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Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-30

Most geniuses and men of great talent
have been known for some peculiar habit
or striking idosyncrasy. Napoleon would
tremblc with fear at the sight of a cat 4:
Gen. Elliott. of Gibraltar tame, was always
accompanied by number of them. John
son liked to imbibe floods Of tea or wine.
and yet ''be none the worse for it." POr-
son drank everything that came in his
way. Visiting once friends house,
when evening came they desired to feed
the lamp, but the bottle was empty; POrson
had drunk the spirits on the sly, not know
ing it was intended for the lamp. Doug
las Jerrold could not bear the smell of ap-
pies. Cavendish hated wOmcf1. If he
met one of his own female servants by ac-
cldent in any part Of the house, she was
Instantly dismissed. Garrick was vain al
most to the degree of insanity. Rousseau
was vain, and could not write except when
dressed as a fop. Bulwer tttton, it is
SAID, could write best when dressed in q
court suit. Marlborough was a miser
inended his own stockings to save paying
Tor it, and would walk home ever 50 late
!" night rather than pay for chair. Ma
poieon did his thinking" and formed his
pans for conquest while parihg in gar
ueh' Struggling his shoulders now and
.,ieh as if to help and compress his
thoughts. When Theirs was engaged in
,''s iong oratorical displays, he always had
slue rha nm supply Of rum and coffee.
snn ame S eoiiee he got direct from Mecca. Glib
md nic,aled n walking in his room. like Scott
kneas many OILERS. MOliere wrote with his
,, ninees near the fire. and Bacon liked to
1h.ady hay in a small room. which. no said
""e,ped him to condense his fbnnghts
tw" we Stephenson used to lie in bed for
OUT his plans. ' ''er 20 tnlnk
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-30
The Light of Science On Bible History.

The agitation of the question whcther
the sun stands or moves, discussed by
colcred preacher by the name of Jasper, is
suggestive of the question whether or no
the school Of modern theology has mad
any progress in the past few centuries, ar
if so, what does its progress consist of:
Mr.. Jasper very stubbornly insists that tn,
Bible SAYS that the sun rises and sets
From This he concludes that the sun there
fore moves. For" says he, 1.-The Bible !;
book of Divine revelations; hence
have no right to doubt any Of It's STATE
ments." This reverend expounder Of tla
gospel goes further, and forlifies his CO,
clusions by showing that it is impossib'
to attribute to this saying a figurative in
depreciation. for in another passage the
Bible states that Joshua performed mir
aclc. This miracle was no less perform
ance than The instantaneous stoppage o.
the sun. Now Mr.. Jasper very correctly
infers that if the sun did not revolve
around the earth there would have beer
n y miracle iii Joshua's performance. j
, this inference lie certainly exhibits gooC
logic. Yet in the face Of these facts 4
unmistakable developed truths Of astron
omy have long since been accepted by lea,
ing theologists, and this then leads to H.,
conviction that as between revealed truth
made personally visible to the senses @
reason and revelations made dependent f..
credulity upon faith, modern theology II
chosen the foriner-for otherwise Mr.. j.,
per's enunciation could not consistently
ridicuied in the face of the ttrimistakeablt
evidences of scriptural revelations in favoy
of his theory. Calico, less than two hun
dred and fifty years ago, when the churcl-
ruled the State, was prosecuted for at
tempting to teach the doctrine now recoe
nized by the learned professors of existing
religious creeds, and the records show that
he was compelled to renounce his belle!
and pronounce adherence to the faith in
which the colored preacher, Jasper. e.
presses belief and toI which ha Is univer
ally ridiculcd. This change Of positio
by the theological r,Iisss.m leads to
inference that while the iaws OF the So
lures are ntained and held by thcu
DO niyi:e. Tho variations are no lon
looked on as infah.blee In other We
the inference Is that the scriptural hi
ical review is now looked upon as No,
and the laws Divine. Upon no other b.
can this revolution of theological opin
be accounted tor.-O'naAc Bee.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-30
An Initiated Tramp.

