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now" returned the young lady, blushing

know" returned the young lady, blushing
again.
swell, don's hardly know, myself"
said the young nan, picking up one of the
dainty articles, and examining itclosely-
"You don't suppose they are too large
now. do your
"Why-I-I-" stammered the young
lady. the blush growing deeper.
"They seem sorter big like" continued
the young man, not observing her confus-
ion. 'but of course | wouldn't be certain
She's Inidlin' size, but not very fat, and
rncbbe these would be little too loose
should think she was just about your
biSness. an if these would fit you, OF
course they'd fit her. Now, just suppose
you try them on, an it,
''Sir!" exclaimed the young lady behind
the counter, in an awful voice, that lifted
the young mans hat on the end of his hair
'yOu are insultinS;" and she swept away
to the rear OF the store. leaving the bewil-
dcred young man standing in dumb amaze
ment, holding in his hands what he sup
posed was a beautiful pair of bracelets
And when one of the men clerks came AMI
explained his mistake, the young man
from the back town struck direct line
for his team, and in a very brief space Of
time was tearing toward home at rate
that threatened to irretrieyably ruin the
old family horse. He won't buy any brace
lets now until he's married.
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Wit and H,,n,Or.

"A model buy-N Nord-Cash.
A Teutonic figure of .peech--0.
a poor relntion-A story badly told.
A highly colored tale--The peacock's.
Ye who have girls to sleigh, prepare to
sleigh then, now.
A good motto for a young man just
starting nou.tacle--Down In front.
Cincinnati boatmen say the Ice in the
river is perfectly gorge u.s.
The beauty ofa man. parting his hair
in the middle is that 1t gives both ears an
equal chance to flap.
Many man who prays not to be led in
to temptation would be awfi,lIy disap-
pointed If hi. prayer was granted.
Preci.cly-in fact, abs,lrtlly 20. Why
does photographer in the exercise of his
business always use black cloth? Why,
of course. to make his camera sbsclrer.
Partridges are among the things that
whirr. Yes; and yentilators are among
the things that air. Yes; and hornets are
among de things that bee. And Butler
sets is among the things that might lave
Ben.
He could stand it. lie said, to have his
wife paint everything, from a tin cup to an
old straw hat, ard stick it all over with
Cupids and heather Chinese. But when
she swooped down upon their last mince-
pie and embellshed that. he thought it was
time 10 s.kick." And he did.
The person who 'riginatcd the con-
temptn0us expression. 1T is not worth a
button," had no correct idea of the import
of that remark. He never knew what it
was to depend upon a single button for the
support of his pantaloons, and have that
button give ont when he was waltzing.-
Darlington Ha,rkeys.
Fitz Hugh Ludlow. in his narrative of
travels in '.The Heart Of the Continent"
tells of an eccentric genins who improved
on the Old yarn to the effect that 1.-THE
weather would have been colder if the
thermometer had been longer" by saying
he had been where lit was so cold that the
Thermometer got down off the nsil''
Facetious old party.-'How long do
you say that wine has been bottled. wait
err" Waiter.-"Fourteen years. sir" Fa-
ce.io,s old party.-''Lor', | didn't know
flies would live as long as that" Waiter.
sir!'' Facetious old parity
"Yes; | mean that one kicking about in
The bottle. .'-London Fun.
Drilling her class in poetry, the teacher
quoted from the familiar lines of Tenny-
son: "You must wake and call me early.
call me early, mother dear" ''Now." she
asked. ''why did the girl want to be called
early:' ''Don't know" replied Tommy
Leach, sunless it was becaus. that was her
name."
A man can always tell exactly how tall
he is by walking through low door in
the dark. Next morning he can measure !
the height OF the door, and then measure
from where it struck to the top OF his
head, add the two together, subtract the
swearing, and multiply by what O'Clock it
was when he got home, and the result will |
be his nett height.
The New York Tribune Of January 25th,
publishes complete refutation OF the story |
Of Lincoln's illegitimacy, which has been
in circulation for years, and which even his
biographer profcssed to believe. The
Tribune derives its knowledge from rec
Ords which certify to the marriage Of the /
parents OF the martyred President.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-02-20

ROcklAnd Courier.

