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, 1878-12-05
December ist, 1878.

len PER CENT. penalty will he added
Tax payers will please hand in their su-
p"ryiSors, road poll aud road property tax
receipts. ''
.[g The attention OF Tax PAYERS IL
called to the following cxtracts from the
General Laws OF 1877:
Page 1852. Section 35-"On the first dov
OF December of every wear all nnpnid tnx.
e' III the Stcond district shall become de-
linqucnt."
IhSr lG3, See. 3S-"To all delinouent
taxes ten per cent. of the amount thereof
shall be added aS penalty"
Rage l12. See 90 RS 1--"If any county
treasurer shall refuse or by negligence fail
TO collect any tax which he j. required bv
laW to collect he and his snrctlcs shall be
'laDle therefor and the same may be recoy-
cred by u civil action ia tile name OF the
county" '0 - wv
N B.-Page 1876, Sec. 42 Tj51-" In.
terest at flle rate Of twenty-five Der cent.
per anl'tm shall be charged OH all delin-
quent taxes
CuAS. c. BARTLETT.
Treasurer of Jefferson County.
PoltErownsend, W. r., Oct, l 1878.
, 1878-12-05

GENERAL Crooks official report on
Indian affairs is being mailed to the
press. The substance of it is that
we starve the Indians that are friend
ly to US, and literally feed the Sioux,
that hate us. With the Indians gen
orally, according to General Crook,
it is "warpath or starvation" Lo
the poor peace policy.
, 1878-12-05

HUNGARIAN editors have hard
time of it. If they support the
Government, they are threatened
with assassination. If they oppose
the Government, they are dragged to
Jail. If they refuse to take sides,
nobody wants to read their papers.
, 1878-12-05

A FEW days ago, in single dis
trict of Macedonia, the Turks sacked
12,00G houses and massacred their
inmates, without regard to age or
sex.
, 1878-12-05

THE people of San Juan are hay.
ing pleasant time with desperate
who is camping out, killing sheep,
setting the officers of the law at de.
dance, &c. They say he is making
things lively over there.
, 1878-12-05
TREASURER'S
TAX NOTICE |

Office is HEREBY GIVEN
~ that the Tax list of Jefferson Conr,-
~ Tor fhe year 1878 is now dine and in
my hands Tor collection. 70 all taxes re-
manning unpaid on -0' ~
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-03-07


"Where there's will there's a way"
That is truism which is but half under
stood. 1t is said that 4 contest once arose
between the ugliest and the handsomest
man in England for the hand of lady of
worth and beauty. The homely man won
the prize. When Disraeli made his maiden
speech in the English parliament, he was
l,uxhod down, but not dIscouraged.A
Knowing what was in him, realizing we'll
the power of the will, he declared, The
time will come when you will listen to me. -
The day came, rs all the world knows.
Obstacles which would alarm ordinary
minds he brushed as cobwebs, and pushed
on to the foremost position in English
politics, proving that he conquers who
believes he can. ''Faint heart never won
fair lady," or anything else worth winning.
Young man, aim high, take counsel of
wisdom, and you are almost sure to win
something worth having. How many
young men are there whose watchwords
are ''press on and push through" Too
many there are who believe that success
comes more from luck and favoritism than
pluck. Many an able and worthy man has
been disabled in the battle of life by trust
ing to outside support, leaning upon
friends or waiting for a government ap-
pointment and neglecting the power with
in.
1t would be interesting to know, if the
could be discovered, how many
there are who use more than tenth of the
brain and heart power they really possess.
Here and there we find one who moves the
world, but they are few and far between.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-03-07
Split Milk.

1t is Byron, the dramatist, who to the
adage that there's no use crying over split
MILK appropriately adds the reflection
that it only adds to the water in it. This is
too sadly true. Most of us have good
many dark days to look back upon. Cur
lives contain intervals OF blight and mill
dew-opportunities blasted, money thrown
away, talents squandered, and true friends
neglected and false ones cherished. The
pity of it all is that by the time we discern
these things we are generally reduced to a
condition that borders upon despair. Be
cause retrospect shows us that much of
our time has been wasted we jump to the
conclusion that all of it must come under
that condemnation. Sad indeed would it
be were this nnquestiOnably 50. And it
may safely be claimed, without justly incur
ring the charge of bathos, that in the mis-
takes, the imprudence, the crimes, if you
will, that men commit, and all these evil
deeds which bite into the soul with suffe.ar
ing's angry acid, men are capable of ac-
quiring that wisdom which prepares them
for better life. The very remorse that is
generated by an evil act may become q
mans good angel to shield him from flu
ture crime. In this case regrets are to be
welcomed. They are the black-robed but
beautiful guardians Of a perverted na-
tire that re-seeks the light.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-03-07
Scotch Proverbs.

