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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-12

I'HE STEAMER MATIANO CAN BE
Chartered for EXCURSIONS. IT,
Apply %
w. q. KILLAON, Agent.
Jm Sixth Street Wharf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-12

NAVAL ORDERS Surgeon S. d. KENNEDY
ordered to the naval hospital at Annapolis,
Md; Assistant Engineer Wythe NJ. Parks
TO the Hartford; Assistant Engineer A. V.
zane 10 the Speedwell; Assistant Engineer
a. +. Dixon detached from the Hartford
and placed on waiting orders
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-12

OUR SIOUX THIEVES ABR OAD.-Our Brit
ish- American neighbOrs are probably be-
coming too intimately acquainted with our
pet Sioux. II is reported that band OF
Sioux Indians recently fOrcibly took q large
quantity OF powder and balls from the West
Brothers, traders of Winnipeg, near SOuris
river, and left Immediately for the Black
Hills
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-12

SAMUEL J. TILDEN has no. given up the
European trip contemplated by him some
time ago. He will sail in a week or ten
days with Cyrus W. Field. Their principal
business abroad will be to raise money for
the extension of the New York Elevated
Railroad. around the east side OF the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-12

NATIONAL BANK NOTES received to-day
for redemption, sss7 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-12

OUR NEW BONDS AT PAR IN LONDON
A telegram to the Secretary of the Treasury
states that the new four per cent bonds were
put on the London market On the 10th in
slant, at 1929 pounds for five hundred dollar
bonds, which is about par
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-12

THE COLoRED MEN of this city have
started an important and praiseworthy
movement looking TO the emancipation of
their Cuban brethren from slavery. There
ere to be monster petitions and an appeal to
The administration, which ii is to be hopei
Will lot be without effect.-TN y HeruLi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-12

1STERNAL COMMERCE OF TIE COUNTRY.
Tie first annual report on the internal COM
rec of the country has just been printed
The SUI ject of railroads is treated at consfd-
cradle length. 1t is noted that the entire
amount OF the contributions of the govern
road construction. including land grants aud
subsidies 10 Pacific railways, is only thrt e
per cent. OF The total cost of The railroad sy =
tenn Oh the United States. The value OF our
internal commerce is stated TO be twenty
hve times the value OF our foreign com
nerce,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-12

The Killed and Wounded.

MONTREAL, July IL, Up m.-The name of
the deceased is Hicks; he was a caretaker of
premises on st. James street. Three per-
sons are wounded; two dangerously, one OF
whom is the great Lacrosse player, Grioux,
and the other painter, named Boone. The
third a woma u, rs wounded in the leg. The
deceased was Protestant. This riot occur
red in an attack on two ladies wearing the
orange colors, coming from the church, by a
mob.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-12

GOLD that has lost in value from natural
ABRASION in circulation will be received at
the Treasury in subscriptions for the four
per cent. loan and for other purposes nv
weight, which involves a small loss to the
inyt stor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-12

1T Is DENIED at the Department of Justice
That IL is intended to arrest Marshal Douglas
OF South Carolina. The charges against him
are all general, none being specified, conse-
quently, his arrest is not probable under the
present circumstances
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-12

ARMY oRDERs.-Leave of Captain Geo. L.
Choisy, 1lth infantry, from headquarters de-
Iar'ment of Dakota, for disability, Is ex-
tended five months, with permission to 90
beyond the sea. Leave for three months il
granted Captain ID. NJ. Lee, 9TH infantry;
leave FOR six months is granted First Lieu
tel ant H. b. Quimby, 25th infantry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-12
Preparing 20 Cross the Danube n
Two More POiuts
Preparing for "a Decisive Rattle
Hurrytng to the Front.

