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Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-12-24
PO EFT RY.
ROWING AGAIST THE TIDE.


1t is easy to glide with its ripples
Adown the stream of Time,
To flow with the course of the river,
Like music to some old rhyme;
But ah it takes courage and patience
Against its current to ride;
And We must have strength from heaven
When rowing against the tide.
We may float on the rivers surface
While our oars scarce touch the stream,
And visions of early glory M Q
On our dazzling sight may gleam;
We forget that on before us
The dashing torrents roar,
And, while we are idly dreaming,
Its waters will carry us Ger
But few-ah, would there were many!
Row up the Stream of Life;'
They struggle against its surges,
And mind neither toll nor strife.
Though weary and faint with labor,
Singing triumphant they ride;
For Christ is the heros captain
When rowing against the tide.
Far on through the hazy distance,
Like mist on distant shore,
They see the walls of city,
With its banner floating DER.
Seen through glass SO darkly
They almost mistake their way;
But faith throws light On their labor,
When darkness shuts out their day.
And shall we be one of that number,
Who mind no toll nor pain?
Shall we moan the loss of earthly joys
When We have a crown to gain?
Or shall we glide on with the river,
With death at the end of our ride,
While our brother, with heaven before him,
Is rowing against the tide?
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-12-24
OPEN WINDOWS At MIGHT.

| .I1 WEN WlNDvWN III -NlunIs q
| ~ 81. 0s -1ri5 5oD- 9i.i hi
Very much has been written on
this subject, and written unwisely;
the facts are that whosoever sleeps
uncomfortably cool win get sick.
To hoist a window sky-high when
the mercury is at zero is an absur-
dity. ~~.-o' --i
The colder a sleeping apartment
is, the moro unhealthy does it be-
come, because cold condenses the
carbonic acid formed by the breath
ing of the sleeper. Il settles near
the floor and is rebreathed, and if
in very condensed form, he will
die before the morning. Hence we
must be governed by circumstances;
the first thing is, you must be COM
fortably warm during sleep-other-l
wise you are not refreshed, and in
aamation of the lungs may be en-
gendered and life destroyed within
few days. ~
An open door and an open fire.
place are sufficient for ordinary pur-
poses in very cold weather. When
outer windows are opened, it is well
to have them down at the top two
or three inches, and up at the bot
tom for the same space. 7- Il
In miasmatic localities and these
are along water-courses, beside mill-
ponds, marshes, bayous, river bot
toms, fiat lands, and the ike-it is
most important, from the first Of
August until several severe frosts
have been noticed, to sleep with all
external doors and windows closed
because the cool air of sunset causes
the condensation of the poisonous
emanations which were caused by
the heat Of the MONDAY sun to rise
far above the earth; this condensa-
ton makes the air "heavy" at sun
down, made heavy by the great
solidifcation of the emanations by
cold; and resting on the surface Of
the earth in their more concentrated
and malignant form they are
breathed into the stomach, currupt-
ing and poisoning the blood with
great rapidity.
By daylight, these considerations
are made so compact by the protrac-
ted GOODNESS Of the night, that they
are too near the surface of the earth
to be breathed into the system; but,
as the sun begins to ascend, these
heavy condensations, miasms begin
to rise again to the height of several
feet above the ground, and are free
ly taken into the system by every
breath and swallow; hence the hours
of sunrise and sunset are the most
unhealthful of all the hours of the
twenty-four in the localities named;
and noontide, when the sun is hot
test, is the most healthful portion
of the day, because the miasm is so
much rarefed that it ascends rapid
ly to the upper regions.
The general lessons are:
LIST. Avoid exposure to the out
door air in miasmatic localities for
the hours including sunrise and
sunset.
I'd. Have a blazing fire on the
hearth of the family room at those
hours, to rarely and send the mi
asm upwards.
Sd. Take breakfast before going
out Of doors in the morning, and
take tea before sundown; then be-
ing out after night is not injurious.
- Ho1pc To,,r,,ol r p.
Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-12-24

