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Scarcity of Human Remains

Sir Charles l.yt II, IN his ''Antiqulty of
Man, states that while travelling over the
bed Of Harlem Lake, in 1S59-it then
containing five thousand irhabi.an,s-he
was informed by Mr.. Staring. geologist
for the Dutch Government. that he and
bis associates had searched in vain for
human bones i'll the deposits which had
constituted for centuries the bel of the
great lake. There had been many naval
fight on the Haarlem Lake, wherein hun
dreds OF Dutch and Spanish soldiers and
ssilors had met watery grave. The popu
lation that had lived on the bordere of the
lake numbered forty thousand souls, and
the great number of large and small canals
and bitches dug into the reclaimed land,
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An Arm Chair With u His
tory.

A curious story is told in Paris
about an arm chair which has been be
queathed by an old woman, who has just
del in one of the aims houses there, t.
the Louvre for the collection known az
the Museum of Soyereigns.
This armchair was presented more
than century ago to the Empress Maris
Theresa, vino had it placed in her boudoir
At her death, and in compliance with hel
expressed injunctions, It was sent tc
Queen Marie Antoinette at Versailles, and
formed part of the furniture provided fol
Louis XVI during bis imprisonment il
the temple. After his execution, his
valet removed it TO England, where it be.
came the property of the Prince OF
Wales and then of the Duke of Cumber
land. The latter took it with him tc
Berlin, where it was placed in the hands
Of an upholsterer to be repaired.
The workman to whom the arm chair
was given discovered, upon removing the
horse-hair with which it was stuffed, q
diamond pin, the portrait of boy, and
several sheet of manuscript. He did
not mention the discovery to his master,
but soon stterward sold the PIN to q
jeweler, giving him at the same time the
portrait and the papers. The jeweler
succeeded in making out from the papers.
which were written in French. that they
consisted of series Of instructions from
Louis XVI to his son. and that the por.
trait was that of the Dauphin.
A few years afterward the jeweler,
whose name. was Nauendorf, claimed to
be Louis XVII, the son of Louis XVI
and Marie Antoinet.e, producing as evil
dence in his favor the portrait and papers,
and, as will be remembered, he imposed
upon many people. The workman who
had made the discovery was naturally
disinclined to say how Nauendorf had
become possessed of these documents; !;
but when he was at the point of death b.
the fact to his family. by
whom the armchair, which the Duke of
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Other Places.

There is great CONSERVATION in Nova
Scotia en- the discovery that there have
been no legal marriages in the province
since 1869.
Italy has paid such close attention to
the development Of her military resources
of late years, that she can put 3OO, 900 men
into the field in three weeks.
Twenty-one suits have been commenced
IN the U. 5. Courts for Northern Illinois
against parties making, using and selling
all kinds of wire barbs for wire fence.
In an Iowa church, few evenings ago.
a couple came forward to be made man
and wife Just before the ceremony the
minister requested the congregation to
rise and sing, him self beglnlng the hymn.
What will the Harvest be-"
Geneva (Swtzerla nd) papers sometimes
contain authentic and delicious bits of
American information like this, culled
from an Alpine sheet: ut is no longer
denied that President Lincoln was MUIR
Tered by General Grant"
The Vatican has just reminded the Con.
t1nental Episcopacy that every three years
they have to perform pilgrimage to the
tomb of st. Peter. Consequently large
number of Bishops are expected in Rome
this year.
The extraordinary success of missions
in Italy is shown by the fact that while
fifteen years ago, there were only five
Protestant congregations, and about
400 communicants in that country, there
are now l2l commandments and II 600
hearers.
The doors Of the Cathedral of Notre
Dame in Paris have fallen to pieces from
old age. Their remains will be reyercntlv
laid in one of the national museums, and
new doors of ok, with exact copies of
the mastery carvings on the old doors.
will swing in III. il steal.
Winchester, the former county seat of
New Madrid County, Mo-, where Thos.
II. Eenton commenced the practice OF
law. has totally disappeared, the ouly mark
left b. ing the row OF trees which used tn
stand in front of the court house. The
town site is now cultivated as farm.
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DiSc0rerU.

