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No., 39S.
FOSSIL FORESTS.
Some Of the Remarkable Specimens
in the Y Yellowstone Region.

In the valley of the East Fork of the river
which flows through the wonderful yell
!. lowstone National Park of the United
States. says the London Times, the group
OF rocks, known for wali of better des-
ignatiOn as the "Volcanic Tertiary" is
typic:illy developed and has thickness of
upwards of 5000 feet. Its prevailing ma
terials are fragmentary volcanic products
which have been apparently redistributed
by the agency cf water. and now form
breccias, conglomerates. and sandstones.
These strata contain great abundance OF
silicified wood; and in many places trunks
of trees many feet in height and of gigantic
proportions seem to st;,,l in the identical
strata in which they grew. Sometimes the
crumbling conglomerates wither away
from about these, leaving them to stand
upright along the steep mountain sides.
Mr.. w. ii. Holmes gives an account of
these forests in the recent published num-
Der Of the 9TH volume of the Bulletin of the
United States Geological and Geographical
Surrey, Washington, February %, 1879.
A section is given representing the north
face of Amethyst Mountain. 1t includes
1000 feet OF strata. The summit of this
mountain is 9,40O feet above the. sea. and
the river flowing at its base is 600 feet
over sea level. Riding up the smooth riv-
er-bed, one has but to look to the right up
the cliffs to discover multitudes of the
bleached trunks Of these ancient forest
trees. In some Of the sleeper portions of
the mountains face, rows ofupright trunks
stand out like the columns of some long
since ruined temple. On the more gentle
slopes lower down. but where it is still too
steep to support vegetation, save here and
there few pines, the petriied trunks fair
ly covered the surface. and were at first
taken to be the shattered remains of a quite
recent forest. Sometimes the trunks were
found in fine state of preservation. Some
lying PROSTATE measured 80 feet to 60 feet
in length, and not few of these were five
feet or six feet in diameter. One, indeed.
was found on careful measurement to be
ten feet in diameter. The woody structure
was so well preserved that it could be at
once declared that this giant tree was not
Il confer.
The strata also contain, rs might be ex-
pected. many rootets, leaves and fiuits-a
collection of which have been submitted
for determination to Professor Leo Les
querenx. They include an Aralia. !. Mag
nolia, and new species of q lime, an ash, an
elm. and of Il diospyros; also some new
rffUse trescrtuerI ny rurrssor
Whitney from the Elk Creek strait. But
these strata are lower than the Yellow
stone Park strata by fully 1000 feet, and
are separated from them BY fifteen miles Of
broken country. These extraordinary
fossil forests add one more to tie note
worthy objects to be tota.d in the National
Park of si,e United States, already in re-
spect of its natural phenomena without an
equal in any part of the world.
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Oh, the tiny little ants,
How they Chamber up your pants,
At the picnic meath the willow in the glen
How they seem to take delight in
The obnoxious sport Of bitin'
Indefensible and modest gentlemen.
It's delightful, when ones cooling
10 the dalnsel he is wooing,
70 feel the playful creatures in his pants.
And upon the pcrfumed air
He throbs soulful swear
At ''his sisters and his cousins and his
ants.''
Oh, 1t sets the brain a throbbing
10 feel those insects bObbing
Up and down our system in their merry
glee-
There's one way you can right 'em,
And that is, flee and fight 'em
Meath the shadow of some distant, friend
ly tree.
st. Louis Tmes-Jomnal.
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Northern Pacific Extension. - The
I3eautiful CurleW Valley and the
Country Beyond.

Sixty to seventy farms are already being
opened on the extension of the Northern
Pacific near Mandan, and some Of the set
tiers have already made good progress in
their work. E. Boley has one hundred
and fifty acres under plow; his son has
like amount; Milan Harmon has turned
over about $50 acres, and Geo. ". Harmon
about the same, including, Of course, this
years breaking. Joe Arden has forty
acres, A. Helmsworth fry, y. Lang ten,
and many others good sized tracts. But
the prosperity Of the west side viii scarce
II commence until the beautiful Curlew
valley is reached. The road reaches this
valley about forty miles west Of Mandan
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He Got n Check. j.
Detreit Free Press