We have before maintained that tn,
tramps securing about the country are :
regularly organized fraternity, having ;
general understanding with one another
and having a ritual of questions and ans
wers. Their uniform appearance, theil
periodical visits to the same places, theil
regular calls at the same house where they
have procured tood, all points to this
Sheriff Walls. of this city, has found curl
Gus emblems about them. has studied theil
character and listened to their conyersa.
ton, until he can tell regularly initiated
tramp from an impostor. The following
amusing dialogue took place between the
sheriff and one ola squad of tramps recent.
ly committed to Jail:
''From whence came yOu:"
From town in New York called Jer,,-
salem."
"What's your business here?''
"To learn to stsbdue my appetite, and to
sponge my living from an indulgent pub
lic.''
''Then you are regular tramp, pre-
sume."
IL am so taken, and accepted, wherever
60"
s'How am l to recognize you as a
tramp?''
by the largeness of my feet, and sener-
al carniverOus appearance"
''How do you know yourself to be a
tramp?''
s'In seeking food, by being often denied,
but ready to try again.
''How gained you admittance into this
town.
by a good many long tramps.'
'.JIow were you received?"
ton the end of "a night policeman's billy,
presented to my head
''How did the policeman dispose of
your
''IIe took me several times afti'nd the
town to the south, east. and west, where
we found the city marshal, police judge
and the jailer, where a great many ques-
tions were asked.''
"What advice did the judge give you?"
s'lIe advised me to walk in upright, reg
ular steps, and to denounce tramping."
'.Will you be off or from?'
'With your permission, I'll be off very
quick"
(Which way are you traveling?''
EAST
''My friend, you are now at an institu-
ton where the wicked are always trouble
some and the weary are as bad as the rest.
You will now be conducted to the middle
chamber by flight of winding stairs, con-
sistirg of five or more steps. Instead of
corn, vile and oil, the wages of the en-
clients, yours will be bread and water for
five days. When your company escape
from this, divide yourselves into parties of
three each. take bee-)ine tor Portland or
Bangor. where in the winter they usually
run free soup houses, and you may be par
doncd on condition OF your never return
ing" Pointing to Edmunds, the turnkey.)
''Follow your conductor, and fear no dam
ger-if you behave YOURSELF - Boston
Post.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-30

story is told Of happy wife who.
when she was asked how she managed her
husband SO successfully, replied with a
roguish smile, my dear, feed him WE'LL -
There is great deal in that. Those wives
who are entirely dependent upon hired
cooks make a sorry show at housekeep-
Ing. The stomach performs very i'm
portant part in the economy of humanity.
and those who are forgctfnl Of this fact
commit q serious mistake. Even the lion
may be tanned by keeping him well fed.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-30
How to Tell q Good Egg.

This is the season of the year when it is
important to know how to tell good egg.
A paragraphist says the snrest way is TO
place it in one hand and smash it with the
other. Ifan odor arises that leads you to
believe that bone boiling establishment
ard Limburger cheese factory have tele-
scoped the egg is not good, and you want
to throw it away and wash your hands.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-30
P0et1'y.
1.-The AEer."
EY A POET.