Ye're master o. yer ain words; but,
ance spoken, yer words may master you.
God never sens mouths, but He sens
meat tor them.
He that teaches himsel has a fille for a
master.
Raise mai mair deils than ye're able to
lay.
Naeth'ng should be done in hurry but
catchin' fleas.
Sharp stOniachs max short graces.
There was ne'er eneuch whar naething
was left.
Bend the back to the burden.
Be a frien' to yourself and sac will
ithers.
Better be alane than in i'll company,
Do the likeliest, an God will do the
best.
Every man kens best whar his ain shoe
binds him.
Fear God an keep out o. debt.
Fules make feasts, and wise men eat
them.
An wise men max proverbs, and fools
repeat theil.
Fair words ne'er brak' hane, foul words
may.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-03-07
The Art Of ThrOwing.

Some one wisely undertakes to tell how
it comes that girl cannot throw stone
straighl in this wise:
1t was one of the first and most knotty
physiological problems which presented
itself to our youthful mind-why our big
sister, when she tried to throw Il SNOWFALL
at us, almost invariably sent it careening
over the top of the house, while we, in
turn, could pop her in the ear every time.
Now, the point of difference between Il
girls throwing and boys we found to be
substantially this; The boy crooked his el-
bow and reached back with the upper part
of his arm at about right angles with the
body, and the forearm at an angle of forty
five degrees; the direct act of throwing
was accomplished by bringing the arm
back with sort OF snap, like the tail of a
snake or whip lash, working every joint
from shoulder to wrist, and sometimes
making your elbow sing as though you
had got whack on the crazy bone. The
girl threw with her whole arm rigid; the
boy with his whole arm relaxed.
Why this marked and unmistakable diff
ference existed we never learned until, at a
somewhat advanced period, we dove into
a book Of physiology, and learned that the
clavicie, or collar bone, in the anatomy of
female, is some inches longer and Set
some degrees lower down that in the mas
culine frame. This long. crooked, awk-
ward bone interferes with the full and free
action OF the shoulder, and that's the rea-
son why girl can't throw stone.
The design Of this sort of thing is still
unexplained to our entire satisfaction. We
have developed pet theory of our
own, however,, that an all-wise and benef.
icent Providence, foreseeing that there
would be rolling-pins and stove-hooks and
pOt-lids and hot water in the world, set
the woman's clavicle down hitch or two
for the safety of the men.
It's lucky for all Of us that women can't
throw stones.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-03-07

There Is no other way by which friend
ship is so completely broken, or so thor
oughly and completely crushed out of ex-
istence, as by coldness of manner; hard
words are no competitors at all, for they
are so often satisfactorily explained. 1t is
frequently said that like begets like, }" and
we believe it is often SO. five meet with
acquaintances who grasp our hand cordial
ly, and give 10 generous and hearty shake,
and their cOuntenance lights up with a
cheerful smile as they utter pleasant and
welcome salutation, if we are feeling dull
and moody, We lle, or at least should be,
ashamed of that feeling, and instantly put
forth our energies to disguise and Danish
t. Ii, on the contrary, We meet with one
who repels our every attempt to be cordial
by studied GOODNESS Of manner, we very
soon become impervious to any genial
feeling for him, and larger stock Of pride
springs to our aid than we ever dreamed
our hearts possessed, and a CULTS then and
there formed, over which . passable bridge
can never be effected. fs
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-03-07
The Honest Galley y.hlave.

