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The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-03-14
Negotfa tiatins for = Drink
BY JOAQUIN MILLER

| Early one frosty morning in the fall follow
ing, old Forty-nine Jimmy sat by the door Of
the only saloon at Hog'em. He held iii old
bulldog By a towstring. and both man and
! dog were picturesof distress as they shiyered
! from the keen cold wind that cAme pitching
down from the snowpeaks. As approached.
| the man shiyered till his teeth chartered, and
clutching at his string, looked helplessly
over his shoulder at the uncompromising bar
keeper, who had just arisen and opened the
doors TO let out the bad odors Eof lis den.
The dog shivered too, and came up and sat
down close enough to receive the sympathetic
hand Of old Fortv-nine On his broad bowed
head. This man wxs : relic and wreck. 49,
Nearly twenty years Of miners life AMI labor
in the mountains, interrupted only by period
zeal sprees, governed in their duration solely
BY the results of his last s'clcan up..' had
made him one Of 4 type of men known only
to The Pacific. True, he had failed To nego-
tate with the savage cinnamon-headed ven
der Of poison; but he was no bcggar. It was
simplya failure TO obtain Wall street ac-
commodation in small way. II doubt IL the
bristls-headed rbar-keep himself questioned
the honesty of Forty-nine. 1t was merely
a question Of ability to pay, and the decision
OF the atltocrat had been promptly and firmly
given against the applicant. Perhaps, in
strict justice to the rcd haired wretch stnat
washed bis timblers and visited FOR victims
that frosty morning.I should state that ap-
pearances were certainly against i. brave fru
gal gold miner, lifting his heart out of and
over the Sierras to group awaiting him
away In the East, til BE found wearing pat
chcs on his sclothcs,a and even patches on pat
encs ia fact / have known many who, coup
ling quaint humor with economy, wore
neatly stitched on that portion of certain
garment most liable to wear and tear when
the owner hats nothing but bonldcrs and hard
benches to sit upon--fhe last weeks flour
sack. bearing this inscription in bold black
letters: Warranted supernne- -fifty pounds
But Forty-nine had not even patsh. there
fore no -four sack, ergo no -four The most
certain sign OF the totsl wreck 81 Cal Tor
mia miner isfhe absence Of top.bpots When
all other signs fail. this one Il fntalIible. Yoi
can, with tolerablc certainty III placer nincs
tell how n miners claim II paying BIZ the
condition and quality Of biz boots. Forty
nine hst mn boots; only pair Of slippers
improvised from whist haG beer, 2 and be- |
tween the top at these and the lcgs Of his |
there was no conpromise across
the naked cold blue ankles. il,esc sixns. 4
together witha Abutt6nlsss blue shirt that
uYnsv - 1,s~ l..s..x - -
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-03-14
i Mothers Inlfuence

\ The iolloWWihg gem, ffom 3 one II wendell
Phillips speeches, should be read in every
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-03-14
THE OH CAT.
H0w the Street UrGhins Of New
York Made it Lively for In