He wasn't a man who could be classed
with tramps, but yet he was shabby, ui-
tidy and dead broke. 'Nou see. my dear
man," he explained to Griswold street
lawyer, 81 come of an excellent family.
have worn diamonds and brOadcloth, and
am in my present fix simply because my
father wouldn't let me we'd the girl love,
and l ran away. l have concluded to re-
turn to him and ask his forgiveness and
marry the heiress he has picked out for
me. need only five dollars. As soon as
return to Troy will forward you clus-
ter diamond pin as present. That's the
style of clothes-pin am"
The lawyer sat right down and wrote
him check for five dollars, and he would
not even let the repentant young man re-
turn thanks for it. No. If he could do a
fellow man a good turn he was only too
glad to do so. What was life worth liv-
ing for but for its chances to make others
happy?
s'Just so-Heaven bless you-look out
for the diamond pin," said the young man
as he left the office tor the bank.
One minute before he presented the check
he was all smiles. One minute after the
cashier had the paper voice was heard
saying:
''rom Collins! Who in blazes is Tom
Collins? He has no money here! You'd
better jump out o. this, or I'll have you in
the cooler in about three minutes!
The young man jumped. AS he went
out he saw the lawyer across the street,
but he never smiled. He placed the check
On the walk, spit ON it, and descended into
a barber shop and asked if they knew OF
any citizen who wanted competent man
to take care of a dog and % the marketing
for the kitchen.
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Keeling Home Mt Midnight.
Keeling home at midnight,
Home to the little ones,
Who shrink in fright and terror
When the drunken father comes;
They know what hunger meaneth,
And want, and cruel tones;
In their helpless, desolate childhood,
God pity the little ones!
Keeling home at midnight,
10 the weary wife who waits
In sad, despairing silence
For the one who comes so late;
Her heart bowed meath the burden
Ola wrecked and broken life;
In her terrible woe and anguish,
God pity the weary wife.
Keeling home at midnight,
Cursing along the street,
Striving in vain to steady
The wandering, aimless feet;
Lost to his truth and manhood,
Down in the gutter he sinks,
Helpless, vile and degraded,
God pity the man who drinks.
-Siour city Journal.
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A correspondent of the Amsrican Israel
ite, writing from Baltimore, represents
that Mr.. Moody, the revivalist, who has
been khoring in that city, has met with .
great change OF heart or mini with respect
to the Jews, and says that he has ''given
up the idea of making converts among
them, for he now considers that the Jews
arr the best people In the country, and that
their religion Is like their goods, which
they sell cheap, because they are satisfied
with small profits"
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Cinctunati Commercial

What ii the newspapers should suddenly
become - indifferent to your great man as
the great man affects TO be Indifferent to
the newspapers? We have known of such
and in every instance the great
man became mythical long before the un-
dertaker prepared him to be monumental.
II will not do to be quite too awfully in
different to the imperfections Of the Amer
lean press.
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HELENA, July l, 1870.
[Copy.]


New YORK, April II, 1879.
Hon. B. F. Potts, Governor of Montana:
The Union Pacific Railroad Company
propose to extend the Utah & Northern
Railroad one hundred and thirty Q3O) miles
north from Snake river bridge, Idaho,
within the year 1879, and will construct at
least one hundred and thirty Q3O) miles of
said road within the Territory of Montana
during the years 1870 and 1880. Provided,
the said Territory of Montana, will, by an
act of its Legislature, exempt from taxa
ton all of said railroad SO constructed
within said Territory during the yeats 1870
and 1880, for the period of fifteen years.
Yours truly.
SIDNEY DILLON, Pres't.
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for the AvANT COURIER.-
Our Need Of Education.

