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The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-11
Haot.ng IN the L,me.Klln Club.

The secretary, in announcing the fol-
lowing communication, was so greatly
affected that several of the nearest
members excitedly arose SC as to be
ready to catch him In case he tainted
away: ~
Oriental Hotel Coney Island. Bro. Gard
ner:-ln looking for attractions for our no
breted "Lime-Kiln Club Warblers" brought
10 our notice, and write to ascertain II the
quartet IS open for an engagement from June
TO Sept. upon the following terms: Ten
d0kars a day and expenses for each member.
with unlimited ice cream, soda water, beer,
cigars, and other luxuries thrown in. Two
of the most elegant parlors In the hotel will
oe reserved for the exclusive use OF the guar
tet, with private tables and French walters
for each man. Handsome uniforms viii
also be furnished, which will become the
property of the ''Warblers" at the end OF the
contract We shall require the quartet to
sing four times at each afternoon and even-
ing concert, from to and 10 TO- Should
this proposition receive your favorable con-
sideration an early acceptance win enable US
70 complete our arrangements at once, ana
forward contract car fare, and an advance
Of one months salary. Awaiting your pleas
ure, We are.
KINNER & SKATE, Proprietors.
The ssWarblers'' are composed of the
Hon. LYcurgus Standoff. Pickles Smith,
Cinnamon Carter, and Three-Plv
Hastings All were present in the hall,
and before the reading of the letter was
concluded the four were half crazy.
All around the hall were heard cries of
''move to accept" and the stamping of
hoofs, and it was fully five minutes be-
fore anything like order was restored.
Then the president said:
Gem len, if dar hain't less order in
dis hall shall feel justified in walkin'
down among you wild de jawbone of an
ass. Why all dis excitement An Of
fer has bin made our club of warblers,
but do we know de parties? Go slow;
give the secretary time to investigate.
Let us hesitate aud see II dat advance
salary comes along. If 1t does. well
an good. If it fails, den you will have
lost muffin by refusin' to permit a
white man to give you chance to do
600 miles of walkin' ober kentry high
ways"
II peal from your decishun, sab. !"
exclaimed Hon. Standof.
"Sot down.
Il calls fur vote on the question OF
peal, sah.''
Brother Gardner descended from the
platform like a Roman Senator going
to ward caucus, and. without losing
q bit of his dignity, ne picked up Hon.
StandoR and slammed him down in a
heap measuring hardly 8xl0. When
he had lowered above his victim for a
moment he turned to the members and
said:
"Dis Char decides that dc peal was
not well taken. Am dar nybody else
heah who wants to warble on Coney
Island befoah de sezun opensm
If there was he kept the fact very
quiet. Detroit Free Press.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-11
A ConeresslonaI scrlmmage.

In the scrimmage in the house Of
representatives on Saturday morning,
February 6, 1858, the prominent south
erners engaged were Messrs. Barks-
dale, Lamar. and Reuben Davis of
Mississippi, Burton Craige of North
Carolina, and others. On the republic
can side were the three brothers Wash
burne. Kellogg. and LoVejoy of Illinois,
and Potter of Wisconsin. This latter
gentleman was host in himself He
sBE4Y sEYfks is,E Eighs s and stk LEFT with PQhS 3
fell. He had the reputation on that
day of having s'foored" no less than
fifteen, most, if not all of whom, were
the next day occupied in nursing black
eyes.
1t was the most surprising Of sill to
see the venerable Richard Mott (the
Quaker member from Ohio) in the
thickest of the fight. Possibly he was
there as q peacemaker, and would
not like to affirm that | saw him strike
q blow. The most amusing sight was
to witness the personal passage be-
tween Washburn of Maine and Craige
of North Carolina. The former was q
dapper little man OF some hVe rect 1our
or I've inches, and the latter tall,
Saunt giant six feet and half While
the first mentioned was just tall enough
to plant his blows effectually in that
region of his opponents person where
he was supposed to have carried his
dinner, the last was compelled to stoop
in order to reach his antagonist ut all,
and thus gave him an additional ad-
vantage. Barksdale of Mississippi lost
his wig at the first attack, and, having
recovered it, placed it on his mead in o
reversed position, much to the amuse-
ment of the spectators. Davis, OF
Mississippi. who made the rabid speech
. few days previous, accounted for the
sable setting around his eye by RyoW-
ing that he accidentally stumbled over
a chair, but Potter of Wisconsin
thought he knew who had hand in
it."-Be1l PerleB Pnore.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-11
The Writer and the Writing.

