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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-06-12
A Case Of Bribery.


From the Cleveland Leader.
The different methods by which q man may
be bribed are legion. heard OF q that 90
Cured in one OF the South American states, the
story OF which will, in this connection, bear
repetition. 1t goes without saying that bribery
among the Latin race in America has been re-
duced 10 a science. My informant had lived
many years on the southern half Of this CONT
nent and Was, 1 Imagine, a good Judge OF the
ompanies, a Scotch and an American, strug-
CLING Tor the possession OF a valuable GOLD mine
situated in South American republic. Ii had
come down 10 a contest between scotch shrewd-
ness and Yankee Wit. The stake was enor.
mousy large. Through all the courts up TO the
final tribunal the case had been fought with
the persistence and ingenuity which character
iZe such contests. The nnal arbiter was q
brother-in-law OF the president OF the republic.
His influence with the administration natu-
rally supposed TO be invlncibie, and by the law
he was the hnal judge; The Yankee saw his ad.
unconcern. Bribery in South America, though
a common vice, must not be found out
The day was set Tor the hearing OF the cases
and the adherents OF the Scotch ana American
companies fiocked To the court room. The
former wore a look OF suppressed triumph, and
the president Oh the concern. such is IlIe habit
OF the country, entered the court room smoking
a cigarette. The Judge, who knew him Wei,
descended from the rostrum xnd requested y
"You will find one In my outside coat pocket"
he said, and the judge oblisiBgly helped him
self to one. likewise a bank Oh Eng land note
for 81 900, which he concealed Ia his hand
ana resumed his place on the bench. Juog-
ment was given in favor oil the ScotcnmGu, but
the Yankee was playing q deeper game. The
next day was sunday, and when the congrega-
ton emerged from the cathedral,a printed docu-
ment, recounting the Iacls, with place, manner
and all the details, was placed IN the hands Of
every person. The story Was given with 10
much direc>ness that the denial inlpossi.
BILE, but spanish adroitness seemed equal 10 the
task Of explaining AL affair a. aannning AZ this
ssOn, yes" said the faithful official, 81 took
the money, there Is no doubt about that but &c
was all understood. For some time 1 have
been soliciting contributions TO our chapel
The money was given me Tor that and no other
purpose. / shall turn IL over to the archbishop
and take his receipt"
He did SO, but IL did not avail. the decree OF
the President removed him from the judge
ship-the American had seen the President
When the Judge found out he had lost both
his position ana the money his rage knew no
bounds. He even went far 70 the arch.
bishop for q commission for collecting the
money, but was defeated. HIS decision IN the
mining suit was overthrown. He was dissraced,
| the Scotchman baftied and the American
triumphant.
Perhaps the moral OF this story Ia that bribery
| is q bad business; perhaps IL is that you must
take care TO bride the right one IL depends On
how you look at it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-06-12

1t Is very probable that not q single sailor
lives who does not believe that Friday Is an un-
lucky day. Captain Barnstable. OF Cape Cod.
endeavored To disprove this by laying the keel
OF a ship on Friday. he launched her on Friday,
named ner Friday, and always went TO sea on
Friday. The vessel was finally lost on Friday
and the captain, two mates and twelve sea-
men We're drowned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-06-12
How He Fooled ScOtty.

