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The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-15
The Seats Prepared Above.

At one time in the history of the
Confederacy. the. refugees became SO
numerous in the towns and villages
remote from the path of armies, that the
good citizens of the safe and pleasant
places, were seriously annoyed. The
invaders were in their most sacred
places, like the plaques Of Egypt, en-
tered into their houses, and even their
churches were infested.
A worthy congregation of Virginia
town had complained that their pews
were occupied by refugees, often to
the exclusion of their own families, and
their pastor was requested to give
notice from the pulpit that all refugees
could be accommodated in the gallery.
Accordingly. on one bright Sunday
morning the church rs usual had its
full complement of obnoxiOnus visitors,
when at the proper time the reverend
gentleman arose and gave the notice
as requested.
The refugees, though already seated
and disposed to mind their prayers.
arose at once. some with hi ghtened
color and tossing heads. and went
to the gallery. After the disturbance
caused by the move was over. the pastor
gave out the hvmn. which he mad un-
reflectingly selected. It was
Haste. my soul. .. haste away.
To seats prepared above"
A litter went around the gallery, and
the congregation seemed much annoy
cd; even the minister, before he finished
his verse, saw how unfortunate his
selection was, and all seemed to feel
how ridiculous it made them appear
The Southern BiUOuac.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-15
Romance of u Poor Young Man.

A good many years ago a youngish
man kept grocery store in Troy, N.
T.. and built up a reputation in short
time for shrew.iness. meanness and
enterprise. He ran his store in verv
lively manner. and devised many
schemes 10 draw custom which are
common now, but were new and catch
ing then. A couple of squares away
and around q corner from the store
lived a pretty little rosy-cheeked girl.
with large gray eyes and brown hair.
nimble wit and saucy tongue, and a
very Independent spirit. The grocery
man fell in love with the girl, and for
several years courted her diligently in
spite of snubs and scornful sayings.
He declared that the girl should marry
him, and she said she would see tine
green grass and the little daisies grow
ing over him before such thing should
happen. The girl's parents sided
more or less with the grocer. and told
the girl her lover would some day be
very rich and u great man. The result
was that the girl finally married poor
young clerk. who became a well-to-do
merchant in New York. and he and
his wife lead the happiest of lives in
their charming home out Harlem way.
Some times an old, haggard. weary
looking man drives through the park.
and when he sees the merchant and
his wife he fushes aud bows stiffly. and
then leans back in his superb carriage,
looking more haggard and more tired
than before. II somebody should no.
tice this meeting and should ask
New Yorker who the people were he
would say that the old man in the
splendid carriage was Russell Sage, and
would probably add that the lady and
gentleman were unknown to him.
Pittsbwrg Dispatch.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-15
How to DaiAce.

To return to the. dancing: You prob
ably want to know how to properly do
it this summer. | have obtained the
information from the most competent
authority. In waltz;ng the positions
vary so from season to season that
what is proper one year is awfully
wicked the next. During 1884. there
fore, understand that the gentleman
should put his apm firmly around the
girls waist, not holding her too close,
but firmly grasping her right hand in
his left one, she turning the palm of
her right hand downward: her right
arm should be nearly straight but not
stiff; the gentleman's arm should be
slightly bent. the elbow inclined slight
ly backward. 1t is now wrong to place
the Joined hands against the gentle
mans side or hip. The step should
be in unison. If the gentleman bends
his right elbow too much he draws the
girls left shoulder against his right.
thereby drawing her too close. The
gentleman's right shoulder and the Ia
lly's left should be as far apart as the
other shoulders. The waltz is still
fashionable.
Some dance it very quickly, with a
great deal of motion, but render it ele-
giant by slackiug the pace every now
and then; others SO quietly that they
could 60 around the room holding a
brimming glass Of champagne without
spilling drop. Evcnness in waltzing
is graceful but inconvcnient. The poi
ka is revived with Il vengeance. Not
the old-fashioncd heel and toe, but the
step, quick and gay, of the Schlavonic
peasants; hop, three glides, and Il
rest, and the music is two-four time.
The polka redowa and the polka ma
different time.
Now let me finish by telling you ex-,
actly now to courtesy this summer in
the quadrille. The girl steps off with
her right foot, bearing nearly all her
weight upon it, at the same time raising
the heel Of her left foot, thus placing her.
self facing her partner. She then glides
the left foot backwards and across un-
til the toe Of the left foot is directly be-
hind the right heel, the feet about one
half the length of the foot apart This
glide commences on the ball of the left
foot and terminates with both feet upon
tho floor and the transfer of the weight
to the backward foot.
The bending of the knees and the
casting down of the eyes begin with
the commencement Of the glide with
the left foot, and the genuflecticns are
steadily continued until the left foot
reaches the position required. Then,
without changing the weight from the
backward foot, she gradually rises. at
the same time raising the forward heel
and lifting her eyes until she RECEIVERS
her full height. Finally she transfers
her whole weight to her forward foot.
Elaborate, isn't it?-Clara Bellies Let
tor
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-15