The russians are hurrying troops TO the
Danube with unremitling energy \ tele-
gram from Roman "a town of Moldayian
states that ten thousand troops per day pass
There by rail besides those who march 10 the
Danube by road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-12

TEXANS AT THE WHITE HoUSE-Goy
Davis, L. l.. BrittOn and X. F. Campbell. of
the Texas legislature, who preferred charges
In the Attorney Generals Office few DAYS
ago against Marshal PurnelI, of Texas in
an interview with the President to-day reit-
Grated those charges, and requested his re-
inovai. What success their request met win
has not trans pir, d.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-12

PAYMASTER GEORGE W. BEAMAN has
been ordered TO report for duty at Washing
ton as pay master of the Washington navy
yard. y Rutland paper says: HE will fill
with creGlt any position the Navy depart
ment sees lit 10 place him in"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-12

he LITTLE OF THE Z NITED STATES TO
MARE ISLAND TO BE CONTESTED. - One
Colonel Soulden says San Francisco dis
patch) is about to commence suit against
the United States to obtain possession of
Mare Island, now used by the government
as navy yard. The plaintiff alleges that
the title of the United States to the island,
which was originally Mexican grant, is
unsOund, and that he holds the only valid
title, the Third District Court has granted
the plaintiff an order to perpetuate the testi-
mOny OF witnesses, who are numerous and
are scattered over the state. The following
counsel will appear for the plainti If
jeremiah s. Black and General Albert Pike
of Washington, and Messrs. Miner NJ. Noon
and AlyafedO, of San Francisco.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-09-20
The Value Of a Dollar.

\ silver dollar represents a DAYS work
Tor the labOrer. 1t is given to Il boy: he
has no idea of what it has cost or what II
is worth. He would be as likely to give
dollar as dime for a top or any other tor.
But if the hoy has learned to earn the
dimes and dollars by the sweat of his filre
he knows the difference. Hard work is tn
him measure of values that can never be-
rubbed ont of his mind. Let him Learn hv
experience that Il hundred dollars repre-
sents hundred weary days labor. ard il
seems great sum of money; a thot,San2
dollars Is fortune. and ten Thousand il
almost mconceivable. for it Is .ftr more
than he ever expects to get. When he lias
earned dollar, he thinks twice before le
spends it. He wants to invest it SO n 10
get the full value of the days work for it
1t is a great wrong to society and to tho
boy to bring him up to- mans estate with
out this knowledge. A fortune at twenty
one without it Is almost inevitably thrown
away, With it and little capital to start
on. he will make his own fortune better
tiian any one can make it for him.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-09-20
HOW BEEF ES CANNED.
Description Of one of the Most Re.
nlariSabie Institutions of
the Age.
From the st, Louis Disnnfch I

From the st. Louis Dispatch1
America has long been the great stock.
breeding nation of the world. Her aImos,
oo"hdless pralries. with their rich abun.
dance of succulent grasses. are the natural
home of thrifty cattle. myriads of which
are raised and fittened with no further
cost than the meager stipend of the herd
boy. Americans are bred to fresh beef in
consequence of the cheap prOductiyeness
Of cattle, while in Europe it is used very
much like dessert. and is such an expen-
size luxury that the poor people of that
country can rarely afford the indulgence.
For hundreds of years the ocean COM
merce has had one very serious obstacle to
contend with, viz: The ships crews hav-
ing to sllbsist on an exclusive salt meat.
which. in addition to the diseases it causes,
is more or less enervating. and finally it
becomes unpalatable and even nauseating.
Thousands of persons have spent much
time and money in their endeavors to in
vent means by which beef may be kept
fresh, and in that condition transported
from one country to another. When the
car was perfected the whole
country rejoiced, because beeves could be
lilled in the West and the meat shipped to
he Eastern cities without losing any of its
reshness, whereas, in shipping by the
lead in stock cars. the cattle became thin |
nd feyerish. But how much more will
he country and world at large rejoice
Ihen learning that the great desideatum
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-09-20
A Russian Baby.

Russian babies are always swadtLpd and
rolled up in bandages, so that they NAV be
conveniently put away without risk of
getting themselves into trouble or mis-
chief. On entering one of their homes, an
enthusiastic traveller thinks he has come
upon some pagan tribe, having their idols
and penetates, with the heads well carved
out and the rest of the body left in the
block. He looks c,lriously at one laid ,ip-
on shelf, another hung on the wall on a
peg. third slung over one Of the main
beams OF the root, and rocked by the
mother, who has the cord looped over her
foot.
sWhy, is that child?' cries the travel
er, with Il feeling similar to that expert
enced on treading upon toad, which was
supposed to be il stone.
"Why. what else should it be?'' quietly
answers the mother.
Having learned so much in so short
time. the inquisitiye traveller wishes to ID
form himself about the habits of the crca
ture: but his curiosity being somewhat
dampened by the extreme dirt of the little
figure. he mildly inquiries of the parent
when it was washed:
''Washed!' shrieks the Mortified mother.
washed! What, wash a child! You'd
kill it,
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-09-20
Change OF Work.