How He Fooled ScOtty.
THE STRANGER FROM THE EAST WHO KNEW
ONLY ONE MAN NAMED LAME JOHNSON.
From the Sacramento Bee
''Scotty" Is a very cute barkeeper at q very
prominent downtown hotel. He has served
more drinks and been "beat" fewer times
than any mixer of cocktails in the city. But
to-day ne was outwitted. A man who was
decenty dressed sauntered into the bar room
from the office, talked leisurely about the
climate, and expressed pleasure that he had
emigrated from the east. Then, tnrustlur his
nand deep into his pocket, he asked Tor a
little whisky" The bottle Was placen upon the
"Well as this is the first to-day, and nv
blood Is sluggish, guess I'll take a big drink"
he said.
oo Tssn sG sa ns glass and drank the
his pockets as If searching Tor u bit the Gus
toner said that when he came to Sacramento
he knew but one person, and that was "lame
II never heard OF him." said scotty.
Nv nat? You don't know lame Johnson"
this way?" "-0 ""'>'
Stifiening his right leg and pushing his hand
room, suddenly struck the swinging doors
with his hand, darted out and ran away
at i1ll speed. The beaten barkeeper rushed
TO the door, gazed down the street and phi.
lOsophically said:
well, I guess the fellow earned that
drink, but would IKE to black his eye"
grindstone, says an agricultural contem-
porary Is one of the worst used implements
on the farm. And, by the powers! the other
| - The OOy VINO mas TO turn the blasted thing
LosceH Tme&
| A sightseeing couple from the interior lately
| visisited the panaroma building to see the
| reallstic "battle Of Waterloo there on exhibi
| ton. Inc lady looked at the scene with puz
| zled expression OF cOuntenance, and at last
her hand around the e apparentiy y EXPANSIVE saI
view, but what l can't make out, John, II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-06-12
Old Jones is Dead.

sat in my window, high overhead,
And heard them say. below III the street:
II suppose you know that old Jones is deaj?'
Then the speakers passed, aud heard their feet
Heedlessiy walking their onward way.
"Deadi' what more could there be to say?
But sat and pondered what it might mean
Thus to be dead while the world went by:
Did Jones further than we have seen?
Was he one with the stars in the watching sky?
Or down there under the growing grass
Did he hear the feet OF the daylight pass?
Were day time and night time one to him now,
And grieving and hoping a tale that is told?
A kiss on his lips, hand Oh his brow
Could he feel them under the churcIs ard mold,
As he surely had felt them his whole life long,
Though they passed with his youth Linle hot and
strong?
They called him "Old Jones' when at last he died;
Old Jones he had been for many year;
Yet his faithful memory Time detied,
When first he had found that love sweet,
And rocked not the speed OF its hurrying teet
Does he brood in the long night under the sod
On the joys and SORROWS he used to know;
Or tar in some wonderful world of God.
Where the shining seraphS stand, row on row,
Does he wake like child AT the dayIghts CLEAN,
And know that the past was q nights short dream:
Is he dead, and a clod there down below:
Or dead and wiser than any alive;
Which? All who of us all may KNOW
Or who can say how the dead folk thrive?
But the summer morning Is cool and sweet,
And hear the live folk laugh in the street.
LOUISE CHANDLER MOULToN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-06-12

From tho New York SUM-
doctor, how is Banker Jones? 1 heard that
he was very sick"
Ale has Joined the innumerable caravan, ,"
said the physician sOlemnly.
Nv hat! You don't mean to say that Jones
has skipped to Canada? Well! wellv'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-06-12

VICE CONSUL MCKENZIE SHOOTS HIS WIFE
AND HIMsELF.-Mr. A. Mckenzie, American
vice consul i'll Dublin, yesterday shot his wife
with revolver, the bullet lodging in her
temple. He then shot himself The vile was
taken TO a hospital, and will probably not re-
cover. Mckenze died while being conveyed
To the hospital The TWO had eQuently quar-
relied. VneY have three children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-06-12

