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Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-07-03
How u Man Got Work to Do.

Causeur has friend, journalist of dis
tinction, now holding very promi1en
and responsible position On one of tn
best-known papers in the country, VIII,
had peculiar experience once in getting
position on the staff Of New York daily
lie applied to the editor-in-chief, who knew
him well, and was aware of his ability ant
experience.
1--WE nothing to offer you," he said
''but perhaps you'd better see the manag
ing editor.''
10 the managing editor, who also knew
him well, the applicant went.
There's nothing l can give you." he
ne said pleasantly; 'why don't you see the
editOr-in-chief?"
The next day he applied to both again,
and the next, each time receiving the same
answer. Dropping in on the fourth day.
he noticed vacant desk in the reporters
room, kept for anyone who might want to
use it. He called the Office boy, told him
to clean up the desk and bring up writing
materials. Having ''moyed in,'' he sought
the city editors assignment-book, picked
out job he thought he could do, did it,
laid the result on the city editors desk and
went home. The next day he did the same
thing, and the next. and the next. On the
fifth day the edi!or-in-chief passed through
the room while lie was at his desk.
$50 you've got to work:" he said pleas
antly.
''Yes, sir,'' answered the selfappointed
reporter.
"A day Or two later the managing editor
came in. ''Got it at last, eh?" he inquired.
''Ies, sir" answered this latest addition
o the staff, going on with his work.
Things went on in this way for two
weeks, when one morning the chci came
''How do you like your position? ?'' he
Isked.
First rate" was the reply, 'there's on
y one trouble; haven't had any money
ct"
mo money? How's that? Perhaps the
managing editor forgot to put your name
n the roll. Never mind, 1 will. How
auch t'a he say you were to haye?'
''Hc didn't say, sir,'' said the reporter,
cling the truth very literally. |
The chief fixed the pay thei. and there.
ated it back two weeks, and the changer
NJ became full-Aedged member of the
taft on the spot. And the best OF the joke
as that it was not until two years after
ard that either the editor-in-chief or the
lanaging editor knew how it came about.
'ch supposing the other had done it. Two
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-07-03
why He Don't Drink.

80 pooh. what q spooney you are,
Jack! Beer won't hurt anybody. Who
ever got drunk on beers''
80, yes, l know" said John, 'but
don't want to be soaked and picked in
beer. Besides, I've signed the pledge"
90, Jack, what a tool! :" interrupted his
companion. 1a1.:
Now John did not like to be called a
fool, but he kept quiet and said, ''Shall I
tell you wby?''
81 suppose some of these temperance
folks have got after you."
mo, not exactly that; but my father
died drunkard, and l signed the pledge
over his coffin with my poor broken
hearted mother. Do you wonder never
drink, ?''
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-07-03

Over in WindfalI recently, man and his
wife got to that point of disagreement so
graphically described in "Betsey and are
Out" They decided to separate, and the
assets OF the partnership were divided up
until only the baby was left, when the fath-
er said, aIf you will leave the baby with
me. win give you good cow" The
mother considered moment, and decided
that a good COW was W. nth $25, and baby
well, pretty poor prop Tty. So she took
the cow.-Indiana paper.
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z Gonu.zieIis 10 Clusters Men.

The Custer battle field is no longer With
ont monument. Soon after the event O.
that June day in 1876, the bodies OF the
soldiers We're interrcd-rathcr hastily. it is
true. and with no other marks than rude
stake at the head Of each; but the remains
of the horses that fell were left to rot on
the ground. A short time ago Col. Brack.
cit, commanding Fort Custer. an estima-
BILE gentleman, once a resident Of Quincy.
H., ordered Capt. Sanderson, with de-
tail oi soldiers, to gather up the bones of
the quadruped heroes OF the slaughter that
lay in profusioi upon the field. He piled
them upon an enl;ncnce a few feet from
where Custer fell, inclosing them in a
structure made of cord wood, pyramidal
in shape, and about eight feet high. 1t can
be seen from Fort Custer, twelve miles dis
tant. As builders of monuments the
American people are not success; so we
may expect that it will be many years be-
fore anything more pretentious is reared
to designate the sceiie of one of the most
sensational tragedies in our history.-CM-
cogo Times.
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"A Husbands Exp.anati tiOn