Once upon IN evening bleary,
While sal ME, dreamy, weary,
In the sunshine, thinking DER
Things that passed in days of yore;
While nodded, nearly sleeping,
Suddenly there came 4 creeping
Up my back like water scening,
Secping upward from the floor,
'Tis cooling breeze, muttered,
''from the region meath the floor
Only this, and nothing more -
All! distinctly remember,
II was in that sweet September
When the earth, and every member
Ofcreation that it bore,
Had for weeks and weeks been soaking
tn the meanest, most provoking
FoSgy rains that, without joking,
We had ever seen before,
So knew ii must be very
Cold and damp beneath the floor
Very cold beneath the floor.
30 sat me. nearly mapping,
In the sunshine, stretching, gaping,
And feeling quite delighted
With the breeze from meath the floor;
Till found me growing colder,
And the stretching waking bolder,
And myself a feeling older
Older than ia felt before;
Feeling that my joints were sitter
Than they were in days of yore-
SITTER than they'd been before
All along my back the creeping
Soon gave place 10 rushing, leaping,
AS II countless frozen demons
Had concluded to explore
All the cuiiclc-.he varmints-
'TwiXtLne and my neither garments,
Up into my hair, and downward
Through my boots into the floor;
Then felt myself shaking,
Gently shaking more and more
Every moment more and more.
Twas the Ager, and il shook me
Into heavy clothes, and took me
Shaking TO the kitchcn-erery
Place where there was warmth in store
Shaking till the china ratified,
Shaking till my molars ratified,
shaking, and with all my warming,
Feeling colder than before,
Shaking till il had exhausted
All its powers to shake me more
Till it could not shake me more.
Then II rested ill the morrow
When it came with all the horror
That 1t had the face to borrow,
Shaking, siakinc rs before.
And from that day in September
Day which ! shall long fsmsmber-
1t has made diurnal visits,
Shaking, shaking, oh, SO sore!
Shaking OF my boots, and shaking
Ne 70 bed, if nothing more
Fully this, if nothing more.
And to-day the swallows fitting
Round my cottage see mo sitting
Moody, with the sunshine
Just inside my cottage door,
Waiting for The Agef, seeming
Like man forever dreaming,
And the sunlight on me streaming
Sheds no shadow on the floor;
For am too thin and sallow
To make shadows on the floor
Nary shadow any more.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-30
Whole n o., $40.
Mans Better Hnzf.

California refuses to permit women to
practice law
An Industrious bread winner is the best
Kind OF 4 man for Il young lady to ''gu
for.''
When they say that man is homespun
they often mean that his wife spins hini
around home.
This is a world of secondhand goods.
Every pretty girl has been some other fel-
low sweetheart.
Marriage: Pooh! Don't men shrn-tl I"
exclaimed the maiden aunt. "Irdped they
don't. replied her lovely nece.
/ 1t Is authoritati, announced that il is
pr"rer to refer to the phonograph rs II
'she'-betaiisU it repeats everything it
hears.
It's now that the careful housewife,
Holds an egg to her ear.
! And offers to bet the servant Girl
That-'there a chicken in here:''
| Ladies must not read this:
| !! prol o. U,Mop 9plsdu Joded
s!'Il uIm II!N AIol!uoL s!uu ii! iprt !EisA5
lctl! l0q o. JrIlor IoAl!s M9u 100 0A.oN
A Minnesota girl has been serving on d
railroad rs 4 brakeman in male attire She
gave civil answer to the questions ola
passenger. when her sex was at once s,,s-
pected.
The latest novelty is a bracelet that fits
any arm, and wien passed over the hand
instantly adjusts itself to the wrist.
II a man beats his wife in Kentucky here
after he can be made to work on the streets
tor sixty days. and the usual wages for
such labor paid to his Wife,
What is flr? \ young lady of more
beauty than sense: more accomplishments
than learning: more charms of person
than grace of mind; more admirers than
friends: more fools than wise men for at
tendants.
Laura with nover- r-s'Oh. if this tale
were only true, and were the heroine.''
Kate-"What with all her prosecutions.
her miscry:" Laura-''Ah. but then. dear.
remember she does get husband after
all"
''Mss. will you take my arm:'' "Yes,
sir; and you, too" Cant spare bat the
arm, miss replied the bachelor. Then
she said: II can't take it, rs my motto is.
go whole hog or nothing"
A man must have his pants all one color,
but woman can sew Il yard of red flannel
around the bottom Of an old calico dress
and have an elegant underskirt.-Detroit
Free Press.
Don't you think" said Il husband in
mild form Of rebuke to his wife, ''tliat
women arc sometimes possessed of the
devil:" Yes was the answer, ''aS soon
as they are married.
\ Texail lirt,te after the conclusion Of
the marriage ceremony. gracefully stepped
forward and requested the clergyman to
give out the hymn
This is the way long have scught;
And mourned because found it not:
\ Vicksbrrg wife informed htr husband
the other morning that she was working
herself into the grave for the want of y
girl, and as he went out, she leaned back
making a noise in the hall as he passed
out. and he called out: "You want to step
this racket! Your mother won't live {.
week. and when you get stepmother here
next spring. she won't put up with such
fooling!' When he came home to dinner,
his wife met him with a smile, and said:
isn't ours 4 cosy little home, Richard.
with only our little family to look after?''
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-30