Il has before now been intimated, we
believe, that literature, like the rest OF
the professions, is getting somewhat
overcrowded, and that literary men
are having rather hard time in con-
sequence. Even those who are reason
able enough to admit that as compared
with the condition of the members OF
the Quill abroad, American wielders
of the pen have reason to be tolerably
we'll content, are prepared tU take
pessimistic view of the present stale OF
things, and still more to lament the
obvious tendency of the times. The
general stringency Of the season is al
lowed to have some influences, and some
stress is also laid upon its being presi-
dental year; but far more effective
causes than either of these are sup
posed to be the food OF foreign re-
prints, the abundance Of cheap pirated
editions, and the increasing difficulty
Of making reputation.
The last Of these objections may be
dismissed at once as arrant nonsense.
It never was easier to make reputa-
ton than it Is to-day, or on more
slender capital. as witness Mr. T. Ma
rion Crawford. For another. it Is to
be noted that cheap editions are not
wholly devastating the land. The
Seaside Library has come utterly to
grief and been discontinued; and while
e is undoubtedly true that pirated edi-
tions injure immensely the sale OF
American books, the fact remains that
magazine prices in this country are still
the best in the world, and New York
has Just witnessed the establishment oi
a series of American novels and one OF
American short stories, both Of which
are understood to be doing well. As
for business depression, 1t is to be ex-
pected that literature should take its
chance with the rest of the professions,
and while it feels dull times more than
some, it is, on the contrary, less affect
ed than others.
The simple fact Of the whole matter
Is that public attention is absorbed BY
the newspaper; and it is to the perl
odical press that the literary man owes
both his salvation and his ruin. The
large class Of people who read simply t1
kilt time satisfy all literary cravings BY
drinking at the streams, clear or mud
DIV, as the case may be, Of their pei
newspapers; and even the lighter class
Of stories appeal to them but seldom
unless served up in long columns and
sent through the post Office. 1t 10 em-
phatically the age Of the newspaper,
and both author and preacher are rap
| idly finding themselves reduced to Sht
choice between working for the peri
odical press and abandoning the iielc
altogether. OF course, there are strik
ing exceptions. but in the main thii
seems to us to be about the sense ane
substance OF the whole matter. Liter
airy men are as well of ~ ever, on
they must adapt their methods o. sForl
| b the tunes IN which they live = tStlsto'
GVwrSsr.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-11
Didn't Like the suggestion.

my dear" remarked Central ave.
nue. yoang man to his best girl. Il see
by the papers that girl in Baltimore
has reduced the size of her mouth con-
siderably by whistling."
THAT is singular. isn't it. Georger'
replied the girl.
Yes. and it is said that after q few
months practice a four-inch mouth
could be reduced to two inches and q
half"
80 my, how queer!''
"Yes, dear, and thought 1t would
improve your looks it you were to try
it.
''You horrid thing! pll never speak
10 you again-so therel"
And that engagement is postponed.
OIL CSty Derrick.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-11

The Self-acting Sewing Machine
Company OF Leadenhali street. Lon
don, has taken out and IS working
patent which will save the necessity
for the use of either hands or feet
The new motor drives the sewing ma-
chine by a process of cock work
neither bulky nor complicated. ms
motive power is comple.e.t Under con-
troll. sd that while it can be made to
drive a needle at the rate Of about q
thousand stitches minute, it can also
be worked slowly.
There is nothing at present known
that can displace the carbon in electric
lights. The carbons for the voltaic arc
system are mostly made in Cleveland,
and cost 500 thousand For the IN
candescent light carbonized bamboo.
linen thread and cardboard are used.
The base of the Cleveland carbons IS
petroleum coke. It is ground fine,
then mixed and pressed under heavy
hydraulic pressure TO give It adhesive
ness. The process Is partly secret
one.---Georsle Wordsworth.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-11
A scrupulous I.ester.wriser.