Dimculty OF Giving . Bribe % the
Right Man, and Some Ways 81 Doing

"You talk about bribery and corruption in
politics. said an expert to q ST LOUIS Reputii-
can reporter. "and It is easy and consoling TO
talk that way, and I don't blame you for IL.
But did II ever strike you that IL was not such
an easy think to bride a man: You have TO
have more than money to do IL; you have to
have the confidence Of the man you are work
ing. You have to know how to get at 1t prop
erly. Now have been about legislatures and
the like as much as anybody, and 1 have seen
as much money pass as any man, and claim
that nine-tenths of the talk abou. bribery is
bosh-pure bosh. The one side is willing 10
bride. and the other is yearning 20 be bribed,
but 1t is one of the hardest things going to get
the money out of the pocket of the man who
has it to sell. The party Of the second part has
got TO know who he is taking IL from. He has
got to fix himself for possible Investigations He
has got to cover his tracks, in q word SO that he
VIII not be found out"
"Thats just the question. In the days when
| Wakefield was running the town the gamblers
money was paid over in a little room on the top
noor OF the building on 4th and Chestnut
streets, but l would have defied any grand jury
| to have made a case out of it. Wakefield and
| the man who to give him the money sat
hundred-doilar points. When wakeiieId got rot
his thousand dollars the game ended, and the
| boys got value received, too, or thought they
did, which amounted to the same thing. Then
| there Is the overcoat racket but that is as old
as the bills and has been played everywhere.
| The bribee leaves his overcoat hanging IN &,
closet aud finds mysterious package of bills in
| IL. Sometimes, was done in our state legisla-
ture on one occasion, a tip on stock lie given and
| the stock then manipulated SD that the reward
| comes In. once 1 saw man pick up off the
| floor and hand to a delegate a bundle OF green
backs that he dropped just as he was going to
vote the other way. That lucky find changed
him. 1t is all in the way that IL is done. Some
| times, as say, the great trouble is in finding
! the parties that the people in power would deal
with. For instance, il was pretty well known
In this city some time ago that a lew thousand
dollars would have saved noted criminal from
the penitentiary, but the right man TO deliver
the money could not be found, and conse-
quently nothing was done. Well, could have
| found "a vehicle for them ii they had asked me
81. Louis history is full OF such episodes that.
and always think ii is pity when hear OF
cases OF that sort, where both parties want to
trade and yet can't make "A dicker owing TO
lack OF confidence. 1t looks like such a waste
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-06-12
New Copies Of Eve.

FEW NOTES CONCERNING THE FIGURE, WITH
SOME CoMMoNsENsE REMARKS
From Talks with Homely Girls
The beauty OF the female figure" saws Leigh
Hunt consists in being gently serpentine"
Stiffness is utterly ungraceful. The movements
OF an unconscious child are the perfection of
grace. They are easy. unstudied, natural. The
throat should be round and pillar-like. The
waist should be twice the size OF this '.tower of
ivory, not, as fashion has too often made it.
nearly the same size. The shoulders should be
sioping, and not too broad; neither should they
be too narrow, but occupy that soft and rounded
mean that is offered in Milo's Venus. The figure
should be. above all, easy; too small a waist is
foolish enough to imagine that a waist OF
eighteen inches is lovely should bear in mind
that the famous statue OF the Venus de Medici,
the acknowledged highest type of female
beauty, measures twenty seven Inches.
the hips should be high in a woman, and
wide; the feet small, but in due proportion To
the height of the figure; high instep is beauti-
ful, and q following OF the sole is considered by
the Arabs a mark of high birth. The arm is
woman OF fashion to reach the standard OF cIas-
steal beauty; she does not use her limbs, and
particularly ner arms, sufficiently to give them
the muscular growth oI which they capa-
bic. The arm should have a round and flowing
outline, with no sharpness at the elbow; il
should taper gently down to a small wrist Thin
arms are ugly and require graceful movement
to conceal their sharpness. A white arm is
beautiful, but ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS arm may
DC more beautiful IL IL Is DeIter SNAPPED, form
being the chief loneliness OF the arm Keeping
the elbows away from the sides, sticking out AT
an angle, is very ungracetul, and folded arms, a
Ia Napoleon, or hanus in the jacket pockets, de-
tract from feminine grace.
Too great sloutness or thinness is to be
avoided, the former by vigorous exercise and
careful diet, eschewing those foods which are
known as transforming and fat-creating. Ami
NAL TODD is less tattening than bread, vegeta.
bles and puddings; beer and ale are to he
avoided by too lat people and claret substituted
in their place. But starving the figure is Jolly
and drafts from the vinegar cruets and sO-called
anti-iat remedies are both condemned as in.
beautiful; thinness or scragginess is ugly; and
one thing, says the writer OF the book, is Ger.
taln-the compression OF the figure, even if too
much inclined to embonpoint, is a mistake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-06-12

AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR EXCELLENT GAME WITH
THE PHILADELPHIAs YEsTERDAY-oTHER
GAMES
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-12-18
PATENT FACTS.

