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Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-03-07
CURES DISEASES Of
THROAT, LUNGS, LIVER & BLOOD

In the wonderful! medicine to which the anlict.
ca are above directed for relief the tliscoycrcr
nclicvcs he has combined in harn,onv more of
Natures sovereign curative properties. which
SOD has instillcd into the vegetable kinr,lom
Tor healing the sick, than were ever before COM
Dlncd IN ono medicine. The evidence of this fact
Is iound IN the great variety Of most obstinate
diseases which 1t has been found TO conquer. In
inc cure OF Bronchitis, Severe Coughs.
ana Inc early stages Of COIlsu m pti n. e has
astonished tho medical faculty, and eminent
physicians pronounce it the greatest mc,licnl
discovery OF the age. While it cures the sever.
est Coughs. It strengthens the system and nuri.
1ics tho blood. by its great and thorough
Diood-purifying plOlertcs, it cures all Hin.
mOrss from the worst ScrOfula to common
1IOtch, Pimplc. or Eruption. Mcrcuriai
disease, Mineral pOisOns, anil their effects ara
erndicatcd, and vigorous health, and n scnni
constitution establish 1. Erysipelas. SaIf.
rneum, Fever Sores, Scaly or ROu9k
IN Short all tho numerous discusses Caused
by bad blood, are conquered by this powerful.
purifying, and invigorating medicine.
II you feel dull, drowsv, dcbiliac.l. have SAL
low color Of skin. or ycllowish brown spots on .
iacc or body, frequent headache or dizziness.
bad taste in mouth. internal Ec.: or ellis aifer
mated with hot flushes, low spirits and gloomy
iore0odings. irregular appetite and tongue
coated You arc suffering from Torpid Liver.
Or "BtltOusncss.S In many cases ~
oliver Complaints only part of ihcsS
symptoms are experienced. As remedy for
an such cases, DIR. Icrcc's Golden Mcticni' Dis.
covcry has no equal, rs it effects perfect cures
leaving the liver strengthened and healthy.
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The Fair Sex.

Basques and polonaises are equally
fashionable
Braided letters and futed rufies are
used on palmer sets.
Lace mitts are as fashionable this
winter as white kid gloves for evening
teilettes.
\ felt bonnet with q coronet of shaded
gray feathers will complete the toilette.
Dark tinted smoked-pearl buttons are
more used than any ether kind for wool
dresses.
Get sheet muslin for petticosts, as it
retains starch better than that more
closely woven.
Brecaded silk is very stylish, and viii
look well made up in conjunction with
plain black silk.
The lew-brimmed toques that come
down on the forehead are worn by ladies
who have long faces. The trimming
may be fringe or lace, but if economy is
necessary, simple piping is sufficient.
White or colored mitts are preferred to
black, though the latter are much used
in very fine qualities.
A band of galloon, knife-pleating of
silk or else fringe will trim your green
cashmere overskirt nicely. Have a
waIking-jacket of the same, warmly lined
with flannel and trimmed as simply as
the polonaise.
The brocaded camel's-hair is very
handsome. especially that in which
threads of gilt or silver are introduced.
White matelassee silk is used for the
most elegant opera cloaks but if you
cannot afford this, get white, cream
colcred, or else pale blue camePs-hsir.
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Gun Accidents.

Guns should always be carried at the
half-cock, as then neither blow on the
striker nor a pull at the trigger will
bring the former into action. There is
no necessity whatever for gun to be
otherwise than at the half-cock, unless
game is Immediately in front and, fur
ther, it may not be out of place to add,
that it is dangerous, when shooting in
company, for the gun to be swung round
in taking aim with the finger on the
trigger. The eye should follow the line
OF fight, and the gun be raised at the
proper moment. Accidents from guns
bursting are rare, but caution is very
necessary in getting over fences to see
that no earth gets lodged in the muzzle,
or in winter time that the latter does
not get blocked up by snow dripping
from bushes or otherwise. These obsta-
cles, although they may be easily
removed, are quite sufficient, il they
remain. to burst the stroDgest barrels
when the piece is fired. This is caused
by the wonderful velocity Of the expand.
ing gases. This expansion. which is said
to be at about the rate Of seven thousand
feet per second, is the sane in all direc-
tlons, and the least check at the muzzle
of the gun causes such a sudden increased
pressure on its sides that the latter are
unable to resist its effects, and are burst
open. No one is more cautious OF
scrupulously careful in the use of his
i gun than an old sportsman, and no one
more readily than ne detects and cam
demns carelessness in the manipulation
of their guns In others.
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Wonders of the American COnti-
nent.