The relative strength of the Chinese
and Indians will be likely to surprise
everybody, for it would hardly have
been suspected that the Mongolians
outnumbered the original natives near
ly two to one. Yet such is the case,
and the corresponding changes in each
class are still more surprising. In
1860 the Chinese had no preponder-
ance, the figutes being, Chinese, 35,-
566, Indians, A, ,O2O. 1t seems, there
fore, that the Indians have decreased
within the past decade about as fast as
the Chinese have increased. The re-
turns from the Indian Territory and
Alaska, however, are yet wanting, and
will make a little better showing for
the red men.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-12-28
What is a Gentlemana

2 Tn the course of an address to- the Leeds
Young Mems Christian Association, delivered
by the Bishop of Manchester, his loidship
said Some people think a gentleman means
a man ot independent fortnne-a man who
fares sumptuously, every day; a-man who
need not work hard for his daily bread. None
OF these things make a gentleman--not one
of them-nor all Of them together. have
known men. when was brought closer in
contact with workingmen. than from my
changed position, ! am brought now; ! have
known men of the toughest ex xterior. who
have been accustomed ali their lives to look
after horses and follow the plow, as thorough
gentlemen in heart as any nobleman that
ever wore the dtleal coronet | mean have
known them as unseltish, | have known them
rs truthful, have known them as sympa-
thizing, and all those qualities go to make
what understand by the term gentleman
1t is a noble privilege which has been sadly
prostitnted. and what want to tell you is
that the humblest man in the city of Leeds
who has the lowest work to do, yet, if his
heart be tender and pure and true, can be, in
the most emphatic sense Of the word, "a gen.
tleman.''
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-12-28
,RekutifuI Ireland.

We know, of course that Ireland Is called
the Emerald Isle," and that the etiserald is
green, but never had it entered otr imagin-
|ation that there was anywhere III this world
/ To- be seen such yefiur~ As it charmed our
eyes to look upon in the rural districts in
Ireland. The slopes, the knolls; the dells,
the fields of youiis grain, over whieh the
brs.ezes creep like playful spirits Of the be au-
tiinl: the pastures dotted over with sheep in
the purest wool, the hill-sides rising up into
mist-shoHltleredm mountains. are all covered
with thick carpets OF smooth velvet green.
But Irelaiia should also be called fowery
Isle. There is not a spot In all ireland, be-
tieye, where blessed Nature can find an ex-
eusc for putting flower. but she has put one
oas eas e dpoh i' m tie very se sWes ad crsss ot
the sea, from the great blooming rhododen-
drous down to tile smallest fioweret that
modestly peeps forth from its grassy cover.
The Irish furze, So richly yellow, covers all
places that might otherwise be bare and bar
ren, the silkworm Delights, everywhere ON
thousands Of trees to ''drop its web of gold"
The blooming hawthorne, with the sweet
scented pink, and especially tile white varie-
ty. alorns the landscapes and the garden;
wall-fiowers OF every hue asld variety clanber
to hide the harshness Of tie mural support;
the beeted cliffs Of the Nosth Sea are fringed
and softened with lovely ffawers; and If you
kneel anywhere almost olS the yielding, vel
vetv carpet. you will find attle, well nigh in
visible flowers, red, whit3 blue and yellow,
wrought in every wool. ana texture. Ireland
ought to be called the Beautiful Isle. The
spirit OF the beautiful hovers over, and touches
to living loyliness every point.--PaH Mall
Gav,tts, t28i9 'AlsR
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-12-28

