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The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-24
"HOLDING THE BAG"

Bozeman is handicapped by classis )
people, who, if an investment does not
bring in one and one-half per cent per
month, raise their voices and croak like
80 many bull-frogs in a stagnant pond.
The croaker is at home in a stagnant
pond During the past three years there
have been several important measures
undertaken, that were calculated to
build up the town, but the croaker
.roaked himself hoarse and blighted the
dover of enterprise before it hal fairly
blossomed. A hotel enterprise was III
augurated, but it was croaked to death
in its infancy, and its protector estab-
ished himself in another town, where
the people were enterprising; where
thew extended the right hand of fellow
ship to the newcomer and aided him
with words of encouragement. The
electric light came very near being
"nipped in the bad" but fortunately its
projectors were men accustomed to this
continual, everlasting and dismal croak-
ing; they disregarded the Ominous
sounds, and are pushing forward their
work with the utmost speed possible at
this time of year. We believe that this
enterprise will he successful. as would
many other similar enterprises that
have met with an untimely death, and
We trust that our citizens will not Sit
supinely down and allow its projectors
to become discouraged by lack of SYM
pathy. Civ, them all the assistance
you ran BY word OF deed. Let them see
that we are interested in the successful
outcome of their project and that we
appreciate their energy and enterprise.
We are 10th to speak of these matters.
and do so very reluctantly; but, to SIT
lDwn and zee our advantages clouded by
the actions of few selfish, unenterpris-
ing men, while other towns without a
1.-THE of our resources; flourish like fig
tree, simply because their citizens are
irmIy united upon one proposition
the advancement of their town-com-
pels us TO say that the time has come
when our people should do something
for themselves. We have sat down too
long, waiting for something to "tnrn up"
We must go to work, or, to use common
expression. we win be cleft holding the
bag"
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-24
plnrInr the Mandolin.

The mandolin Is the reigning fashion
able caprice, having quite superseded the
banjo in the esteem of the ladies. That
Il should have done so is by no means
strange, for it Is really charming little
instrument when at all decently played,
"a not very difficult to learn, and has
good deal more style and finish about it
than the banjo has However the latter
NAV be adorned, with nickel plating,
mother-oi-pearl, and all sorts Of gaudy
ornamentation, it has plebian look
about It, and suggests the idea of a field
hand in his Sunday suit. But the man
dolin, especially If one of the good kind,
made of joined strips Of dark mahogany,
has an aristocratic polish and finish
about it and wears 1t in a jaunty fashion
peculiarly Its own.
The only unpleasant feature about it to
the learner is the knife blade like sharp
ness Of its fine wire strings. There are
eight strings, in pairs, all of steel wire.
Two pairs are wound with German sill
yer, and are not SO cruel as the others,
but the unwound four, hardly thicker
than horse hairs, seem to cut to the
bone the finger ends that press them down
upon the frets. OF course that pain and
trouble ends when each finger Of the left
hand is tipped with a bony, callous spot,
and one must expect some such trouble
in forming close acquaintance with any
stringed instrument. When nature has
provided that protection, the mandolin
player, If an expert, can produce some
very pleasing effects by producing the
tones by percussion on the strings over
the frets, Instead of by stunning with
bit of tortoise shell held between the
thumb and forefinger OF the right hand,
which is the ordinary way of playing
The tone of the mandolin very much
resembles that of the either, having the
same clear penetrating quality, but the
compass of the instrument and its capa-
bilities are much below those of the
zither.-New York Sun.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-24
Washington Letter.

WASHINGTON, Nov. Is, lSS6.-(Special
Correspondence Every day now Sen
ators and Re representatives. are coming in
from their recent battle fields. A few
members elect of the Fiftieth Congress
are here too, and have visited the House
lust to see how it looks. A lively time
is expected from now until the first Mon
day IN December, when Congress meets
Members who are not reelected will be
irving to get their best work in shape,
great deal of wire pulling will be going
on, and the session is expected to open
ND actively whether much business will
be accomplished or not.
Democratic Senators express them
selves as Thoroughly satisfied with the
outcome of the elections, and consider
the party in good shape for 1888. They
agree that the Democrats did not go to
the polls az they might have done, but
where the Democratic vote came out, the
Democratic party more than held its
oSn. They retained good working ma
iority in the House. and III States where
the Legislatures have to elect new Sena
tors the effect Of the elections will reduce
il not reverse, the Republican majority
in the United States Senate.
Should it prove true that the Demo-
Gratis have captured the legislatures of
New jersey, Indiana, and California, as
is now believed, the Republicans in the
Senate of the next Congress will hold
the majority only by the dangerously
Darrow margin Of two. These will be
Senator Riddleberger of Virginia and
probably Van. Wyck of Nebraska,
neither Of whom is in harmony with the
Republicans, and both ofwhom are un
certainties when it comes to voting.
But however this may be, there is no
disappointment among Democratic poll
ticians with the campaign. They ex-
pacteG nothing better in an of year, and
the few Democratic losses are in no wise
prophetic of defeat in 1888. On the con-
trary, it is thought, they will serve a
good purpose in showing the necessity
organization and harmonious seton in
the next Presidential battle.
The Republican press, in its determine
ton, to condemn everything und'- tn
new Administrati.n has uttered great
deal of abuse about the manner in which
Commissioner Sparks has managed the
affairs of the Land Office. They have
expatiated nu the outrageous hsr'iships
he has imposed upon the 'hOnest set
tier" upon the public domain, and the
vast injury he has done to the present
Administration by his pplicy. A most
si.piti, ant answer u these charges came
throu h the Last weeks elections. In
the eyey states and Territory where
the effect Of Mr.. Sparks decisions and
rulings are particularly and Immediately
felt, there were remarkable AMI unex
pected Democratic gains, and the voting
was done by these same much injur d.
"hOnest settlers"
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-24