The Boston IFntchman quotes as fol-
lows from u letter from venerable
clergyman in New Hampshire that was
not intended for the public eye: 81 can
say for myself. a man of "A years of
age. that my health for eight or ten
months has been marvellous. | attend
to the duties of school committee,
preach twice on the Sabbath. have
class in the Sabbath-school, and 90 out
a mile or more to three school houses
in rotation and hold services at five
o'clock. For the last ten or fifteen
years my duties have been more pleas
ant and joyful than in any ten years of
my ministry. can prepare three or
four sermons easier. and with more
pleasure. than could one forty years
ago. should like to preach every
day in the week if | could get the pco-
pie together"
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-15
Remarkable Luminous Shrub.

There is a most remarkable tree or
shrub in a small gulch near some
springs about twelve miles north OF
Tuscarora. 1t is about six or seven
feet in height, with trunk which, at
its base, is three times the size of
mans wrist. 1t has innumerable
branches and twiss, and resembles
somewhat the barberry tree or bush
indigenous 10 certain localities in the
Eastern States. But its only remark
able characteristic is its foliage, which
at certain seasons of the year is SO
luminous that it can be plainly distin-
guished in the darkest night for dis
lance of moret han q mile, while in its
immediate vicinity it emits sufficient
light to enable person to read the
finest print. Its foliage is extremely
rank, aud its leaves resemble some what
in size, shape and color, those of the
aromatic bay tree Of California. The
luminous property is evidently parasitic
and consists Of sort of gummy sub
stance. which, upon being transferred
by rubbing to y persons hand, imparts
to it the same apparently phosphores-
cent light, while that on the leaf en-
tirely disappears. The only reasonable
explanation for this phenomenon that
we can imagine is that the leaves
possess some quality which either
generates or attracts phosphoric mat
ter. The Indians regarded it with
superstition, and will not appoach it
even in the daytime if they can possibly
avoid it. They have name for it
which, literally interpreted. signifies
witch tree" An old Shoshone in
formed the writer that there were but
two others in the entire country, but
the closest questioning failed to elicit
the slightest information in regard to
the localities. He would only shake
his head gravely and calculate, ''bad
medicine. .''-1uscarora (Nev. Times
Review.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-15
Lacked Patriotism.

'.Hurrah! Hurrah!' shouted Mr..
Blinks rushing into the house.
whats the mattcr?'' inquired his
better half quietly.
"Why, haven't you heard the news.
the glorious news? Hurrah!''
mo. What is it?''
''Oh! the grandest news. We're
ahead of the world. Why don't you
shout? Hurrah!''
''Well. possibly l may, if you will
stop making IN i,iiot of yourself long
enough to tell me what it is all about.
why. you know tina, Greely's party
has been found?'
Yes"
well. Greelv reports that he plant
cd our flag further nori, than that of
any other nation llad ever reached"
..Vell?''
why. wiloop! just think OF it. Two
miles further north. Hurrah!'
''Well. what Of it?'
why. don't you see? The nation is
ahead. 1t beats the world.'
HIN! can't see that it makes any
particular difference. If you will just
skip out into the yard and fix up that
clothes line that you have been prom
ising TO for week, this particular part
Of the nation will get close to a pole
that will he of some benefit; and if you
waste much time about it, it will be
such cold day around these premises
that you will require relief expedition
within the arctic circle of your home to
save you from starvation. Do you hear
me, Jeremiah?''
And Jeremiah heard, and needed
also, but as he retired from the high
latitude he remarked:
':It's always the way with women.
They never have any patriotism" y
Texas SitIings.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-15
Thought So Too.

The other day = girl Of II. who was
washing the front steps of q house on
High street. broke out into song. and
a moment thereafter a pedestrian halted
at the gate, and, as she looked around.
raised his hat and bowed in the most
graceful manner.
1.-The missus isn't to home" remark
ed the girl.
NO. suppose not" he answered.
''And we don't want any per-
fumeries. and haven't any old clothes
to exchange for china vases"
"Wellr'
"Wcll, and who are YOU bowling and
scraping at?"
Il heard you sing. In less than a
year some operate manager will dis
cover you. He will send you to Toledo
to train your voice. In few months
you will strike New York direct from
Italy, and the bills will announce you
as Mdile. Pinoni, the wonderful prima
donna and queen OF song. lam simply
bowing to you in advance.
''And you really mean tilat?' she
asked, as she stood up very straight.
'Of course l do"
''And Ill get $50 night
''Yes, *200-$30O-perhaps $780,"
''And the opera-house won't hold
the people.
mot half of en-
That's what think-just exactly
what think. and you bet your boots
l don't scrub any more s:cp' for people
with an income of only $1U, ,000a year"'
And she flung the brush into the pail
of water where the soap was already
deposited, tossed a big rag after it, and
hustled for the back door lrilling:
observation-disclosures
Isee you hiding there"
Detroit Free Press.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-15
Advice to Young Voters.