Rogers was fastidious to fault, and
wrote with great difficulty--correctin
and recorrecting with painful elabora-
ton whatever he wrote, either In prose
or in verse-sometimes spending .
week or more in the composition Of .
single sentence. He once showed mo
a note which he had written to Lord
Melbourne, at that time prime minister,
suggesting that he should grant q PEN
sion on the civil list to the Rev. Mr..
Carey, the translator of Dante. The
note consisted but of dozen lines
perhaps even less-but he assured me
that it had occupied his time and care
fer full fortnight, and that he hoped
that he mad succeeded in rendering it
so compact, and so forcible, as well az
SO elegant, as to defy ingenuity to omit
word from, or add a word to It, or
even to change single word or phrase
for better one. He read it over to me
as an example of what I and everyone
else ought to aim at in epistolary, or
indeed in all literary composition. I
remember the concluding paragraph Of
this painfully produced epistle, which
was: "But perhaps your lordship has
already granted the pension9 H-so--l
envy your-BelgrGVtG.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-11
Peculiarities Of Redwood.

California is natures great and only
storehouse of thatuse and ornamen-
tai wood, which grows here in immense
quantities, covering the earth's surface
SO denselv that the suns rays never
reach the ground, and furnishing to
the millmen 100, 600, 600 feet Of lumber
to the acre. The redwood has been
introduced both in the Eastern States
and in England. and wherever it has
of housebuilders, many of the almost
regal residences Of the East having as
the outside finish the redwood m Its
rich, natural color. At present the
only redwood shipped East is that used
for finishing purposes, but it Is only .
matter of time when its many advan-
tages will become known and it will
be in general demand. No wood has
ever been discovered that combines so
many advantages for all purposes as
this. 1t is easily worked; 1t may be
used green Just as it comes from the
mill; It does not warp in drying nor
shrink or swell by exposure to the
weather; it burns slowly and when on
fire is easily extinguished, because the
wood contains no rosin; 1t Is brittle
and breaks off sqsarely. SO that in case
of fire the firemen have no difficulty in
cutting their way from house to house,
and it does not rot at the ground like
most other woods, and fence-posts
which have stood for thirty years are
as sound to-day as when they were
planted. The redwood grows only in
/ California, the forests commencing a
little south of this city and ending ab-
ruptly before reaching the Oregon line.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-11
To Europe in Four Days.

A French engineer, NJ. Sebillot, pro-
noses to shorten the time between this
continent and Europe to four days.
His idea is to adapt to ocean nayiga-
ton, on more acute and longer scale,
the idea which models the North river
steamers and the ferry-boats of the
East river It is that Of having vir.
tually two hulls, lower and an up
per. the lower and the center to be
deep. long, narrow, and at the bows
very sharp, reducing the angle forward
by the line of the bows where they cut
the water with the line of the vessels
motion from / to 10 degrees, as nowy
to even 8 degrees. The lower hull
will thus preserve width from stem
to stern of only third the width OF the
upper hull, and the latter will either
be out of water, or. when the vessel is
deeply laden, viii barely rest upon the
water. He estimates that a vessel of
$4,000 tons as compared with the new
est fast steamers, with 10000 horse
mower, 1900 feet Immersed cross-sec-
tion, and running twenty knots per
hour in calm water, would show 3
| speed Of thirty-two knots and probably
/ tbirty-five knots. 1t follows that such
/ a vessel could cross the ocean, in calm
! water, from New York 10 Eur6pe in
/ about four days. This is by no means
/ an extravagant suDposition. as the hne-
/ ness OF the lines is out OF comparison
| with the usual lines in fast steamers,
| and can be compared only with those
4 of some fine race boats renowned Tor
their speed, and built either shallow
and wide or narrow ard deep, the new
typa partaking OF both these principles
and carving them to the utmost. Ii
is possible experience might show that
the shape of the PROV viii cause such
4 vessel to be much less Influenced by
rough weather than the ordinary shape.
The ocean-traveling public would glad
| " welcome the day when nj. Sebillot
/ new rapil-iransit idea shall become
fact. Hartford teS.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-11
Never oss-Examine a Woman.

