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Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-10-17
StnSular Case OF EOls0 ming.

A strange thing recently occurred in
PaI1s-sixty-six persons living in the same
neigiborllood showed symptoms of lead
poisoning. Official examination proved
the water, wine, and groceries used by the
sufferers to be unimpeacIlable. 1t was dis
covered. however. that, with two excep-
tons. all the patients had bought their
bread from the same baker. and as to the
two exceptions, they had unwittingly con-
sumed bread in an eating house which was
supplied by the baker. The baker himself
and his assistants were more severely pois-
oned than the majority OF their customers.
This lead to an examination of the stove.
and the places that would come in contact
with the outside of the bread. and it was
then finally revealed that the baker burnt
we'd brought from old houses recently
destroyed. 1t had constituted the VAIN
soothing OF the house and was covered
with several layers of paint, which the
heat converted INTO pnlverized oxide of
lead. and which naturally adhered to the
moist surface of the leaves. In conse-
luence Of this discovery regulation has
been issuel by the Prefecture Of Police
bakers to heat their ovens with
wool derived from old houses.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-10-17
Bring them to Time.
Leavenwor;h Times.

The Union and Central Pacific roads are
now tile only land grant companies that
refuse to comply with the provisions oil
the Sinking Fund Act, passed at the las.
session OF Congress, which requires them
to reader correct transcripts OF their books
to the Auditor OF Railroad Accounts. It
Is stated these powerful and defiant COM
panies are preparing to test tile constitu-
tionality of the act in question. and the
matter will doubtless soon be in the hands
of the Attorney General for the prosecu-
ton Of the joint companies on account OF
the failure to comply with the law.
There should be no further parleying
with the nnprincipled rascals who are rob
bing the people in their manipulation of
these roads. The sinking fund law Inn
poses upon them the forfeiture OF
all their rights end fran,a,ises ~ penalty
for persistent disobedience OF its mandates.
and tn y should be held to full account.
They have long enough imposed upon the
people, and snapped their fingers IN the
lace Of tie Law. II they are not brought
70 time snminnrily under the net OF the
F0rty-nfth Congress, the officials should
p held responsillle 1pr their unwarlnntnbls
|ento0gy.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-10-17
The Science of Saving.

lfany who reads these lines are con-
scious that their pockets are made of such
material that whatever money is put into
them will burn hole until it gets out, I
would advise them, whenever they take
the air, to leave their money at home, or.
better still, to keep an exact account Of
every penny they spend. 1t is astonishing
how foolish small extravagences appear,
when they have to be put down in black
and white. after the temptation to indulge
in them is over. And they must be put
down in detail. and not conveniently class
ed together under the general heating of
''sundries." The item ''sundries" is never
into well-kept household ac-
No one who has not tried it
would believe what check it is upon per-
sonal expenditure to keep thorough ac-
count of money spent, and not only Il
check. but help; for prices may be CON-
pared. and thus lessons learned from ex-
perience.
Generally speaking, whenever large saw
ngs have been made they have been affect
II in little sums. Very few persons oil
ordinary honesty deliberately set to work |
o make large purchases which they can
Tot afford, and yet numbers spend just as
much in the long run in little things that
hey scarcely think worthy Of notice. 1t
S very difficult to realize fully the value of
mall sums. II the haltpennies and PEN
lies that lie loose in the pockets were
properly appreciated there wot,ld not be
0 much pecuniary embarrassment in the
world as there is. ''Many micklc makes
muckle;;" this is true OF nothing more
han of halfpennies and pennies.
These little savings, as a rule, must be
made in personal expenditure more than
a anything else. What is spsnt over the
ousehold is generally needed, but the
mall personal luxuries VIII Oh cost so lit
e are not. And when any saving is made
I this way, the money should be put
side as saved, instead of being mixed
nth the spending fund.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-10-17