One of these days, and not very far dis
tant either. Great Falls will be a great
point for shipping beef. Situated as it is,
in the most accessible part of the best
stock country in the land it will with the
addition Of projected railroad facilities, not
only rival but surpass Miles City as a stock
point. The pressed-beef industry will be-
come an important feature of the capital
and labor employing mediums of North
ern Montana.
Let us not forget either, that our i'm
mense water power will be utilized for
securing wool. This is net mere coniee-
tnre. 1t is not evident that our wool
growers will hasten to the home market to
dispose of their vast products? The wa
tiers of the Missouri@haye been tested for
this purpose and A7.dteeeontain the
proper ingredients sonzg of woo1-
After going though he wool
is decreased in We to fifty
enormous profit til will ensue.
It will not be ms Montana,
wool will be scox1<4a Falls.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-12-18
OUR BUILDING MATERIALS.

It does seem as though Great Falls had
more than her share of natures gifts. Be
sides all her other endowments she is pro-
vided with the choicest building materials,
which can be had by very little exertion
on the part Of her citizens. Although
there is not much timber in this imme-
diate vicinity, the town is very adyanta-
giously situated for the reception of the
mountain offerings of logs. The Missouri
river with its many tributaries, taps the
boundless forests. By easy driving the
logs are transported to our gates. No
where else within hundreds of miles are
there snch deposits Of building stone.
There are the most perfect grades from
pure white to a dark brown. It can all
be easily quarried and is readily susceptible
of elegant dressing. It is not affected by
exposure to the elements. This can clear
ly be seen where Lodges of rock jutting
out over the falls remain perfectly intact,
though from the nature of their position,
they mus have been open to atmospheric
influence for countless ages. But that is
mot all. Nature kindly slipped in elay-beds,
out of which the very finest quality Of
brick can be manufactured and a terra-eot-
ia clay which has also been tested by ex-
perts and pronounced par excellent. Of
course all this is nothing new to our local
readers; but it will be of interest to the
many who have not yet visited Great Falls,
but are looking forward to coming to this
land of promise in the spring. We answer
to all inquiries. Don't take our word for
it but ZONE and see."
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-12-18
CATTLE BUSINESS.

The cattle business, which has in the
past, and is at the present time, paying an
enormous profit, will do for a man to en-
gage in who has an abundance Of capital.
But the small owner has no business on
the cattle ranges of Montana to-day; the
expenses incurred will exceed the profits.
Large companies, with capital of 100000
to $4,000 have absorbed all the small
owners, and control the ranges. They re-
fuse to round up with the newcomer, and
make it so decidedly unpleasant and I'M
profitable for him that he is glad to get
out of the business by disposing of his
band to his prosecutors. But a mar with
sufficient capital to cope with the cattle
kings, can invest his money to no better
advantage than in Montana range cattle.
Their interests are so protected that the
loss, other than that of the elements, or
the decline in price, is reduced to u
minimum. The eastern man with no ex-
p%erienee, and a meagre capital, we
would advise to keep clear of the cat
tie industry, unless confined to a small.
band, which he can personally super
wise and have under his control at all.
times. Associated with farming, and
dairying this would undoubtedly prove a
lucrative business, as Stalled beef COM
manas a high price and a ready market.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-12-18
unprotected woman" Unprotected fd-

unprotected woman" Unprotected fd-
dlesticks," was Jake's reply, hasn't she got
a husband to protect herr" Husband 2'
repeats Gilbert. .Yes, husband, Pete
Munson, brother to her first husband,
locomotive engineer on the Colorado
Central, used to be on the Leadyille branch
D. & G. R., heavy set man, red beard, spoke
to me at the depot. Isent you the paper
with marriage notice marked, from Lead
Vile" The truth of Jake's assertion
family dawned upon CharIey's mind, he
remembered the paper but had never seen
the notice. ITS a mean trick anyway"
Charley insisted, but Jake only lauged
merrily.
During the ride Jake explained how at
the rate of $40 per ton, he had induced
the driver of the coal wagon to deliver OIL
a holiday a quarter of ton to his amt.
That the driver was deaf as a milestone.
That he had written down on the deaf
mans slate the fact that his aunt was very
cranky, that sacks would be laid inthe hall.
That he (Jake) himself would putt in the
closet under the stairs and all the wiles he
had practiced upon the deaf driver of the
coal wagon to get him to deliver the black
diamonds and thereby get even with, and
ent to Maria Munson.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-12-18

On the front door and then sat down and
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-05
An Early weather Prophet.