Some years ago, however, Edward ".
Serrell, Jr., Of New York, undertook to
solve the problem Of the automatic reel
ing Of silk It was difficult one, but it
appears that q satisfactory end has been
reached after the expenditure OF several
years of labor and considerable sums OF
money. The outcome Is q silk reel which
ls now being put In operation in the
south Of France through the cooperation
of some Of the leading banking houses OF
Lyons. This machinery makes so great
q saving In labor as to largely subordinate
this side Of the question, and it is for this
reason that the silk raiSers Of our country
hope by its aid to bring their efforts in
establishing silk culture to a successful
termination
II the experiments contemplated are
brought to a successful issue, the increas-
ing Of the home market for cocoons may
then be looked into with greater hopes
for success. The market for the product
Of this establishment is already an active
enc, a. we imported during the last fiscal
rear raw silk to the value Of nearly S2O,-
boo, 900.
Though the work mentioned will be the
most important Of the nature that the de-
partment will carry out during the com
ing year, the entomologist, Professor c. v.
Riley, who is charged with this branch of
the departments labors, will continue the
work done in past years Of distributing
silk worm eggs and sericultural informa-
ton and literature. He has recently is
Bued a new manual on silk culture, which
Is now being gratuitously distributed.
This Is a revision of the old pamphlet
published by the department, to which
much new material of q valuable nature
has been added. The Women's Silk Gull
eure association, of Philadelphia, has re-
ceived congressional aid and will probably
purchase cocoons during the coming win.
Ter. -Minneapolis Tribune.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-24
PREMATURE CRITICISM.

One does not read a far eastern paper
without finding therein some statement
in accord with the following:
SIT has lonE been we'll known that the
Indians were not being properly treated
BY their usurping paIe-faced brothers.
and ii is about time II at the government
made proper provision for caring for the
| few remaining Indian tribes. We have
taken their land, shall we deny them
| the ordinary necessaries of life? The
| United States is rich enough to keep the
Indians, in idleness if needs be, supplied
with food and clothing in their reserva
tiDns. where no white man cares to live.
This is the least that can be done for the
Indians by an enlightened and Christian
nation"
The author of the above does not
know that there are 100000 square miles
included in the Indian reservations Of
the United States. upon which there
are 100000 Indians. If each family,
counting five to a family, should be dis
posed of as Gen. Sheridan proposes, /. e.
given half a section of land-l70,00O
square miles would be left and opened
for the "pale-faced' settlers, who would
cause 1t to bloom as blooms the rose,
besides building for themselves homes
and providing their posterity with per-
manent heritage.
This sentimental twaddle of "usurping
whites" driving Indians from their
reservations ard forcing them to starve.
is the silliest of nonsense. The Ind.
ans are more justly treated than they
deserve They are provided with tn"
food they ca. and the clot es they wear,
besides having vast area of uncnitivat-
ed land at their disposal, to The exclu-
sion of men who desire tc become actual
settlers and producers. Gen. Sheridan
is in favor Of allotment of Indian lands
in severaItv. He believes that this
would ultimately result in the breaking
IN of tribal relations, under which, at
present, it is hard to educate and civilize
the Indian to the extent of making him
selEsustaining. The remainder of their
land, the General believes, would bring
more than enough to sustain the Indians
in the wears to come The Indian dues-
ton is one of the most important with
which Mnntanians have to deal, as in
this territory over $4,000 square miles of
our very best land is included in the
boundaries of Indian reservations, and
consequently uninhabited and idle We
are anxious to see the question speedily
and satisfactorily disposed of, 40 that the
po0rly.paid artisans and others Of the
overcrowded east can come to Montana
and make for themselves permanent
homes. We want to see the question
settled in such a manner as will permi
railroads Ia cross these trarkless vail ",
clothed with natural verdure and va
cred BY mountain SHOWS. Had the In
dian teen of mild and tractable dispo-
Sition; had he not, by the atrocious
yindictiyeness of his disposition and
blood-thirsty nature, drawn life-blood
for every acre of his hunting grounds.
now dotted with the homes of thrifty
farmers, then would there be some show
of reason ia such criticism as we find
above.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-24
Prof. MaCalIlsteP.