1t is q fact that has been noticed and com
mented upon time out of mind, that man,
husbands neglect those little attention;
; andmarks OF affection withwIlich they were
SO lavlss, during courtsllip. Ofcourse. there
must be a reason for /, custom which. tho
. reprehensible in the abstract. has the sane
ton OF all but universal practice. and it be-
comes the duty of the philosopher to en-
1ulie into and eXpound it. Perhaps it is
best illustrated by an anecdote which was
told Causeur by friend, whose wife. by
the way, manifested her deep displeasufe
in very decided terms while he was relat-
ing it. 1t seems that on Columbus avenue
there dwelt a welded pair who were made
one last fall. No knight of old was more
devoted to his fair lady, than was the
husband during the honeymoon and the
moon that followed it. Bnt, ere the third
moon had waned, the young wife noted
or thought she noted, no doubt if was
fancy-a change. As time passed on. it
became still more apparent. Her husband
was loving, Of course, bat somehow there
was lack Of the old arlor. there was q
filling Off in the old demonstrativeness
This troubled her, and, woman-like, she
quickly concluded that his love tor her had
cooled. One evening, after thinking the
matter over all day, she broke out with
~ on don't love me any more'' .What
makes you think so:' he asked, in bust
ness-like way, scarcely lifting his eyes from
the book he was reading. because" she
soobeil, you never pet me any more, and |
you are not half SO attentive as you used
to bc.' And then she broke down into a
general cry. The husband saw that some
thing must be done. Laying aside his
book, and regrettu'ly relinquish;ng his
cigar-a man does late to be disturbed
when settled for the eyening-he went to
his weeping wife and led her to the VIM
dow. my dcar," lie said, do you see that
car coming up the avcnue:' II do" she
sobbed. And do you see that man run
ming to catch t." Yes. dear. what of
t:' And do you see that he is straining
very nerve; that lie is shouting to the
at the top Of his voice, and do
ng his best to make the car stop?' IL I
TO-" said he wife, whose curiosity was
roused, ''but what on earth has that to
lo- lone moment, dear. Look again. ,
20 yon observe that lie has caught the j,
ar, and that lie is no longer running, but
probably quietly seated inside, taking a g
est? lie has got through shouting and @
'lnnins, because lie has caught the car. f
low, my dear'-at this point lie kissed Y
YI hsY IYttia tsaEiist EFii5T,tt is ist 50 With me.
cr seat on tie sofa, and silently resumed
is easy cllil!, cigar and book. Fl
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Meadville, Penn, jane 16, 1879.

The foundation for the meanest man is
laid when small boy turns the worm
hole in an apple for his companion to bite
from.
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HOW to Choose a Husband.

That woman is wise, says the Springfield
(Mass.) Republican, who selects for her
husband man who desires to find in his
home place of rest. 1t is the man with
many interests, with engrossing occupa-
tons, with plenty Of people to fight, and
with a struggle to maintain against the
world, who is the really domestic man in
the wife's sense, who enjoys home, who
makes friend of his wife, who relishes,
prattle, who feels in the small circle where
nobody is above him and nobody unsym-
pathetic with him, as if he were in heav-
en- of ease and recreation. The drawback
of home-lite, its continued possibilities Of
insipidity, sameness, and consequent wea-
riness, is never present to such man. He
no more tires of his wife than of his own
happier moods. lie is no more bored
with nome than with sleep. He is no
more plagued with his children than with
his own lighter thoughts. All the mon
otony and weariness of life he encounters
outside Of his home. It is the pleasure
loving man. the merry companion, who
requires constant excitement, that finds
home life uncomfortable. He soon grows
weary of it, and considers everything so
tame, and so like flat beer, that it is impos-
sible for him not only to be happy but to
feel that he is less unhappy there than any
where else. We do not mean that the do
mestic man, in the wife's sense, will be al
ways at home. The man always at home
has not half the chance of the man whose
duty is outside of 1t, for he must some
times be in the way. The point for the
wife is that he shOlId love. home when he
il there. and that love, wo contend, BE-
longs, first of all, to the active and strong
and deeply engaged worker, and not the
lounger, or even the easy man. In mar
Rage, as in every other relation in life, the
man is the pleasantest to live
with and the safest to choose, and the one
most likely to prove an unwearied friend,
and who enjoys and suffers others to en-
Joy, when at home, the endless charm of
mental repose.
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VIZ u11G Hzlz7zOr.
Bridge-tenders keep the passover.