E{ s*34SsS
/ Everybody should have witnessed the pro-
Iccssion, 80 much talked Of and discussed,
that eyentuated Last Sunday especially the
champions Of female rights. 10 have seen
Nanny Woodruff and tie kittenish Tennie
sCIailin parade with that crowd OF roughs,
would have Rladdened their poor old hearts.
Oser By tsooper's Institute, where the thing
formed, the brokers arrived IS early IS u
O'clock, and frsn then until 8, they listened
to more plain English than they may ever
hear again. The unterrified New 4 ork ganin
Is not an object of genera admiration IN his
calmest noments but hers these two half.
women. dressed iii KossutfI hats, men coats,
short petticoats, and red saslles, animated tile
young rufians to tremendous exertions.
II Victoria and Tennessee were not amused,
they must be difficult creatures to entertain.
The bows Invited them to speak, and Were
particularly st,apuy in their remarks on their
personsl appearance. ~ big tow headed boy
sung out Whichis the old cat they calls
the next Rresident2 Oh | my, aim tale ugly!
Say, old gal, give rs song and dance IL
that your hair or scratch? Open your
mouth r'iraid to, for tear the h0fse-cars
II think ft' sthe depot and drive In y tJehu!
what nose,,' saysa lad within foot Of Vic
toria; Il hain't seen such nose since | had
tile measles, and then the doctor had 1t to.
pick q bile with. The nasty little nt,isaliccs
stood in solid masses about the women. Col.
Blood and stephen Pearl Andrews manfnliy
stroye to protect the brokeressss. B i the
boys SEEMED to- know all about the matter.
and said: Now his blood Is up captn,
its all right--we're all tree lovers When 4
cheap transparency made It's appearance
with delegation, bearing the INSCRIPTION:
And they had all things III common . then
the crowd shouted Fetch that banner
over here \ "Give it to woodruff
ssHere's the gal Tor that .notto.n Finally the
processionstarsetl. and those unhappy women
foot-sore and insulted, walked miles through
the h5ud, which recovered everything, support
ed by the greatest rabble hat ever paraded-I
one weak band. Of thirty VI forty fower-class
French women, and Thousands Of wild hun
gry-looking men. Il was ridiculous on the
part of the Communists. as they did ON the
rtllIttas .snce4 thai act was the on
~ one that gave any sort Of consequence to
the whole affair var FORK Correspondence 81
the 81. Louis Repablican, December ED. n
THEsE is 4 great activity, at Key West. Of
licers Of the lgi,recr Crops are planning
new and extensive Notifications. Heavy
cannon arc on the way and 2 large force Of
lron-clads is to be concentrated there. Sup
plies iii immense Quantities for thf. forts are
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y q ~ = ~ A. - 80
= ,rhe iollowing gem, from one 81 wendell
Phillips speeches, should be read in every
family y 22gH sYFH
A mother on the green hills of Vermont
was holding by the right hand son, sixteen
years old. mad with the love Of the sea.
And VS. she stood BY the garden gate one
morning, she said: Edward, they tell me.
for never saw the ocean, that the great
temptation of a seaman's life is drink
Promise me bt fore you quit your mothers
hand. that you never viii drink liquor.''
'.4And,' said he, for he told the story, ~
gave the promise, and went thcswcrld over
to Calcutta and the Mediterranean, San Fran
cisco and the Cape of Good Hope, the North
and South Poles; 4 saw them all in forty
years, and never saw glass filed with
sparkling liquor that my mothers form at the
gate did not rise mp before my eyes, and to-
day am innocent of the taste of liquor.'
Was that not sweet evidence of the power
Of q single words Yet thus is not half, afor''
still continued lie, 1sgesterday there came in
10 my counting room man Of forty years.
.'Do YOU know me?''
's8 FNo.sgN Ns$ #88HH&
"Well, said he, II was brought drunk in
your presence on ship-b0ard; you were a
passenger they kicked me asid.; you took
me, me to your berth and kept me there till
had slept off the intoxication; you then ask
ed me it lhad a mother; said had never
heard word from her lips; YOU: tolame of
yours at the garden gate, anu to-day am
master 0t nne Of the finest slips ii, New
York harbor. and 4 came to ask you to come
and see me.s 5
How far the little candle hrows its BEAM
The mothers words on the green hills of
Vermont! God be thanked for the mighty.
power af single word ss
-a------sss as.sz 4Sss
IHEgl isSa paper called the Worlds Cribs,
witch believs the warld Is about to be wound
up. listen to it. and trembIe:
.Thecnp OF iniquity is about full 1.-THE har-
vest is nearly ripe; and soon the heavenly
reapefs VIII q scelid 10 begin their great work
81 separating the wheat from the tar.s. Ii is
Il solemn hour Iii which We ARE living vet
but few realize how near we are living 20 The
end OF the present dispensati0n. 1t Is time
to be wide s wake, gazing from the watch.
towers ftpr the first ximmer oil light from the
DAWN 0i the eternal morning. Let us be aIl
ready 10 depart at 4 moments warning
" And III this the New York Tribune Ii wick
I'd enough 10 say: '.sFe do not believe one
word Of this; We have rot thu sIightest idea
that the world Is about to be destroyed or
inadc over that the wheat and tnres are i
shout tobe separated These whodo believe
" have obstrved, never have the least doubt
Of fiie bra6clf0f the cereal family to wfiitf
they btlodsg I'VE never knew 4 nlilIIenarian |
who thought himseIf one Of the tares. We
affirm that one ssvh0 is working well today /
s14y csIufiy4 trais fhe hidden Sens n of To-
and That one who paasss his time III
,enripg. nervous people ont d their senses |
.lf Rriexpasly mistaken - 10 the guam
NV of treasures which hesais lxyinR NJ ii /
|I&myen- s--s1 1sSsrh AsrsM.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-03-14

i THEsE is great activity. al Key West. Of
fieers Of the E lgi,rccr Crops are planning
new and extensive Notifications. Heavy
cannon are on the way, and 2 large force Of
iron-clads is to be concentrated there. Sup
plies III Immense quantities for the forts are
advertised for. There has been nothing seen
like IL in that sleepy corner of the world since
the close Of the civil war What does it por-
ffsnd gi5 1A estssssssg - 5 Fs an 3ssE53s+
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-03-14
Every Family Should Have a Bottle.

