeemed every drunkard in Mil

had redeemed every drunkard in Mil
waukee, and pa said that was right, and
he would see us throng', II 'e,st every
dollar he had. Then wc .e1> aim home,
and when ma asked if sha lid join the
lodge too, pa said, Nov you take my
advice and don't you ever join no good
templan. Your system could not stand
the racket. say,I want you to put some
cold cream on my back" think pa will
be q different man now, don't you?"
The grocery man said if he was that
boys pa for fifteen minutes he would be
q different boy or there would be fune-
raj, and the boy took a handful of soft
shelled almonds and a few layer raisins
and skipped out.
The weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1883, 1883-04-04
The Way Congressman Drink.
From the Clereland Leader.

From the Clereldnd Leader.
asked bartender as to the preva-
lence of drinking in Washington to-day.
He replied: "Most of the congressman
and senators drink, though there are a
great many more total abstainers now
than formerly. The Southern members
drink more than the Northerners and
they always take whisky, while your
Northern men now and then indulge in
beer Nearly every Senator from the
South drinks and l have to carry one
who buys his liquors here every now
and then to his room. He commences
drinking intending to take only little
but he likes the taste of the liquors so
well that he can't stop and the result is
he gets boozy and has to be aided off to
his room. The foreign ministers as a
rule drink, but they seldom come to the
bar.
ave have some curious drinkers
among the members Of the present
House." continued the bartender. "a
member from South Carolina takes on
the average about forty drinks day.
He fills his glass to the brim every time
and tells the bartender his sight is bad
ana he can't tell how much there is in a
glass till it gets too full. Like all of the
Southern members he always drinks
whiskey and he takes it straight A
member of the House from Kentucky
wants three Jumps of sugar, a tablespoon
ful of water and pint of whisky for his
usual dram. Dust little nutmeg over
this and says he, 1t makes drink for
the gods He can stand this several
times day and can repeat it during the
evening"
"Any others?" asked /.
yes responded the drink-mixer,
and went on: II hate to see sneak, and
the way some Congressman take drinks
on the sly and stink out when they think
they are being seen makes me sick.
There is member from North Carolina,
a namby-pamby, utterly-utter, aesthetic
Senator, who thinks all the women are
in love with him and pretends to be
pious. He never drinks whisky when
any of his friends are in the bar He
will come in, look around, and if he sees
anyone he knows he will march up to
me and ask for change for quarter and
then slip out. In half an hour he will
come back again, and, if his friends are
gone, he will call out for "a very pretty
cocktail, but he don't mind if make it
little stiff He is an esthete, you
know and he wants his cocktail pretty
He will drink three of these, and then,
filling his vest-pocket with cloves, he
goes off chewing them to hide his breath
There are number like him, but he is
the only one know from the South"
There is nothing like leather" is an
The weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1883, 1883-04-04

n and get inspection
ssoici
T.C. POWER & co.
The weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1883, 1883-04-04

While we were talking the foreman
of the track-laying gang came into the
car.
"Ah, Martini" he said, 81 have been
looking for you. One of these fellows
who deserted last month has returned
and the interpreter says that he has in
duced half the men to quit and go across
the country to the Sunset Extension.
He is down among my gang now.''
"He is, is he?" quoth Martin; and that
peculiar falling down Of nose and flying
up of lip disclosed his white teeth. "I1l
fix him."
He picked up heavy billet of wood as
he finished speaking and invited me to
go along and 'see the fun" went.
The obnoxious Chinaman was in the
centre of an excited group of his compa-
The weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1883, 1883-04-04
The Pioneer Agricultural
Dealers of Montana.