This noted wizard will give two perfor-
u ances in Bozeman on the % and 9th.
At each performan ,es no will award eifts
purchased in the city. The News of Say a
annah says of him -
wears ago Prof. Macallister, the great
wizard, made his appearance in Savan
nah and astonished our people by hiT
wondrous skill in feats of legerdemain
The remembrance of the excellence of
his entertainment then may account for
the large crowed that filled the theater
last evering FROM pit to dome on the oc-
casiOn of his firest appearance here this
'ason and the commencement an en-
agpment of one week. It would be inn
p ,ss;ble to enumerate the many beau
tiftl an | marvellous frats of magical skill,
which are performed with an ease and
grace of W lnders excellence of concep-
tion, and dextIou5 manipulation. To
say the large and INTELLIGENT audience
we're dali-hted would, we are sure, but
feebly express the true state of feeling
manifested as each successive trick was
performed in the most inexplicable
manner. As maglcien we do not think
he has an equal in the world, and what
adds to the CT arm Of his manipula ions
il the easy, graceful manner which char
acterizes everything"
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-24

The President is at work on his mes.
sage now, and will decline to receive any
more promiscuous callers until Congress.
When he alluded, at Boston, to the
silly, mean, and cowardly lies that are
found every day in the columns of Ger
tain newspapers, which violate every
instinct of.American manliness, he had
reference to the baroarous gossip which
deiuges the occupants of the White
House. The allegation Of the Tribune
that. what called him was the public
criticism of his official acts was quite
unfair and untruthful. Mr.. Cleveland
has never objected to any sort of criticism
Of his official acts, whether decent or
otherwise. What has disguised him is
the determination, of what he carefully
calls certain newspapers" that he shall
not nave any private and domestic life
of his own; that the walls of his home
shall be of glass, and that all that trans
pires behind them shall be reported in
some form, if not correctly then inven-
ted. His utterance will probably not do
any good, for the certain newspapers"
to which he alludes live on fictitious,
sensations, and would cease to exist if
they were to abstain.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-24
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REGISTRY LAW.

The Muscular is not in favor Of a
registry law, and urges that an election
law similar to that passed in the Indi-
ana legislature be enacted by the MoM-
tana legislature at its next. session. A
registry law, it says, is cumbersome and
costly, and frauds are possible under it.
To all of which we agree, and further
more, we fail to see how it would be pos
sible to get the many people in this
county, who now travel over thirty
miles to vote, to travel the same dis
tahoe to register their names. A regis
try law is evidently premature in this
territory, unless a salaried officer 60 to
each and every voter in each precinct
and secure his name for election day.
We believe that there are less election
frauds perpetrated in this territory than
in any state or territory in the union,
and we doubt very much if any law can
be provided that will more effectually
protect the purity of the ballot box.
However, if the Indiana law is as the
Missoulian says, safe protection against
fraudulent voters, without much ex-
pense or great deal of trouble, we are
in favor of such bill.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-24
A Clerk,s snoelv Rnin.

A curious case happened here in town a
few months ago. A clerk in the silk de
partmeHt Of prominent house had wife
and two children, but he became so in
fatuated with stranger that five or six
Of the women in the neighborhood where
she lived identified him. They then
formed q ring to blackmail him, and he
was waited on and informed that each
wanted silk dress ut q very low price.
II he could furnish them, all right; if he
couldn't, then his wife should bcinformed
Of his identity. The clerk wilted at once.
The women Of the ring came in one after
another for their silk. He would sell a
pattern for, say 50 yard, send it and the
money back TO be accounted for, and
when the package returned he would
open 1t and slip in more expensive pat
tern. He furnished the six with silk
dresses in this way without being de-
tected, but one of them Dragged to a
neighbor Of the ''snap," and the result
was his ruin. He went out Of the store
without a dollar, and inside Of q week
had neither food nor fuel for his wife and
babies. Not only did his disgraceful dis
charge become known to all merchants,
but the women put his wife on the track
Of the other matter and he was done
for. She returned to her fathers, end
he drifted west and blew out his brains
In Kansas CITY Detroit Free Press
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-24
IMPENDING LEGISLATION.

