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The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-07-25

The estimated shipment of specie from
New York on the 18th was $2,00O.0OO.
The Cuban vessel Pioneer is still III custol,
of the War Department.
Mnllenderter. reporter for the S. F. Call
who was shot by McCauslin ten days since, il
dead.
Stokes counsel say they have no intention
te try TO secure the bailing OF their client Al
present.
The threatened strike Of the press-printers
Of New York was oytrrated. Theemploy-
crs granted % per cent. increase OF wages.
JIG. Carter. U. s.. Consul at the azores,
died on board the bark Fredonia. on the 4sh
Of July. willie on the passage home.
Cornwall. who assisted ia the abduction OF
DR.. Bratton from Canada recently, has been
found guilty and sentenced to three years
in the penitentiary.
The health Of Governor Brown continues
to Improve. and there is htIie doubt bur be
will resume active operations in The campaign
this week.
The Liberal Republican Executive Com-
mtfee say they arr receiving letters from
prominent eolDred men, PROMISE q their sup
port n favor tf Greeley aud Brown.
A wealthy lady named Fredeti,.ks. about
p Years old. drowned herself ii, the Hackeu-
sark river on Sunday irom grief over the loss
OF t,ef brother.
he fammally General Committee have
faiified the n,niinaiion OF sireeley AMI Drawn
and appointed il committee 10 arrange tor i
laass ratification meeting.
l.'le Strand Jury has presented an lpdet-
tneaf against Robert L. Crawford. ,hrotfer-s
iu-sass Ut Vanderbilt. for assault with intent
ekilI detective Vim. Henderson,. rs.
The gfenadier. band are to give series; Of
az Livsf pool when they rci,lri, from
Anerica- They are III excellent health. and
arr enthusiastic oyer their reception here.
! ne STEAMER herman from Liverpool for
Quebec. takes out party of English settlers
is pionsers Of a'colony wlIfci ii Ii proposed
% establish in Minnesota.
It is reported that 4. +. Stewart has gives
s3o, 900 to aid in the election Of Greeley.
The Long Island Republican Central com
nittee consists of three greeley men, three
Grant men; and one independent.
Louise 5. Wilcox, LLcy Wilcox and Mrs.
sdniunds were drowned at Millbury, Mass.
m Saturday last.
Ex-Presitlenl Johnson will make several
peeches in North Carolina in favor Of taree-
ey, replying especially to Secretary Bout
yell. IS.
Secretary Delano and Commissioners of
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-07-25

MAGINSIs At THE CAPITAL. Private dis
patciles from Virginia tseetiias MAJ Magiu-
me- hal MAJ nificsnt reception there ii, Fri
tlay Inst. and That The ineeliag was intensely
ENTHUSIASTIC. Madison vail so largely DEM
ocrxtfc this year.
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Democrats, to tho Front!
PLATFORM
Of the Democratic Party OF
Montana.

ADOPTED re TERRITORIAL csNyzNrroa At DEER
LODGE, jelly 1sT, 1872.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-07-25

The sGouRTER.n w have been told; il an
Independent paper Gasette
Ihast's what's the matter with Hsnnali.
independent II everything, neutral III mo-
thing.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-07-25

ErxRrrD. Prof. HAYDEN party started Il
TIER sxvtcrinG exr@iittes Inst Gaturlsy.
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Democratic Central Committee OF
aalINtin County. s@
DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS..

MARTIN HAGINSIs, Democratic Candidate for
Congress, and other Democratic speakers will adj
dress the people Of Ment at the following times
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-07-25

he members of the Central and County Commit
fees in each county will procure additional speakers
and make all necessary arrangements for these and
other lettings, and cause such announcements OF
the to be made in the local papers and other
wise Ms shall be deemed necessary
BY order of the Central Committee
b. E. ARICK, Chairman.
q. 4 WELLS, Secretary q, VI
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13