There has been d,coY cred in San Fran
cisco an il sect, new to science, which i,
believed to be a species of the very valu
able cOchineal
1t is claimed that q coal-vcin twenty
seven inches thick has been discover,
near Fort Calhoun, Ivy which the fin er,
Thomas ia kson. of Omaha, is entitled IL
the 81, 600 reward offered by the State.
DR.. Pc,ermann, the eminent German
geographer, has received grant of $780,.
900 from the Portuguese government to
ai'l him in exploring the interior of Africa
by way of the Congo river.
4 correspondent informs the Shcfliel !
Telegraph that An urn full of old coins
dating 200 years after Christ, has been
dug from the Gloud-Iiill Lime Rocks.
Breedon, Leices;ershire. The workmen
making the discovery, it is stated, sold
them. The Secretary of State became
acquainted with the circumstance and
claimed them as "treasuIe trove' be-
longing to the Crown.
The Taunton Mass Gazette SAYS:
The great English scientist, Dlooysiu>
Lardncr, less than fifty years ago an
nounct that it was impossible to eros,
the Atlantic by steam power. Steam
fleets innumclable are now crossing He
male the experiment just before he i,f,
this mundane sphere. Galileo was i'm
prlsoned as an mposter by the fossilized
inqulsitors for developing our astronomi-
Cal system; yet he could not quite calvu-
late an eclipse hundred years to a min
ute, us those who have since followed his
theory. Harvey was denounced as d.
quack by lis skilled brethren for his dis
covery of the circulation Of the blood,
Who were the Cuack,? Daguerre, in
to metal "the human face
divine" was called yislonary--it couldI
never stand. Franklin s termed an
lrreverent fool for ''playing with III
lightning" but future gencrati. ms proflte,l
by his hazardous experiment. Morse was
sne red at for spending his time in patien,
experiments Suggested by the phiioSo-
phers) in evolving and transmitting the
lightning current upon the telcgI aph,c
wire around the world, in "less than no
time - WHO now doubts its wond rfui
'ffect. or would ignore its facilc use?
The plans for the comi 6 seasons ex
oloration by Professor Hayden's Geo
graphical Survey have been arranged
The work will be conducted the coming
year north of the Union Pacific railway,
along tie 40th parallel, tx
plorcd by Clarence King, and continue
north ard west III the Territories of
Idaho, Wyoming and Montana. The
corps will be arranged in five divisions
The first, or trIangu), ,tion party, will be
under the direction of A. d. Wilson, who
will carry forward the system Of primary
triangl 8 IN the same manner as they
were empluyed in Colorado. All the
hi CHER peaks will be located in this way.
The western Typographical division. will
be in charge of Henry Gannett, who W. II
explore the remainder OF the section
suggested in about five months. Each
division of the survey will cover an area
IF about 1000 square miles. The entire
region is to be worked and mapped this
year. But little is known of this section
and it is expected that the
results of this seasons work will add
much to our geographical knowledge of
the Rocky Mountain region.
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Blue Glass.