The American Enquirer thus cata-
logues few of the wonders of the
American continent: The greatest cata-
ract in the world is the Falls OF Niagara,
where the water from the great upper
lakes forms river of three-fourths of a
mile in width, and then being suddenly
contracted, plunges over the rocks in two
columns to the depth OF l75 feet. The
greatest cave in the world is the Nam
moth cave, Of Kentucky, where any
one can make q voyage on the waters Of
q subterranean river, and catch fish with
out eyes. The greatest river in the
world is the Mississippi, 4, 600 miles long.
The largest valley in the world is the
valley of the Mississippi 1t contains
: COO 600 square miles, and is one Of the
most fertile regions of the globe. The
greatest city park in the world is in Phil
adelphia. 1t contains over 300 acres.
The greatest grain port in the world is
Chicago. The largest lake in the world
is Lake Superior, which is truly an inland
sea. being 430 miles long and 1000 feet
deep: The longest railroad ct present is
the Pacific railroad, over 1900 miles in
length. The greatest mass of solid iron
in the world is the Pilot Knob of Mis-
souri,. 1t is $50 feet high and tive miles
in circuit. The best specimen of Gre
clan architecture in the world is the
Girard college for orphans, Philadelphia.
The largest aqueduct in the world is the
Croton aqueduct, New York. It's length
is 4Ol miles and it cost S12, 100000. The
largest deposits of anthracite coal in the
world are in Pennsylvania, the mines Oi
which supply the market with millions
of tons annually, and appear to be mex.
haustible.
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by being the commander of his own army.
Brazil is the only country in America
where slavery legally exists. Official
figures, published in 1874, place the
slave population at ,016, 262.
The Dutch at the Paris exposition will
come out very strong in tulips. Forty
thousand bulbs are to be planted so as TO
figure out the arms Of Hsarlem in a most
effective manner.
The new queen of Italy, Margarita, is
one of the most beautiful women Of royal
blood in Eurofe. She is twenty-six, and
eight years the junior O her husband.
who is her cousin.
An enterprising German has cleared n
banana plantation on the Istbmus of
Panami, where the wet, rich, alluvial
soil is Peculiarly adapted to the produc-
ton Of the banana. He employs more
than two hundred persons. and Ia rapidly
growing rich.
The incomes of the leading surgeons
in London are enormous. Sir Henry
Thompson performs the operation of
lythetoay ninety times a year, on an
ayeragE Ftts fees range from 2n0 to 500
guineas and amount to about $3.50, 600
per anrum.
Gres excitement Is said to have been
causedin San Domingo and Hayti by
rumorihat Spain will sign a treaty with
San DomingO at the end of this month,
assuming protectorate over that island.
The runor serves to further increase the
unpopularity of President Diaz.
In Fance condemned criminals never
know be time fixed fer their execution
until the moment arrives. Indeed, as a
prisoner condemned usually appeals as
matterOf course to the Cour de Cessation
against his sentence, he must be uncer-
tain tOthe last whether the sentence will
be carried out. The order for the exc
cution is only sent to the prison the
evening before it Is to take eject, the
crimind is not informed until the uext
morning, and the sentence is carried out
at q very early hour.
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the man overheard was only bundle of
duds, surmounted by my old hat. ]
slippsd down into the forepeek and lay
concealed till the night after the ship
arrived, when l stole out and went
ashore. OF course you understand the
cries you heard ?"
Certainly; and the other strange
sounds on board. your setriloquisin
explains the whole matter"
"I performed in most of the cities and
large towns in England before 1 knew
You; but ] was then dissipated in my
habits, and squandered all that / made.
While on one of my sprees / shipped and
went to sea, and that is how you found
lie in Ctcnstadt. Put was never stock
to make sailor Of Since have
returned l have done well and saved
money, and you must allow that I acquit
myself better on this stage than I did on
board the Norway"
And that's the only haunted ship chat
ever I was in. I've heard of others bat
probably those. cases might ali be ex-
-, -, -. u q =
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A Billiard Expert,