Mr.. Edward B. Gillette, of the Mas
sachusetts bar, tells an amusing bit Of
advice given him by Mr.. Choate. LET
me give you my dying advice, !" said
the great lawyer, Never cross-exam-
inc woman, 1t is of no use. They
can not disintegrate the story they have
once told; they can not eliminate the
part that is for you fromlthat which Is
against you. They can neither COM
bfne nor shade ner quality. They 90
for the whole thing. and the moment
you begin to cross-examine one Of
them. instead of being bitten by sim
gle rattleskake you are bitten by q
whole barrelful. / never, excepting in
case absolutely desperate, dared to
Cross-examine a woman"
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-11
Mans Capacity Of seleAdjussmens.

Mans Capacity OF SeiEsAOJustfnonE
The Rev. Dr. Burton, OF Hartford,
Conn, in one of the Lyman Beecher
lectures at the Yale Theological semi
nary, said recently; ministers do not
starye. Other men do. We are like q
raft; it is always wet, out it never
sinks. Ships do II you are the min
ister of an INDECENT people they will
keep you as wen as they can keep
themselves and a. little better, and II
they can stand it you can. 1t is curious
how comfortable one can be on an un-
comfortable income. My first salary
was $500, but / was as well supplied
as am now, because my wants were
few. 1t would hurt me now to squeeze
me back to that income, because !
have sprouted; the tree has spread. A
human being has great capacity OF
establishment. If planted in fat
soil he blossoms, and If hung In mid-sir
he blooms like cactus.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-11


First Londoner-'I ear they ave
h'another h'election hover hin
H'america this year. J"
Second Londoner-t.HO. yes; ye
know they Railways ave h'every fourt-
cen years"
"Did you ear 'ow the h'election
turned h'outr
gifts not come h'otf yet. but ears
as 'cw the Conservatives and the Radi-
Gals 'as set their carts hon their
man.
sDo the noble lords come from Coun-
ty New York or from county Castle
GardenP'
s.H'I don't know, but l ears there
was h'a riot in Cincinnaty, and so
fawncy they come from county Cali
forny, or maybe county Texas. .
..H1it's hall very queer, b isn't b II!
Eyes, bat don't you know tht
Hamericans are very wise in making
their President prepare for their duties
by ard study.
Eye doan't say SOP /.
cave; they make EN- go through
han H'electoral College. "-Paiiddet
phtG CdA
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-11

Most of the s.undeliverable" letters
which reach Germany come from the
United States
The Prince Of Wales lakes much
active interest in agriculture. and i
almost invariably 70 BE- seen At AZ
ricultugai meetings. says af English
exchange He is acompetens authority
on the sowing of viii cats II experiences
bsaehss man anything.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-11
A Society Fasry's Bills.

Up the wide brownstone steps Of
FIFTH avenue mansion Journal report.
er walked the other day to visit Miss
L., a great society belle.
..Ig Miss L. IMP he asked Of tbs
Grave and liyerisd butler who opened
the door.
..No. sir, she's at church. but viii bs
home In few minutes. = The reporter
was ushered into the recepti0n-ro0m
hung with crimson anu gold curtains.
| and sank into an easy ehalr covered
with old gold velvet. hand smproidefeo
In fcrqet-me-ncts and moss rosss.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-08-26
9EHENArA.