General Plrasanton IS benefactor to
his race. The blue glass sun bath is a
grt at success.
Blue glass cures every ailing; it will
take ordinary panes on: Of win'ow sash
and rcmov. any sort of pain from tn
human body. For instaLcc: A young
man, residing in the eastern part OF III.
city, who had fearful imredimcnt OF
Ispe, CHI. with all intermission of five
minutes between every two Words uttered,
was cured in eight minutes When it was
first proposed to him, he said-"B-b-b-
blue g-g. g-gl- gl-gl-ass b-b-b I've b. b-bl
hi-bl-ow, dn' But in less than tel min =
utes he srtc,ilated whole sentences with
out murmur.
A left handed girl from the Eighth
Ward. after using the blue glass sixteen
minutes, found that she could use one
hand as we'll as the olher-and better,
100.
A cross eyed boy was brought in con
)tact with the blue glass yesterday for ten
minutes, at the expiration of which the
twist was entirely remO?ed from both
leyes.
Another boy with a wart on the end OF
his nose was subj'cted to the blue glas:
bath. ard at the end of twenty minutes thu
wart had entirely disappeared. Z, s.
SO had the boy.
A young woman with enlarged feet was
induced to have blue glass window pane'
1Ox15. inserted in the uppcrs of each OF
her shoes, and in forty-eight hours sh'
was enabled to wear a number nine shu,
with perfect ease.
A man with inverted rails" (ten.
pennies) put his feet under the glass fol
+ wenty minues, when the ingrowlne
nails curled up on bis toes, to his grea
10Y, which he manifested by calling il
Ihls better half. with the enthusiastic ex
clamation, '.Jewhi aker. Maria Jane; j"s
look at that! Whoop! blue glass for
ever"
A painter fell from the fourth story o
building to the pavement below, during
an alarm of fire, and steam engine
which was prssing. ran over him. Ill
was removed tn room in the vicinity and
lplaced b, fore the blue glass, which ap
peared t. quiet him, as he made no com
plant of pain afterwards; and though he
subsequently died, it is not believed to
have been owing to any defect in the glass
but from an attack of malignant dyspep-
sia. superinduced By the violent exercise
he had taken.
The only instance of the failure Of the
blue glass cure which has come under my
observation, occurred yesterday. A man
| who SAID he had been latIle for some time,
and walked with cane, was placed In a
blue glass sun-bath, and left to himself
| in the room tor an hour, at the expiraf ion
of which he was found by an attendant
fast asleep, and with one leg Of his
pantaloons rolled up-the leg was wood.
en- one-and the patient stumprd off
muttcring that he knew 1t was ''blasted
humbug all the time"
There is no doubt of the success Ct
blue glass: our houses, churches, and
other buildings must put 1t in. or men
must wear it in spectacles, and eye glasses.
and even glass eyes will soon te made Of
Ut, aud ere long Gen. Pleasant0n will have
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BUcKwHEAT. Can any farmer adylse
me about this crup?''
Farmers are invited to reply through the
COURIER. We clip the following from a
W sconsin PIPER: There are several
things that serve to commend buck " hca,
to the farmer. 1t requires very little seed
to the acre. from a half tushel to three
pecks being sufficient. 1t is crop that
can be put in very late in the season. re
quiring about seventy days in which to
me ture. and it is desirable to bav. it ripen
as soon as possible aud avoid frost. In
low grounds sow earlier than on uplands
1t may be sown to good advantage on
newy-turned sod, and have known a
crop to be raised on ground that had been
moved the same season. There is hardly
any crop that is equal TO it for subduing
land. AS it grows luxuriantly il casts Il
dense shade, which causes the turf to rot
Immediately. 1t exhau>ls the sell very lit
lie, ana several crops my be raised in sue.
CT ssion on the same land. It is an excel
lent crop when our object is to get land
free from weeds. 1t cuts very easy and If
it docs not lodge, may be moved with a
rhine. 1t should be harvested when
the principal portion Of the seed is of a
dark color. 1t shells out so easily that ii
must be handled with great care. 1t is
usual to tie up the grain in small bundles.
being bound together to p event them fall
ing down. In two weeks of good weather
it will be sufficiently cured to thresn out.
which may be done by q machine, by
horses tramping it, or by the use of a fail.
In hauling from the field to the barn or
other place Of threshing, it is well to put
cloth on the bottom of the rack or wagon
to prevent the loss of euch seed - shells
out. The value of the crop is not suf1ici.
emily appreciated. rank it among the
most valuable kinds of food for use in
cold weather. 1t can be raised easier than
almost any crop, while the cost of seed is
Ialmost nothing. -
CoNsUMPT1vE-" "What exercise will ex
Ipand my Iungs?''
We know the following to be effective
Step out into the purest all you can
find; stand perfectly erect, with the
head we'll up and the should rs back, and
then fixing the lips as if you were goin g
to whistle, draw the air, not through the
nostrils, but through the lips, into tn.
lungs. When the chest is about half full
gradually raise the arms, keeping them
extended with the palms of the hands
down, as you suck in the air, so as tc
bring them over the heal just as the lung 2:
are quite full. Then drop the thumbs
inward, and after gently forcing the arms
backward and tile chest open, reverse
the process by which you draw your
breath till the lungs are entirely empty
This process should be repeated imme
diately after bathing, and also several
times through the day. 1t is impossible
to describe to one who never tried it, the
glorious sense of vigor which follows this
exercise. 1t is the best expec,orant in
the world. We know a gentleman, the
measure of whose chest has been increased
by this means some three or four inches
during as many months.
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H1tz}lO1'.