A young man from one of the back
towns came in to buy present for his girl
last week. His wondering gaze being fix
ed by the gorgeous display in dry goods
window, he entered the store, and bashful-
ly stopped III front OF pretty young lady
behind the counter.
''How much are thoseT' he inquired,
pointing at pair Of handsomely wrought
nickle-plated garters in the wiAdow.
''Seventy-five cents" replied tho young
lady. sweetly, handing out the articles in
question, and blushing slightly.
Il think they are kinder pretty don't
you?" inquired the young man, anxious for
somebody else's opinion.
Very" replied the young miss; s'they
are the latest style
Everybody wears them, don't they:''
tho young man.
almost everybody" said the young
lady, affecting an unconcerned air.
Il was going to get them for a girl that
know" said the young man somewhat
nervonsly. do you think she would like
them:''
II shoull thinl, she mIeht-I don't
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-02-20
MANS BetteJ'-Huf.

Blessed is the woman who never says to
her husband, Il told you so.'
When young lady wants to appear In
blaze of glory she indulges in little
torchon lace.
Mrs. Partington declares that she does
not wish to vote, as she fears she could
not stand the electoral franchise.
Many timid. shrinking maiden. who
last summer swung upon the gate with her
lover. is now engaged in halfsoling the
same individuals pants.
Miss Alice Never married John Late. in
North San Juan, the other day. Miss Alice
probably subscribes to the truth of the old
adage, "Better late than never
A policeman at Racine. Wis, arrested y
woman for walking the streets in male at
tire. and at the station house she proved
to be his own wife. She had been watch
ing him.
The Dubuque Telegraph has female
city editor who stays up till 2 O'Clock in
the morning. smokes Il brier-root pip- and
writes faster than any two men on the,
paper.
A young lady said to her lover, "Char-
ley, how far is it around the worlo?"
"About twenty-four inches, my darling"
replied he, as his arm encircled her waist.
She was all the world to him.
A young lady by tine name of Spoake
was married in Kansas City, the other day.
She got tired of felloe and wanted hub.
Puck. 1t she's like some women, she'd
hold on to both and cause revolution In
the family.
If she won't she won't, and there's the
end ont. A lady in court. being asked her
age, replied that she didn't know; sho
could not remember the exact hour when
she was born and could only depend On
heresay. Heresay is not evidence, and tho
matter was ruled out.
A plain-spoken woman recently visited
married woman. and said to her, ''How do
you manage to anuse yOurseltr'-
''Amuse!" said the other; "don't you
know that have my house-work to do -
"Ies," was the answer, II see that yeu
have it to do, but as it is never done, con-
clude you must have some other way Of
passing your time"
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-02-20

Some curious incidents happen in the
New York Post-office. A short time ago
letter came from Ireland addressed to
sMy Mother, New York, America" Oi
course it was supposed it must be sent to
the dead-letter Office but on the day of its
arrival woman inquired at the general
delivery window for letter from ''her
son." The coincidence attracted the at
tention of the official in charge of the de-
ciphering bureau. Inquiry showed that
the son of the woman lived in the town
whose name was postmarked on the letter.
After various inquiries the letter was given
to the woman, with the prOviso that she
should open it there; and it was found to
be from her sOn. and designed tor her.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-02-20
A Rr0ve sailor.
New York Fribuue,

Thomas Humphreys was as brave an
English sailor as ever ftirled sail. He
was crossing Carmarthen Bay few weeks
ago, in the customs boat, with Mrs. Byd-
der ian officers wife) ard companion,
when sudden gust of wind struck the sail
and they found themselves struggling in
the water. He first endeavored to sup
port his comrade' who was an awkward
swimmer, but the poor fellow could rot
be kept afioat. He then told the woman
to cling to the boat, while he swan round
TO see what could be done. He got his
knife and opened it with his teeth, cut
away the cortlage, and, after considerable
exertion, disInasted the craft AMI righted
her, but as she was full of water, they
could not get in her. He therefore placed
the mast across the boat, and got the wonl-
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-02-20

