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The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-17
PRETTY HANDS,

Il never in my life SAW anything like
the rage at Saratoga for getting ones s
hands done up. said girl to Clara
Belle. ''When you 60 out riding bill
boards advertising rival manicures
stare at you from every corner and
scare your horse worse luan Il railroad
train, 50 huge and red are the letters.
do assure YOU that th. .rirls up here.
on the avera.e. take :i,"ir han,is round
10 the artist three times \ week. A.
the operation iasis an hour or more.
and you can't leave your han Is, like y
pair of gloves. 10 D.. c.eaned and
called for. the .oss OF time j., consider
able. Well. Clara BE &c. dear. | nave
funny true story 10 ttii you about
this manicure rage. You remember
Miss -. the brunette VINO used 10
play lawn lcnni- five hours y day at
Newport, laze in i.r C .sino five more.
and firt all he time? 'Sne's in Sara
t0ga now. an /. wouii you believe it,
engaged t. \ fellow We cali Gawkyns.
because he lookec! so precious green"
''What-marries h!ln because mes
green?" exclaimed.
NO, uO. yDSIHgS Wc tuOuSut ltlu
green. and she .loe>n';. l suppose.
Anyhow, when lie 10 .ow ii her 20 Sar-
atoga, and spooned on ncr al the hard.
er, and she reaiized lna, the hand
squeezing per.od OF his courtship WAS
coming on. she made up her mlnd 10
render it rs agreeable ~ possible To
him. OF course he had incidentally
clasped her hand good many times.
and sine hadn't minded that these cas-
ual grips disclosed palm little horny
from constant use with tennis bats; but
now she wanted TO impress him softly.
sentimentailv. mushaiiy-don't you un-
derstand? So she went i've days in
succession to manicure. and At the
end of the course of treatment her
hands had been soaked to the softness
of mush and polished to the smooth
ness Of satin. Then she was ready for
him. 1t happened one dark evening
on the back piazza of her hotel He
sighed and fum0led around until she
kindly put her hand in his way. There
were other folks sitting there. but in \
shadow. SO that they didn't see what
he was up to. We'll. he got her hand
Of any love for the bigamlst but for
the purpose of obtaining power over
him that might be turne to prcuniarv
advantage. As both parties are now
held to b. equally guilty provided the
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-17
A Plysnonsh Eccentric.

At Plymouth. >, i Lien days. liv-
ei q shrewd philosopher who rejoiced
in the familiar title o: Sam Barnes.
Short of stature. keen Of tongue, and
squeaky of voice. Barnes was known
to every body. ami in turn knew every
body so we'll that he was able to hit "ff
their peculiarities to the delight of all
hearers but the vic:im. 1t is related,
for instance. that n miserlv neighDOr
who. in the opinion Of Plymouth farm.
ers. starved his stock, complained TO
Barnes that his pig was sick. live
given him scaweed and rockwell" :" the
owner said. land pigweed and burdock,
aud nothing seems to please him.
What would you do. Sam. if he was
yours?" well. now. l swear to man. !"
answered SAM. with his usual sharp.
jerky manner. ''if he was mine I'd try
him with little good meal and wa
ter" Barnes was u Us,.versalist and
much did he pride himself thereon.
One evening when the church bells
were ringing. Sam. on his way to the
corner grocery. where his comrades
were wont to congreyate. encountered
the orthodox clergyman. ''Hallo. Far
son b." piped S,m, ''what on earth
are all those bells :,-rinying for?" 1T
is praver-meet;ng evening. Mr..
Barnes the clergyman replied. with
pious severity and mild reproof in his
voice. ''Well. now. ! swear" Sam
continued. rs if the idea were novel
one to him. Whats it forp What
do you do there?" I'VE pray, Mr..
Barnes" '.Prayp 1 swear to mani
Now. my Bible says: When We pray
go into your closet, and shut the door.
and pray in secret but do you
pray in secret7'' asked the divine. in
that tone of pointed appeal which
marks the consciousness of q home
thrust. well. now." retorted Barnes.
'.if should tell you there
wouldn't be nothing secret about it."
AMI with triumphan, chuckle he pur.
sued his wav to the corner grocery
Boston Courier.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-17

fact Of an existing wife. or ttu>Oand is
known. We snail proi':.oi oi nave fewer
suca marriages in the ia; ore.
Mrs. d.. Meii's TAI .nrc 10 obtain =
divorce VII. SHOW wivrs mat little
III rrfri'ict Win l.!t!! W ms. or even
Inc Introduction III - moi .rir:.w iu-
10 me domestic circle. docs moi t ,rniSn
:.',ni cil,e ior :; .iisSniII ,un ui ne .nar-
rlare i'e. II their nus :,:.nti> are not
q,tt'e AS EoisiIcu ami gentle AS they
'i4il; TO oe the vile nta, let into u
temper. nut il Is no use iur ntr 10 get
into the courts. She may break the
wretcil's head witt, a urooMst:ck, Dut
he cannot DreaK ner matrimonial
bond with IL ie al tle"r...
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-17