A gprivate exhibition Of skill in the
manipulation OF billiard balls was given
by Mr.. Frank b. Adams, yesterday after
noon in the Union Square billiard rooms-
This expert used no cue, and claims that
he can easily defeat the best players OF
the ordinary games of billiards. He Of
fers to play with any one Of them
game in which he shall count 1000
points or none at ali in one inning,
and saws that he never saw the balls 30
placed upon a table that he could not
count upon them. His performance
Yesterday afternoon certainly supported
his assertions. He played some mar
yelous shots. In one he made the ball
from his hand strike a cushion four
times within the space OF foot after
leaving the first object ball and before
hitting the second. Another remarkable
shot was made by placing three balls IN
line, with one touching the bank.
Then, playing from the rail, Adams
caromed on the frst and third balls, and
drew the call from his hand back to
strike the middle object ball. In the
matter of " drawing the balls Adams is
wonderfully proficient. In one instance
he made his ball bound from the hrst
object ball, placed in enc of the upper
corners of the table, to the upper cusn-
ion. and then describe an ellipse, carom'
ing finally upon a second object ball IN
the opposite lower corner. His tavorl'e
shot, however, was 70 place ball oPpO.
site the lowest button on the LETT sloe q
the table. and then to draw ball no"
the upper cushion, to the right, lower,
and left-band banks. While tins pA''
was moving he drew second -
straight Iine from the upper cushion -.
caused it TO strike The still ball, % .u-
the latter kissed" tho first ball. ~ ~
Adams continued his exhibitions ~. ~, so
soms ,,,'' sbots from the top Of D0'''s :
hsIls nIaced at the top snd Ds.- MAG u
tr;snvls' p%T around hsts. and de'o1s ,''s'',
vnr.Ous .nns"rsd nEutSi. !" i vsll e.
:, the west and canada, w.. ha
liz, ~ sH q venl0 Adams, peeSvS >v y. I'o|'
callea .:.. 80 hNSsrwicb' S..r Conn q ~
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Oriental Traffic.

But very little gold is sent 70 China.
The shipments are confined mostly 10
silver bullion. The amount sent this
year will not fall much short Of SlS,OO0,-
600. One-half Of this has been in trade
dollars, the remainder in silver bars
mostly. The total amount does not
include what Cinnamon, who have
returned to their native land, have takon
with them upon their persons, which
must be considerable, as every one Of the
thousands who have gone back has carried
with him more or less coin. The amount
of silver bullion shipped the present year
is considerably in excess Of last year.
since shipments Of silver bullion to China
and Japan commenced eleven years ago,
over $8O,OOO,00O have been exported
from this port, of which record has been
made at the custom heuse.
Previous to the past four years Mezi-
can dollars were principally exported, for
the trade dollar had not been coined; but
with the introduction Of the trade dollar
that coin has come 70 be shipped largely
in excess Of the Mexican dollar, although
not interfering with the movements in
Mexicans. 1t is evident from the in
creased shipments Of bullion that the
trade relations between this port and
China, Japan and the East Indies are
rapidly gaining ground, and.yet the trade
of San Francisco with the orient is yet in
It's infancy. The great ambition Of San
Francisco business men is to wrest the
China and East India trade from Boston.
They want this city to become the man
ufacturing centre of this country. They
claim that on account OF its geographical
position it has an advantage over Boston
and other eastern ports, and Is really the
natural depot Of the United States for
oriental traffic. Already they are ecstatic
over a multiplicity Of Industrial interests
which they believe are to be established,
and you would Judge by their talk that
the time is coming when the Pacific slops
will become as celebrated for its indus
trial activities as Sheffield or Biiming-
ham. and that it i. 10 be the destiny OF
San Francisco to supply the population
of the world with everything that human
wants may demand. 1t is character
istic of Californians 10 indulge in great
expectations. They wouldn't be Caiiior-
mans If they didn't.--LSan Francisco
Cor. Boston Journal.
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From Washington.