Young man. you will vote for the
first time next November. don't want
to influence you. but candor compels
me to say that if you do not heed my
words. and you contribute to the elec-
ton of any candidate but the one ]
vote for, you may take my word the
country is ruined. don't care what
you call yourself so long as you vote
my ticket. There are good men in
every party, but more in my party
than in any other, and you should
choose impartially. Only don't want
to see you walk up TO the polls and
cast your first vote with the parity
That threw banana peels on the side
walk;
That composed "Sweet Violets";
That struck William Patterson and
then hid itself from just vengeance in
a cloud of anonymity;
''That wrote beautiful Snow;'
That is the party of Sergt. Bates and
the Sweet Singer OF Michigan;
That invented walking matches;
That slandered George Washington
by naming the ''pie" after him;
That learns to play the violin with
the windows open;
That impaired the secret OF. selling
= mugful Of froth for mugful of beer;
and
That told the policeman that some-
body was being murdered in your house
when your sister-in-law was singing.
just choose for yourself; but keep
away from the party that indorses the
above platform. transcript.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-15
CuriOsities in Georgia.

The following are some of the strange
things seen Or heard by us during our
trip to the mountains: A man who has
twelve living children, the Oldest under
sixteen years; man let horse bite an
apple from mis- mouth and had his lip
bitten off; natural spring of water
that carried the thermometer almost to
the freezing point; a man in Gaddis-
town stuck small briar into his wrist
and died in three days from its effects;
two children so exactly alike that even
their parents had to mark them to tell
them apart; young lady in Gaddis-
town with hair nearly six feet in length;
Dahlonega young man who has in
creased over one hundred pounds in
weight in two years; dog that barked
himself to death; man who has often
walked from Atlanta to Gaddistown, a
distance of eighty-five miles, from sun
up to sundown; coach whip snake
that measured nine feet four inches in
length; justice is administered in Davis
county under the shade of gigantic
oak; the mountaineers are very clever,
but will neither feed nor shelter any
revenue officers or their stock; an old
man who thought that Grant was still
President of the United States, and had
never heard of the assassination of Gar
field; the houses in Union county are
generally built of poplar; man who
has been welded 10 three sisters
Piedmont (Ga. Record.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-15
The Freak Industry.

Freaks, as the term is used to repre-
sent those monstrosities that are seen
in the dime museum. are generally
supposed to be products of nature,
and yet they are not natural pro-
ducts. That Is why they figure in
a dim emuseum. II they were natural
products they would figure in the re-
ports of the Bureau of Statistics. The
rapidly increasing number of ''won-
ders" OF this class is more wonderful
than the objects themselves, and sug-
eests the possibility of the complete
annihilation of the faculty of wonder
in the mind of man. Still, rs the
minister continues to preach with
out fear of exhausting his field of
labor. and the doctor continues to prac-
tice without any apparent danger of
extcrminaling sickness, SO the inventor
of freaks seem in no fear of abolishing
human curiosity. That faculty in man
may be ,rifled with and imposed upon;
but it has always come up smiling the
next time the band played. The de-
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-15

He was a tramp, and when he had
carefully scanned the back yard for
the expected wood pile. and had found
none, he quietly slid around, knocked
at the front door and began his story
of misfortune and his inability to get
work. 'Yes," said the farmer, who
was of classic turn, ''but labor con-
quers all things you remember the
old saw, don't you3" "Yes, indeed
do" said the wayfarer rs tears started
to his eyes. land the remembrance is
indeed painful, but as came along l
didn't see any hanging up on the back
of the house, so l thought would ask
you for something to eat. Yes. l re-
member the old saw and the wood pile,
too. but have no use for them. Good
day." and he vanished into the where
ness of the whittier. Boston Post
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-15
Plantation Philosophy.