A numi'er of women dress REFORM
ers are wearing their new style of
.'togs" on the streets of Montreal. A
iishl. plated petticoat is divided into
commandments SO that trousers result.
\ skirt is worn over il. so that the
o.tune i~> not appear msnnisn or
leii,tlc in me least One OF these
its wei .h Al pounds. or Z OF pounds
htcr taan IN. average haDi iment Of
.mAu
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-17

A remarkable faci is t.at while steel
will melt in heat that does not affect
platinum, if lead be put in the crucible
with the latter metal both viii melt At
the low temperature ii which lead liq-
uetics. FIRE clay will melt before plat.
mum. and Vet lead cannot be melted in
Il platinum crucible, for y. long ~ the
lead melts the platinum with which it
comes in contact meils also aud the
cruciu ole is uestroye
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-17

White stockings ar DecominL again
in vogue. Doctors have discovered that
the sole OF the foot absorbs dyes,
whether black or colored. :nd that .
continuous process OF slow bioo.l-pois-
oning is going on among those VINO use
colored hosiery. The origin OF several
new diseases that have lately appeared
is attributed by medical men to the
pernicious dye stutfs which are used in
the manufacture of stockingA
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-17

The space between the inner and
outer walls Of large ice-house at East
Great Plains. near Norwich. Conn.,.
has been chosen by swarm of wild
bees for their hive. These bees have
made a great quantity Of honey since
they took possession Of their cool and
spacious quarters iasl Spring. and
they can not he despoiled OF their store
unless the outer wal Of the building
be first removed.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-17

Among the nearly one hundred
to the Washington Monument is one
from Vesuvius, sent by Mr.: William
Terrell, Of Georgia.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-08
A Wild Run.

An incident which we believe has
never had parallel in railroad history
occurred of the Burlington and Missouri
railroad, between Sinclair, Neb., and
Denver. st Akron tornado unroofed
the round house and did some other
damage. About o'clock in the evening
when the wind was at its strongest, it
started train of eight box cars loaded
with coal, fiat were standing on the side
track at that place. Two brakes were
set but they were not enough to hold it,
and it ran through split switch without
being deraised and started East.
The track was nearly level where the
train started, but there is down grade
this side of Akron The wind was so
strong that it took the train more
rapidly than the passenger trains over
the line move, even on the level
track, and when it reached down grade
of course the speed became something
fearful
The operator at Akron noticed the run
away train soon after it broke loose and
sent the alarm down the line. Every
thing was ordered side-tracked and the
crazy train had the right of way. The
CduuOH- Ddlf JTdlu udISly tSCdptU Mdl-
velous as it may seem, those runaway cars
ran one bundred miles, passing eight
stations, over track which is for great
part of the distance almost perfectly
level, withtno propelling power but the
wind
They ran the hundred miles in less
than three hours, and the station agents
and others who witnessed the strange
train held their breath with awe as it
whirled by at the rate of nearly mile a
minute. 1t passed Haiger at the rate OF
forty miles IN hour, and is said to have
run the twenty miles of down grade
this side sof Akron in eighteen min
ntes.
At Benkseman, ninety-fve miles this
side of Akron, freight was standing on
the side-track AS the runaway train
passed the engineer ran his engine out,
with brakeman on the tender to make
the coupling, and gave chase. 1t was an
exciting chase, but the engine, which
brought to the aid of the wind the power
of steam-chests, soon closed the gap be-
tween itself and the flying train. About
halfway between Benkleman and Max
the fugitive was overtaken, the coupling
successfully made, and the cars after pull
ing the engine some distance, brought ii
to a stand-still
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-08
SELECT SIFTINGs.