An old man died near Paris the other
day who was known IS ''the honest galley
slave" When he was twenty-six years Of
age, he fell in love with a young girl, and,
as her father refused his consent to their
marriage, they eloped. The lovers were
pursued and arrested on the complaint Of
the infiexible father. The young man was
tried for having abducted his beloved, she
being not yet fage, and was condemned
to ten years in the galleys. The daughter
was confined to seml.c0aventual institu-
ton. Ten years passed, and on his dis
charge our hero found the oause OIL his dis
grace still faithful to him. They were mar
rietl and came to America. After some
time they returned to France. and settled
down In their native land. He made sucl,
worthy use of the fortune he had honor.
ably won in this country, that he was al
ways called the friend Of the unfortunate,
Three thousand persons followed his re,
mains 10 the grave,
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-03-07
Wit and Hzlz,lOz.,

I =
! Silence is not always golden. The
/. oyster is continually getting into broils ;.,,u
stews.
: In courting. young men usually put
. their moustache where it will do the most
good.
, The physicians say that promiscuous
kissing spreads disease. Heart troubles
. especially.
Is it not fortunate that fhe filrnace-fire
always burns brighter when it is coaled?
There are some things harder to keep
than diary even-a three-tollar pocket
knife, for instance.
1t is absurd to suppose that a man can
speak above his breath, since his mouth is
below his nose.
a gentleman said. when a pretty girl
trod on his toes, that he had received the
stamp of beauty.
On the theory Of the survival of the fittest,
the tailor and the dressmaker c.ght ere
long to possess the earth.
The sermon moved dozen men:
| Their briny tears flowed thick and fast;
They bowed their heads and closed their
eyes.
Until the money-box had passed.
Eggs are eight cents this MORN
ing" said country storekeeper to a testy
old rural gentleman. ''Wcll, what of it z"
the old man snarled. "!'ggs have been ate
sence ever can remember"
The color of a girls hair is regulated by
the size of her fathers pocket-book. If the
latter be plethoric, the girls tresses are
golden or auburn. Ii the old mans wallet
is lean, we hear the daughter spoken of as
only ''that red-hcaded gall You never
saw rich girl with red hair.
Talk about female curiosity-it's all one
sided. Let one man stop on the street to
spell out Il sign on the top Of high build
ing, and every other mothers son that
goes by will stand still and stare for ten
minutes, trying to make out what the first
idiot is looking at.
Even newspaper man finds it hard
sometimes to believe everything he sees in
print. At any rate that's the way it affect
ed lis the other day when nine-year-old
boy appealed to our generosity by laying
before lis card setting forth in unsinrink.
ing double plea that he was poor widow
and the mother OF five children. There's
no fancy In this-pure undiluted TRUTH
Cincinnati Breakfast Table.
When Mark Twain lectured recently at q
town in Massachusetts, it was arranged
that 4. B. Aldrich, the poet, should intro
duce him. When Mr.. Aldrich was about
to step forward to perform his duty. Mark
checked him. Then, advancing slowly to
the edge of the platform, while the amazed
poet resumed his chair, the humorist re-
marked: ladies and gentlemen, my
friend, Mr.. Aldlich, was going to tel; you
who l was, bat l would rather not-he
knows me too well.''
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-03-07
The Chances At Faro.

Having read the recent tragic death of
st. Louis gambler. in last Sundays San,
have thought it advisable to give the publi
an idea of the gamblers chances. Iti
safe to venture the assertion that if a per
son could be thoroughly convinced Their
was no chance whatever of his winning
penny, but that he would, to an absolut,
certainty, lose every dollar he might haz
ard at the game of faro, he would foreve
abandon habit SO demoralizing in its re
| suits. There is no reason whatever why :
mind capable Of reasoning should not ar
rive ut the conclusion that, although one
may enjoy temporary luck at intervals, his
ultimate defeat is rs sure as that his moral
nature suffers depletion with the turn OF
every card.
Probably the best proof Of this advan-
tage on the part Of the bank was offered
by an experiment made by eleven we'll
known gamblers in this city. Determined
to test the chances of the game, they es-
tablished bank with capital of $4,000,
placing it in charge ofone of their numl e.,
while the remaining ten played against it
for the term of one year, each with stake
Of $1,000. At the end of the time specified
it was found that not one of the ten players
had a dollar of his original stake, but that
the bank had absobed their entire capital.
Old gamblers declare that any man will
beat himself at guessing in the long-run.
and upon the truth Of that axiom the GAM
blers who run these dens of theft thrive at
the expense Of the infatuated men who re-
fuse to accept it until ruin stares them in
the face. Those who have given the sub
ject much attention declare that no more
than four gamblers in this country ever
amassed a competence by gambling, unless
they owned and conducted the games
themselves.
1t is in small communities that gambling
hells occasion their greatest amount OF
misery. for they depend for custom not
upon the army Of professional sports, but
their supporters are furnished from the
artisan population and younger mercantile
communicative very ones who can least
afford to lose the tribute money that the
tiger daily extorts from his vOtarics. 1t
would he ridiculous were it not nlournful,
this blind mania for play ard belief in
treacherous chances. Your novice. and
veteran as well, will play the game on Mon
day and lose twenty-five dollars, repeat the
dose on Tuesday to the tune of thirty dol
lars. Wednesday ditto of twenty dollars,
and II he makes winning of fifty dollars
on Thursday he will go home perfectly
confident of his ability to beat
faro, never pausing to reflect that sum-
mary OF his four days. work shows him
dollars out of pocket to only
fifty dollars received.-Cor. N. J.. San.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-03-07
Odds and Ends.