Every Family Should Have "A Bottle.
In Chicago The II ONE BIrTERs are YOU. he'd 70,
as snIperinrfo my now IN use bye Mariner An
Chemistry, Rush Maiieal College; IF S Hahn, M D.
|; Mrsi. 1! ~ |. Walker, NJ D; Norman s
Barns =, p; Is Hayn p; and I Luplam p
u: q r simpson, ii u: s Z Ranner, ii 8; b Mus.
sfI n o,. rif,sr \ gal II
Woodward, N q; ga Deherts. Mn;R Wayne,
W MeCarty, NJ D; r r Maley, NJ D; 4 Il John.
!. In st. Louis, Emo Sander, I'D, Analytical
Chemist, pronounces the Home Bitters as.superior
to the celebrated Hbstctter's and they have also tie
following endorsement Of the medical profession ID
st. Louis: 1-F--
St. Lollis. July, 1876:
have communicated to the medical profession the
receipt OF the Home Bitters, it cannot. therefore,
patent having been taken for H. We have examn-
81 the formula for making the Home Bittsrs, and
ny ths senbnan Il
sifion are Of the best class Of witch they belong
being highly tonic, stimalent, stomachic earmins4
them is strictly in accordace with the rifles o.
fharInacy Having used then, seen the effects In
Our private PRACTICE, we take pleasure in recon-
mendng them 70 ali persons DESTROYS Of taking bit-
tiers, rs being the best Tonic and Stinfl,lant now
offered 10 tile public L OH IsaisIiliiese. Prof
sObs1ei1ics and Diseases Of Women ST. Louis,
DRAKE MCDOWELL,
Late President Missouri Medical college
FRANK G. POtsrEIf az Dt
Member OF Board Health, 81 Louis. Mo.
il A CLAK. nj D
Prof OF SUI, gerry, Mo Medical College, and late
Resident Physician City Hospital, ST Louis Mo
HERBERT PRIMM, ND,
Professor a Of Practical Phi st. Louis O3lleg A.
Of Pharmacy.
&c WHITEHALL. 81
Editor of Medical Archives "A
GERICKE, MD,
CA WARE, IA y,
3. II. MOSES, III III,
DrGyFLUDWIts,
ALFRED HEASxJlK, M b, sEs
w A WILCOX d,
Prof. Of Surgery Homeopathy Medical College
r q GOMsTOGK, u b,
Prof idWifcry and Diseases Of Women, college IN
Homeopathic Physicians. s
JOHN + TEMPLE, III ID,
Prof; &c Meteria Medica. Hvmeeosathic Medical
+ Colleges Vt Missouri.
JOHN coNzLEMAN, 81 b.
Lectures Of diseases Of Children, Homeopathic Med
ical college Of Mo.
CHARLES YAs1INE, N I'd, VA
Prof ef fhyTiology, Homeopathic Medical College
So, =, JoIs HARJMAS, II ,.
ctans and Su Geens-
UeIrED STATES MAMSK Hosr1rxL.
j 81 Loazs No. Oct. 3 1870.
"a JAMES Al JACKsoN 4 Gel have nxaInined the
for mak ~ Home stomach Bltters .nd
consider them the most .lnabIs tonic and stinn
- s HMkIAHER
Resident pnysIciaA n charge Of the United Statss
I1sror ssls o. AZ Druseslts and and Gsocers
90 AA(s;6 q JACKSON q 90 iropFiesuxs.
aeratory ~ - 1o7 \. Second strsst, y. 1euis.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-04-02
REFUSING TO ANSWKR.

The editor of The Times called Mayor Hall
thief and said he could prove the charge.
The Grand Jury asked him to do so, and he
refused. sheltering himself behind some misty
pretense of newspaper impersOnallty, and
leaving the jury to get evidence the best way
they could. He called Superintendent Miller
a thief, and said he could prove that too; and
again when he was asked TO testify before q
legal tribunal Of investigation, he refused to
answer and declined to give any information
on the subject which be had been the means
Of bringing to public notice
The public has already made up its mind
rs to the prOpriety OF this course of con-
duet, and we refer to 1t now only because
Tie Times has apparently received new light
on the duty of witnesses. 1t has fallen foul
Of MIR. Sumner because, after uncarthing a
scandal and being summoned to tell what he
knows TO Committee of the Senate he re-
" fuses point blank to give information upon
"thc subject which he has been mainly in
" strumental in bringing before Congress and
" the country;n and "instead of helping the
enquiry that he had set on foot, he turns
"upon the Committee with such re-
"plies as these: AS Senator, 1
"'must decline to answers; Il decline
"'to answer, as my correspondent asked me
"not to tell % decline to answer improper
"questions.' Substituting the word editor"
for SENATOR" we have here the very answers of
the editor of The Times in the Hall and Miller
Investigations; and yet The Times, which spread
its mantle around Ballard Browning, asks what
we are to think of this refusal of public
"ofllcer, legislator to reveal to the body OF
4. -. t1. of ,nfnr fnr,
(Which he received in his official capa-
"city2 Has a senator q right to receive
"such information and act upon it,
"and when his own action has made
ait necessary to the success OF the
enquiry that the sources of his information
"should be known, refuse to make them
"knownf" Well, whether he has or not. we
submit that the editor of The Times, after re-
fusing to indicate TO the Grand Jury the
sources of information which his own action
had made necessary to the course of justice,
il not entitled TO criticise the Senator's con-
duet, and is not person with whom 1t seems
worth while to discuss the matter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-04-02
FiCTS YERSTS FREE TRADE.