BOHEMIAN, MONTANA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1879

ans arms over it on one side while he went
and hung on the other. Mrs.
Bydder then said, "Every one for himself"
and begged him to leave her and to save
himself, which he could easily have done,
being only about thirty yards from the
shore, but he knew that il he left the worn-
an she would be drowned. Tfe remained
by her. at the cost Of his life, for an hour
and half, shouting all the while for assist
ance. just as boat reached them, the
brave fellow sank from cold and exhaust
ion, but the woman was saved.
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Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-02-20

A Wisconsin girl put on trousers and
started through the deep snow to walk six
miles to a village for provisions, the family
lartier being empty. She soon became
tired out, besides losing her way, and the
cold was intense. A big Newfoundland
log which accompaniedhe her was the means
Of saving her life. She scooped out a hol-
low in the snow. lay down in it. and made
the warm dog e on her, shifting him
about so as to successfully cover the cold
est parts ofthe body. In that way she pass
ed whole night, and was not severely
frostbitten. ssWith two or three more
dogs" she says, 81 would have got along
very comfortably"
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P0etyz/.
for the AvANT C0CRIER.-
TIE ARABIAN TALE.

There's very many things in life that
There's recollection to be cherished long
While brcath will last, or thro5bing hear
does beat,
Certain. memories on our minds vii
throng;
Some little incident, Of girl and boy,
1t might -have been but trivial at tn.
time,
A smile or kindly act that brought vi
But is to many life light sublime
And Add el Khan, altlo' 4 pris 'ner fast,
Cherished a joy that all his life vii! last.
The loving smile while he was Ga his
knees,
The pleased and surprised look in her
hri gbt eye,
Made his confinement but a passing breeze
He had what none could steal or take
away.
But, after all, the look and smile is but
A shadow OF the smile and love within.
And not TO be compared, more than the
70 palace grand. Or Godlincss to Sin.
All beauties that we see are dark and
blind
To the realities that lie behind.
The finest picture e'er on canvas placed
Has left finer in the painters head:
The grandest sculpture c'er by chisel
traced
To the ideal, that was back. is dead:
The sweetest poem ever writ by pen.
With thoughts sublime, is but the small
est part
OF the emotions that were stirrin. when
They left the poets lacersting heart:
And all we see on earth or ia the sky
Will be surpassed in spirit bye-and-bye.
But Add el had to meet another scene,
That, if 'twere possible, he would eyade.
lie was conducted to the mighty Queen
10 give account OF his late escapade;
She looked quite hard and naughty on the
man,
Her words were tull as hard as was her
look:
:. Pm shocked" she said, "to think that
Add el Khan
"Did SO forget his place and mine, and
took
'' Such fearful liberty. So bold he's grown
'' He soon would try and grasp the jew
eled crown;
'' think perhaps twas only mistake
upon his part-he thought it was the
maid
SO Whose duty twas to serve him with the
cake:
ellis gratitude would now make her bis
bride;
!" have no doubt but that must be the
case;
"But, being young, think I'll choose
for him
:" One suitable to fill the destined place.
"WIth youth and beauty, and Sound in
mind and limb.
). We will not leave him long in his great
g The wedding shall come off at ten to-
morrow"
At early morn the palace was alive
With officers, and priests, and prepara-
ton
On large scale. 1t was busy hive,
Making arrangements for some great oc-
casion.
The bells rang lively in the minaret,
The mosque was grand, and its mosaic
floor
Was filed with followers of the Prophet,
From the great altar to the very door.
Dur hero at the altar looks quite pale,
The bride we cannot see through her thick
veil.
The wedding did not seem the most auspi-
For all the grand display Of flowers and
song;
The groom looked on the bride with eyes
suspicious,
As IL he said, to him she'd ne'er belong |
indeed, twas not very tempting sight,
Averdupois she did not seem to lack;
he was little over average height,
But had monstrous hump upon her
back;
me foot he saw was like a plasterer's
float,
n Missouri dat or terry boat.
he ceremony Ger, the chamberlain,
That functionary great, did then take
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-02-20