The SPEED OF METEoRs. suddenness
with which shooting star appears, the short
duration of its visibility, and the necessity
of noting very accurately its apparent path
among the stars, all tend to make the deter
mination of the actual number of seconds oc-
cupied by the meteor in swooping athwa.t
the heavens a matter of extreme difficulty.
Yet observations have been made, according
to the English Mechanic, which indicated a
velocity far greater than that which would
be found in the case of meteors travelling in a
nearly circular path around the sun. We
know what that velocity would be: body
at the same mean distance from the sun as
our earth would travel with the same
mean velocity, Or at the rate of some Is
miles in a second Such body coming full
tilt against the earth would traverse our at
mosphere at the rate of 36 miles per second.
But, as matter of fact, it was found that
some meteors travelled at rate considerably
exceeding this-even, too, when they were
not directly encountering the earth.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13

REMEDY FOR PAINFUL WoUNDs.-The
Country Gentleman says Take pan or
shovel with burning Goals and sprinkle upon
them common brown sugar, and hold the
wounded part in the smoke. In few min
utes the pain will be allayed, and recovery
proceeds rapidly. In my own case rusty
nail had made Lad wound in the bottom Of
my foot. The pain and nervous irritation
was severe This was all removed by hold
ing it in the smoke for fifteen minutes, and
was able to resume my reading in comfort.
We have often recommended it TO others
with like results. Last week one of my
men had finger nail torn out by pair OF
ice tongs. 1t became very painful, as was
to have been expected. Held in sugar
smoke for twenty minutes, the pain ceased,
and promised speedy recovery.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13
NUMBER "a.
MULE ARTILLERY.

The following amusing description, by
John Phoenix, Of a new idea in artillery, was
evidently suggested by the mounted hewitt
zers used in the Abyssnan war.
cont in a certain western fort, some time
ago, the major conceived the idea that artil-
lery might he used effectively in fighting With
the Indians by dispensing with gua- carriages
and fastening the cannon upon backs Of mules
So he explained his views TO the command
ant, and it was determined to try the exper-
imcnt. A howitzer was selected and strap
ped upon an ambulance mule, with the muz-
zle pointed toward the tail When they had
secured the gun, and loaded it with ball-car-
fridge, they led that calm and steadfast mule
out on the bluff and set up target in the
middle of the river to practice at. The rear
of the mule was turned toward the target,
and he was backed gently up to the edge Of
the bluff. The officers stood around in semi
circle, while the major went up and inserted
a timc-fuse in the touch-hole of the howitzer-
When the fuse was ready the major lit it and
retired. In minute or two the hitherto un-
ruthed mule heard the fzzing back there on
his neck and it made him uneasy. lie reach
ed his head around to ascertain what was 90
ing on, and, as he did so, his body turned
and the howitzer began to sweep around the
horizon. The mule at last became excited
and his curiosity grew more and more intense.
and in a second or two be was standing with
his four legs iu bunch, making sixty revo-
lutions minute; and the howitzer, understand
threatening sudden death to every man with
in half mile. The commandant was observ-
ed to climb suddenly up tree; the leutenants
were seen sliding over the bluff into the river
as if they didn't care at all about the high
price of uniforms; the adjutant made good
time toward the fort; the sergeant began to
throw up breastworks with his bayonet, and
the major rolled over the ground and groaned
In two or three minutes there was puff of
smoke, dull thud, and the mule-oh here
was he? A solitary jackass might have
been seen turning successive back -somersaults
over the bluff, only to rest at anchor, finally,
with his howitzer, at the bottom of the river,
while the ball went off toward the fort, Lit
the chimney in the majors quarters, and rat
tied the adobe bricks down into the parlor,
and frightened the majors wife into convul-
sions. They do not allude to it now, and no
report of the result of the experiment was
ever sent to the War Department.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13
How THEY DO IT IN New HAMPSHIRE.

