Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-09-11

Are book worms good for bait ?

Are book worms good for bait?
There are over one hundred Chinama
T. in the City of Boston.
n A brother of Mark Twain is mailin
clerk in the Leadville post-ctiice.
II the Lord had any regard for reporter
he would manage to make things trifi
? more lively just now.
Over two hundred and eighty-fve mil
, lion tons of coal are annually produced il
the world Of which the United States dig
less than one-fifth.
] The deepest running stream that i
known is that OF the Niagara river. jus
under the suspension bridge. where it l.
200 feet deep by actual measurement.
There are still over s,OOO,OOO acres OF un
improved lands in Illinois. The total mum
Der OF acres under cultivation is 25.93l. 46S
the average value of which is $l4.3S pei
acre.
The man who gets the maddest at q
newspaper joke on himself is the same
party who goes around showing the paper
to everybody he meets when the joke is on
some other fellow.
A Negroe at Dallas. Tex, believing that
God demanded the sacrifice of his family,
gave poison to his wife and three children:
but an irreligious physician interfered and
saved their lives.
The town Of Albert Lea. Minn.. was
named after Col. Albert Lea. the first hite
man who traversed that part of the State
who is still alive-though living in Texas
at the age of 80 years.
A Florida man, who owns 15O. 1000 cattle
and is richer than anybody else in tile
State. is recluse, living in a shan,y which
has neither fireplace nor chimney. He
sells his surplus cattle in Cuba; lie seldom
sees men. and he hides his money in cans
on his land.
How swiftly the moments are passing in
which we may give the sweetest Joy or
keenest sorrow to those we love as we do
our lives. Husband, wife, father. mother.
and children. then curb that hastily temper.
hold back the impatient word, and remem-
Der.
Joaquin Miller says: 'If yOu were to
take newspaper in your Land and cr,m-
pie it up. and then spread it out again. the |
creases in it might fairly represent the
streets and lanes and alleys of London, SO |
angular, SO awkward and irregular is this.
the greatest of all cities of the earth.''
A New Haven firm recently shipped an
elegant coupe to San Francisco. inrl..sed
in canvas covering. and some impec,,ni-
Gus chap made it furnish him a free
ride to the Pacific by getting into it at
New Haven and taking along a good sup
ply for his ten days journey. But the
'arriage was not in the best condition pos
;ible when uncovered.
The God in the Constitution" party
lel convention recently in this cit,
they received last year $l.S29 and expend-
ID S2.l57 in the work Of agitation for the
,reat reform, which was rough on th
treasurer. In view of recent disclosures.
seems more to tine point to get coIHmoD
honesty in the hearts OF legislators thar
he word God in the written constitution.
-Pittsbwq Post.
A clock made entirely OF bread has late
Y been received in Milan, from Peru. II
'as constructed by an Indian, who. having /
o means Of purchasing material. saved a
orion of the soft part Of his daily brpa,
Or the purpose. He solidified it with
rrtain salt which rendered it very hard
nd insOluble in water. The clock keeps
God time. and the case. also of hardened
read. displays artistic talent.