The London Lancet has some sensible re-
marks respecting the part which the Queen
is expected to take in ceremonies and enter
tainments. After expressing regret at the
attacks Of q portion Of the press, based on
Her Majesty's absence from evening enter
tainments and her brief residence in London,
it proceeds as follows:
Now the fact is--and the more widely this!
fact is known. and the more plainly it is
stated, the better Her Majesty is not physi
ally capable Of bearing the effects of crowded
or overheated rooms, or Of prolonged resi-
dence iii London. The effect Of entertaining
in the evening produces great and immediate
discomfort. followed BY sleepIessness or dis
turbed rest and severe headache; and Her
Majesty rarely visits Buckingham Palace
without suffering III q similar manner. The
profession will readily. without our entering
more fully into SO delicate u sunject, under
stand the necessity of Her Majesty's medical
advisers exercising the greatest diligence te
prevent the recurrence of these symptoms.
1t would appear as il some persons must for
get that the Queen is y lady nearly fifty three
years of age, FOR they talk as if they expected
her to possess the same remarkable physical
yigor and horsepower exhibited twenty
years sao.. .
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-12-28

The gold field around VermilIion Lake,
situated iii northeastern Minnesota, has been
known for many years. although not snc-
cessfully worked. The discovery Of gold
further northeast on the headwaters Of the
Kaininistiqua river, forty or fifty miles west
OF Lake Superior, and in the Dominion Of
Canada, is more recent discovery. Robert
Belize. E...in his report Of the geology Of
the northwest side of Lake Superior, says:
1.-The upper eopper-bearing rocks, all the way
from the Minnesota boundary line TO Ncpi-
gan Bay, are cut by numerous ineialiferous
veins. These are 50 we'll described in the
geology Of Canada that IN the present state
of our knowledge little of d general nature
can be a,idea.' Sir William Logan says !:
fha inalicafiaa that sa,.r
rs to- render it certain that many parts OF the
country characterized by them will sooner or
later rise INTO importance as a mining re-
location, near the shores OF Lake Superior"
says Deii.8sa Il &i5f 5f9&1s~ Astsst
siuceltle Geology of Canada was written,
Professor Chapman found the same precious
metal in large quantities in the ore of the
\
Lead Hills location, near Black Bay, coln-
7bined with silver. The Canadian Govern
ment during the past sua,tner has been en-
gagged in surveying and establishing road
throagh the country between Fort William
onThunder Bay, to; which place steamers
run weekly from Coilingwood, and the set
elements in Manitoba In tie Red River val
ley; but the work on this thorotighfare is re-
portedto have been entirely suspended, the
tworknien, to tile number Of several hun
ared, having dropped their shovels, picks and
axes, and eInigrated in u body to the gold
fields. There would seem TO be foundation
for these reports. for the locality described is
in the midst of one of the richest argentifer-
Gus regions on the continent. Trustworthy
m.sns of this gold and silver region are now
being prepared tor publication. sa 9s1k
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-12-28

4 II Japan ID country of thirty million inbab-
titants, who have made wonderful advances
in civilization wifhinfhe last ten years. They
HAYS learned to build and ran steam engines
i of their own, and now have tile railroad and
telegraph. Theirvonng nlsnlare docking to
/ the United States to learn Of our Government,
,onrlagricnitural and mining systems. We
find in San francisco paper the following
account Of the cause of the isexpulsion OF
sEAlropeans and the Christian religions:
| Ii was because Catholic missionaries and
the Goycrnment. and thedaapanese preferred
/ to- own their country and govern lit them
| selves to4giving it up to foreigners They
found thenissionary spirit inimealst to their
Government. and they5 took si...ye.'un ts..sss
would suggest itself TO any people that could
reason at all, ard drove all enens les out and
kept them out. Yet the very tolerance ex-
hibited by them Of the Christian religion in
the Catholic form fer years until ittbreatened
revolution and usurpution. is evidence that
they were liberal minded to a greater degree
than any European nation OF the saline ef,i in
regard to- religion. and. however atroeious
may have been he murder OF the Christians,
twas As exeusable quite as the ,aaassiscre OF
St, Bartholomew. The sentiment. OF the
Aikado, uttered when Christianity presented
itself for admission into Japan. and when an
objection was. raised against its introduction,
Eisindieatiyesot philosophical spirit rarely
manifested in that as e. s,How many reli-
gions has Japan already n he asked. s.Thir-
ty-tive,' was the answer. s'If Japan can en-
dure thirty-ive. she cannot be damaged By
thirty-six,' was the edict of the tolerant
Monarch, and Catholicism was introduced,
to be driven OUT when after Years of success.
it was found to be inimical to native and le
climate domination, and to aspire, To the
\ lhpighcst authority. as IT does every Where II
the det larations of its own advocates are
true. tr. +-..5
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-12-28