Bridge-tenders keep the passover.
The man who sets bad example hatch
es mischief.
Jonah was the first conundrum. The
whale gave him up.
Counsel to witness: "You are a nice
sort of fellow. you - Witness "Td
say the same of you, sir, only Pm on my
oath.
Whisky is now made of leather. and
this may, perhaps, explain why so many
persons who indulge in it are always
strapped.
What is the difference between the
weather and tile baby? One never rains
but it pours: the other never pains but it
roars.
a man coming out of Texas newspa-
per office with one eye gouged out, his
nose spread all over his face, and one Of
his ears chewed Oft, replied to policeman
who interviewed him, ,,"I.didn't like an az
ticle that 'peared in the paper last week.
an | went to sec the man what writ it. an
he war there! ~
An old lady, observing sailor going
past her door, and supposing it to be her
son Billy, cried out to him, BILLY, where
is my COW gomez The sailor replied in. a
contemptuous manner, ''Gone to the ID.
suppose ''Well. as you are going that
way" said the old lady, Il wish you
would let down the bars"
An unlueky Irishman was once impris-
oned for an infrac:ion Of the law. His
faithful wife visited him and found him
greltly east down. With the intention OF
him up, she said: ssArrah, be
aisy. Paddy; shure ye'iI have an upright
jedge to tlry ye, anyway" ''Ah, Biddy,"
he groaned. ''thc divil an upright jedge do
want tits wan that'll lane little"
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Old Bnxomoec sIakos n Reputation
San Francisco pa,f


San Francisco Post
Old Bazembee was returning from the
club the other evening. when. as he hung
up his overcoat on the hall hat-rack and
prepared to go up stairs, he heard such
strangely excited voices in the front parlor
that he paused to listen A voice that he
recognized at once as belonging to that
fast-looking young Snyder he had warned
Maria to be careful about, said, contempt
uous1y
Peace, woman, and weary ne no long
er by your reProaches. tell you the day
OF my wedding with Alice Montressor is
fixed, and, by heavens, nothing shall pre-
vent Our union.''
rr( .pgLJ ,hase1y .1xa-a. lI,aase41 30 -.:-
This, then, is the reward for my sacri
fice--my devotion? Ruined and torsaken,
you taunt me with your latest conquest.
Monster-coward! !"
It only required a second for Baze inbee
to rush up stairs and get his shotgun out
of the closet. The next moment he burst
into the parlor with blazing eyes, and.
hu:ling the black-hearted betrayer to the
floor, he placed the muzzle of his breech-
loader at his temple, Kissing:
''Villain, swear to me that you will make
an honest woman of this poor d1ped angel
Or 1 will strew the floor with your devilish
brains ~
''Hooray.' shouted young Snyder, sit
ting up and clapping his hands. ''That's
way up. Magnif! Sperlendid"
beautiful. papa. Encore! Encore
Bravo.' adden Maria, delightedly. "Ney-
er saw anything better at Baldwin's.''
"Eh? What2 I-er-er?'' stammered
The bewildered parent. grounding arms.
'We were SO afraid that you would OBJ
ect to my taking part in the private thea
tricals. Ma said you'd never listen to it.
But you act better than any of us-docsn't
ne. Bobby:'
"You bet!'' replied Bobby, fervently.
Guess you must have been regular anna
eur Macready once, siri"
Then Mr.. Bazembee coughed and wiped
lis forehead, and mumbled about his hav-
ng seen good deal ot that sort Of thing
when he was young, and that Maria must
,e sure to take in the mat when her young
riend had gone, and then went up to bed
md dreamed he was playing an outraged
community to crowded houses all night.
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Whole No., 39Z.
Mans Better-HuE.
She COuIlEE't Ride.

She COUIEE't { Ride.
She was hinner thar a ped-post,
Taller than rail;
AS yellow rs a pumpkin.
And slower than Il snail.
She lived in Indiany;
Had just come out of school;
She was HI on pianny,
But she cOuldn t-ride a mule.
-Joaqain Milte-.
The daily gazette., 1879-10-25
S22.5O

Balance Oct. "a, 1S79.............. $3.50
The committee will report the above
facts TO Council at the next regular
meeting.
The Sinking Fund Commissioners re-
ceve from Council, on the first OF April
and October Of each year, the sum o.
81 900, and an additional sum amount
ing to three per cent.of the total amount
Of bonds cancelled by them. The sums
thus received are expended in the re-
denption Of bonds falling Cue, and, of
course, the amount OF Cancelled bonds
on which the three per cent. payments
are computed increases each year, and
makes The seini-annual payment to the
Commissioners correspondingly.
When loan Of large am 'unt falls
due, which the semi-annlal payments to
tie Commissioners are insufficient to re-
deem, they reissue such loan, arr angling
ID so that part OF 1t will fall due each
year, and thus work regularly into the
schedule of redemption already prepared
BY these arrangements the present
bonded debt of the city, amounting to
81, 1864, $50, will be entirely redeemed in
the year 1918.
| This sinking fund scheme was origi-
mated by J. r. Head, Esq, who la:
been one of the Commissioners sirct
1855, when the plan was put into opera
t|on, and during which time bonds t.
the amount OF $l12,700 have been re
deemed and cancelled. The presen
Sinking Fund Commissioners are j. T
Head, Z. p. johnson and Samuel Muir
| phy.
The daily gazette., 1879-10-25
n DelaiUare Man In Luck.