Mr.. Shager pre-empted 16O acres of land
in this county in 1861, and established I
sheep ranch. The war followed. HI
made no appreciable progress in his con.
dition until 1865, when his fortune took a
turn. At this time 1s65) he owned 3.oOe
head Of sheep, all improved. The original
stock Of 2,COO head lie purchased from A.
Toutant Beasregard. brother of the Gen.
ersL Four years after that he purchased
500 ewes of the celebrated George Will
kins Kendall flock, having, in all, intro
duced 800 head of ewes and bucks, costing
him $50 head. Mr.. Shaffer's income for
1876 may be summed up as follows: Ewes
sold. 2.576. at $6,7l6; bucks and whethers
sold. $3.50; wool sold, $1,000 pounds,
$4,000; income for 1876, $27.575.
To maintain his establishment and at
tend to the sheep requires an outlay Of
nearly 500 per month. From twenty five
to thirty men are constantly employed.
The fiocks Of sheep are divided into 1900
to each flock, under the care of pastore.
and over every three pastores is a baceriO.
or overseer, having those particular three
under his especial care. Over all the bac-
eriOs is 4 head man. Two large mule |
teams are constantly hauling supplies, and
in the storehouse OF the rancho is a stock
sufficient to start an ordinary country
store. Of ewes, bucks and lambs he has
now 10000 head, less about $50, valued at
,bout $4,000.
A few years ago, foreseeing that large
ract Of land would soon be necessary to
maintain his rapidly growing flocks, and
fford never-failing parturage, when prices
we're comparatively low he commenced
he purchase of what has since swelled in
o II princely domain, watercd by six or
even different streams. chief among which
re the Aqua Dnlce. San Dernando. and
.ayarto.- This tract now contains $1,000
cres Of land. With the fence completed
hich he has now under way. these acres
i'll not he worth less than 50 each. The
act measures fifteen miles in length and
ON ten to twelve wide. and is covered
18th plentiful supply of timber. Forty o
lies Of fencing will be required to enclose
Mr.. Skaters dwelling is situated near al
in the middle. and in addition to very =,
dwelling, he has a stone ware :. =
ouse for the storage of wool. large sta
e. and dozen or more outbuildings for :
e servants.
Three or four immense cisterns supply
ater for the house. and near the sheep
ms is large windmill and tank. drawing
supply from a well eighty-one feet deep, b,
t through solid rock, and in which the
tier is thirty-tive feet deep. = Nueces p,
mes. be
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-10-17

~ ATTN AN ENERGETIC AGENT /.
" y % ~ every town throughout The Uni
ted states and Canada to operate for Foster
New Telephone and Phonogralh. Money in ii.
sample outfit sent on receipt OF -. Territory
Free e. W FOSTER Z co.
PSI Lasails St. Chicago, Grand Pacific Hotel
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-10-17

PERSONS whose blood is Thin, digestion weak
ana tiver siuggish, are extra liable to the at
tacks Of malariai disease. The most frifling ex-
posnrs may, under such conditions, infsc. sys-
tenn which, ii healthy, wonld resist the MAS
masic faint. The only way to secure immunity
from malaria IN localities where 1t is prevalent.
Is TO tone and regulate the system by improving
weakened digestion. snriching TIE blood, and
givisg = wholesome impetus to hillary sccrelions.
These results are accomplished by nothing 80 sf-
fectively - Hostetter's Stomach Bi:tsrs, which
long sxperience has proved to BE- the most relia-
Die safeguard against fever and ayus and kindred
disorders, ~ well - the best remedy for them.
me Btttcrs are, moreover, an excellent inyigur-
ant of the organs Of urinasion, and an active de-
purent. eliminating from the blood those acrid
impurities which originate rheumatic ailments
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-10-17
Siberian BrlSands.

According to the accounts from Russia,
large district of Siberia is being ravased
by hordes Of bandits and brigands, who
are devastating all they can lay hands up
on. and carrying the greatest dread and
fear among the pcaceable inhabitants OF
the region. They fall upon the harmless
villagers, rob and pillage wherever they
can. intercept all communication, and rem
der life and property far from secure.
They consist wholly of escaped convicts-
men who have been for various offences.
aud none at all. deported to the mines OF
Siberia, but have succeeded in GLIDING the
vigilance of the guards and have ESCAPED.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-10-17