For more than thirty-five years precee d.
ing the establishment of the weather bureau
by the government Isaac YOcum, of Pa sch
awhile, was the recognized weather prophe
for the people of Delaware county. If the
breast bone of the goose, the hog melt, the
ground hog, and other well-eStablished
weather signs correspondent with lisa: c
YOcum's predictions. we'll and good; if not,
they were at fault that year and everybody
so understood it. Mr.. YOcum was gathered
to his fathers soon after the establishment
of the weather bureau department, but were
he living to-day we would say in his jocular
way: Every snow this winter will be a
rain" Weather-SolOn YOcum was butcher,
and one of his theories respecting the
weather was the set of the wind at the turn
of the seasons. If. for instance, during the
season of the fall equinOX-say from Sept.
Is to the 22d-the wind was generally in
the east, shifting southwark. and finally
clearing up by shifting round to southwest,
then To northwest, Mr.. 1Ocum would make
a contract at very low figure to pasture
cattle on the Hog island pasture lands until
about the Goth of December. He would
take run through Delaware county, pur-
chase a large number of thin cattle at low
prices and would invariably have three
months of warm weather and the best of
pasture for his cattle, which he would fatten
and sell at high prices. During the winter
sOlstice, along about the Goth of December
of 1885, the wind hung around the south
east and finally veered to the northwest
ward and back again by the southwark,
thus betokening, according 10 the YOcurl
theory, which invariably held good thirty
years ago, a warm winter, with much more
rain than snow, and when three or four
days of cold weather overlook us, to be fol-
lowed suddenly by warm spells.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-05


into her lap. and there came tnmhiing out
all the jewelry which had previously seen.
Among it noticed for the first time Mrs
ArbuthnOts bracelet. In my diSmay l
could not help stealing glance at Maria.
but, except for look OF wonderment. her
beautiful face was as calm as II the whole
transaction had no interest for her.
Il think you'll admit ladies, )" said Mrs.
Dark, with satisfaction, THAT I've licked
the lot of YOU
There were arguments, of course; there
were many reasons given for setting aside
the verdict. And. when logic failed. abuse
was poured out without stint The four
defeated ladies declared themselves to be
the victims of an Infamous conspiracy
originated by Mrs. Dark But in :he end
we escorted them to the door and they de-
parted, Miss White weeping cOpiOusly.
Looking back at their conduet-which l
can do calmly nOw-I must say that my
only feeling is one of pity for them / am
morally certain that they had no more
sense of wrong-doing than poor Maria has.
When they were gone interviewed Mrs.
Dark alone, for her behavior had raised
certain suspicious in my mind.
May ask your object?" I inquired of
her.
II have been put up 10 this job by the
police"
Il thought so.''
Here, said sto, bringing out the paper
which l had already seen in her hand. lis a
list OF the missing things. the last of the lot
being bracelet belonging to Ms Arbuth-
not And here--DOinting to the jewelry
ARE the missing things themselves. /
call that neat, do. I'd made up my mind
to fortnight or more in the house, but an
hour, You see. has done the trick"
Fortunately, l had no trouble in hushing
the matter up; and. if it had effected a cure
in Maria. it would have been the most wei
come thing that ever happened TO me. One
would have thought that such an exhibition
of kleptomania as she had witnessed would
have given salutary shock to her system,
and turned her mind into new groove.
AlaSl it did nothing of the sort; she is as
bad now as she has ever BEEN You who
have been endowed with normal mind
may feel inclined to blame rather than pity
her. But l would beg of YOU to remember
that your mind might have been constituted
as hers Is. in which case YOU would not and
could uOt have acted differently. There
may be a remedy for poor MaTia's malady;
if so. should be very, very glad to know it.