1t is quite generally supposed that the
Montana legislature of 1887 will not be a
busy or overworked one, owing TO the
passage of the special legislation law at
the last session of congress. We con-
tend that the forthcoming legislature
will have a great deal to do. and glance
at its roster plainly indicates that it con-
tains the names Of those who will see t.
il that necessary laws are enacted, and
the disproportions of many existing
laws win be satisfactorily symmetrical.
Many general laws will be enacted,
where, heretofore, special laws applied
only to q certain community. The So
called .sgag law will be modified or
repealed The salary law win undonbt-
eddy be repealed and system Of fees
again inaugurated. There will also b.
enacted law providing for the election
Of county auditor, whose duties will
require him 70 examine the books Of
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-24

county officers and audit their accounts.
THIS work now falls upon the county
commissioners, who, laying all other
considerations aside, have more work
than they can do and do it well. For
Lewis and Clark, Silver Bow and Gala
tin counties, 1t seems essential that such
an office should be provided, and it Will
not be distant day when the remainder
of the counties will be similarly situated 3.
The presence of such an officer would
have obviated the arrest aid humilia-
ton of Kemp. Roberts. late treasurer OF
Lewis and Clark county, who. although
an honest man, through groSs careless
ness, is several thousand dollars short ic
his accounts, a fact that was not discovered
until expert accountants were employed
at an expense greater than years sal
airy of county auditor. There seems 70
be no good and sufficient reason why the
Office Of auditor should not be created.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-24
CHESTER A. ARTHUR.

BY the death of Elk President Arthur
another shining mark of this century
is removed. While President of the
United States, he conducted its Affairs
ably and honestly, inauguratlng many
needed reforms in our gOvernmt Mt. Ches-
Ter A. Arthur was born IN Franklin coun'
ty, VT, October 5, 1880, and at the time OF
his death, was Sc years old. He graduated
at Union College, New York, i'll lS49,
taught school in Vermont for two years,
studied law in New York city, where he
vas admitted to the bar He was a
delegate to the Saratoga convention,
which founded the Republican party.
Before the late war he was made Judge
Advocate of the second brigade Of the
New York militia, and was afterwards
engineer-in-chief on the staff of Gov.
Morgan. He subsequently was quarter
master.general of New York until the
expiration of Gov. Morgan's term. He
was collector of New York under Grants
administration from 1871 to July II, 1887,
and was also chairman of the Republic
an state committee of New York. He
was nominated for Vice. President of the
United States by the Republican conven-
rion at Chicago, June s, 1880, and elected
Nov. I'd, 1880. Upon the death of Presi-
lent Garfield, Sept. 10Th, he became the
2lst President of the United States.
Mr. Arthur was not a man of the
people, nor was he a brilliant man; yet
he administered the affairs of our gov
eminent with admirable wisdom and
remarkable cleanness.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-24
An Immense Gaming Table.

Italy is in fact one immense gaming
table, at which the croupiers are cabinet
ministers and the victims the people they
govern.
Seek to disguise the matter how well
and skillfully you may, you cannot con-
vince the studious spectator of contempt
rary life in Italy that these official lot
teries are not every bit as bad as, and
very probably ten thousand times more
immoral in their effects than, all the pi-
rouette doings at Monaco Here is gov
eminent that offers 100, 900, 900 francs a
year as prizes for popular passion and
avidity, and makes more than half mill
lard over the annual enterprise.
In all the chief towns and cities Of the
kingdom there is always to be found a
good plethoric supply of these govern
ment gambling hells. Tickets are dis
tributed from every Monday till Friday,
and the drawing takes place on the after
noon Of each Saturday. The chief-and,
for many, the almost irresistihle-temp-
tation in these lotteries is that any sum
of money as bet will be accepted on a
ticket. The workingman deposits his
soldo, or cent; and if fortune favors him
his cent may bring him back a golden
louis. The well-to-do merchant lays out
q twenty franc piece, and his gains, if
any, become, of course, proportionately
greater.-Milan Cor. San Francisco
Chronicle
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-24

An excellent record of retrenchment
comes from Government Bureau since
1t went into Democratic hands. 1t is
that Of Engraving and Printing, wher,
all the paper money. all the postage
stamps. and all the stamps of every kind
used by the Government are male. The
total expenses Of this Bureau are more
than 200, 600 less this year than last, and
lees than in any year since 1878. The
same work Is accomplished with i great
" reduced force of employees, 1913 persons
having been discharged since March
1885. The ann mt saved from their sal
cries and fpr labor and other expenses
makes IN aggregat saving OF $l82.7s5
which will he returned 70 the Treasur,
nnunod.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-11-24
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