The Confederate statutes in paper
covers SELL for $50 set. The Gulteau
trial for $50
II is noticed as a curious fact that after
the prairie grass is once killed on Western
cattle ranches the same grass does not
reappear.
Philip, Of Spain. says the Philadelphia
Caterer, gave as II reason for not eating
fish that tkcy were nothing but elements
CONCEALED, or jelly of water.
Fumigasion was first practised by
Acron, Physician of Agigentum, who,
when Athens was visited by plague,
caused great fires to he lighted and arc.
matte substances cast upon them.
Queen Mary, of England, in 1894, the
emperor Of Germany in I'LL. and the
dauphin aid dauphiness of France and
their son iB 1912, the emperor of Russia
in 1880 ard Louis XIV. Of France In
1774 are few of the royal personages
who have @ied of smallpox.
Roger Bacon believed It possible for
men to fly by the help of a copper ball
filled with fire. The Persian story tellers
say that a Persian king named Kai-Kavos
tried to fly on litter borne by eagles
dashed below javelins, on which pieces
of goats tesh were fastened, but the
eagles became tired and the monarch
persisted m,iserably in desert place.
A medical observer who has been
taking notes in the infant homes and
asylums Of Paris, reports that infants
under three years of age cross the lett
arm over the right. older children cross
ing the right over the left, sixty per cent.
doing so 9t six years of age. Robust
children Cross the right arm over the
left; the sdiotic and weak, including
those who ore incapable of working, cross
the left over the right.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-08
The March Of the Prairie NJ.

The prairie dog is standing thru,
against the future prosperity Of 4.
grazing districts of the state. Draw
line from Red River, south To a
Colorado, so as to run about the Ma.
ern lines of Throckmorton, Shaela
ford, Callahan and Coleman COUNT.
and you mark the front of the Create.
immigration army ever dreamed Of /,
man. From this line west $50 mil.
every square mile is infested by hs,
devouring pests. The thickly inha.
assertion of country 200 miles long Al,
$50 miles wide. The advent Of 4
white man into this country has n
increased their numbers, as man b.
destroyed the wolves, badgers, rata,
snakes, panthers, and other amin.
which prey upon the prairie de
They eat the grass in sumns
and the grass roots in winter, ands
consequence is that whac was h,I
few years ago the finest grazing regIs
in America is fast becoming a verlqn
less desert.
Unlike all other animals in Amera
the prairie dog is migrating, not ve
but east. Only year or two ago Il
eastern line was about the westemls
of this county. In short time heAs
advanced his frontier east about n
miles into Shackelford. ThrockmCrtr
and the other counties lying nortAu
south of Shackelford. Unless cheeks
he will soon ravage all the mesqua
grass land in the state, and viii lid
descend in countless hosts upon
black waxy farming land of TaTa
Dallass, Collin, and the other cOula
east of us.
1t is no eXaggeration to say that St
100000 does not exceed the valued
the grass annually consumed ga
prairie dogs in northwest Texas Cod
they be destroyed instantly as b.
stroke of lightning, the priceo lalih
all the regions described would adyaa
100 per cent. as soon as the fact va
known.-Albany Ne1oS.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-08

"That match you are lighting your
cigar with is very small thing, isn't
it ?" said passenger to one who had
sh AIRED She seat for few miles. "a
small ling, but you wouldn't believe
tt g A 4 erican people paid $27, 100000
for catches last year, would you?
There are 100000 of people in this
country; they use on an average FIVE
matches each per day; that is 10000,
900 matches per day, or 100000
boxes of 100 matches in box, every
day. Last year these boxes retailed at
an average of three cents each, max
ing $4,000 day for matches, or $27,-
375, 1000 year. And then think that
three-forths of all these matches were
supplied by one company. If they
didn't make 100000 clear profit out
of it they didn't make cent"
The harvest day of the match mo
nopoly is now at an end, as they nc
longer have government revenue tax
levied for their benefit. But they
still control the trade on account of
their superior manufacturing facilities,
capital, etc They own thousands OF
acres of timber land in Michigan, and
their lumber is cut by their own men
and shipped on their own boats. And
then they have contracted for nearly
all the worlds supply of phosphorus
wears ahead, and the new manufacture
ers starting into the business find
themselves overmatched in every way
By the old monopoly, which can still
control the trade. aid make a fair
profit on its investments They con-
troll twenty-five factories, and one of
them has capacity of 1900 of
matches daily.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-08
Caused by an Accident.