How THEY DO TT IN New HAMPsHIRE.-
The Lyndon (Vt.) Union says: On Mon
day last Wells River depot swarmed with
New Hampshire politicians, going home to
vote. A friend introduced us to one of them,
telling him, "Here's one of your kind. y
He took us behind the doors exctedly, and
filled us full of assurances that New Hamp-
shire was all right. "Why, d-n it," said
he, Twelve paid as high as $3.50 for a
single vote. We've had all the money we
conld use, and the ID only knows where
it comes from, we don't We've hired the
other side to stay at home, got 'em drunk,
and done-the Lord only knows what, but
we've got 'em sure" We were delighted
to hear that the prospect was SO lovely, but
told him frankly, we could not justify the
means used, and that such evils would not
be tolerated in Vermont for a single moment.
He looked a little crestfallen for an instant,
and then said, "l know, but of course you
want to see us whale 'em, and that was the
only way under heaven we could do it.
We shook hands heartily, and after congrat-
ulatng each other on the hopeful prospects
for tomorrow, we parted. After five minutes
he appeared again, under great excitement,
gave us patriotic slap on the shoulder, and
exclaimed: "Good Cd! Chase, it's my
treat. supposed you acere Republican,
grouse me-" We put on a kind Of b'bt
conference.-the is, gave him look of vir-
tuous Democracy, and told him it was a
hard thing to excuse, but would pardon him
for the satisfaction it gave us to learn how
they do it in New Hampshire"
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13
prruege to "o"c"


in the name of his country (Portuga); of the
French discoveries and explorations, made by
James Cartier and Verrazzani, in the regions
now known as Canada and New Brunswick ;
of the active part the Dutch took in these
enterprising adventures, the most distinguished
Of whom were Schouten and an Englishman
in their employ by the name of Henry Hud-
son, but these are not SO nearly connected
with our subject as are the discoveries and
explorations made by the English, hence we
must pass them by thus briefly.
[10 be Confirmed.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13

The RECTOR AND THE Poor Boy An in
digent boy applied for aims at the house of
anavarcious rector, ,and received dry, moul-
dy crust. The rector inquired Of the boy if
he could say the Lords Prayer, and was an
swered in the negative. "rhen' said the
rector, 81 will teach you that. 'Our Faith
err" "Our Father!" said the boy; sis he my
Father as well as yours?" eyes, certainly"
"Then," replied the boy, show could you
give your poor brother this mouldy crust Of
bread ?"
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13

WOULDN'T WoRK.-A colored man in
Alexandria (Va.), has been trying to play
Elijah and be fed by ravens, but it doesn't
work. Two weeks ago he left his employer,
dressed in his Sunday clothes, saying he
would not work for man any more, as the
Lord had promised to provide for him.
He was found nearly starved to death, and
so weak that he could not crawl, having
eaten only two peaches and pear in twelve
days. The ravens failed to connect.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13
Portland Transcript office.

REPORTED CHAILENeE.-lt is reported that
Horace Greeley has got into mnss with q
Texas editor. 1t appears, that in an agri-
cultural essay on tobacco, Greeley asserts
that fnecut will not ripen well unless the
tin foil is stripped from the growing buds
early in the Spring, and that plug tobacco
ought to be knocked off the trees with clubs
instead of being picked by hand. This the
Texas editor said was nonsense, and Greeley
challenged Lin.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13

A COMPETENT WoMAN.-The editor of the
Portland (Me.) Transcript, having asked a
lady correspondent, who applied for situa-
ton, "What could she do?'' received the
following comprehensive reply:
81 can keep a house Or a secret drive
horse or bargain; tend postoflice, a store
or baby; make loaf of bread or a shirt;
sew on buttons, etc, or so forth; mend stock
ings, milk COW, wash, iron, bake or brew
is that enough for woman to do? Then III
deciphcr the copy that puzzles you, rewrite
the manuscript plain and trne, or even, if
fortune but play me fair, and my sphere
point the way of my duty there, take the
editors scissors, his office, and chair! Salts
factory guarantee any day that can do and
have done all that l say (and more too).
Address, AUNT CAPABLE.
Portland Transcript office"
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13

PASSIVE. E.-Hon. g. II. Pendletonis strong
advocate of the Passive Policy. In recent
letter he advises the Liberal Republicans to
"declare their purpose, organize their party
develop and manifest their strength, and
then there will be no trouble" he assures
them ''in securing the hearty cooperation Of
the Democratic party" Mr.. Pendleton has
always been the ideal of our mossy-backed
friends. What say they now to his course
on the passive ovement?-Eureka Sentinel.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13

A little girl remarked to her mamma, on
going to bed 81 am not afraid Of the dark. !"
!" NO, of course you are not" replied her
mamma, ''for it can't hurt you." ''But,
mamma, was little afraid once, when l
went into the pantry in the dark to get
tart" "What were you afraid OFF, asked
her mamma. 81 was afraid l could not
find the tarts."
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13