| SUPREME COURT.
In HELENA, first Monday In January, and 30.
con0 Monday in August.
FIRST DISTRICT-HENRY N. BLAKE. Judge.
| In Madison County, 1t VIRGINIA CITY, second
Monday In March; second Monday In SeptsM-
Der.
In Gallatin County, at BozHMAN, first Monday
In May; fourth Monday In October.
In Jefferson County, at RADERsBUR0, 1rst
Tuesday In April; first Tuesday In October.
SECOND DISTRICT-HlRAx KNowLxs, Judge.
In Deer Lodge County, 1t DEER LooGE CITY,
second Monday in April.
First Monday in September, flor all causes
that can be tried without a jury, except In cases
where the parties consent that special venire
may Issue to try the same.
First Monday In December.
In MissO,la County, at MlssOCLA, fourth Mon
day in June; second Monday In November.
In Beaverhead County, at BANNACK, hrst
Monday In June; second Monday in October.
THIRD DISTRICT-D. s.. WADE, JUDcH.
In Levi. and Clarke County, Mt HELENA, first
Monday in March; first Monday in November.
In Meaghel County, at DIAMOND CITY, fourth
Monday In April; third Monday in October.
[NoTE.-United States Courts are held at vir-
gipia CITY, Deer Lodge, and Helena, ut the
times the Territorial District Courts are held at
those places.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-10-17
Legal Advertisements.
PROPOSALS.

COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE, !
Bozsman, NJ. T., Sept. 4, 1878.
BY order Of the Board Of County Commissioners Of
Gaiiofin County, Montana Territory:
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, That Sealed
Proposals will be received until Monday Decen,-
Der End, A. d., 1878, at O'Clock, p. m, for the
care, support and maintenance of the sick poor
and infrm Of said Galla:in county, Per capita,
pOsals to include aud cover the entire cost of
feeding, clothing and nursing of the said sick.
poor and infirm, and all burial expenses thereof
Said proposals shall be addressed to A. j. Malin,
Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, at
NJ. I.
In witness Of which hereunto set my hand
and afliX the seal of said county, al my
[Seall office In Bozeman City, this September
4th, A. D., 1873.
Anne j. MALIN, Clerk
of tho Board Of County Commissioners
43.td
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-10-17
That Fat Person Cannot be Pound.

Not even Edison. with all his inventive
genius and extensive research, can find a
fat person that Allan's Anti-Fat will not
reduce ut the rate OF from two to five
pounds per week. Those having use!ess!y
tried anti-fat prescriptions, including
starvation" ''horsebackr and ..saw-
horse riding" may be skeptical. but
fair trial viii convince them that Adams
AntEFat is genuine medicine, and that it
will speedily fulfill all promises. Sold by
druggists. L
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-10-17
1878.

\ A~an make money faster at work for rs I'm at
Nany'hing else Capital moi r-nui:r v, viii
81 start Won. Sl2 per Say at hon. may se made
by :he industrious. Men, women, boys and 81:
wanted every where TO work fer rs. Now - %.
tire. Costly outfit and terms FREE. -..:....
TREE s CO., Augusta, EainA. ,s-A-ly1
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p. Railroad.
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'bove mentioned places and read their home
,aper.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-10-17

ALLAS's ASTI-F,T is the great remedy ip h,rs
1t acts on the food III the stomach rreyenn
version into flt. Taken according TO Nn I.s -
will reduce q IN. person from to 5 pcane !. -
In placing this remedy before the pupi,c, linn
tive cure for obesity, we do so knowing is
cure, as attested by hundreds OF te;ll aSslNdA
which the following from lady In Corliuto "a AN
Is u sample: "Gentlemen:-Your Ant- itsn,s and
received. took 1t according to direcI nrsr ibe \
reduced me five pounds. ] was so elaleu drsr
suit that | Immediately sent to AChAhaHnl ysirA
store for the second bottle" Anotner,' L "a
writing for patient from Provldenc,esss nom y
"Four bottles have reduced her Weis..Ii in,pross
pounds to 1872 pounds and there sa genera ,o d.
Inent in hpalih, gentleman wrltlne tutentioa
Con, says: "Without special change o l me "
diet, two bottles of Alsns Anf-Fai re. nvn Whde
and one-uuarter pounds Inc wef-SS vTrIi. Il E1i
sale Druggists, SMITH, Do0IlTI Lh, Anii.Fat ~
ton. Mass, write AS follows: " AiI4n or,,s in thru
reduced a lady In our cry se.s;n rritps: .Aiztt
weeks" A gentleman In ST. Lomiy, r. h, three wehs
Hnti-Fat reduced me fwe, poulss. mounds siDd
end .i,naat,,ar have lost twenfy-n'e RpiIWpTM
cnmmnncirr h uscn Messrs row ELXE@ wife: "rk
Whocsnl.. druggists Of Buffalo, ~ III sr Cent?
sr,,E pr0ppIET0RS OF ALLANS An ~. ,sv who Isl
mon TN f,ilowng report IS fron . vi ibe Jesr
iIan,s Anti-Fat. III ihe Anti-f Inv ase po,nid
effect reducing the fai from Two W omr,ls BIZ
xycet mill 1 had lost twenty-five oant.ra = +
meyer 10 regain what / have losl I iieesiA +
Mncxcelled blood-purifer. II proh,n,,,s, remedy r
curing dyspepsia, ami is also Ro.e nsIrt on 0N n
rl,eunisti sril Sold by druggists. fan'p -
ity sen. on receipt of stamp. ..,s pntalN MI
EOTANIC MEDICINE CO, PRoPRS' jim.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-30
The Earth Not a True Globe,

