Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-12-18
ODDS AND-ENDS.

~ Hds oeeiA discovered tnat WaSpS and
J. bees when subjected to chloroform invarl-
e ably bring their stings to their mouths
and suck the drop of poison at the end
1t has been estimated that in England
and Wales one person in every lis is ar
rested for drunkenness in Scotland one
in every 1874; in Ireland one in every ~.
. Waste coffee and cofiee-grounds are ex-
ceilent fertilizers tor roses, a healthier,
! more vigorous growth is given. there are
= more and better flowers, and Of richer
colOrs.
; writer in an English paper, the Wo, Id,
claims that milk may be preserved from
, turning sour in hot or stormy weather by
, putting in it a few grains of salt, q nail, or
Il small piecs Of iron.
> Experiments recently made on the Lake
Shore railroad prove that petroleum can
he successfully used as fuel for locomotives
with great saving of money, besides do
ing away with smoke and cinders.
The Rev. Joseph Cook says there are
SIX books that have made him what he is.
And Boston fathers want to know the
names Of these books. so that they may
Keep them out OF the reach of their sons.
When writing has faded, if the paper is
mOistened with water and then brus. I'd
over with solution of sulph-hydric-am-
monia it will be restored. This article can
be obtained Of any druggist. - Christian
/ Union.
The New York Tribune describes a new
ballot box which rings bell when vote
enters the box, counts the ballots rs
they are received, stamps them with 4
number. and files them neatly away beyond
the reach of any hand.
/ 1t is fact which is not generally real
lied that America widens at the north un-
I'll 1t Juts out into the ocean so as to be
within thiity-six miles of Asia. In severe
seasons, Behring's Straits are frozen over,
and animals have passed on the ice from
one continent to the other.
Francis d. Kerr, of Baltimore, while
putting bell into church steeple in Car
bondale, Pa, recently, made misstep and
fell a distance Of ninety-five feet. He
struck upon coil of rope, and his fall
having been partly broken by catching y
rope. he escaped without any bones being
broken.
The Right Hon. W. f. Forster recently
said OF Carlyle that he differed from the
ScOtchman in many If his views and sen.
tlments. but whenever he went back to
read him he found he got more instruc-
ton from him, even when he differed from
him, than he did from ninty-nine men out
OF Il hundred with whom he agreed.
1t is related that when President Lincoln
attended the Gettysburg dedication cere-
monies AN address was given in the eve
ming by MIR. Charles Anderson in local
church. The audience rose as the presi-
dent entered. An old man followed him
up the aisle. and on reaching the seat re-
served tor MIR. Lincoln, was about going
in with him. Gov. Todd, who escorted
The president, put his hand on him and
said, NO. old man. you can't go in there"
MIR. Lincoln turned and said, "Yes. COVER
nor, that's my man" and putting his arm
about hins brought him into the pew. 1t
was the old man who entered the battle Of
Gettysburg with his musket and fought in
dependently all day.
A Minnesota letter gives a new discoy-
cry in the treatment of diphtheria, as fol-
lows: A young man, whose arm had been
amputated, was attacked by diphtheria be-
tore healing took place, and instead of the
matter incident to that disease being de-
posted in the throat. the greater portion
appeared on the wounded arm, and the
d'phtheria was very light and easily man.
aged. DIR. Davis, Mankato. profited by
this. and in his next case of diphtheria blis-
tered the patients chest. and on this bliy-
tered part The chief deposits appeared. This
was also an easy case of the disease The
IheOry OF DIR. Davis is that diph'heria usu-
lily appears in the throat because of the
fhnness Of the lining of the throat. Hence,
when the blister breaks the skin upon any
other part of the body, the disease appears
there.
The nail gun, as it is called, is a recent
foreign device for mailing down flooring
boards, the inventor claiming that it is
quicker in its work and insures greater
cleanliness than handnailing. The appa-
atus is described as not unlike gun in
II ape. and Of about the same length. 1t is
Kept in position with the foot and knee,
md the nail is placetl-point down-in an
lperture at the top of the device. 1t slides
lOwn to the bottom, and then the opera
or draw up rod, and, by one downward
troke Of this, the nail is cleanly driven
nto the boards beneath. So simple and
Elective is the cOntrivance said to be, that.
IS alleged, it can do the work of as many
s halt a dozen men. The originator OF
his curious implement is said to be i'm.
rowing the mechanism in various particu-
ars, and expects to render it selt-feeding,
\ which case he has no doubt Of its gen.
raj adOptiOn.-N. 7. Sum.
a unique occurrence in the religious
Iorld took place in New York on Thanks
living day, the Rev. DIR. Bellows, of ALI
ouls Unitarian Church, having accepted
q invitation to preach in the afternoon at
le Temple Emanuel. This will be the
rst occasion in this city where Christian
An minister has been invited to preach in
Jewish synagogue. 1t has been done
gently. however, in st. Louis and Gin
nnati. In the former city, when the
aptist Church was burned. the Rev. DR..
placed bis synagogue at the
spOsal OF the congregation on Sundays,
I'd when new building was procured,
int evening service. BY way of parting.
A. held in the temple, at which the rabbi
ID the Baptist pastor united in ofliciating.
milar courtesies have occurred between
bbis and pastors in Brooklyn. Last :
ar. at tho Aineral Of rabbi. Gotthesi's
a. the Rev. DR.. Bellows delivered an ad-
ess which greatly pleases ths many
ebrews present. The Jew and tho Gem
9 arc a2Idly nearing each other