The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-05-02
aLEANINGs.


one-fourth Of the Irish people can speak It
now. ,fzs,s..4 $500. s.t s=,,f.a. $50
Natchitoches, Louisiana, has just been
made acity after an existence Of one hum
,dred years. s. ii. 34s.sFsf 3s 81
Statistics show that the negro race in this
country is decreasing, especially In large
cities. i4s HI s!9 llfs9 safsae I
New Haven is said to be considerably the
wealthiest town in the State Of Connecticut.
IS TheFrencli have very significant saying:
1t is always the unexpected which happens.
The population Of Great Britain is placed
At 81 900 900, while that Of France is 81 ,OOo,-
600. Il a s48 !.
About 5000 feet of tunneling are all that
vet remain to be overcome in completing the
Hoosac tunnel. ..,.tf rs,t III
There are .nearly 1900 rag7pickers in the
streets OF New, York, some of whom are well
off, pecuniarily. d,
| Some fifteen or twenty public schools
houses are being erected in the several dis
trIcts of London. {9a
Tits again becoming the fashion for ladies
to wear their fan suspended from the waist
| by gold chain.
judging from the number and success of
her railroads. Canada Is rapidly progressing
| III material prosperity. ,'i
Paris. letters say that the fashions for the
spring and coming summer indicate the
wearing Of profusion Of jewelry. 5..
liza boarding house keeper in New York
mixed her hash with a we'll known pateat
| medicine, because it was advertised as good
/ for consumption. ztIs'
The Episcopalians are discussing the prin-
| ciplc of minority representation in its sppll.
Icatior to theirdiocesan and general councils.
I Farm fences are far less common in France
and Germany than with us. Thousands Of
farms ii, either country are simply divided
| from each ether BY i narrow path.
Gas naturally generated IN the well a
1 Bloomfield, n T.. fifteen miles from Roch,
1 ester, has now been introduced into that city
by means of pipes laid the whole distance.
"a 11eF6 dlE GsSCAby ASRsnASs RiAS Ss~ssAsoo -
4 Berlin who are justly entitled to be calico
4 famous practitioners. They have amasset
individually ample pecnniary means, it i
slaseid. 9H
1 "A new style Of watch is in the shape Of I
4 beetle, othickly incrusted with precioui
stones. One side the wing opens with
EspriIlg md discloses a watch dial. and thu
4 other side has q small place for miniature
/ Miss Hunt, in her Bits Of Travel" speak
ling Of the mistletoe berries, says they arr
1 lovely, and adds: IF q white clrrant were
to marry snow berry, their babies woule
be like these. J" i. q. .,s4 " s.,..
Il Keepers of coffee houses, hotels, public
| houses and eating houses in Rome are pun
4 fshed by imprisonment Of not less than ter
nor more than, thirty days # they perrmnll
blasphemy Oh their premises s,ltss s.ff
i Nine out of ten Englishmen have no sens
l.of humor; nine out Of ten Americans ar
il Drumming overwith Iit And yet the wore
i humor is OF English. growth. and cannot b
j translated into any other language. u
Il III Color Is the most important thing in
i precious stone; two precious stones, other
wise identical in composition, are by Sigh
dash ofcolor, changed into two far mor'
valuable gems; thus a rock crystal become
All amethyst; al oriental topaz 4. ruby a