Dc whitest shirt is sometimes got in
de blackest way.
De pusson wild er foul mOuf is er
pusson wild or foul min. De gronn
itse'f is rank whar de smart-weed
grows.
Err soft voice amt allus de sign Ger
tender soul. De wild cat hab er mighty
pitiful cry, but, good Lawd, he's rank
pizen.
neber seed er pusson SO ignerant
dat he couldn't pick out flaws an i'm
fault Err con niger ken say dat Dc
president is er fool.
Ef de aberage man had ez much sire
ter tell de truth ez he haz ter tel! or lie:
truth would bercome so plentiful an
lies so scarce dat de newness ODE lie
woul outshine de virtue ode truth.
Honesty may run fur erlong time in
er family, but it sometimes run out
De wust thief I eber seed wuz de son
Ger homes fodder an muder. 1t ain t
rioht ter raise er chile ter beliebe dat
m's boun' ter be homes jes' case his
ladder wuz. Honesty wild or man Is
ike pacin' wid er huss. It may run
in do family. but de right sort O. train"
in helps 1t mighty.-Arka"s9U 1TeOs'-
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-15
The White Ant in Indian Houses.

Among the household pests especial
ly dreaded none entail more vigilant
precautions than the destructive white
ants, creatures no bigger than grains
of living rice, whose armies work so
swiftly and so silently that, il left un-
disturbed for day or two, they will
completely destroy any wood work to
which they take fancy; and although,
from their love of working in the dark
ness, they will not touch the outer sur
face, but leave most respectable ex-
terror, touch will soon betray q hol-
low sham, and prove that nothing re-
mains beneath so fair show but crum-
bling dust. So strong is their aversion
to light that as general rule it is q
sufficient safeguard merely to raise
each box or article on such stand as
shall allow free current of air beneath
it. A couple of bricks, or empty wine
bottles laid like rollers, are all that is
necessary; also to avoid close contact
with the wall. Wherever these busy
workers make their way they form Sc
cure tunnels for their own safety of
hard mortar Us solid as stone, some
times so completely filled up with the
woodwork which they have followed
that it becomes more solid structure
than before, though of q different mate
rial. Pictures have been sometimes
thus dealt with, and mirrors when fas-
tened to the wall. their wooden frame
work and back being entirely eaten
away all but the thinnest external
crust while the glasses remain strong
ly cemented to the wall ITSELF Count
less are the annoyances consequent on
books and papers being thus destroyed
indeed. goods of all sorts. One
tradesman told me he had received .
large assortment of English goods one
day and unpacked them in the evening.
One single III ght they lay on the
ground, and the next morning were lit
orally reduced 10 powder. He showed
me his door, apparently of strong tim
Der, which, however, crumbled at the
touch, utterly destroyed, and the worst
of it is that once they attack house
there is no limit to their devastation.
nor any means of knowing which rafter
or door post will give way next. We
escaped any damage from
these tiny hidden foes, though some
time, Il little ridge Of hard earthly ce-
ment running along door or wall
would mark where they were begin
ming to tunnel dark, covered way for
future operations, thus giving timely
warning to experienced eyes.-Miss G.
F. Gordon Cumming in the Ge,stleman's
Magazine
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-15

velopment OF the IreaK business prob
ably has nothing more in it than an
illustration OF how an industry may be
stimulated without the paternal inter-
ference of the government and legisla-
ton 1t has been suggested that legisla-
ton should be invoked to repress it.
But now that the magnetic girls have
put in an appearance ii may be too late
for repressive measures.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-15

OrOnZeu, ai,d grow n man.. and S,ronn
and her sweet ~. ~rs,.;> ,ou. an; i,rr
tremhiIn--- ilanu is placeu in yours. anl
She shows how proud su" - OF YOU. YOU
will hc g.:nt of this advic... she will be
glad OF il. and your sister aud the
grandchildren will l. happier that
grandma remained at home. and when
you all go to the cemetery and stand
around the grave OF tine father, YOU
viii feel thai he who is in heaven is
blessing yon for not takin,: li,. ni:,:nma
away. That is all, BOYS. You can 90
to Dakota n0w.-PecE's SIN.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-15

A very effective ornamentation for a
small sofa is made by taking a strip of
satin plush, or OF velvet, about five
inches wide, and nearly the length of
the sofa itself; on this embroider vine
in some distinct and open-work pat
tern. When this is done put narrow
strip of similar material but of differ
color around it asa plain border. Line
it with stiff cloth, and apply it to the
sofa with unseen and immovable pins.
It should not be placed in the center of
the seat, but be drawn forward so that
it is just above the puff: or band of plush
which finishes the cushion of sofa.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-15

There are seventeen qainine factories
in the world-six in Germany, four in
America. three in France. Two in Italy
and two in England. The total annual
production amounts to about 4, $50, 900
ounces.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-15

Thirty cents day is the wages paid
laborers in Mexico.
A Western New York farmer still
holds 1000 bushels of his wheat crop
of 1882. Last June he could have sold
it for 81. 25; lie is now offered $1.14.
And there has been also shrinkage,
waste and loss of interest.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-10-15

The street urcilin's comment on see
ing y bicyclcr with ''Iegs ovcr:'' "Oh,
Jimmy! look ut the hoopsh;rt runnin'
away with the mani