That was wise father who. on hearing
his little daughter request her brother to
drive few nails in the Woo!house for her
said he would teach her how to do it her
self. She was apt, and drove in all the
nails successfully. SO pleased was she
with her success, that she would have set a
double row around the shed il her father
h.d not concluded that these would ans
wcr for the present.
''There, that little lesson helps to make
you Independent, my girl" he said. ..Now
l will teach yOn some day to catch and
harness up a horse. You have already
learned to drive a gentle one. Learn TO
sharpen knife, and whittle, too. without
cutting your fingers. Don't let the doors
creak for the want OF an oiled feather. or
the little chiklren's boots get hard in the
winter for the want of little grease
Take a lesson from this, girls. You
ion't Know where yon will be cast away
some time during your life. The most
helpless people have ever met are those
Who can only do one kind of work. Learn /
o help yourselves, even if. sometimes, yout
rench upon boys work. t
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-09-20
O7tr Selected StOy7/.
A GOlD INDIAN STORY,
Sacramento Rec0yN-Tni0D.

!Sac'anento Record Uuion.1
y party of five amateur humtsmen left
the city yesterday for the mountains. to be
gone about month. and another party OF
four returned home day before Yesterday.
The latter had intended to stay out longer.
b"t the Indians in their vicinity began to
grow exceedingly saIlcy. and to make de-
inandS for small things in tone which, it
WAS thought. indicated that they might. if
( provoked. help themselves. and the hunt
erS therefore broke camp. inlendin" to
4 stop Il While at Il point nearer home but
after they GOT on TIE back track they came
! through without much delay.
7 Speaking of the Indians. the party tell q
funny story Of their main camp. One hot
DAY one OF them went to Il creek not far
distant to have bath. taking with him his
! rifle. lie had removed his garments down
10 his red flannel Undertaking on 1he
bank OF the stream. when he heard the
brush cracking. and. thinking perhaps the
noise was made by q deer or other large
animal. Ii" deployed himself as Il sl,irmish-
er ana cautiously began investigating.
lie had moi long TO wait. for moment
later h" observed a figure dodgin~ from
tree TO tree. rifle in hand and evidently
Wa'rlling linn. 1t flashed through his
mind that he was being followed by IN
Indian bent on mischief. and his heart rose
to his throat so that he could almost taste
il. rs thoughts of home forced themselves
upon him. He determined that lie would
fight to the last. however. and. braced by
the determination. advanced upon the enc
my. The latter was evidently not prepar-
ed for such tactics. for he retreated. faster
and faster. and finally threw down his gun
and ran. The Sarr;lnentan. fearing that
this was only a piece of strategy to lead
him into an ambush. returned to the creek, /
donned his garments. and hurried to camp !
There he found member Of the party
who had just come in from hunting. reat-
ing to the other two members how he also
had experienced trouble with Indians. one
of whom he said had followed him for two
Or three miles. and lie had only escaped
from him by striking him over the head
with his gun. This. he went on to say,
broke the stock in two pieces. The barrel
flew into the cliappal:lI. and he did not
lccm it worth Willie to wait and scarce for
i. when the Indians might attack the camp
1t any moment.
The man who had been to the creek be-
yan to feel a suspicion that two members
,f that hunting party had been making ,
ools Of themselves. and he quietly in
IUred:
Nv hat did he look like:'
Look like. You've heard of them be- ,
no called red devils; well. this fellow was ,
,ne Of them. lie was stripped right to
he skin. was bareheadcd, and had painted
himself just as red as blood. You needn't
augll-'twasn't anything to laugh at, can ,
ell YOU ;
Ii was almost too cruel to say anything I
bout the red flannel unIerclOthes and the 7
hrowing Of the gun away, but it had to be |
old. q
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-09-20