In some parts of the country they are
trying prayer as a remedy for hard times.
The way Oregonians great each other
nowadays: ''llow are you, stick in the
mud?"
In France condemned criminals never
know the time fixed for their execution
until the moment arrives.
No trade dollars have been made at tho
Philadelphia mint this year. Several mil
lions were coined in 1877, but their coinage
was suspended in December.
Horace Greeley once defined good
newspaper rs follows: ut is outspoken
and honest-not just what you wish, but
yet paper you cannot do well without"
The name of New Hampshire school
teacher is May l. Cough. 1t is much more
common to hear school teachers addressed
as MAY Gwout?"- Worcester, Press.
The publisher of paper in Illinois
prints III each issue a chapter of the Bible,
and, upon being ridiculed for it by his con-
temporaries. remarks editOrially: ave
publish nothing but what is news to our
readers"
The most fashionable matches among
French ladies and gentlemen ut present are
drinking bouts. During a recent match
held at Auzon, the tipple affected being
coffee, the first prize was awarded to
lady--thirty- cups; the second to gen.
tleman-thirty cups; the third to lady
twenty-seven cups. Had old Weller been
present he wonld undoubtedly have sworn
he saw them wisibly swellin'.
4 wonderful operation was recently per-
formed by Glasgow surgeon on tire
throat of cloth weaver, who had a ma
lignant tumor in his larynx, which impeded
respiration. 1t has twice been removed,
but has rs often recurred, and. seeing the
mans death was certain unless heroic
measures were adopted, tine surgeon re-
moved the larynx entire. An artificial lar-
ynx was then introduced, and the man
can now speak as well as ever. He can
also introduce into his new organ reeds Of
various materials, which give his voice new
and surprising tones at will.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-03-07

(From recent Lecture in New York

From recent Lecture In New York
A great deal of talk has been indulged in
as to the manner of Paine's death. 1 don't
think it is half the responsibility to die that
tits to live. When you come to die you
can't do anything except die. You can't
help friend except to remember him in
your will. Paine died saying, IL have
nothing to take back Although the
emissaries of orthodoxy surrounded him,
and tried to wiring from his lips the con-
fession that he had recanted, he was true
to his soul. have the witnesses to prove
this, and have made up my mind to do it..
Men must stop plying about Thomas Paine,
or at the bar Of public justice Twill convict
them as common liars. [Applause.] will
pay 81, 900 in gold if it is proved that he
recanted; another $1,000 if he is proved a
defaulter; still another for evidence that
his wife was divorced from him for cruelty.
In all that his maligners have uttered, they
have not said a word that detracts from
the courage, the honor, the manhood of
Thomas Paine.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-03-07
Occupation.

What glorious thing it is for the human
heart. Those who work hard seldom
yield to fancied or real sorrow. When
grief sits down, folds its hands. and mourn
fully feeds upon its own tears, weaving the
dim shadows that little exertion might
sweep away, into funeral pail, the strong
spirit is shorn of its might, and sorrow be-
comes our master. When troubles flow
upon you dark and heavy, toll not with the
waves, and wrestle not with the torrent !;
rather seek by occupation to divert the
dark waters that threaten to Overwhelm
you with thousand channels which the
duties of life always present.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-03-07
~~ ~@
A Hint.