"The world owes its greatest ACHE
ments to accidents" remarked q
Swiffle to his wife, as they sat On
back gallery, enjoying a cool bre1
says the Arkansaw TTaUeller. "Na
ly all great discoveries were pun
accidental, and, Mrs. Swifile,' add
the colonel, "it was by mere char
that we met"
YES" the lady rejoined, sit was
accident that caused our marriage
The colonel didn't very much
this reply, and with elevated eyebHl
rejoined:
Accident? Why, my dear, | hnI
understand you. What do 4
mean ?"
"Oh, 1 mean that if Tom Bea9
had not accidentally shot himsa
would never have married you.
would like for me TO think that
married me by accident, but
want to think that it was aces
caused me to marry you. Wish y
draw bucket of fresh water.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-08
/ White Rainbow.

Says the Virninia New Enterprise
In the midst of shower of mingled hail
and rain about 9:15 o'clock the other
morning, there was visible for minute
or two segment of rainbow that lacked
the usual prismatic colors. 1t was belt
of pure white circling across the misty
curtain of falling pellets of snow and
raindrops. In France, some months ago,
the papers had much to say about white
rainbow seen in that country. 1t was
spoken of as a thing unprecedented.
Twice within the past twelve months the
phenomenon has been visible from this
city. In neither case, however, was the
bow complete semi-circle. The white
rainbow is by no means uncommon in
mountainous regions, or rather in such
regions the opportunities for seeing the
phenomenon are much better than in the
valley regions, the observers occupying
elevations from which they NAV see
storms and mists in deep valleys and
gorges far below them, and also may see
the effect Of even a meridian sun upon
such passing showers and rolling vapors.
whereas in a level region the effect would
be below the horizon, and invisible to
the inhabitants
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-08

Chimes when even's scarlet flag
Floats from the crest of distant woods
And over moorland waste and craig
A weary, voiceless sorrow broods;
Around me hover to and fro
Tie ghosts Of songs heard long ago.
And often midst the rush of wheels,
ofpassing and repassing feet,
When half headlong city reels
Triumphant down the noontide street,
Above the tumult OF the throngs
/ hear again the same old songs.
Rest and unrest-'tis strange thatye'
Who lie apart as pole from pole,
Should sway with one strange sovereignty
The secret issue OF the soul;
Strange that We bo.h should hold the keys
Ofprisoned tender memories.
1t may be when the landscapes rim
Is red and slumberous round the west,
The spirit too grows still aac dim,
And turns in half-nconscious quest
To those forgotten lullabies
That whilom closed the infants eyes
And maybe, when the city mart
Roars with its fullest, loudest tide,
The spirit loses helm and chart,
And on an instant terrified,
Has fed across the space of years
To NOES that banished childhood's Tears.
We know not-but tbs sweet to know
Dead hours still haunt the living day,
And sweet to hope that when the slow
Sure message beckons us away,
The past NAV send some tuneful breath
To echo round the bed of death.
Chambers Journal.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-08

| most admire in her-her perfect tenn
ner And of course we shall separate
her entirely from these awkward rela-
tionsb;ns In the meantime-as the
old man is going back to the 'paohc-
oush'-I suggest that we 60 back 10
the cottage and get Augustus little
brother to pilot US in the right direc-
ton. Or. perhaps know they have
q LITTLE snare room somewhere under
the eaves-they can keep us there all
night don't like to ask it OF them.
but do not see what else we can do.
In less than five minutes they were
once more knocking at the cottage
door-but to their surprise it was not
opened.
A tiny window at the left was push
ed the least bit ajar, and the voice Oh
the fair Augusta. shriller and sharper
than he ever could have believed pos
sible. out-shrieked the tempest.
"Go awayl" she cried. Clear out! /
won't have you in the house.
Augusta Annr' demonstrated the
voice of old Mrs Cotton from the in
side
Hold your tongue, MAJ screamed
Augusta, "I've told pa, time and again.
the next time he came home at TINS
hour of night, wouldn't let him IN.
Not if ne sat on the rocks until day
break. And / mean to stick to my
word. so there! It's too bad of him, so
it is, to spoil my chances with city
beau by this sort of goings on, and
won't stand it. Get out, pa. Don't
stand whining there"
"But, Augusta Ann, pleaded the old
woman, cts your tongue and your
temper that drives him away more'n
anything else. Let him in. Don't you
hear how it's raining?.'
"Silence!" retorted tie dutiful daugh-
ter.
And the window was shut to once
more, leaving the two friends standing
on the doorstep, in the night and tenn
pest.
They got back to their lodgings after
a long, wet walk, in the course of which
they went considerably out of their
way-but they were neither of them
sorry for the nights adventure, wet
and forlorn though they were.
"It's astonishing how easy it is for a
man to be mistaken" said Carlisle,
after long silence, as they were sit
ting before the fire in their own room.
Bolton leaned over and grasped his
hand.
BE thankful, old fellow" said he,
that you have escaped as easily as this. ="
Augusta Ann never saw her city
swain again, and as she didn't read the
papers, she missed perceiving the no
tice, in daily paper, of the marriage
of Will Carlisle to a Miss Lettice Bel
ton.
And poor old Cotton leads harder
life than ever.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-08
Managing Stoves.