The secretary of the treasury, in an
swer to resolution of the house, sent
communication to that body showing
the amount OF interest paid in coin and
currency TO the national banks from
bonds held by the treasury for the Sc
curity and redemption of the currency
issues of said banks, from 1868 to Janu-
ary II, 1873. The recapitulation shows
coin interest paid, $244, ,278, ,27I; currency
interest, $3.50, ,2s5; total, s252, ,S97, $50.
The house bill for paying the army
fixes the pay of the general of the army
at $4,000, that of the lieutenant generals
at $4,000, that of major generals at Sc,
600, that of brigadier generals at So, 900,
eolonels at $4,000, Northumberland at
$500, majors at 1000, captain of cav
airy at $500, captains of infantry at
$1,000, first ieutenants of cavalry at
$500. same of infantry at 81, 400, second
iieutenants of cavalry at 81 200, same of
infantry at 81 900. Under the law all
the officers below the rank of colonel get
what is called the fogy ration" which
is ten per cent. on their pay for each FIVE
years service. The bill also increases
the pay of sergeant major from $22 to
S33. All first sergeants are increased
from so to $32, all sergeants from $17
to SO, all corpoIals from SIS to SIS.
The increase of pay to the non commits
stoned officers amounts to about $50, 600
year. The decrease of officers pay and
allowances amount to about 81 ,250, 900.
The treasury department is embar-
rassed as to the proper course to be
pursued in relation to the coinage of
trade dollars. The demand for these
coins at San Francisco for export to
China is quite active. 1t is expected to
continue to the last OF April The law
requires this demand to be met without
limit at the present price of silver and
gold and of the value of the greenback
dollar. The tri.de dollars can be placed
in domestic circulation at profit of
from to 4 per cent. to the owners of
silver bullion. A portion of the San
Francisco mint coinage OF trade dollars
is coming east, and bullion dealers in
New York and elsewhere in the east
demand that the Philadelphia mint shall
be opened for the same coinage. 1t is
probable that decision will be reached
soon, and that it will be to allow de-
posits of silver TO be made at the Phila-
delphia mint for returns in the trade
dollar. II this is done, coinage will be
continued at San Francisco and Carson
City, and all three mints will have work
sufficient to keep them fully employed
until congress acts definitely on the silver
question. The director of the mint con-
siders it important to retain the present
skiIlful force of workman at the mint, in
view of pending legislation in relation to
the silver question.
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having lfsblished an account derogatory
to DF. Mr.. George d. Prentiss,
the editF, was called on to correct it,
whitb At did B. in n, Y. Sun.
Gravity in the Moon of Mars.


We are able to consider the relations
OF intsrnstter in worlds where gravity
is so small as it must be in the Bfartian
moons. II has been said, by myself
anl0pg others, that buildiug and all en-
eineering processes would be much easier
in 8 world where gravity is very small
tasn IN our own world. Bot if les ar
duous 30 far as mere labor is concerned,
they would in some respects be far more
difficult. Much more skill would be re.
quired to give adequate stability to
buildings, made even of the most solid
raatezials, in a world where all weights
are ss nuch reduced. Suppose even
platinum were available in sufficient
qheS tiles for architectural purposes, yet
4 block Of platinum of given size would
b, iQ4nward with less force there than
- sfe,f deal wood Of about one
tN<HSaE7fof its'sfz4 on our 'enrtir. > Vine
well has sFell described, in his Bridge
water treatise, the effects Of great re-
duction in he force of gravity, though
he is not there considering life in other
worlds, but the importance (Which many
are apt to overlook of hose portions Of
our earth's frame which lie far below the
deepest mines ever yet dur by men. II
the interior of our eaftl could be
scooped out and removed, We should,
in fact. suger from precisely the
same inconvenience as would affect
creatures like ourselves living in the
moons OF Mars. We should INDEED find
ourselves, living like them, in dread and
terror. Things" as Whewell truly
SAYS. would not lie where We placed
them. but would slide away with thC
slightest push. We should have a diff
cultv in standing or walking, something
ike that we have on shipboard when thu
deck is inclined and we shsuld stagge
helplessly through an atmosphere thInne
than that which oppresses the respiration
of the traveller on the tops Of the highes
mountains" at is hard" says tn
ingenious writer in the Spectator, u
conceive even a one -storied house hold
ing together" in the Marian moor
world, against any serious lstera
blows" Projectiles would be no les
deadly than in our own world but tn
range which proiectiles such as our
would obtain IN such a werld woul'
render close fighting impossible, on th
one hand, and efficient aiming impossibl
on the other. a Krupp cannon, for in
stance, whose greatest range on our eartl
is, let US say, five miles, would on the Mar
tian moon fire a projectile which woul'
leave the moon forever, and the recoil o
the cannon would probably carry it hal
dozen miles away from the firing point
Much weaker projectile force would have
to be employed, and less mischief would
be done on this account, ard also because
any living body struck by one OF thes'
proiectiIes would give away before i
much more FesdIiy Uhan a similar bed,
similarly struck on our own earth
Richard 4. Proctor, in Belgravia.
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~ THE OLD LIKENESS