The opponents of Protection believe that
each locality has its special advantages for
trade and if left alone cheap and good pro-
duction necessarily follows from the mere pos
session of the raw material. For example,
they say England's superiority in the iron
manufacture is due to her immense coal and
iron deposits, and as it Is impossible for us
now to compete with her successfully, we
ought to throw open our markets and turn
our energies into those pursuits for which we
arc naturally better suited. Passing by the
fact that the single State of Ohio contains
coal-beds equal in extent to those of the whole
of Great Britain, and accessible ore deposits
unsurpassed by those of any other country,
while the mineral wealth of the United States
exceeds that of Great Britain in the proper
ton of probably 100 to 1, the history of the
British iron manufacture proves that without
the aid of Protection England now would
probably he importing her iron from Russia,
Sweden, and North America.
In 1T40 the production Of Great Britain's 80
furnaces was 1880 tuns of pig iron, against
which she imported from Russia, Sweden, and
the American Colonies about 10000 tuns-an
excess of imports over home production of
about IS per cent. This, be it understood, was
five years after Darby's introduction of pit
coal. The duty was made So shilings tun.
and then the prosperity of the iron business
began. In 1876 an additional duty of E1 per
tun was laid upon bars, and the production of
iron proceeded so rapidly that with the aid Of
further duties, amounting almost to prohibi-
ton, it superseded foreign iron, and furnished
surplus for expectation. In 1907 England
produced $4,000 tuns of pig iron, having
nearly doubled her production in eight years.
So much for Protection up to this period. In
1925 there were 1914 furnaces, Of which 2Gl
were in blast, producing annually 5S1 900 tuns,
and Great Britain, from being an importer,
was able to export 10000 tuns of iron.
To put it plainly, in the period of thirty
four years the iron manufacture had increased
from I'm estimated production of 1000 tuns in
1890 to 5s, 900 tuns in 1925, showing in this time
the enormous increase of 722 per cent. In all
this period there had been no specially i'm
-portant change in the process of making iron.
The duty, however, had been constantly in
creased until, at the time above named, it was
GO o.. per tun, or say S31 20 per tun, which
virtually prevented its import.
Thus, through Protection, began Eneland's
superiority in the manufacture of iron. Be-
fore this, her raw material was us rich MS il ia
now; her population was moro dense than
that of many of our iron-producing States,
and her accumulated capital was very great
but her mineral resources laid for hundreds
of years useless and ancarcd for, until Pro-
lection gave an impetus to her manufactures.
and placed her in position which enables
her to defy tho worlds competition, unless il
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-04-02
THE INSURANCE INVESTIGA ~
ING 10 4 CLOSE.