Can an honest meal be made Off a
''boncd' turkey?
Two ways for Sunday.-Thc way to
church and the way back again.
II a row of columns is a colonnade, isn't
row Of lemons lemonade?
An educated hog is said to be a good
mathematician. No doubt 1t exccls in ia
square root"
You're very pointed, and feel it, as
the young lady remarked when she ran
the needle in her finger.
A party who bought picture of dead
luck at recent sale, is now anxious to
have the seller take his canvas back.
A young woman being asked by a poll.
tician which party she was most in favor
of, replied that she preferred q wedding
party.
There IS church in Cambridge sc
round that the com nittae engaged in its
restoration find a great difficulty in squar
ing the accounts.
Button parties" are popular in the
West. We don't know whence they derive
their name, unless It is because they're
always sure to come off.
The review of = young girls life is fire.
'quently like any other review-a quantit,
Iof smoke and noise. with here and there {
rec coat seen through it.
A painter hard at hearing, at spelling
match, the other evening, asked the cap
tain to write the darDed word down, 8,
ia fellow can tell what it is!''
''Wc're in pickle now J" said man il
Ia crowd.
"A regular jam!' said another.
"HeaYen preserve us!'' said an ole
lady.
A little boy was much exercised for fea
he would no. know his father when h,
got to Heaven, but his mother eascd hi.
mind by saying, "Al! you will have to
do is to look for an angel with a red nose.'
During the grand parade in Washington
on Monday last, the small boys alon. tie
roadside made the air ring with the song
Hold the fort, for Hayes is comingl
Keep the banners straight;
The boys on guard are loudly drumming
Seven can't beat eight.
Somebodyin Bos ton said to John Weiss
lately: DO you think that the int,lii
.gence OF boston is insulted by this Moody
and Sankey enterprise?' mo-" responded
Mr.. Weiss; for don't think the intelli
Igence of Boston has been addressed"
The Cherokees have over eighty
schools. A young pedagoguc who wen,
out there to teach school about year ago
incidentally mentions in q letter home.
that he logged youthful aboriginal the
day before for giving war>whoop in the
geography class, and That he is hourly ex
p' cling the lad old man to call around
with scalping knife.
Roger NJ. Sherman was arguing case,
and made point which The judge did moi
at once see. "Mr. Sherman" said he.
Il would thank you to state the point SO
that | can understand you" Bowine
politely, MIR. Sherman replied in his
blandest manner, Your Honor is no
probably aware OF the task you are impos-
ing on me-"
A florist was showing an Irisbman over
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DR.. James Shaw,
u. s. .ll.nlu. Fort E(lis, VI. r..

For near twenty years a regular Physician
ard Surgeon of the city of Philadelphia.
and tor some time a resident Physician of
the Pennsylvania Hospital. and Consult
ing Physician in other public medical in
sttutions of that city, with number of
years experience as a Surgeon in the vol
untcer service and regular army Of the
United States. Can be consulted on long
etanding an! chronic diseases at that Fort
The diseases of women and children a
speciality.
December 10th. 1875.
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his establishment the other dsy. "Now,"
said he, "we'll just look in for a moment
at the germinaung house." 1.-THE Germaa )
'ating house, is it?' replied the other.
"Iroth. ard I'm glad, for it's hungry I !
am. But isn't there some Irish drinkin'
saloon just as handy?'
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P0et7'y.
Three Fisher IIaidens

Three maidens went sailing out into n,
world,
Out into the world of ballroom floor
Each thought if her hair was most grace
fully curled,
And their mothers stood watching then
out from the door.
For men must work that womcr
may keep
The length OF their revels, lest eve
they weep,
And their fond mamma be Sowing
Three fathers sat up BY their ledgers SO
blank,
And they conned their accounts with
their gray heads bent down:
And they added their bills and their checks
on the bank,
And read the dread roll of the DAYS
wrecks in town,
But men must work, lest women
should weep;
Though lonely his lot and his
troubles dep,
The pattern papa's not growing.
Three bankrup;s were posted in merci,ess
print,
In the morning Gazette as the panic
went down,
And their daughters went duly from fren-
Zy to faint,
For tile tragedy thrilled the elite of the
town;
For men may work, yet women will
weep,
And the sooner they're married The
sooner to sleep,
And defy the mamma and her
scowlng
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The recent victory Of American i'm
PIGMENTS in Russia has some picturesque
features. When Mr. Kolyszko returned
from the Philadelphia Exposition and
told what he had seen. the English deal
ers in Russia became alarmed, and b, gan
a newspaper campaign against American
They especially attacked
our plows, and said that English pows
would be- used throughout tie whole con
,inent of America were it not for our ta-
riff. Mr.. kolysZko challenged them to a
trial, and the day and place were appoint
ed. The English went to the spot day
ahead of time and plowed piece of soft
ground. Mr.. Kolyszko arrived next day
with American plows and experts. He
found that what was lett to him was land
pf the worst quality, coy ,red with Shrubs
and very unetcn. Knowing what Amer
ican plowS are, however. he went to wolk
II once and SLOWED the English and Rus
slams what they had not seen before.
With these plows lie cut the earth and
matted roots with The creates ease, very
much to the surprise af all spectators,
who decided the victory for the American
pl.'ws complete
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COUNSELOR AT LAW.
" Washing ton, d. G.
MINING ENTRIES AND CONTESTS.
Patents