We have made discovery; a veritable
discovery! For the benefit of those who
are in the habit of tearing their nails to
pieces in buttoning stiffly starched linen,
such, for instance, as cuffs or wristbands,
we will impart knowledge of this import
ant discovery. 1t is briefly this: Dip the
finger to the first joint in water, and then
apply it to the wrong side of the wristband
or cuff, directly over the buttonhole. This
simple expedient will sufficiently moisten
it to enable the button or the stud to be
adjusted without any severe strain upon
the finger nails, and without getting out OF
patience. Try it.-Dr. Foote's Health
Monthly.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-03-07
Married POlfteuess.
"Will your asked a pleasant voice.

"Will you?" asked pleasant voice.
And the husband ansv cred, "Yes m,
dear with pleasure
1t was quietly but heartily said, the
tone the manner, the look, were perfectly
natural and very affectionate. IL beg youl
PARDON" comes as readily to his lips
when by any little awkwardness he ha,
disconnected her, as it would be in the
presence OF the most fashionable sticklel
for etiquette. This is because he is most
thorough gentleman, who thinks his wife
in all things entitled to precedence. He
loves her best-why should he hesitate to
show it, not in sickly, maudlin attentions,
but in preferring her pleasure and honor
ing her in public as well as private. He
knows her worth, why should he hesitate
to attest it? ''And her husband he prais-
ed her, saith holy writ; not by fulsome
adulation, not by pushing her charms into
notice, but by speaking as opportunity oc-
ours in manly way, of her virtues.
Though words seem little things, srd
slight attentions almost valueless, vet te-
F~'A NPoAA - Sa'Sy NCCp IiIC AalIIC UT sul,
especially as they are natural. The chill
dren grow up in better moral atmos-
phere, and learn to respect their parents as
they see them respecting each other. Many
a boy takes advantage of mother he
loves, because he sees often the rudeness
of his father. Insensibly he gathers to his
bosom the same habits and the thoughts
and feelings they engender, and in his turn
becomes the petty tyrant. Only his moth
should he thank her! father nev-
er does. Thus the home becomes the sea,
OF disorder and unhappiness. Only for
strangers are kind words expressed, and
hypocrites go out from the hearth-stone
fully prepared to render justice, benevo-
lence and politeness to any one and every
one but those who have the justest claims.
All give us the kind glance, the happy
smiling wife and courte-
Gus children of the friend who said so
pleasantly: Eyes, my dear, with pleas
ure.''
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-03-07

"God helps the man that helps hlmself.
but God help the man caught helping him
self here, Il = notice posted behind the
counter Of dlversmith's in Boston. A
'louble-paE1eled gun hangs near the notice.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-03-07

At the singing school the other night, a
young man was Dragging about the
strength Of his lungs, and invited girl in
the company to hit him. in the breast. She
said she was left-handed; had been wash
ing that day and was tired and did not feel
very active, but at his urgent request she
let 90 at him. When his friends went to
pick him up he said he thought he would
die easier lying down. He had lost all
recollection of having any lungs, but the
young woman cOnsoled him by admitting
that she didn't hit him as hard as she
might have done, because she rather liked
llim.-Siour Fails PantaerapA.
The longer live, the more certain am
that the great difference between men, be-
tween the feeble and the powerful, the
great and the insignificant, is energy-in.
vincible determinations purpose ono.
fixed, and then death or victory! That
quality will do anything that can be done
in this world; and no talents, no circum-
stances, $50 opportunities, will make two.
legged creature maa without it.-Dks.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-03-07
PlERlCAN AND FOREIGN PATENTS,

assm.r = ~ 4 CO, Successors to Chipmsn, ,
suls..a sanatries. ,aes. No Fees In advance. No chsrre
Ias pr.lir e Pstent is granted. No Fees for max
Ysse for ea.Ary examinations. No Additional 1
Hys r.cer. evv.'ssining sng and conducting rehesriDg
se,ed annlc.sion uscsion of the Commissioner all re-
Patent osssn ossissn to Infringement cases hsSpre The
riugsnen, g., extensions before Congress. In
auSns sns suits In different States, and ali lid
Land crps. cs"aining to Inventions or Patents.
eIre g . business ~ promptly attended to. NJ. ds.
F. ssrna - =: success by deserving it' Sand stam
GILMORE 4 co..
va street Washipgton. u. C..
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In Portugal royal eliet iorbids widows
above my to get married.