OLe thousand polygancus marriages
took place in Utah in 1877.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-30
SCCl,
More Beer,

cigars,
Beer, Beer, Beer, Beef, Beer,
Beer, Beer, Beer, Beer,
Beer, Beer, Beer,
Beer, Beer,
Beer.
A little fellow being told by a young
man to get off his knee, that he was too
heavy to hold in that way, made quite a
sensation among the persons present by
yelling back-''Too heavy, hey? Sister Sal
weighs hundred pounds more than |, and
you held her on your knee for four hours
last night"
OF all the love affairs in the world, moth
ing can surpass the true love of the big
boy for his mother.-Gatua Journal. Yes:
but let little chit with a pretty face come
into the neighborhoOd, and see how long
that sstrue love" wifi hold him. The more
idiotic the young female, the more eager
will be that big boy to get away from his
mother.
An exchange has an article telling show
matches are made" We supposed every
body knew it was by taking young man
and young woman, equal parts, and let
them sit up together about six months.
telling them few times in the interval
that they should never have each other.
Still there may be other ways that we have
not hear1 of.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1878-03-13

of Msmre lies northwest of Hefron and is
much in the shape Of wedge with the small
part next the town. 1t ia a narrow valley
between three high rocky hills. Early next
morning we rode up through the plain OF
Mamre, to venerable old oak which stands
at the head Of the plain. The length of the
valley, for that s the more appropriate name,
is about mile and half, and not more than
quarter of a mile wide at the b. oadest part
The Russian convent built here rt Gently, now
owns the most of it, and it is we'll planted in
vines. This grand old oak is the sole sur.
Vivor of his generation IN southern Palestine
Here it is said Abraham's tent was pitched,
and | think the tradition is most likely true
From the top of the high hill just back OF
CHS old oak, there ia fine view east and
west. Abraham could see the locality OF
Sodom and the smoke rising from the burn
.ng ruin, and locking westward he could see
ali the land of Palistia 10 the coast of the
sea, aud the borders of the desert on the
'ourh. stood on top of that bill long
while sdmiring the N gnifcent view. l have
40 doubt Abraham often stood there, and
very likely hai bis altar of sacrifice there
aud worsbipped tfere. Late that evening
We reached Jerusalem, and directed our
iragoman to have everything in readiness to
tart on our ncrthward trip through Bethel,
Shechem and Samaria, to Nazareth and Gal
ilee. Yours truly, j. ii. BRYsoN.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1878-03-13
Interesting Lectures.

The Associate Reformed Presbyterian of Due
West S. Carolina, says:
REV. j. II. Bryson, with whom many of our
readers are acquainted, was delegate to the Pres
byterian Council last summer. When that Coun-
oil had closed its work he extended his travels to
the East as far as Cairo in Egypt, being absent
about eight months. He returned few weeks
ago to his native aud. Last Saturday he reached
Due West, rom Tennessee, his mother accompa-
nying him. ~ brUwas, of course, general desire
to hear an account of his travels especially IN Pal-
estine and Egypt and he cheerfully consented to
deliver two or three lectures on these countries.
Sabbath morning he gave discourse on the
Church as connected with the land OF Palestine.
Sabbath night the lecture was about what he saw
in the same country SO full OF Bible scenes and
stories, and it is but simple truth to say that 1t
was full of interest and instruction from the be.
ginning to the end, and it was two hours long.
Tuesday night the lecture was continuation OF
the same subject, giving an account OF his travels
in northern Palestine. Wednesday night he is to
lecture before the Missionary Society on Egypt
and the mission work there
Mr.. Bryson has long had desire to visit these
Bible lands, and he has evidently made good use
of the time while he was there. He is close OBJ
server, and hence his descriptions are vivid and
life-like. He enjoyed what he saw, and he readily
enists the sympsthies of every one that hears his
story His lectures are highly entertaining and
instructive. Our community are under lasting OBJ
legations to him for the renewed interest he has
awakened in the study of the Bible
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1878-03-13
CENTRAL RESBYTERI IAN