At Virginia City, FIRST Monday in ia uary and sec
II end Monday I'M August ~
& ~ UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS.
FAst District-At Virginia City first Monday in
y April, seco,a Monday in July, and second Mon
day in November
-Ssesnd sDisfrief--At Deer Lodge, third Monday in
April, first Monday in September, and first Men,
d"y In btcenibeft A-S Sy Ak aa
% gHird Disfrics-At Helena, first Monday in March,
nrst Monday in July, and fourth Monday in Or
to5er. -
E. TEeRIToRIAL eeURTs, t'|
Etst Dstrict-Tn Madison County, at Virginia City,
nrsr Monday in April, .cond Monday in July,
and sseon,i Monday in November
In Galatn County, at Bozeinan, first Monday in
March and ffti Monday In October sEa
In Jefferson County, at Radei'sDdfg, setond Mon
= day in May, and lirst Monday in October
s Second Distriet-Deer Lodge County at Deer Lodge
City third Monday in April, first Monday IN
September, and first Monday in December
In Missoula County. at Missoula, fourth Monday
in June aud second Monday III November. s
In Beaver Head County, Bannack. first Monday in
June, and third Monday in 0ctoper
Third DisfYict-In Lewis ana41ark county, at Hel-
ena first Monday in March, first Monday IN
july and four b Monday ia October.
IN Meagher. Gounty,g inarth Monday in May ahd
fourth Monday IN November
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-12-28

{ WHAT Coon NEWSPAPER Mar DO. Show
us ali intelligent iansily 81 boys and girls, and
We will show you where newspapers are
plenty. Nobody who has brcn without these
silent. private tutors, can know their ednca-
tive power. How important. then, 10 secure
those which tend only fo good Anything
which makes home pleasant, cheerful and
chatty, thins the haunts Of vice, and the thou
sand and one avenues Of temptation should
be regarded. when we consider its infiuenco
on the minds Of the yoIllIst,E, as 4 great moral
and social blessing. Log hEassisv.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-12-28

From the Duluth Tribune, Nov 9TH g
The Northern Pacific. Railroad Company
are now carrying passengers and freight
from the Junction to Oak Lake, distance 100
miles, afdwithin 45 miles of Sun River. The
track is laid within 30 miles Of the river, alld
will be completed by the Last OF the month.
Morehead, eaEvass-back town on the Min
nesota side. with a population of about 800
isvery lively, and not less than So, 900 worth
of goods are disposed OF daily by the mer-
chants. As postmaster has not yet been
appointed there. all mail matter is sent to
Holy Cross P. o., thirteen miles south. IA
daily stage has been established between
Morehead and Breckinridge, so miles south.
A stage also leaves and arrives every other
Fargo. the town site on the Dakota side OF
Red River, has not yet got fairly started.
The Railroad Company are getting out tim
Ders for their headquarters. which is to be
ls2 feet front, three stories high, with an so
feet wing, two stories high. Grading is be-
ing done on that side as tar as the Cheyenne
river, distance seven miles. The country is
settling up very rapidly, ana nearly al. the
Government lands OH the river for forty miles
west of Morehead are taken up by actual set
tiers. ,t,. .f.szst.o f,.f .g. saaEe
Oak Lake city is, it Ii said. to be located
some two miles west of the present site.
which is only temporary, @ 4a&
Some $50 families have settled within an
area of five miles Of this place, upon beau-
tiful rolling prairie, with an abundance OF
wood and water,ke syfsst=sx@ bae elt
ff Corner lots in Morehead are selling for
$780, and inside lots for $3.50, s 3
Lotsin Fargo are not in market.
Passengers can reach Red River in %
haurs-l3 hours by rail aud by stage,
The fare from Duluth to the Junction is
ST 2i,; from the Junction to Oak Lake, So go;
and from the latter place to Morehead So 90
total, Sl5 50,
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-12-28