GERMANS, READ Tms.-The Cincinnati
ToHsfrcuud addresses these words to i s
readers. There is no difficulty at all in
understanding them, and there is no dsput-
ing their truthfulness: "In almost every
German association hall in the Union, a
memorial can be found containing the names
of those who fell in defense of the Union and
Constitution. Germans are proud of the
fact that in this war they were not last or
least, and hey hold the memory of their
fellow heroes in high esteem. How Infamous
then the insult which is put upon them by
the Washington Republican,, the Court Or
gan of President Grant, when in series of
articles it calls Carl Schurz the leader of
those Hessian hordcs who, by their coward
ice induced the defeat of Bull Run and
Chancelorvile! Grant, whose organ hurls
this insult into the face of the whole German
element, is again the standard-bearer of the
Republican party, and is acknowledged as
such by all, with the exception of few iso-
lated and Independent individuals The
Washington Republican represents Grant
and the Republican party. Is it possible
that Germans who have any sef-respect can
longer remain connected with it?'
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13

DISAPPEARANCE OF A SEA.-Bovy St. Vim
cent states that the time is coming when the
Mediterranean will be nothing more than a
chain of lakes, and then mighty river.
The Sea of Azov is already being converted
into stream--its shores constantly approach
ing nearer together. Tracts Of water which
extend from the mouth of the Don to the
Straits of Dardanelles may now be compared
to Lakes Superior, Huron, and Michigan.
When the great Island of Atlantis went
down, as Plato relates, covered with cities,
it must have changed the sea boundaries
exceedingly. Rivers are forever in the process
of changing their channels and Swallowing by
the debris they spread along their bottoms.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13
I'm GROWING OLD,
BY JOHN q. SAKE.

BY JOHN q. SAKE.
My days pass pleasantly away,
My nights are blessed with sweetest sleep,
l feel no symptoms of decay,
have no cause to mourn or weep;
My foes are impotent and shy,
My friends are neither false nor cold
And yet of late often sigh
I'm growing old
My growing talk of olden times,
My growing thirst for early news.
My growing apathy to rhymes
My growing love of easy shoes,
My growing hate of crowds and noise,
My growing fear of catching cold,
All tell me, in the planest voice
I'm growing old.
I'm growing fonder of my staff,
I'm growing DINNER in the eyes,
Tn growing fainter in my laugh,
I'm growing deeper in my sighs,
I'm growing careless in my dress,
I'm growing frugal of my gold.
I'm growing wise, I'm growng-yes-
I'm growing old!
I feel it in my changing taste,
l see it in my changing hair,
| see it in my growing waist,
l see it in my growing heir;
A thousand hints proclaim the truth,
AS plain as truth was ever told,
mat even IN my Vaunteu youth
I'm growing old!
All me. my very laurels breath
The tale in my reluctant ears;
And every boon the hours bequeath
But makes me debtor to the years.
Zen tattery's honeyed words declare
The secret she would fain withhold,
And tell me in "How young you are!'
I'm growing old!
Thanks for the years whose rapid fight
My sombre muse too gladly sings:
Thanks for the CLEANS of golden light
That tint the darkness of their wings;
The light that beams from out the sky,
Those heavenly mansions to unfold,
There all are Slest, and none shall sigh
I'm growing old.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13

Liberal REpUBucANs.-T Missouri Re-
publican, in alludng to the Liberal Repub-
lican party, says: cit has now opened the
Presidential campaign with platform that
covers every inch Of Democratic ground, and
it asks the privilege of defeating Grant and
electing Liberal Republican on that plat
form. 1t seeks the support of the Demo-
cratic party, which it is prepared to cheer
fully acknowledge"
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13

Coal IN SoNoMA COUNTY. Several coal
discoveries have lately been reported in So
noma county. The last is alluded to by the
Sonoma Democrat as having taken place on
Mark West Creek. A rise in the waters of
the creek caused land-side, which revealed
the coal indications. The fracture and grain
of the specimens shown closely resembles the
Coos Bay coal, which is very good article.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13

A LITTLE four-year-old was listening on
Sunday to the Bible story of Elijah and the
bears. The story was illustrated with a
picture of the venerable Elijah going out
bareheaded, the bears coming out of the
wood, etc. The little one looked at it., and
Immediately spoke out: "Father, why didn't
he put his hat on ?-then they wouldn't have
hollered baldheaded."
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13