not wish to be understood as holding that minis
ters, young or old, are paid too much and for one
would be glad to see the standard higher If the
means 'oere offered What we wish to emphasize
is the fact that young. doctors and lawyers do hUe
upon less than the minimum which our Committee
has tried to establish; aye, and that many, per.
haps the majority of our most useful ministers do
the same.
Now if on this salary small at first, but to be
raised as the field is developed, some of our zeal
GUS and we'll furnished young men would enter
such fields as lie all around many of our churches,
and labor there with faith and prayer, would they
not help largely to overtake these destitutions and
at the same time reap great advantages for them
seves2 If in addition to this oul Presbyteries
would send out two and two its older ministers
to hold protracted meetings in these waste places,
and so to aid and encourage these younger breth-
rem, would it not be gain to them and to the
Church? To something of this kind are we not in
great measure indebted under God for what Pres
byterianism has already achieved in this land p
Thus to-day we enjoy the fruits of the wisdom,
zeal, and sef-denying labors of our fathers. Let
US return to their methods, and initiate their ex-
ample.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1878-03-13
Presbyterianism in 1877.
The Canada Presbyterian Record says

The Canada Presbyterian RecOrd says:
"Presbyterianism attained a degree of visib-
ity during the past year never reached by 1t since
the days of the Reformation. The General Council
which met in the Scottish metropolis, brought to-
gether representative men from the four quarters
of the globe. Whatever practical results may fol-
low from that notable gathering, it certainly served
to exhibit degree OF harmony in sentiment and
feeling, and unity in doctrine and discipline
among the different branches of the Church, which
even to themselves was surprising. There can be
little doubt that the meeting in Edinburgh was but
the first of series OF Presbyterian Councils des-
tined to be Increasingly useful aud Influential That
vas striking and valuable testimony uttered few
months ago by Bismarck, when he declared that
Presbyterianism is essential to the progress and
prosperity if not to the exlstance OF Professionalism.
Mr.. Gladstone has also spoken in appreciative
terms of the system, which in reality is the most
formidable rival Of that High Churchsm to
which he clings. Still more recently the London
Times has warned the archbishops and bishops of
he English Church, that they expected to lib
eralze the Church in the direction of Presbyte-
rianism. But the most practical step In the re-
coguition OF the claims Of Presbyterisnism during
the year, was taken by the British Wesleyan Con-
ference. After much elaboration, the Wesleyan
Church has virtually adopted the Presbyterian sys
tenn of church organization and rule. The Free
Church Record expresses the hope that the Wes-
eysn Methodlsts will be represented in the next
Presbyterian Council"
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geIigians gateIligeues.
FROM THE SOUTHERN STATES.

Upton County, Tenn.-Dear Brethren-It is al
ways encouraging to hear of our beloved Church
frightening her cords and strengthening her
stakes. Within the last two weeks we have or
ganzed two churches in Upton. Tenn. 0ne in
connection with, and as an off,hoot of the church
at Covipgton the fruit of the abors of sainted
brother, Rev. D. H. Cummins together with those
of his beloved successor, Rev. S. d. Boggs. The
other in connection with the church at Atoka.-
Both these young churches begin with encouraging
prospects !; and as vines Of Gods own planting We
have reason to anticipate good results from the
blessing of Gods Spirit in the use of his ordinances
among these people.
These give us ten Presbyterian churches in the
county, making Upton the banner Presbyterian
county in the State, excepting the city of Mem
phis 1t is true, three of the ten, are coored, but
all are under the care of Memphis Presbytery. In
addition to the churches named, we have two AS.
soCiate Reformed Presbyterian churches, one of
these, the largest in connection with the Associate
Reformed Synod. We are thus one county in the
West where Presbyterian influence predominates..
"A. NJ. W., IN Christian Observer.
Stanton, VAIN the First Presbyterian church
on the Sd inst, Communion was held, and seven
persons added to the church-two by profession of
faith, and five by certificate.