Douglas. my Douglas, on hear how cry to you
- rae ng your land of the lIpire and palm
near how cry 20 you, longing 10 hy to YOU
! rom the cold heart Of this cOmfortless calm.
Cail me I pray, from the reeds where the robin,
swinging and singing alone 10 his mate,
ctlTs my slow pulse 10 passionate sobbing
For the home-hlies that grow by the gate
Oh at the gate ci love;
Call, for ! wait, love;
Gail, and answer at breaking Of day.
swift to your bosom.
Ger hillside and blossom,
Breeze-like and bird-like, awake aad away.
Douglas, my Douglas, oh hear how 1 cry to you
Leave me 10 longer so iorne and so lone;
Cali me your darling. and say msy H. 10 you,
Never 10 leave you oh Douglas. mine own
On II you heard tfe winds carry my sebhing
over the mountain and over the piaini
On II you heard my heart heavily throbhins
Under its burden of passion and pain
Now, al he gate, love;
Call, for 7 wait, love-
Call. ana answer at breaking OF day
swift TO your bosom,
Ger hillside and blossom.
Bree1e-like and bigd-iike. awake and away.
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Mistakes in Early Life.

Lord Dudley, in his letters to the
bishop of Llandaff, invariably laments
Gas mistakes in his early life his unac-
quaintance with the rudiments of agri-
culture-his ignorance of botany and
geology"
The rudiments of agriculture imply
knowledge of the principles OF chem.
istry, geology, botany and climatolo2y.
How few classical students have well
studied textbooks on these modern sci
enees? Unquestionably they furnish the
facts which are to govern the world foi
many centuries to come.
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A man never uses his thumb-nail for

y Ilou never udrs MS luuluD-uhll Iof
a screw-driver but once.
Nothing like being correct. Chev-
reau, in his history of the world, say
that it was created on Friday, Sept 6,
little alter four p. m.
By Josh Billings.-I sot me down
in thought profound--this maxim wise
drew: "It's easier fur you to luv gal
than maik gal luv you p
An English clergyman says that the
chattering of the south African apes is
a language, and that, il he could live
long enough with them, he could learn
TO understand and speak it.
Man, as 10 his understanding, may
rise almost to the light in which The
angels Of heaven arise but if he does
not also rise as to the will, he is still an
old and not new msn.--LSwedenborg.
WAITING.
When rose-leayes in long grasses fall
To hide their shattered head,
All tenderly the gTaEses tall
Bow down 70 veil Inc dead.
And there are hearts content 10 walt.
Still as the grasse8 lie.
TIL those they love however late,
Turn there At last 70 die.
Erratum.--In the case Of the sigma
ture to the communication on Senator
ConkIing on our inside page to-day, " A
Quiet Ass" read " Equietas." Typo.
graphical errors viii occur in the most
carefully managed Fapers.--EDetroit
News.
An old farmer in the east Of England
having been asked how he got married on
December 81, shrewdly answered, with
smile: "It was to give the lie to an old
saving in our parts that no one was evsE
married without repenting before tho
year was out"
"A barrister described bis poverty a.
follows: When began to practice ]
was in perfect rags the smallest hole in
my shirt was the one I stuck my head
through, and Ihad to have that, my only
shirt, us-hed by the dozen. for it was in
twelve pieces
Love will find out way. An lii
nois couple moved to Kansas and entered
a nice homestead. Then they were
divorced, and the wife, taking half Of tho
children, entered, as the head Of another
family, another nice homestead adjoining
! Then they were remarked.
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A curious experiment has been tried

"A curious experiment has been tried
with buttermilk by testing it against
claret. One who is in the secret will bet
with one who is not that the latter,
if blindfolded, cannot distinguish claret
from buttermilk by the taste. Several
glasses are filled with claret, and an equal
number with buttermilk, and they are
handed alternately to the blindfolded
person, who tastes them. For a few
terms he will name the respective lie Iors
correctly but after awhile his sense OF
taste become confused, and be insists
! that buttermilk is claret, and vice versa.
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An American officer riding by TIE
bronze statue of Henry Clay, in Cana
street, New Orleans, was asked by hi:
irish orderly if the New Orleans "feliers'
were 50 fond of niggers that they pje s
statue of one in their fashionablest'
street. That's not a niger, Tom
that's the great Clay statue" said the
amused officer. Tom rode round the
statue. dismounted. climbed upon the
pedestal, examined the figure closely and
then said: "Did they .ell yez it wa:
Clav9 , 1t looks to me like iren l''