Did the prophet Isaiah ever eat at rail-
road station? 1t certainly looks so, for
how could he have described it so literally
if he had not? "And he shall snatch Oh
the right hand and be hungry: and he
shall eat on the lett hand and then not be
satisfied Tw
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-01-23

distant, returned home, and being unable
to get in or to arous anybody, commenced
crying loudly, attracting the attention of
the neighbors, who went over, and opening
the door, gazed on one OF the most horrible
sights on record. On a disordered bed,
from which the covering had been
ruthlessly torn, lay the nude
dead bodies of John Whittemeyer,
a prominent German, and his wife.
Whittemeyer's head and face had been bat
tered into pulp, the whole left side of the
face having been almost wrenched from the
right side. His undershirt had been driven
into his chest with the broken ribs. With
some rude instrument he had been disem-
bowled, the flesh having the appearance of
having been torn out by main force. His
wife's gown bad been torn and tucked up
in a wad under her shoulders. Her
breast was beaten into fragments. She
had been three times stabbed in the side.
Upon the bloody breast Of the mother lay
an infant of twelve months, cooling to the
life ess face. Between the mother and the
father, sitting in a pool of blood and pratt
thing to the babe, was a little girl two years
of age, as ifto keep itin spirits. In the room
were four large rocks; an iron wedge COW
cred with blood lay on a chair near the bed.
This, and the stick, and the stones, com.
| prised the sum of the instruments of death.
1t is stated that Whittemeyer had money,
and that the house was robbed after the
murder. Having committed the crime the
murderers went to the washstand and
washed their hands, leaving bloody water
in the wash-bowl.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-01-23

The execution of Sharp and Mcdonald
January IA, at Mauch Chunk, Penn, con-
victed of the murder of George K. Smith, at
Audenreid, on the night of November 5,
1868, was expected to be a quiet affair, but
proved most exciting. A reprieve from
Governor Hartranft arrived one.half
minute after the drop fell, just thirty
seconds too late to save the lives OF
the men adjudged guilty of the murder.
When the Governors reprieve arrived at
the jail that morning a scene of intense ex-
citement occurred; but, although the cul-
prits had only been hanging a few moments,
there was no movement made toward cut.
ting them down. The telegraph messenger
reached the Jail door before the drop fell,
but no heed was taken of his knocking and
ringing, The wife of one of the culprits
having previously been extremely violent
outside. When the drop fell the knocking
and ringing continued, and the Sheriff sent
out a mar to arrest the parties whom he
imagined to be creating the disturbance
1t was then found to be a telegraph messen
ger with the reprieve.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-01-23
A GREAT deal of attention is

A GREAT deal of attention is being
bestowed upon the drama at the present
time. Mr.. McVicker, of Chicago, was
lately interviewed by a Tribune writer,
and he gave utterance to very gloomy
views respecting the future of the
American stage. He said that the de-
pendence of our theatrical managers on
foreign ENTHUSIASTICALLY the French
for material, is sitting American play
wrights, vitiating the tone of the thea
tiers, and having a very baneful effect
all around. Mr.. Edwin Booths recent
declaration hat he permits his
wife and daughter to witness a modern
play without first ascertaining its char
acter, is certainly not TO the credit of
the managers. Mr.. McVicker laments
the fact that theatrical management is
now debased to mere speculative pur.
poses-that men have gone into it sim
ply to make money, and not to elevate
the drama. That will sound exceed.
ingly funny to most people. However,
there is no gainsaying the fact that the
modern drama would be more healthy
if more temperate Anglo Saxon blood
were infused in it; for when an actor,
who loves his profession as Mr.. Booth
does his, is obliged to confess that he
dare not allow his wife or daughter to
witness a play until he has ascertained
its character, the drama has fallen low
indeed.-N. Y. Commercial.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-01-23
DI.a.,rou, Fire I'm New YORK.