THE INSURANCE Observation-Disclosures r
ING no 4 CLOSE.
We believe the Assembly's Committee has
nearly closed tho taking of testimony in the
case of Superintendent Miller, and we have
been favored with a careful synopsis OF tho
evidence, made under the supervision OF Pres
ident Hone of tho Continental Fire. The i'm
preston it makes on our mind is favorable TO
the accused. There is nothing adduced that
directly and necessarily mpeachcs his integrity,
and We are led by it to regard the alleged
payment of twenty-five per cent. commission
on tho printing of the Department by Weed,
Parsons g. Co. to one II. c. SOuthwlck, Jr,
mot one of Mr.. Millers examiners, nor even
related to him) to have been arranged between
the payer and the payee for their mutual adj
vantage, at the cost Of the printing firm on
the ono hand and without respect to the in
terest or the wishes Of the Superintendent on
the other. No knowledge of this job Ia
brought home to the Superintendent, and
there is no shadow of proof that dime OF
the percentage was ever placed to his credit.
That Mr.. Miller is "independent as wood
"sawyer,' and has in some cases been hard
on the younger and smaller Life Companies,
we still believe; that, having a large income
from the property he inherited, he lives gen
erously, is undenied; that he has i'll some cases
allowed very liberal fees to his examiners,
seems clear; that he has exacted dlmc cor
ruDtly or wrOngfuly, We do not believe
we did incline to the conclusion that
his day of usefulness as Superntend-
ent was over, for we were assured
that the Insurance Companies wcro generally
against him; but We are now convinced that
the fact is otherwise. The emphatic testimony
of Messrs. Hope, McCurdy, Alexander, ard
other leading officers of great companies (tes-
timony solicited by us, not volunteered by
them) has convinced us that the public inter
est would suffer from Mr.. Millers removal.
What is needed is the passage OF the bill now
before the Legislature which limits and regu-
lates the power of Superintendent of lnsur-
ance. That any man should have unchecked
power to walk into an insurance Office, turn out
the officers and put i'll q receiver, without
remedy or even legal responsibility. is intoler-
able. Let this be corrected; allow the Super
intendent the fullest right to examine and in
vestigate at all times; but require him to con-
vince some impartial judge of the propriety
of so extreme step as throwing company
into bankruptcy before taking it, and the COM
panies and their customers will enjoy all need
full security against tyranny on the one hand
and rascality on the other.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-04-02
THE FINANCES.

Mr. Boutwell, has again the pleasant duty of
reporting the National Debt reduced by more
than Fifteen Millions Of Dollars in the month
Just closed. This is mainly the result of that
"Chinese wall" with which Protection has
surrounded our country, destroying all foreign
commerce! We are thus far since this year
opened importing at a rate considerably ex-
ceeding Six Hundred Millions per annum-far
more than we ever did or could import under
what passes for Free Trade. This gives us
vast and still increasing revenue, and enables
the Secretary to report the Debt diminished
in March by the generous amount OF
$l5,0OO.0O0.
Large as this sum is it might have been in
creased. The interest on the Eighty five Mil
lions which Mr.. Boutwell,, defying all renon-
strances, persists in keeping useless in tie
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-04-02
CONNEC7TCUT ELECTION.

Connecticut is Republican State by ma
iority of One or Two Thousand; but from two
to five thousand of her voters are usually
absent as agents of insurance companies, mas
tiers of vessels, &C., &C., so that except when
an excited contest brings these wanderers
home to vote, she is as likely to go one way
as another in any but o Presidential election.
When carried by the Republicans, as she
mainly has been, they owe their success largely
to electors who have hurried homo from dis
tant States expressly to vote.
The election yesterday was held by voters
collected from their several homes over the
worst roads ever known. Snow and frost, rain
and thaw, had cOnspired to render many OF
the rural highways all but impossible. The
canvass had been animated on the side OF the
Republicans, languid on that of the Demo
Gratis, who seemed inclined to let the election
go by default; but appearances deceived. In
many towns (notably in Middetown, Meriden,
and New-London) they polled large if not
an absolutely full vote; in others, they did
badly, especially where they had no hope OF
success The general result SHOWS that most
of them were not SO nearly asleep as they
seemed to be.
The Republicans worked decidedly better
in the average, for Gov. Jewell and his asso-
ciates on their State Ticket but showed their
strength more emphatically in choosing repre-
sentatiyes. They have hardly lost ono that
they had the strength to carry. Should it
prove That Gov. Jewell is not rechOsen by tho
people, the new Legislature cannot fail to
make his calling and election sure.
The only doubt as to the general result was
created by the Temperance men. These are
nearly all Republicans, but they deem their
cause sighted and misused by the failure of
"the powers that be" to enforce anti Liquor
legislation. This has impelled them to cast
large vote for their nominees, especially for
Governor, and may have sent the election to
the Legislature, but of that there is a bare
possibility. The results in Hartford, New
Haven, Danbury, almost insure Gov. JEWELS
return by clear majority over the aggregated
vote for all other candidates for his Office.
Few men in the State could have run so well
as he did.
The Republican majority in either House
must be overwhelming. This insures the re-
election to the Senate of the Hon. Orris Ferry
or the election Of another able and upright
Republican to succeed him.
The following are the State officers known
to be chosen:
Governor. MARSHALL JEWELL, Of Hartford.
Lieuk-GOreraor.. =. MORRIS TYLER. of New-Hayen.
Secretary Of State. HIRAM APPELMAN, OF GrOtOn.
Treasurer"..........DAvIDP p. NICHOLS, of Danbury.
Controller. JAMES W. MANNING, of Putnam.