u THERE II y postmaster in one of THE out-
side precincts in Montana, that keeps the
mail il, bis hat. Won't the Legislature de-
part from their rule of retrenchment and de-
termination to- ec0nonise in tllis one case,
and vote said n. M. a .sstoye-pipe.' even an
Old one belonging to 4 member viii do better
than the crOwnless s0mbrero he now. wears.
- Montanien. 4
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-12-28

Mrs. Woodhull's se,ni-physiologicat and
wholly lascivious lecture at Steinway Hall on
Monday night was obviously not of nature
not to be n ported in full in the columns OF
the Standard. In having dismissed her and
her subject With single paragraph, we feel
that we have not placed ourselves under the
necessity of making any apology TO our
readers An apology would rather have been
in place had we given an elaborate account
of the yoinptuousness Of her sentiments and
the; audacious sophistry by which she en-
deavored to support it by the isemblance of
reason, Lectures snch as these should be
suppressed on the same principle that books
Of an uncomfortable character are prohibited
to be sold. When teachings such as these
are sanctioned from the rostrun,. the society
which supports them stands upon the brink
OF ruined homes and disrupted family ties,
and public decency stands with one foot in
the grave.--Nem Fork &tdndurd. M W.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-12-28

SALE OF MINING PROPERTY. Clancy
has made sale Of one-half interest ID the
famous LEFT Hand'' lode, near Radersburg,
for $4,000 TIE purchasers reside III Harris
burg, Pennsylvania. a forfeit Of $500 was
paid down, through u. II. Hershfield s Bro,
on telegraphic order from New York. The
company have thirty days longer III which to
pay the balance BIZ 600. We congratulate
Judge Clancy upon his good fortune in being
the Jliscdserer and owner Of such a rich iede
as the left hand, z During residence Of
about eight years in Montana, he has expert
enced ali kinds of trials and misfortslnes, but
never daunted by the i'll winds Of adyersity,
he has pcrscvered until at last his reward has
come. We hope yonr days may be long III
the land, Jadge, md that vou may enjoy
your hard earned fortune. Herald.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-12-28

6 A learned clergyman was accosted ID the
following manner by an iIliterate preacher
who despisei education Sir, You have
been 70 II llege 1 suppose y Z Yes sir, Y was
the reply. II am thankful = rejoined the
former, that the Lord opened my mouth
without any learning = "a similar event, +
retorted the clergyman, .took place III
BaIaain' lime !; but such things are of rare
occurrence It the present day
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-12-28
Itenis..,