1t is stated upon the best authorities
that a Delaware man who not long ago
went to the West, has struck bonanza
Of the most astonishing proportions, and
has grown fabulously rich in avery short
time. The s:ory runs that few months
ago the man was engaged in peddling
cigars through the State, and for some
time vas operating in the neighborhood
Uf Frederick. While there, 1t Is supposed
that he was seized with the "Leadville
fever" for he borrowed sum Of money
from an acquaintance and suddenly dis.
appeared. No tidings came from him for
some time, and the man who had loaned
him the money began to think he was
badly taken in. Lately, however, new
developments have put different COM
plexion upon the State of aff.irs. The
man, whose mGGP'1 carried the whilom
cigar peddler away, a short time since
received a check for the amount loaned
from the man, and, few days there
after, another check, for larger amount
as present. 1t has since been learned
that the man has had an astonishing
price of luck, aud has grown very rich
through one of the freaks of life, so pecu-
liar in the great West. His name has
| not been learned.
The daily gazette., 1879-10-25
Who SiOle the chickens.

CASE THAT WOULD NOT HOLD WATER.
Then was the only one case at the Po-
lice Court last night, but the mayor had
to try 1t before larger audience than
usual. The prisoners were Thomas Hi
mes y, Thomas II ettrick and George Para
dy. Chas. b. LoreI Esq, appeared for
he defence. The complainant was Mrs.
Hannum. an old lady residing in the
eastern part Of town, and her sou Joseph
Hannum the chief witness for the State
He testified that on W ednesday morning
about ] or o'clock. he was asleep IN the
barn on Locust street,and was 9wakened
by the three men in the dock stealing TIE
chickens. He made after them and "sur-
rounded the crowd" After knocking
two of them down aud doing other val
lent things, he captured Hettrick and
took two cfthe chickens away from him.
In cross examination Hannum contra.
dcted bimself many times. Mr.. Lore
said the defense would be that the young
Hannum had been stealing his mother,
chick. rs himself and to screen hiInsel II
was blaming 1t upon the prisoners. He
cal led several itness who testified that
or The same night indicat ed by Hanuum
AZ being the one the alleged theft oc-
Cured upon, they had seen him with a
| chicken In his arms trying to sell 1t To
Jhon Simmons about o O'Clock, and just
| before that time, a colored man testlneu
| he had been seen climbing the fence in
| to his mothers yard to get the chickens
! The son made the usual plea of coun
sci wbenin such cases and asked the re
porters to suppress the names.
The daily gazette., 1879-10-25
Housed.

THE wECCACOE ENGINE PLACED IN
TIE ENGINE HOUsE--A TEST TRIAL
THIS AFTERNOON.
1t was noticed in the Fifth edition of
the GAZETTE, Yesterday, that the new
engine of the Weccacoe Fire Company
had arrived in this city. The engine
remained at the freight house, Fourth
aud Pine streets, until about O'Clock
in the afternoon, WHEN it was Unloadcd
and taken charge of by the members OF
the company, who, headed by band,
gave short str ct parade, and afterwards
proceed to their house on Jackson street
below Second. when the engine al.
rived at the house there was large
crowd to welcome her, and when the Ell
CINE was placed in the house those prs.
enL cheered Justify. In the evening the
company celebrated the event by a ban
quet, to which number of friends were
invited. The vicinity of the engine
house presented scene of animation by
the coming aud going of persons who
called to admire the engine.
This afternoon the engine will be Civ
en- test trial at Townsend's sluice.
The daily gazette., 1879-10-25
Almost II Murder.