Lucida fue Ia que los Sres. Je.
fes y oficiales del Battalion de
Voluntarios de esta Capital die.
ron, Ell domingo lltimo, al Excmo.
Sr. Gobernador General, en-. lsu
residencia4 de Rio-piedras, con,
motive de la gracia que ha con-
cedido ell Gobierno de s. NJ.
(o. D. G.) a la benemerita Insti.
tuci6n. Gran ndmero de gaqus.
Hos asistieron al acto, trasladan.
dose al efecto q dicho pueblo, en-
tren expreso, con otras muchas
notables personas, que concurrie-
ron 4 felicitar a nuestro muy dig.
no Gobernante. S. E. obsequi6
d todos con exquisite galanterfa.
Hubo dulces y refrescos, hcores
|y tabacos con profnsi6n. fodos
quedaron altamente satisfecnos y
agradecidos, durando tan plausi.
bic reunion hasta las diez de n
noche. s1a2 81 d srsIsf
Nuestros .compafieros, ofre.
|ciendo por aqnel acto su respeto
y adhesion a tan ilustre Gober-
mantle, cumplieron su mission de I'm
modo digno. ussas
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-08-26
VALE DE 8. z.

Manana microbes, en- compafiia
del Secretario de Gobierno, Sr.
Vasconi, saldra S. +. en- direction
( Arecibo y Aguadilla, con objeto
de eonocer las necesidades de al
gunos pueblos y remediarlas per-
sona.nente, en- 20 possible y cuanto
antes.
Semejante determination me-
rece un caluroso APPLAUSE y es
digna de un Gobernador cello.
SO y amante de sus gobernados,
quienes no echaran en- olvido esta
nuesa prueba de carino q interes
por ellos que va a darles ell Exec
lcntisimo senior don Luis Daban.
Bravo y elocuente es ell Proce-
der de s. E.
Deseamosle un feliz viaJe, y que
retorne q su residences sin nove-
lad, despues de hlber hecho todo
ell blen que Sc propone.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-08-26
ORTOGRAFIA.

Ortogrcfia de Ia Isagua castellana,
escrita conforme q los preceptos de
la Real Academia, y q las reglas esta-
blecidas por los mejores fil6logos espa-
fioles. Este es ell titulo de la obra que
acaba de publican nuestro amigo ell Sr.
In6esta, y que dedica al Excmo. Sr.
D. LUIS Daban, dignisimo Gobernador
General de esta isla, que tanto interes
demuestra en- difundir y mejorar la
educaci6n phblica. Contiene esta uti-
lisima obrita el origen historic de
nuestro alfabeto castellano, conforme d
los mejores tratados de Fonologia; una
magni6ca collection de reglas practicas,
en- mayor ndmero que las de los libros
de esta clase publicados hasta Ia fecha
e inteligi5les q todos los que carecen
de conocimientos gramaticales, para
usar debidamente eE Ia escritura las
letras que Sc confunden. AL fin de di-
chas reglas, y para su mejor compren-
sion, ha puesto ell autor catalogos de
casi todos los hom6nimos de diferencia
ortografica.
Explica Ia teoria del acento, con to-
das la innovsciones que ha introducido
la Real Academia, y con sujeci6n & las
hltimas ediciones de la Gram&tica Y
Diccionario de aquella docta Corpora
ci6n. Trata con extension de los sig
nos ortografcos, cuya utilidad demues-
ira con un curioso comp;emento; y,
por dltimc, publica un apendics sobre
vicios de dicci6n en- donde fguran los
barbarismos que mas comunmente Sc
cometen, tanto al hablar como al escri-
bir, y termina la obra con un catalogo
de cuatro mil voces de dudosa ortogra-
fla.
Els muy diffcil condensar mas y me-
jor en- un libro de tan POGO volumen.
Agradecemos al antor ell ejemplar que
nos ha remitido, y recomendamos los
aficionados 4 esta clase de estudios es-
to interesante obrita, que sc vende 90
reales Ia docena y d dos reales el ejem-
|plsr.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-08-26
Ell ESPANOL."

