Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-01-31
Odds and Ends.

: Georgia pays ten millions year for no.
meat.
What is that which every one wishes +
have. and wishes to get rid of directly? 1
good appetite.
Prrpa.e yourselves for invitations t,
marriages. There is nothing like col,
; weather to promote ,natrimony.
Don't say anything about the weather
the mosquitoes will be comm. back if the,
hear how warm it is.
Water contains more heat than any othe
liquid or solid. If this were not SO all tn,
rivers and lakes would he frozen.
a man died at Austin, New, from th'
effects Of swallowing Il small particle o
eggshell. which lodged in an intestine anC
lacerated it.
y Brooklyn doctor said on the witncss
stand the other day: MANY of my pa
t;ents are in love with me. but canno
help that, tor it is a common experience
among medical men,
Japan is making extraordinary progress
in educational matters. Nearly Il huntse,
American and English teachers are In tn,
employ of the government. and last yeal
$500 new schools were established.
There were 7.l29 marriages. $3.50 births
AMI 26,l94 deaths in New York City dur
,g the year 1877. The number of deaths
Of children Under FIVE years WAS l2,3Ll rs
against l4.2lO in 1876.
Because rich New Yorker of SO chose
I to marry. his heirs have called for Il lun,cy
examination. Why not demand an inqui.
sition into the sanity of venerable biche.
lors because they do not marry when SO
many pretty women are ready ana witt
| ng?
A circular from the Treasury Depart:
ment advises tie public to refuse al five
'loliar bills on TIE First National Bani, o!
Hanover. Pa. and on the First National
Bank Of Tamaqua. Pa. dangerous cn,n-
tesEits ef these bills being in circulation.
4 telegram from Rome saws: cardinal
Manning has submitted to the re'sege OF
car'!in"ls the proposal that on TIE 1ea.h OF
Plus IN. the conceive assemble 1T Malta.
The Sacred college is divided in opinion on
the matfer. The Italian car,l;na!s are in
disposed to aenept the proposal"
Ti,r timber used in the Co.nstocN m:nec,
Nevada. costs $4,000 Il day; the fire
wood. mostly consumed by the steam en-
gincs. 5000; canllcs burned in the mines
$4,000; the quicksilver lost 5000. and
the ice needed to Good the water for drin! :
ing in the hot lower levels, $1,000 per
Gay.
The latest improvement in the telephone
is bel-s;gnal. This Yves very muc! need
ell to complete the instrument. since. with
oHt s:,cil aid. it has been exceedingly diff
ci,lt tor person using the telephone TO
call the attention of y hearer at the ot'er
end of Il line. The 'sn-cnIi oper,,ps With
ont the need of a battery: it is effected "
simply t',rn:ny \ wheel. which calsps
magnetic coils to revolve. giving current
sufficient to move the hammer Of Il bell at
the other enl of the wire.
Chronic dr,nh,r,ls arc put to an eyce)l-
ent use in Ohio under the new liquor law.
The wife or other relative who suffers
most at the hands Of the chronic induces
him to ill himself with Intoxicating fluid
and then kill himself. Suit is thereupon
brought against the last man who had the
misfortune ell liquor to the tlrunkard.
and fine jury compels him to pay what is
considered fair price for the departed.
\ very inferior article of drunken hus-
band can he made in this way to net to
his widow from five to eight thousand dol
lars.
An exchange says that the late a. r.
Stewart once came to the conclusion that
although advertising was good thing as
ladder. it was Of no great benefit TO him.
us his name sold his goods. To test it.
one department only Of his establishment
was advertised. Its business overtoppcd
that of the others Immediately and so
largely that Mr.. Stewart conclu led. to get
the full power OF his name, it must appear
in printers ink. HIS aaxe,tisiWs manager
says that '.f.om that time he advertised
more largely than ever in the papers,
An old soldier las been passing some
honiely criticisms unon one of Mrs. But
ler's battle pieces. lie says :he mems faces
look too elssn after day. firing. For
our own part. the greatest fault we have
to tintl with the battle pieces of orr great
artists is that in too many cases the uni
forms appear 80 have been made witt
some vague intention OF fitting tie sol ler
who might wear them. We don't know
how it may be in other countries. but in
the United States army a q.aar'ermaster
who would furnish uniform that woul
lit IN inf,ntry soldier any better than ii
would a COW. woul he instantly disn' s ,ed
from the service. This is strict law. and
there has aevcr been dismissal under II |
yet.