Miss Parloa, in recent lecIu'
New York, said one of the mos
quent mistakes people makes nI
ting on to much coal. Never
the coal come above the lining
stove. 1t is a waste Of fuel, aH'
fire will not be so bright and cleaA
cause the draught will not be soy
When not using the fire, EeP
hampers closed; it will be reaa! =,
needed; then open the draughS
cooking, either on top OF the sO''
in the oven, no matter how j"
fire desired, having the coal coIn'
ly to the top of the lining 'D'
ought to last four hours wltnOD
coal or poking. The top Of TIE :
may be red hot, and the coal pr
to the lids, and yet the oven v.
bake. 1t is because there IS wv,
coal, and the draught is stops
The practice of having the Wy
stove or range red hot will SoOD
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-08
DISENCHANTED.

Will Carl'sle had definitely made up
his mind to propose to Augusta Cotton
Augusta Ann" as her unsophisti-
Gated relations phrased it in their
everyday talk.
"She is diamond among glass peb-
bles," he declared with all lovers en-
thusiasm.
"Are you quite sure that she is a
diamond at all ?" dryly asked DR.. Bel
ton.
Mr.. Carlisle had been spending the
summer at Groton Point, in dreamy,
desultory sort of way. He was one OF
those fortunate or unfortunate =
young men whose career in life is al
ready made for them.
An old uncle in the West Indies had
oequeathed him fortune, connois-
seur cousin who came abruptly to his
end in railway accident had left him
house and gallery of paintings, and
just when he was preparing to enjoy
himself thoroughly husky cough de-
veloped itself, the medical man talked
grimly of consumption and he was or
dered to the seashore for the summer.
"There is nothing the matter with
me-" said he, impatiently.
"But there will be-" averred the
learned disciple of Esculapius, eff you
don't check this thing in its very in
ception. Westward Ho, now, or Rhyl
or"
NONSENSE said Carlisle. II don't
care for any of those fashionable re-
sorts. If / am to be banished any
where, I'll choose the place of exile
myself What do you say to Groton
Point?"
"Groton Pointl Groton Pointp' re-
peated the doctor with a puzzled air.
Il may be very deficient in modern
geography, but / may say l never
heard of Groton Point
NO, nor anybody else" said Will
Carlisle, smiling. "And that is the
reason l am going there. 1t is soli-
tary fishing-station on the West coast.
There's absolutely nothing there but
surf and sea-gulls.'
And so Groton Point was selected for
Mr.. Carlisle's summer residence.
There was a little one-storied hostelry
there. fronting the sea, while the post
office was at one end of the village,
and variety store at the other, where
you might buy anything from tallow
candles and matches to an almanac
and plow.
There it was that Miss Cotton threw
her net over his unsuspecting heart
one day, when she lost the sovereign,
wherewith her mother had sent her to
the store for lot of carpet warp, seven
yards of red flannel and box of bak-
ing powder.
She was so pretty, and plump. and
distracted, and her blue muslin gown
set off her blonde complexion and bur
ed hair so exquisitely, and Will
had not seen any woman but the ia
andlady for week.
And they found the gold piece lying
among some rocks by the seashore
where It must have dropped from
Augustus pocket when she pulled out
her handkerchief to brush away the
flies, which were troublesome at Groton
Point when the wind set from q cer
AIN direction: but Mr.. Ca rlisle los
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-08
why he was called sod H's'

How are you, old boss +:
disrespectfully remarked a y
Deacon Gilpin as he entered ~
"Sir! l do not like to Dc
among the quadrupeds.' j
~ohl ye don't, Ell? Vel -
you old boss cause see by - II
you sent me yesterday that }!
pretty good CHARGE"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-08

am troubled with cola -
Henderson. II always slesr
stockings in Winter. O, r
Fenderson's number thirIesl b
remarked: Il should think
do it easily"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-08

There is less crime in the United
States in proportion to the population
than in any other county in the
world
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-08

Six thousand vendors of fruits and veg
etables are licensed to walk the streets Of
Paris.