Interrumpida la publication de
dicho apreciable colega, vino q
esta isla su Director, maestro
amigo ell distinguido escritor Sc
nor Bonafoux, y regreso a Madrid,
segun anunciamos tambien opor-
tunamente. He aqui que reapa-
rece ahora El Espaaol, cuyo nd
nero 70 hemos tenido ell gusto de
recibir por ell dltimo vapor-correo
de la Peninsula.
Lo hemos leido con placer, y
su sumario es este: Ayuntamien.
tos acknowledgements. de
Las cartas d "El LIBERAL
Los Laborantes en- Paris. s.-Esa
Presidencia. .-Notas polfticas.-
Madrid.--A traves del c6lera.-
La prensa extranjera.-Los espa-
noles en- Centro -America..-Co.
municado. -Noticias. - Folletin
Tquis miquis marftimos, que re.
bosa toda la chispeante satira del
Sr. Bonafoux,- ,-y Anuncios.
Tai es ell ndmero 79 de E Es.
pa1ol, cuya vista celebramos mu.
cho y mucho agradecemos.
Saludamos muy cordialmente q
El Espaaot en- su reaparicion, y
ojala-asi lu esperamos-que Sc
arraigue ell colega en- larga y
prdspera existencia.
Y es nuestro deseo tanto mas
vivo, cuanto que creemos frme.
mente que la publication de Et
Espanot y sus tareas en- ell estadfo
de la prensa madrilena han de ser
titles Y provechosas, dada Ia illus.
TRACTION y experiencia del Sr. Bona
foux, dadas sus ideas elevadisimas
y patrioticas, a la sagrada causa
de nuestrs Espafia en- la hermosa
America -por ella descubierta y
civilizada. Is
Reciba el amigo Bonafoux nnes.
tros placernes. ~
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-08-26
DICHOS.

Con motivo de la candidaturs
del senior Vadi por el distrito de
Aguada, Ell Clamor Sc entretient
en- unos cuantos dich0S muy cu
rtoSoS Y pertinenteS.
ST a dichos fleramos, bastantes
ha habido estos dias en- I'll Asimi
iSta respecto de Ell Clamor +,
vice versa.
lQuiere ell colega que los de
mos todos por ciertos?
Nal lie ha caido 4 Ell Ctdm0l
la expresada candidatura, cuandt
tales esfuerzos hace para comba
tirla. Pe9o esfuerzos inhtiles J
contraproducentes, pues bien dice
ell peri6dico que no son mas qu'
dich0S.
FL gran argumento del opo ,ltol
.eStripa en- que nuestro candidate
por aluel di>trito es deudor come
segundo contribuyente, por la sen
ella raz6n de que debe aquel Mu
nicirio una gruesa suma al Esta
do. Tambien la deben casi todo
los Ayuntamientos de la lsla.
IIgnora ell colega cnal es e
verdadero concepto de deudor er
aquel sentido? lila visto one 81
haya expedido apremio por can't
dad liquiJa y por virtud de reso
luci6n firme contra ell Sr. Vadi
En- cuanto otros pormenores
no replicaremos. Dejemos qu'
ell colega pierda el tempo. u
contestaremos otro dla 10 que co
rreSponda.
En- cuanto d one 81 ell 81. Go
bernadorapoya, 8 no, la expresad
candidatura, NADIA replicaremo
tampoco, pues es argumento qu
carece de fuerza, por ser falso
infundado 4 todas luces. Ell cole
ga que 10 hace afrma de 81 mism,
que no 10 cree, y que no pasa d
ser un dicho.
No pedimos mas.