There was considerable of cutting
affair at Bulls Mills, near Laurel, on
Saturday night last. A negro boy,
named Truitt, was in VIM. S. Whaley's
store, indLlging in loud and obscene
Language. Being ordered out he went in
front Of ueny O'Neil's residence. Here
he continued his noise. and O'Neil,
whose wife was i'll, asked him to desist,
and said if he did not he would strike
him. The negro continued, and O'Neil
hit him twice. Tluitt then drew razor
and gave him cut across the throat
some three inches long. II came near
having fatal results. He was arres' ed
and said hr had intended to kill ONeil,
as he Was on his way to Jail.
The daily gazette., 1879-10-25
keNE Estate.
1T is STILL THE EEsT INVESTMENT IN
THE OPINION OF MIR. HEALD.

1T is STILL THE EEST INvEsTMEHT IN
THE OPINION OF MIR. HEALD.
Mr.. j. r. Heald, the we'll known real
estate agent and broker, told GAZETTE
reporter yesterday that he did not think
the recent furry In stock speculations
would affect real estate transactions to
any perceptible degree. The stock fever,
he thought. would only be temporary
and as nany people would naturally
suffer in the reaction that is sure to
come, Investors would soon return to the
best and surest Of all investmenis-solid,
substantial real estate.
"heaI estate in a growing city, said
Mr.. ieald, "is the best Investment that
money can be put into, ii judiciously
managed. 1t is always there so to
speak, and In not subject to the wild fiuc
utatiOns of stock invt stmeEts. In rap
idly growing city like Wilmington. real
es ate Is sure to srise in value, and
would advice any man desiring a safe
and profitable investment, to put his
money In city property"
Mr.. Head, In alluding to the real es
tate business conducted By Head x Co.
said they had sold a million dollari
worth of real esl ate "a great part of hicf
was on terms of credit, and vet they hdt
not yet lost single dollar of the a,nounii
thus credited. or the rents given then
for collecti On, their losses would no
amount to more than one per cent. Mr.
Heald also said that during the man'
years thathe conducted his Market stree
book store he credited liberally, and ye
did not lose more than one per cent. o
his book accounts. He argued from thi
that the people of Wilmington were, ii
the main, honest aud disposed TO pa
| their d. BITS,
The daily gazette., 1879-10-25
Little W0n dereT's MisfOr-
tune.

STEALING A PASSAGE ACROSS THE
OCEAN, MEETING WITH FEW FRIENDS
AND MANY WHO WE'RE NOT FRIENDS,
AND FINALLY FIGURING IN RAIL-
ROAD ACCIDENT.
A very unusual case that involved
some very interesting facts came under
the attention of the p. w. q b. r. r.
officials here last night. A little fellow
in the employ of the Diamond State Iron
Company, whil- attempting to climb be-
tween two freight cars a. the foot Of
Fourth street, In order to get on the
9th r side Of the railroad track, had his
foot badly mashed between the "bum-
pers" by the cars starting suddenly. He
was taken charge of and his injuries
were attended by DIR. John X. Kane.
HIS foot was badly mashed, but it was a
mere flesh wound, and did not necessi-
tate amputation.
| The little fellow was only about fif-
teen years of age and he told strange
| story. He said his name was Tommy
Shehan, and that he was native of Ire
land, A few months ago he left his
hone in the Emerald Isle and stole a
passage on q vessel bouEd for America.
Not having very good idea of the geog-
raphy of this country, he boarded the
vessel on learning that she was bound
Nova Scotia, thinking 1t must be near
New York. "'-'
| When port was reached, after long
voyage, fraught with rough treatment at
the hands of the sailors, be found himself
friendless and penniless. He remained
but short time at that place, and stole
On hoard the first outbound ship, and
was landed at Galveston, Texas. H. re
lie found the same state of affairs.
and, after nearly starving and
failing to fl d employment,h he again took
to theshipping. This time he secreted
himself on three masted sooner bound
for this port. During this trip he was
treated with great brutality by the inhu-
man mate, and lie was quite ill when he
reached Wilmington and anchored at
at Wharf of the Diamond State Iron
company.
| lie was taken compassion on by the
managers and given work to do, and
here met the first friend he had found
since he ran away. 1t was little boy
named Murphy who worked at the same
mill and who resides at No. 35 Lord
street. The family, although in humble
circumstances, have kept him ever since,
prod of seve al days.
| While DR.. Kane was dressing the
wound, the lad suddenly checked him,
"Say doctor, who is to pay for all this.
have no money!" he asked. "The
Iailroad company, answered the doctor.
'Then, said he, suppressing cry of pain
with great difficulty, hurrah for the rail-
road company"
| The boy is certainly deserving Of CON-
passion and it would he we'll if some OF
the humane societies in town would in
terest themselves in his behalf. He still
remains at Mr.. Murphy's house, NO. 30
Lord street.