Eiuef Allapp says tnab u politician Cau llO
more get into Heaven than a shad can shin
up q creased pole, tale upwards. vF.b :.
& He that thinks himself the happiest man. is
really so; but he that thinks himself the
wisest, is generally the greatest fool. ~
An old batchelor,I who bears his lonely
state with much eqninanty says: : 1T is
better to be laughed at for mot being married,
than to be unable to laugh because you are. -
Lady Burdett Cults is to erect a red granite
monument, with "a drinking fountain for
dogs. in honor OF the Edinburg dog who iii
sisted in sleeping Oh his masters. grave for fen
years after his death. It. Is to be seven feet
high and surfnounted by a bronze figure Of
the animal. t..zs s,,.a. z..f.sse4
1t isat the approach of dinner-time that
we feel most sensibly ',the emptiness Of
things below" @ ss
Every man has his weak side; aad 1t is
very often the case that this weak side is the
best part of the man.. f:.s7e :
During the late war, Dr., entering the
hospital surgery. met Paddy Doyle. the Or
Derby. and asked him which he considered the
most dangerous of the many eases then in
the hospital "That, sir.n SAID Paddy, as,
with an indicative Jerk of the thumb. he
pointed to where. on the table. Law case of
surgical instruments. .-...t, s..,. 'tf
Waste of wealth may be retrieved; waste
of health, rarely: waste of time. never. s35
.Do vou believe in the anpearance Of
,nirit.2 ..No. ), said Josh. II believe in heir
disapnearance. and have witnessed a great
deal Of it,, 'ss.
Uncle sam has j. .40t, OO0. COO acres of land
for sale after his donations for the benetit o,f
'ra;lroads schools colleges etc lS
" Mr.. Lowell offers to match American Girl
.ga,,,st .nv tratter axeect Eoldsm;,h Maid
far 50 5l(, @
----
y Coon 4 4fy1t;s.-pres,dent Porter of Yale
colIepe gave the fo,lowino advice. to the
students Of that institution the other dav.
~ cnne men. YOU are the architects Of your
own fortunes Rh,v unon vo,,r .o,en streuoth
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-12-28

REPORTING BY MACHISERY.-Fhe tachy-
typograph. or rapid typewriter. is an inven-.
ton which is being patented by Mr.. IS.
Davies, Of Haverfordwest, and consists of Il
machine for obtaining vcrbatim reports of
speeches, debates, sermons. ETC., in the ordi-,
nary English characters. 1t will be general
ly applicable to. all purposes where rapid
writing or printing is desired. and is intend
ed particularly to supersede shorthand for re-
porting purposes; it is manipulated by means
of an ordinary keyboard, and can he made
of a convenient size Tor portability and use in
public assemblies. One alphabet OF type is
used, one type or character is affixed in q
socket at one end of each twenty-six levers.
These ..type-leyers are actnated BY a series OF
..key-levers.' When any key is depressed
the corresponding type-leyer brings down
and imprints its type or character OF a roll of
paper which passes directly over the print
ing point 2 and thus a legible impression is
produced on the paper. either by an end
less band of carbonized or transfer paper,
passing around both wheels outside the paper
and over it at the printing points" o. a st.ip
of silk stretched over the .printing-point.n
at a distance of a quarter of an inch above
the paper. and suspended on two rollers SAT-
urated with suitable ink. and receiving mo-
ton from the paper-carrying apparatus.-
Mechanics III Magazine. s5s M s:
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-12-28
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sEsIpENcE

orrlcE. NAME REsIpEHcE
Governor. .. BENJ f PoTTsl Virginia City
secretary .........U T.. CAfLAwAY (ts'S =
Chief Justice. ....p. S.5WADEs.. !. Helena. d.
- A...;.,o I,s,;c.s JOINT McRPHy. Virginia City
Assoc'ANe ous'ioss ous'ios HiRAa ESowLEs Deer Lodge.
u s. Dist Atty. lC zHEpeEs u! l. Helena. #
Surveyor General JolIN i. BLAISE. Helena. -tsj
Eegistrr Of Lands. ADD H. SANDERS Helena. ,ts
Receiver g 9R + MAY ....... Helena,
Sup 4 Indian "A nrse eJAspER.A yIatb. Helena.
II. S. Marshal. =. lWM Fs WaEELER Helena. 81
Assessor Int. Rev. IL. B n CHURCH. Helena. "H
COLLECTOR So - S a. w ATsoN Y, Helena.
GolIector Customs W w JOHNSON !. Helena.
u. S. Commission. tE. w CARPENTER Helena. =
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