For Agricultural and Mineral Lands.
REFERENCES.
Stephen j. Field. Justice U. S. Supreme
Court, J. ii. Mitchell. U. S. Senator. Or
egon; Hon. Sol Heydenf'ldt, San Fran
cisco; The Manhattan Silver Mining Go.
Austin, Nevada; The Mining Review.
Denver; Walker Bros, Bankers. Salt Lake
City; Henry Watkeys, Master Mechanic of
the New York Central r. r. Co.. SYRIA
cuse. 10 I'll
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G., w. Monroe, M. d.,

DHYSICIAN ANDSURGEON-Oi Office
i at his residence on Church street,
Bozcman, NJ. r.. offers his professional
services to the citizens of BoZcman and
Gallatin county.
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all he can do to set blue glass in sashesI
glass.
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Courier Queries.

N this department of the COURIER we
propose 10 answer questions Of corrrspoi-
dents. Weinvi queries, and shall reply
to best of our ability.
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Is prerared to execute all work in his
line in tue highest style of The art, and
will guarantee satisfaction in every in
stance. lO-lolI
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O cumberland had left at Berlin, was re-
covered and sold to FrenchmaD. Hr
took it with him to Paris, and Ills widow
was brought to such poor circumstances
that it was the only article of furniture
entered the aims house in which she
died.
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BLACKSMITHING,
A. 0. BRAWkER.
ngnATA NJ

We have started Blacksmith Shop,
object. to make living. Place OF husl
ncss-Annis' old stand, Main Street. Boze-
man. Charges reasonable. Satisfaction
guaranteed. ard share of public patron
age respectfully solicited.
A. o. B2AWNER.
foreman, March %, 1877.
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Porter.

A small bottle of Guinness porter can
be purchased anywhere IN Great Britain
Or Ireland for two pence. THIS is the
retail price, and The profit to the manu-
facturer must be infnite>imal. Yet rain
drops make the river, and the ocean Of
profits realized by the Messrs, Guinness is
simply amazing. SIR Benjamin Guinness
paid income tax On f5G, O0Oa year. 1t is
stated that the profits realized by Messrs
Guinness brewery amount to fl0O. 900
per annum, and the partnership has been
dis Olved upon the terms that Sir Arthur
is to receive fl, 100000, or twenty years.
purchase a ESQ. 600 year.
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vas favorable to the discovery of human
remaius, had there ben any, but none
were found. He concludes his subject a.
follows: "A corpse cast into the water
first sinks, and unlcss,it be almcst imme
jdiatey ov,rspread with sediment OF Ger
tain weight. it will rise again when dis
tended with gases, and float perhaps to
the sea b,.fore it finally sinks. II may
then be attacked by fish ofmarine species
some of which are capable of digesting
bones. If, before being carried in'o the
sea and deyoured. it is envelopel in iluvi
Iatilc and mud and sand, the next flood. if
Iit Che corps, lie in mud channel, may
tear it out again, scatter all the bones,
roll some of them into pebbles, and leave
Others exposed to destroying agencies.
and this may be repeat d annually. till
all vestige of the skeleton disappear"
Ia connection with this, we recall the
historic event, that when the Duke of
Ava took the city of IL .arlem, in l572,
he ireachcrousiy beheaded not only eighty
principal men. hostages, but two thous-
and of tie citizens besides. Then three
hundred were tied back to back and cast
.nlo the lake. AS this was the easiest way
of disposing Of corpscs, it is not improb-
iblc that by this butchery nearly two
thousand. four hundred bodies were de-
posted in Haarem Like.
The same scarcity of human remains is
noticed in Dutch peat, although imple
ments and WORKS of art have been found
h, rein; and the a! SERGE of such remains
has been a>cribcd by scientists 10 the power
of humic and sulphuric acids to dissolve
bones, the peat in question being plenti,
fully impregnated with such acids.