Ar. William Cullen Bryant has just gi,
EN- his first temperance address at Cum
mingtOn. Mass. He referred to the St,4..
of New England fifty or sixty ye"rs ace,
when liquor was useil almost universally
and spoke of the danger which threatened
Its destruction. lie mentioned the fine
orchards which were in those days grow
ing in Berkshire, and bearing great quafl-
titles OF apples devoted to citler-makinc
which was distilled into brandy. and nsed
commonly as beverage. But the death
of several young men by delirium tremens
aroused fathers to the danger of their sons
and they took steps to prevent their going
to drtlnkard's graves. lie referred to the
opposition which met the Temperance
movement in its early days. and the sue
cess which attended the efforts then nut
forth, and also spoke of the danger of par
ents making t'rlnkartlS of their children
by giving them narcotics and soothing
syrIps, urging his hearers to prevent a5
far as they were able. the Use of stimulants,
as there would always be desire for
something stronger. Mr.. Bryant endcti
by saying that he had never before made
temperance address. and did not know
that he ever should again.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-09-20
Mnp's Bette7-H0zf.


|
France has three women to one man
! Flowers on bOnnets are used in great
profiision, so that "A man may 60 home al
night and sit right down on a beautiful
garden.
! There's one good trait in California
widows. When they marry their second
husband. they have plenty of money to
support him.
Why is a young lady who has Just left
boarding school like :. building committee:
-Becatse she is ready to receive propo-
sails.
The young lady who said kissing was
like 4 scwin"-machine because it seemed
so good, evidently alluded to sewing-ma-
chine with a feller.
The first step toward wealth used TO
be considered the choice 0: a GOOD wife
but nowadays wealth is the first step to-
ward the choice Of wife.
An exchange says: Don't tell a mar
ried man any joke on the boys, for he will
tell his wife. his wife will tell her sister. and
the sister will tell all the rest of the
girls
-LADr-And put just a tint of carmine
on the cheeks. but not too much. YOU
know. PHOTOGRAPHER - Exactly. mad
am. perfectly understand; about as much
as You have on now.
Worth declares that the next change
in woman, attire shall be in the direction
pf short pettcOats, cOlored clOcked stock !
ngs visible to the swell OF the calf of the
lag. and low-cUt bucklcd shoes.
They were at a dinner party. and he
'elnarked that he supposed she was fond
IF etlnology. She said she was. but she .
was not very well. and the doctor bad told
ler not to eat anything for desert except
oranges.
A facetious physician, an old bachelor,
said the other day i" single lady :: "lIow
an you with a clear conscience answer
t. Peter when you shall reach heavens
gate for your hesrtlessness in refusing SO
many marriage otfers:'' The lady archly
cplied: Il shall tell the Apostle that DR..
- did not ask ne.'
lie "altzed out of the front door. fol-
owed by a wash-bOard and two bars of
oap; and. as he Strengthened himself and
walked firmly down the street. he remark
d: "a man must draw the line some
where, Or he can't be boss OF the house:
nj I'll be hanged if Ill pump more than
NE tub of water for no washing. and there (
in'ta woman can make me do it, unless
he locks me in:
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-09-20
Rough and smooth.

There are some people who ard aiNar.
scratching YOU by their short answers AMI
Impatient ways if things 90 at all wrong
with them. They are like rough. un
planed board, if you don't handle it with
re grain. you are very likely to be annoy
ed with the splinters.
A gentleman at an eating house askco
the person next to him if he. would pl.aso
pass the mustard.
Sir said the man, ''do you take me for
a waiter:'
"N',' was the reply, II mis.ook you for
a gentleman
That man, the moment you touched his
pride, threw CIT his sharp words as tbs
,orcupine does his quilts. kinl word;
'ost nothing. and they save world of
worry and fietful feeling. They have j,
fonsteriui knack OF smoothing over II,
n ty,sn l.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-09-20
TT1sdO7,1.

