Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-02-08
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Lay bridge Of silver for . flying en-
envy.
When thing is once begun it is almos
half finished.
Tie Hon. VIM. NJ. Evarts is q success
as raiser of corn. This year he added t
the wealth of the country 2, 200 bushels.
In man the temperature of the blood j
9So; in sheep, .102o; in ducks, 10Y Q: il
ague it falls from go to 81 ., in fever
rises to 1929 or 1860.
Everything useful or necessaryis cheay
est; walking is the most useful exercise
water the best drink, anu plain TO. d tn
most nourishing and healthy diet; eve
in knowledge, the most useful is til
easiest acquired.
The Nevada and Northern telegraph
line. which extends from Wlnnemucc
through Silver and Boise Cities in Idah
to Walla Walla, Oregon, has been sold t
Mark L. Mcdonald, of San Francisco. TO
I'll, 300. probably less than one fourth it
original cost.
In Russia, when coffins are covere,
with cloth, the col,r Of the covering is t,
. certain extent distinctive, pink bein,
used when the deceased is child or youne
person, crimson for women, and brown
for widows; but black is in no case EN-.
ployed.
Virtue. as the world goes, is some time.
ambitious, -honorably ambitious; it Is
sometimes little avaricious; it is some
times little selfish; it is sometimes q
little proud; and it is sometimes a little
stern; but love vaunteth not herself. il
kind, is unselfish, 10 meek, and is as mild
as mercy.
Foreign fruits in England can not com.
pete with the native grown. Grapes.
pines, bananas-none are so good al the
English raise in their forcing houses The
American Newtown pippln apple is, how
ever, the most popular il the English
markets of al! apples. English pears are
said to be superior to any.
Guilt, though it may attain temporal
splendor, can never confer real happiness
the evil consequences of our crimes LONG
survive their commission, and, like the
ghost of the murdered, forever haunt the
steps ofthe malefactor; while tho paths
OF virtue. though seldom those Of world
~ greatness, are always those of pleasant
mss and peace.
Cowardlce.-You are a coward. if afraid
to tell the truth when you should do 20.
You are coward when you insult tho
weak. You are coward, if afrsid to do
right, II you shrink from defending vourI
opinion. from maintaining that which
you know to be- just and good; and Won
IRE especially coward, if you know ser
tain things OF yourself, and car, not to
Own them yourself.
There is a curious artesian well att
Indiana. 1t is two hundredl
aud sixty feet deep. The water is a mild
cathartic, cleanses thoroughly, softens
the skin rs cold and very clear and when
stirred in any vessel it becomes white as|
r'llk. A gag also escapes with the water
which, when collected, burns with a bright
flame OF two distinct colors-one of them
twirling blue blaze. the other small toni
CUES Of yellow
Two persons were once dispstinx 90
loudly on the subject of religion that thew
awoke big dog, which had been sleepino|
on the hearth before them, ard he forth.
with barked most furiously. An oldl.
divine present, who had been ouie,lv|
slipping his tea while the disputapts were
talking, gave the dog . kick, and ex.
''Hold your tongue, you s,llv|
brute! you know no more about it than
they do" L
On Thursday last, the House passed I,
bill giving SIS per month to soldiers oil
The Mexican war or their widows, and on
Saturday evening, Notwithstanding the
drenching rain and the slippery pave. !,
ments, scores OF old veterans held meet
'ng 20 congratulate each other on the pas
sage OF the bill, and drew up resolutious ,
Of thanks to the House and hopes that the ,
Senate would also pass the bill this ees. /;
SION.
Owing to the aeticn of the waves. thelI
great pyrsmidal rock ovsrhanging thclt
shore OF Lake Superior. few miles east|u
It Silver Islet, and known q MoDonald's|a
Peak. has fallen. The peak was column L
# granite. measuring ct is b&se one hun
lred feet in circumfereace, and rising tnl1
he height Of two hundred and eighty feet. e
rAis towering rock, or shaft. was called |e
Peak In honor OF the HudsonIt
Bay Company factor. who 10 credited with Il
climbing to tho top of Il II leaa, and jump u
Dg into the lake TO win 4 wager Of con IL