Punch gives the following improved YER
sion of the golden rule, after the manner OF
Watts and Gladstone:
BE you to others kind and true,
AS you'd have others be to you,
And neither do you say to men
Whate' you would not like again;
But if men say do to you
That which is neither kind or true,
Take good stick and say to men,
Don't say or do that same again.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13

The greatest run of luck on record is that
of Baltimore cigar dealer, who within the
last three months has inherited a fortune,
drawn big lottery prize, found 81 ,O0O
buried in the cellar ofhis house, and lost his
mother-in-law.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13

SMp1FIED.-The ceremony Of tying the
marriage knot is much simpllfed in the
Hoosier State, as the following will show
"What is your name, sir?' "Matty.
"What is your name, Miss?' "Polly.
Matty, do you love Polly?" "No mis-
take. Polly, do you love Matty?" Well,
| reckon" 'Well, then,
'Ipronounce you man and wife
All the days of your life "
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13
CHROMIUM.

The name of this metal is derived from the
Greek word for color, on account of the
varied and beautiful tnts of its ores and
salts, and their peculiar properties for pro-
ducing various colors in other substances.
1t is grayish-white, brittle, capable of a high
polish, but very infusible. Its specific gray
ity is So. Its ores are found in INST in
Shetland, in Siberia, and other parts of Eu-
rope, and in America. They are in the form
of oxides; in one of their combinations with
lead, known as chromate of lead, and in
another with iron, constituting chromate of
iron. The ruby and the emerald owe their
colors to the presence of this beautiful metal.
In the arts the finest yellow ever discovered
is that obtained from preparations of chro-
MUM; and they are also used for tinting
glass an emerald green.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13
-S>>N~

MAKE your purchases at home. Never
ego back" on your neighbors, especially if
they advertise. Look over our advertising
columns, ponder upon the advice proffered,
and act and buy accordingly.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13
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The Placer herald., 1872-04-13

JOY descends gently upon us like the
evening dew, and does not patter down like
a hail-storm.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13

The number Of miles Of railroad now in
operation in the United States is 60,382.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13
MATTERS AT TRUCkEE.

We learn from f. J. Brickell, Esq says
the Grass Valley Union, of the Truckee
Lumber and Milling Company, who was in
town yesterday, that the business prospects
at that place are now very encouraging
The town is rapidly recovering from the ef-
fects of the disastrous fires, with which it
has been visited. A number of substantial
fire-proof buildings have been erected, which
renders it impossible that fire can again make
general destruction. The town is on a
good business foundation, and is none too
large for the business interests Of the locality
and the surrounding country. The saw
mills are all running to their full capacity,
and some are not able to fill their orders as
rapidly as required. The growth of the
mining towns of Eastern Nevada has caused
an unusual demand for lumber, and as
Truckee is the only good source of supply,
mill-men have a market for all they can
manufacture. Salt Lake City also con-
sumes large quantities Of Truckee lumber,
and Pioche receives most of its building
material from Salt Lake, which in the first
place is shipped from Truckee. This exten-
sive trade enhances the prosperity of Truckee;
and as the extensive mining fields of eastern
Nevada and western Utah are developed
this trade and prosperity will continue to in
crease. Another important item of business
at Truckee is the burning of charcoal for the
use of the melting furnaces of the silver
mining region Sisson 81 Wallace have now
six hundred laborers engaged in burning coal
in the Truckee region, for which they have
an advanced demand. The people of Truckee
have full confidence in the resources of their
country, and have no fear of their town
being taken with the dry rot, so peculiar to
many California towns, as long as their
magnificent forests of timber last, and the
Truckee river continues to furnish its unlim-
tied water power for the running of machinery.
The Placer herald., 1872-04-13
Business CARDS.
DR.. A. s. OU BOIS,

Physician and Surgeon,
MAIN STREET, AUBURN.
Opposite WELLS, FARGO & Co.'S OFFICE.
Having removed from Lincoln to Auburn may
be found at his Office, or at his Residence near
the Court House (the former residence OF >. w.
Dickersen). mar13- -96-my