Our planet is not q true globe, be-
cause of its former plastic condition
before the formation and cooling of the
surface. When the globe was soft it
was more or less yielding, and then the
rotation OF the earth to which have re-
ferred tended to drive off, as it were,
the matter in the equatorial regions !;
so that the distance through the center
of the earth between the two surfaces as
far as possible removed from the poles
OF rotation, or those parts of the earth
which the imaginary axis comes through,
is rather greater than the distance be-
tween the two points where the axis
comes to the surface. The reason of
That fact, and that it must have been so,
has been beautifully established by
several experiments. That the earth
was once hotter than it is now is there
fore proved, both by the Irregularities
of its surface, and by its shape as q
whole. We must not imagine, how
ever, that there has been but one
change. The minor Irregularities are
all gradually changing by inner en-
ergies and the action of air and water,
and it may be that even the largest
ones are young, compared with the age
of the planets surface. Nor does the
change end here (; the equatorial pro-
tuberance itself may but after all mark
a point in great cycle of change, which
has compelled the earth to rotate now
about one axis aud now about another.
Mathematicians consider it highly
probable that the axis of the earth may
have been in ancient times very differ
emily situated to what it is at present,
and, indeed, that sit might have grad
ually shifted through 10, 20, 80, 40, or
more degrees, without at any time any
perceptible sudden disturbance of either
land or water" Thus it appears that
nature prevents catastrophes by the
very hugeness of the scale on which she
works.-Norman Lockyear in Good
Words.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-30
A Billion.

There are two systems of notations /:
The French, which advances by periods
of three figures, and which is generally
used in this country, and the English
system, used only by Great Britain
and her dependencies, which proceeds
by periods of six figures. The Ameri-
can and the Englishman write million
in the same way, namely l with six
cyphers following it. Add three cyphers
and the Englishman calls it thousand
millions; the American says that it is a
billion. The Englishman says that q
billion means million million. The
row of figures means the same always,
there is only a difference in the
nomenclature. France, for ins tance, paid
Germany five millar1s, much to Bis
marks astonishment and regret that he
had not made the sum larger. So there
you have three different names for the
same row of figures. As written, 1,OOO,-
O0O, 900 means always the same thing,
and nearly approaches the circulation
of the Eagle, but France calls it mil
lard. England says it is a thousand
millions, and America names it billion.
1t is entirely matter of choice; but
when English newspapers speaks of
billions Americans should remember
that they refer to millions of millions,
or a row of figures with twelve cyphers,
like this: 1000, 900, 900, 000.-Brookiyn
EQOLe.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-30
STANDING the Test.