A fire broke out in New York City, a few
nights ago, in the large building on the
north side of Grand-street, extending from
Broadway to Crosby, occupied On the lower
foors by Howard, Sanger & Co., notions,
and on the upper by Naumberg, Kraus,
Lauer& Co., clothing. Naumberg, Kraus,
Lauer & Co. had a stock of clothing partly
made up and in process of manufacture,
estimated to be worth $780, 900. The top
floor was used mainly as a store room for
empty boxes, that fed the flames like a vast
finder box. The insurance on the stock of
this firm is very heavy, but the exact
figures could not be ascertained. The firm
was one OF the largest in the city. Howard,
Sanger & Co. is the leading fancy goods
and notion house of New York. Their
stock is ~variously estimated at from $500,
600 to upward of 81, VOC 900. Insurance
heavy; in all probability, fully up to the
value of goods consumed. Edwin Bates &
Co., manufacturing clothiers in the same
building, estimate their loss at $2S0,OOo, OF
which there is an insurance of 100000. A
fireman was reported killed by falling walls
and another was dug out of the debris
badly injured.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-01-23
A New York Fire.

A fire broke put the other evening in No.
g. Worth-street, and spread rapidly. The
flames were first seen on the third floor, and
before the fremen could get fairly to work
spread to No. 58 Worth-s!reet, and in a
short time the buildings right through to
Thomas-street were in a blaze. The fire is
said to have originated on the third floor OF
No. 81 Worth-street, occupied by Walking
shaw & Wright, dealers in wooden goods
Tristman & Co., woolens, and Wolf,
Meyer & Co, mems clothing. A
eleven o'clock there was nothing LEFT
of three buildings but the walls
yet the flames from the burning mass OF
goods now and again darted up, but the fire
men poured in a copious supply of water
and soon had the flames completely under
control. The following are the estimated
losses: Won Valkenburg & Leavitt, 1000,
900; Walkingshaw d Voight, 100000
Shuabel Bros, $150,OOO; John Slade & Co.
$4,000; Henry W. T. Malloy & Co.. 800,
600; VIM. Simpson, Sons & Co., $50, 900
Nonotuck Silk Co., $4,000; R. ). Smith
$4,000; Freshman & Co., S25o,OO0.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-01-23

THEOLOGICAL students reason that if
there be counterfeit money, there must be
genuine; SO, if there be infdels, there must
also be Christians. If this be true of money
and religion, will not the same rule apply to
put up" medicines? Do not the cheap
and worthless nostrums prove that there are
genuine and meritorious "put up medi.
cines? The great popularity of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery has resulted in
the manufacture of many shoddy Alternative
and tonic remedies, but one after another
these have disappeared, the %proprietors
having found that, no matter how loud they
advertise, success depends upon merit. In
South America, as well as in this country
| the Discovery is the standard remedy fol
all scrofulous and eruptive diseases. 1t acts
promptly on the stomach, liver and blood
toning up, regulating, and purifying the
system. 1t speedily allays all bronchia,
irritation, and cures the most stubborn
cough or cold in half the time required b.
any other remedy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-01-23

Torpor or inactivity of the kidneys is &C.
riously dangerous to those organs, since it
is the precedent of diseases which destroy
their substance and endanger life. This
sluggishness may be overcome by stimulat-
ing them, not excessively, but moderately,
an effect produced by Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, a general invigorant and Alternative,
possessing diuretic properties of no common
order. The impetus which this admirable
medicine gives to their evacuative function
counteracts any tendency tn congestion,
which may exist in their tissues. Both they
and their associate organ, the bladder, are
inyigorated as well as gently stimulated by
the Bitters, which exerts a kindred influence
upon the stomach, liver and bowels. and by
strengthening the system, enables il to
Withstand malaria epidemics, to which
when exposed it might otherwise succumb.