Our stock large and varied consisting of the famous
WALTER A. WOOD TwINE BINDERS AND MOWERS, for
which have the exclusive agency of Montana famous
JOHN DEERE sULKY PLOW; The old reliable sCHUTTLER
WAGON HAPGOOD sULKY and WALKING PLOWs, super
ior SEED DRILLS DoMEsTICsEwING MACHINES DIcKEY
TANNING MILLS CLIMAX CHURNs and the world
novned HAWKYE STEEL BARB FENCE WIRE.
The weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1883, 1883-04-04

There is nothing like leather" is an
old saying and true one. 1t is the sole
support of man.
The weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1883, 1883-04-04

A beau dressed out resembles the Gin
namon tree-the bark is of greater value
than the body
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-19
NJ p for Morpeth, has 1t 10 view to visit the mining
districts Of Ohio. Pennsylvania and Illinois

NJ p for Morpeth has 1T 10 view to visit the mining
districts Of Ohio Pennsylvania and Illinois
The Americans are returning homo earlier this
year than usual. The outgoing steamships are full
of then. i applied the other day at the White
Star Office for cabins for some friends and dscov
cred that there was not single stateroom to be
had on any ship before September 20. Asking how
it happened they were 30 full. was told that the
Americans had found it impracticable 10 go to
Egypt and gong to their native country in
stead. i take it this was polite way OF limiting
that fear of the cholera has shortened good many
European trips. The fear. II 1T exists has little
basis. No authentic case of imported cholera has
yet been heard of in any European town. But the
Continental authorities who have started tho panic
will possibly regret it when they find ont that they
have cut into the profits from travellers on which
so many Continental towns are so dependent. Inc
shrek that was heard, the explosion OF lll-temper
against England a colporter of cholera, the re-
fusal of the people of Brindis TO allow tho malls
via Egypt to be landed, the vexatious and useless
ouarantincs-all this has to be paid for. whether
the authors of the cutlery were alarmed or not they
have alarmed others. and thu American who was TO
have enriched France and Italy will now spend his
money in Saratoga and Newport, or perchance keep
1t aw nile In his pocket q. W. 3.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-19
NOTES FROM THE RIO GRANDE.
po.Ds RANGES AND CIVILIZATION

RAILROADS, RANGES. AND CIVILIZATION
ryRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
Ell PAso, Tex, Aug. 12.-General Mexia,
now IN the city Of Mexico informs railway OFFICIAL
this city that the Mexican Government has maze
notifications In the charter OF the Sonora kaiiroau'
Those notifications are extension OF time ana 'hs
authority TO increase freight and passenger rates
Under these new CONCESSIONS It s said that the roau
will nj once be built from Guaymas to Hermoso ana
from HermosIllo I'm a more direct line to FL faso Az
nresent Guaymas, or that itch portion OF MEXICO 10
reached from this section by the Mexican nterhAon
and the Southern Pacific.
General Mexia slso states that the government nas
confirmed the grant of che Tamauliras International
running from Matsmoras TO Tuxpan THIS IN an eh'ep
sion of the New.York, Texas and Mexican hairoad
commonly known a. Count Telfeners scneme' ~ 10
supposed that he ia backed by Mr. Mackey
Justnow there Is q great activity In lana matters on
both sides OF the frontier line Recently company OF
capitalists bought 100000 acres OF land on inc
Mexican side This tract will be subdivided Tor colony
purposes There 10 greater sale for land on the other
aide than on this there In little or no TAI on
In Mexico the burden taxation being upon the proc
meta of the soil and the aborng classes WITHIN inc
past ak months about 100000 acres OF land have been
purchased for stock ranges and colonies prncipay ON
the Mexican side OF the frontier line. stockmen report
thar the ranges OF Southern Colorado and California ARC
becoming exhausted, hence they come TO shis region
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NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY, PAGES

searchng for green fields and pastures now where lana
monopoists untaxed.
Ell Paso Is just emerging from the chrysas state OF an
ancient Mexican town and tradng-post for American
pioneers city, with its civilization and Its comforts
The adobe huts of the unprogressive Mexican are
rapidly being razed and substantial frame ana oricK
houses erected The city is rapidly filing mp with more
progressive people. aud tho Caucasian comes the
Mexican recedes to the other side Of the river where nc
reve in his native idlcness ignorance superstoh'
fights and buhghts. As the Mexicans recede the
disputed boundary line also seems TO recede with them:
within the past generation the Rio Grande has changed
It's course, giving the American side about mile OF
territory Half OF this city is built upon that land Inc
claim that the Rio Grande not the boundary
line and the Americans contend that t Is % nominated
In the treaty The settlement OF this treaty question In
wolves about half OF I'll Paso and with the people or the
two passes" 1t Is not only national but q Leading
local issue. However there is likelihood OF war; and
matters Will undoubtedly remain quiet on the kio
Grande.
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lYH1T BARRIERS EARN