Farmers have often been induced, by plausi-
BILE agents, to purchase farm implements which
have proved unsatisfactory or worthless; but
the hundreds Of Thousands who have bought
the Buckeye Mowers and Reapers, built by
Adriance, Plat b Co., Poughkeepsie, and 1866
Greenwich Street. New York, have invariably
found their highest expectations moro than
realized.
This firm have for twenty-one years enjoyed
the reputation of turning out from their fac
tories machines which in material and work.
manship, as well as in the simplicity aud per-
fection Of their mechanical principles, were Of
the highest excellence.
1t is fact, which should have great weight
with purchasers, that the system Of construc-
ton peculiar to the Buckeye Machine is tho
only one that has remained unchanged in
principle, while among the many changes
made in competing machines, the only ones
that have met with any degree Of success are
those which were copied from the Buckeye
A new Single Wheel Reaper, called the
"ADRIANoE," has been lately added to the
productions Of this firm, and when we say that
it is a worthy companion to the Buckeye
Mower, we have paid it the highest possible
compliment. Manufacturers who have done 30
much to benefit and to win the confidence Of
the farmer, are the ones it is to his interest
to patronize.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-30
Origin of Certain Flowers.

Some of our flowers came from lands
of perpetual summer, some from coun-
tries all ice and snow, some from islands
in the ocean. Three of our sweetest
exntics came originally from Peru; the
camelia was carried to England in 1889,
and few years afterward the heliotrope
and mignonette. Several others came
from the Cape of Good Hope; a very
large Gala was found in bitches there,
and some of the most brilliant geran-
iums, or pelargoniums, which are a
spurious geranium. The verbena grows
wild in Brazil, the marigold is an Afri-
can flower, and great number are from
China and Japan. The little Daphne
was carried to England by Captain Ross,
from almost the farthest land he visited
toward the North Pole.
Some of these plants are quite
changed in form by cultivation, others
have only become larger and brighter,
while others, despite of all the care of
florists and tine shelter of lighthouses,
fall far short of the beauty and fragrance
of the tropics. Among improved ones
is the dahlia. When brought to Europe
it was very simple blossom, single
circle of Clark petals surrounding a mass
of yellow ones. Others, with scarlet
and orange petals were soon after trans
planted from Mexico, but still remained
simple flowers. Long years of cultiva.
tion in rich soil, with other arts of skill
full florists, have changed it to what it
now is-a round ball of beauty.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-30
How to Keen a Plan o.

Otto Drumming. writing to the Journal
de MusiQae of Paris, says: " The piano
is constructed almost exclusively OF va
rious kinds of woods and metals; cloth,
skin, and felt being used in the mechan-
ical portion. For this reason atmos-
pheric changes have q great effect on
the quality and durability of the instru-
ment, and it is necessary to protect it
from all external influences which might
affect the materials of which it is COM
posed. It must be shaded from the
sun, kept out of draught, and, above
all, guarded against sudden changes of
temperature. This latter is most fire.
quent cause Of the piano getting out of
tune, and the instrument should bekept
in O temperature not lower than fifty
four degrees and not higher than eighty
six degrees Fahrenheit. When too cold
the wood, cloth and skin swell, and the
mechanism works badly; when too warm
these materials shrink and cause clink-
ing, squeaking, and other disagreeable
sounds. Moisture is the greatest enemy
OF the piano, and it cannot be too care
fully guarded against. In short time
damp will destroy every good point in
the instrument. The tone becomes
dull and fiat, the wires rusty and easily
broken, the Joints of the mechanism
stiff, and the hammers do not strike
with precision, and if these symptoms
are not attended to at once the piano is
irretrievably spoilt. Therefore do not
put your piano in a damp ground floor
room, or between two windows, or be-
tween the door and the window where
there is through draught. Never leave
the piano open when not in use, and
above all when the room is being
cleaned. Do not put near stove, CHM
ney, or hot-air pipes. Always wipe the
keys after playing. Never pile books,
music, or other heavy things on the top.
Be careful when using the soft pedal
not to thump the notes. Do not allow
five'note or other exercises OF small
compass on piano you have any regard
for. A leather cover should be kept on
the instrument when not in use, anu
removed every day for the purpose of
dusting. A cushion of wadding or strip
of flannel laid on the keys will help to
keep them white and preserve the pol
ish. Never leave the piano open after a
musical evening or dance. If you are
obliged to have it in damp room, do
not place it against the wall, and raise it
from the floor by means of insulators,
and always cover it after playing. EN-
ploy the best tuner you can get, and, if
new instrument, let it be tuned every
two months during the first year, and at
least three time year afterward. AL
ways have it tuned after a soiree if the
room has been very hot"