/ The bouyhs that bear most hang loves
True men make more opportunities tha
they find.
An angry man opens his mouth All
shuts his eyes.
1t is always well to be charitable in YOU
Judgement.
No honest work, however humble, e..
disgrace IN honest man.
Never apologize for long letter: Vol
only add to its length.
Retiring early at night will surely short
! en- Il nlan's days.
lie speaks in his drink What he thonqh
in his drought.
You may find your best friend or YOU
worst enemy in yourself.
The man who minds his own busines.
has a good steady employment.
u we do not ilatter ourselves. the flatterz
OF others will not hurt us.
You can preach a better sermon with
your lie than with your lips.
liza man has great many debts. are
they very much to his credit.
Iealously k,"r down little expenses and
you will not incur large ones.
DO all the good you can in this world.
and make as little noise about it as possi-
BE.
Don't eat or talk much this hot weather.
Now is good time to let your mouth take
Il vacation.
y flower cannot blossom without sun
shine, and man cannot live without lovr.
The moment u man is satisfied with
himself. everybody else is dissatisfied with
him.
There are many shining qualities in
|he.nind Of man, but none so useful rs
discretion.
There are many who know their own
but there are few that know their
OWN folly.
lfyou would pass for more than your
'alt,e. say little. 1t is easier to look wise
han talk wise.
When Il man has not Il good reason for
ioing thing, he has one good reason for
citing it alone.
The bread of life is love; the salt of life
work; the sweetness of life, poetry; the
water of lite, faith.
Take things as they are. and make the
'est of them. That is the only true and
PRACTICAL philosophy.
Ifyou can afford .ut one sign, put it in
lie neWspaper-lnore people Will read it |
i!erc than over your door.
There is nothing in the world so much !
dmired as man who knows how to bear
nllappiness with courage.
\ head properly constituted can accom-
:odate itself to whatever pillows the vici-
itndes Of fortune may place under it.
The greater the difficulty the more
lory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots
ain their regulations from storms aid
'mpests.
In all diiferances consider that you and
our opponent are dropping off. and that
re long Your very memories will be ex-
nguished.
Life is book of which We can have but
ne edition. Let each days actions. as
ley add their pages to the indestructible
olume, be such rs We shall be willing to
ave an assembled world read
Bad luck is simply u man with MS hands
his pockets and his pipe in his mouth
'oking on to see how it will come out.
ood luck is man of pluck, with his
eeves rolled up and working to nuke it
'me out all right.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-09-20
BOHEMIAN, MONTANA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 90 1877

, demand for cattle mad" by the company
| good beeves in this city.
The beef put up by the process partially
described above is really supetior to the
beef bought ir the butcher shops, while i,
: is nearly one-llird cheaper. 1t is re
markable fact that while every other article
of consumption has deprecated since the
war twenty-five per cent. beef has been
kept at a uniform price, and that too not
WithStan,iiDG the immense crops raised
and tie reduction in the price of labor.
Two important considerations entering in
to the cost Of raising and Saughtering cat
tie. The only cause assigned for keeping
up the price Of beef is that of i cOmbina-
ton Tiic! has until now been able to con-
troll the market. Aside then of the fact
that the beef canned by the st. Louis es-
| tabisflmcnt is superior to ordinary beef in
flavor and jllcineSs. the company is entitled
TO the praise and patronage of the com
munity for having broken the n onopoly
Of higl-priced beef. and ,!us brouollt that
Necessary article within easy reach of the
poorest classes.
Letters have been received by the pro-
priotors from the Russian commisSariat
preliminary to negotiating for canned beet
for the Russian army. and doubtless be
fore the defenders Of the cross penetrate
further into the bowels Of the Turkish En-
plre. they will be feeding on St Louis beet. /
Orders have already been received for
the L. $. army on the plains,
and Wien the supply goes forward the In I
dian warfare will assume a more favorable
phase.
The officers OF the st. Louis Beef Can
ming Company are. Il. ID. Hunter presi-
dent; !. G. Evans. ,oe president: ii. 3.
Mcrrell. secretary: ii. J.. Newman.
and general manager. All these
gentlemen are well-known ST. Lollisans.
and are men of capital and brains. They
have invested several hundred thousand
lollars in the establishment and are con-
'lnced that the investment will prove en-
ire'.y satisfactory. They deserve a patron
,ge which will insure them each hand
some income. and will receive the bless
ngs of the world for their enterprise and
invaluable invention.