A barber in prominent hotel said to IRIB-
UNE reporter who had noticed the frequent UPS 'nA'
he received, ave don't make much as you think we
do The nay IN the best hotess day. and we get from
Al TO 81 so extra In fees Sunday work earns as our
DAVIS OF. How many customers day. About thirty
averaging up the time taken to cut hair shampoo etc
No we have no brotherhood or association We nau one
few years ago but It to an end Pay US ever 70
strikes Hardly Hundreds OF men would DC roaty "
an NV plaoe within a day. Sometimes we're called 20
priy ate residences Then we get 90 cents sn -
Zines ST. We have furnish our own ah nnis,as
of the $50 capita, necessary TO start US vonldnf
good barber has his regular customer o tbese custo
ns wonld follow yon they get used 10 paJhs, rsgsd
ace and dislike 10 CHANGE, wm ,I 20 c"ursf Well we
doa's make much on the haircut aud 90 We even w
an the shgm pooIs
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THE NATIONS OLDEST SOLDIER.
SERGEANT LEFFMAN. OF FORT NIAGARA

,v,ov A. occ.sIoyAL CORRESPONDENT THE TRIBUSE.l
LocKpoRT. M Y, Aug. 1.-THE homer OF
having attached to II the Oldest so'dier oi inc on
states Army IL without shadow OF doubt to De nc
corded 20 Fort Niagara, at the mouth OF the Niaea
River The ndvidual 10 whom this distinction N nc
corded is Ordnance Sergeant Lewis Lehman man
, vaars of ane who Is stIl Ia service although by
speca act Of Congress he retired ON full pay sew
ea years agothe only occurrence OF the KIND on
Lehman who Ia still hale and hearty ola genlie"su' ,u
of neasant anecdote and kind words for ALL is hsn'y
osteemed by the citizens of Youngstown adaoen. W 'no
fort and hs history is SO full OF exciting incident 'hst
ia worthy Of description lie lisa Waterloo veteran aa"
entered the army OF Hanover In 1873 serving WIN 'no
allied forces against the great Napoleon through many
severe battles He has now in his Possession NUMBER Oh
medals granted him for special bravery during ina.
In 1924 having come 30 America, be ehs.eo
An the United States Army, ana mas
served IN IL ever SINCE having been nfyn'ne years
tho Government employ. In 1s4o he was mAae o''
nance sergeant. :. -,
M,ch az this time he has been stationed OF FORT
Niagara and for ten years was tho only oHe2 s'A'e'
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official ct that post During this pericd occurred the war
OF the Rebellion aud occasion he saved the fort
from pillage destruction by the large number OF
southerpers who had fed Canada and taken up their
residences at Niagara Ontario just across the river from
the fort These rebel sympahIzers had laid their plans
to the river in boats certain night and seize the
fort and after pllang It, TO destroy it by fire. Lehman
was informed just n time Of their plans by friend ana
them all guns Of the fort aud waited to give
the coming Confederses strong dose OF grape and can
ister But they did not and IL aiterward leaked
that they warned of their danger just as they
preparing to embark their nocturnal errand OF
pilIsge and destruction Sergeant Lehman is devout
MEMBER and Senior Warden OF st. Johns Episcopal
Church. just opposite his picturesque little cottage at
Youngstown
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rare you to take astronomy next r Se.%.
Else inquired sS q me .piendd asrs
,caI ssaOSs during the vseatou lsnt that nice
n Tas he text books and an atasr ION. L3usi ~
my head on kis shoulder he y my AaAA"-tH
Pest s