Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-12-13
BOHEMIAN, MONTANA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1877.


OUUS ana E7LUS.
I An article you can always borrow
{ trouble.
The back of 8 ,mmer has been broke
, by the fall.
! The cheapest oflawyers-kecping one
own counsel.
Courage is often the fear of bein,
thought Il coward.
) There are two hundred and forty de
| serted farm houses in Windham county
| Vermont.
Out of the thirty-three millions of peo
pie in Great Britain, fifteen millions liv,
upon imported food.
Americans travel all over Europe with
out luggage, and this is another thing thai
surprises foreigners.
The national debt of Turkey amounts
to $1,000, 100000. exclusive of arrears OF
interest since Oct, 1875.
He who shows kindness towards ami.
mails will display the same characteristics
towards his fcllow-men
-''Work, but don't worry" the old saw
says; but some people don't work, so they
take it out in worrying.
We do not know of how much a man
is capable, if he has the will. and to what
point lie will rise if lie feels free.
If you want to make lalf the men in
the street stop and turn around, whistle to
!. stray dog on the opposite sidewalk.
Statistics show that while the Hebrews
form ten per cent of the population of New
York. they contribute less than one per
cent to the criminal classes.
A third Chinese theatre, much larger
and finer than the other two. is being built
in San Francisco. Einety-twO actors are
TO be brought from China to perform in
it. g.
A Texas dog which was taken to Mis-
souri, Travelled all the way back. and
through his wonderful sagacity found
his masters home, having Travelled 800
miles
1t is estimated that l.O33.0O0 acres of
the finest land in India is devoted to the
cultivation OF the poppy. No wonder the
nation is sleepy and starving.
1t is estimated that turbine water
whH Is have. since tl:eir invention. saved
riie country over S3O0,O00 600 in tie one
single item OF fuel
The ghost Of Noah Webster came to
spiritual medium in Alabama. not long
since. *nd rote Oh Il slip of paper: ut is
tite tines" Noah WAS right but we are
sorry 10 see he has gone back on his die
lionnry.
If could only get to be elected cash
,nr ot 20 slYiHgs 3:It!k. soHiUYufztvi
IN experienced t!Ief. Il day or two ago.
..blame if wouldn't reform and be Il better
man. and 90 to Europe in a month or two
with $4,000 in my pocket
--Pittsburg has sevcnty-tlree glass fac
tories. thrty-thrce iron rolling mills. eight
steel rolling mills. seven WHITEHEAD factories.
and twenty-nine oil relincrics. and the coal
mines tributary to this market number
l5s.
An En"lShman who has made bet
of 100000 that he will in six years walk
France. Germany, North Russia
and Siberia to China. has started from
Calais on his Journcying. His bet obliges
him to return through India. Persia and
Southern Russia. and from there over
Greece and Italy to France. He must be
in Liverpool by the lst Of July, 1888.
There are some seven hundred carpet
making establishments in the United States
which, in prosperous times. furnish em-
plOyment to between 10000 and 100000
operatives, men. women and children.
Thirteen million dollars is invested in the
business. which includes buildings and
machinery, while S4,7OO.OOO is expended
yearly for wages. The annual production
is valued at between So, 100000 and $24,-
OOO,OOO.
A little girl. sent out to hunt eggs,
came back unsuccessft,lly complaining
that. ''lots of hens were standing around
doing nothing"
That is exactly the difficulty. 1t is the
hens are standing around doing nothing"
Oh, the eggs that are never laid and might
be! So many hopes and plans and schemes
of improvement. SO many inventions.
SO many good works! Such refornmtions
and movements! So much to be done. and
yet so many ''hcns standing around doing
nothing"
1t so happened that during the session
OF the Congregational Association, held in
Denver. thai the Rev. DIR. Bliss, who made
himself SO notorious as an opponent of
Woman's suffrage during the late cam
paign. was presen: when an intelligent and
cultivated christian lady. Mrs. Lawson,
arose to read an address she had prepared
on woman's work in the church. He inn
mediately got up and left the room. We
suppose if DR.. Bliss ever gets TO Heaven
and should there find Il woman rising to
address the Throne. he will Immediately
lay aside his angel wings, present his pass
to St. Peter ut the gate and go forth to
-, but we pause; will he find bliss in
that other place?
The PittsburS Riot.