The importance of a system of education
needs no argument. 1t is the chief power
that is uplifting and advancing human so.
ciety, in its lowest, broadest meaning, in.
cluding in common the general good to
the greatest number. Its grandest, high
est sense includes the education of the
seneibilities, the heart and soul. 1t lays a
first claim upon a refined and cultured peo-
pie, and should be in all our homes a
source of happiness.
and in power. But wealth without culture
Is superficial good, satisfying only the
demands Of the body. the appetite and the
eye. A frame which includes no nobility
of soul is not worthy OF being regarded,
and power that is alienated from another
should fall below the standard of true am
bition. Who would sell for gold his men,
tai power or nobility OF heart, derived
from intercourse with what is removed
from vice and sensuality? Many father
or mother will readily testify to their anx-
iety that their daughters may have only
that influence thrown about them that will
tend to strengthen and elevate them, or
that their sons were more OF men among
men and could take honOrs In college. 1t
will ever be in our homes and through our
lives an increasing comfort and pleasure.
Training and culture, then, are no fancy
they are no seeming good. They are cost
"; for them may be given tears and
prayers, and yet may be given too late.
There is scarce need Of the reminder that
that which Is of the most value in life
comes slowest and with the most exertion.
The Christian religion has been develop
Ing in the human hearts for Thousands Of
years, and yet the height OF it's power has
not been reached. Lite would lose its
greatest happiness If Its gifts came readily
without labor. We often hear II said that
'sthe noblest life is attained through long
est suffering, the highest scholarship thro'
The most toilsOme efforts" So to every
lover OF education comes the appeal to
their attention and kindly interest In what
evver institution that has it's beginning In
such desires and objects of labor. True
then, sis not for external slew,
but for inward development"
GEo. H. ScorT.
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[COpy.l
C1y'J
NEW YORK. ADril II. 1879.

ANA<" OAN"s AAliA ~ AoSOs
Hon. B. +. Potts, Governor Of Montana:
SIR-You will find enclosed a PROPOSE
ton, which you may submit to your Legis-
hture il you deem it advisable. We had
decided, after the failure of the acceptance
Of our former proposition, to stop the con-
struction of the road as soon as our sup
ply of iron was exhausted. which would
have carried it about fifty (50) miles north
of Snake river bridge.
In the event our proposition is accepted
by your Legislature, we fully expect TO
construct the road in much less time than
but will not bind ourselves beyond
-i-- - - - $50 D0srsHu..S.
Yours truly.
SIDNEY DILLON, Pres't.
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Chicago Journal: Country girls who
came In on excursi0ns never looked sweet
er than they do this year, and their ~
loSys" never looked greener.
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-sLet every one sweep the drift from his
own door and not busy himself about W
frost ON his neighbor's tiles.
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A GeOl Rule.

"a man who is very rich now, was very
poor when he was boy. When asked
how he got his riches. he replied My father
taught me never to play till my work was
finished, and nerer spend nsy money until I
had earned It. If had but an hours work
in day. must do that the first thing.
and In an hour. And after that was al
lowed to play; and then could play with
much more pleasure than if / had the
thought of an untipisied task before my
mind. early formed the habit of doing
everything in time, and it soon became
easy to do 50. It is to this owe my pros
perity.'"
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No man can be suspiciousOf others with
out making others suspicious of him, and
no man can spend his time in talking
against the honesty OF Others without en-
citing the feeling that he himself VIII bear
watching.
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GOVERNORS MESSAGE.

To the Legislative assembly Of Montana,
conresed in Extraordinary Session, by
and ,cith the approval Of HIS ErceIlency,
the President Of the United States:
Inow briefly submit for your considera-
ton such questions as appear to require
legislative action.
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Poetry.

Dmec, Courier Building, Main Street
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Cyril" she says at last, and then
stops. 49,,
"What is it, little sister?" l ask, for
the shy radiance of her face moves me
somehow to fresh tenderness.
Cyril" she begins again, edo you
want to get rid of meP"
l stop short and look at her in amaze
ment, feeling half guilty in my own
mind. "Get rid of youP" say. "Who
has been putting notions into your head,
childp What should I do without my
little housekeeperP"
"That is just what I have been think
ing" says Nell, shyly; Just what 1
told Miles when he wanted"
"Well, what did Miles wantP" /
ask, as Nell stops.
He wants." said Nell, hanging her
head low and speaking in a voice which
seems half stifed by her bushes" he
wants me to marry him in the fall"
Marry himT" l shout, in my first
amazement. Marry him on his present
incomeP Do you mediate a diet on
locusts and mild honeyP You will find
even those beyond your reach in winter,
and
"No, but, Cyril" says Nell, softly.
Don't be angry, butt was to Miles
that Aunt Jane left her money. 1t was
his father that she Tilted when they were
both young. And so-you don't mind,
Cyrilp"
Mind? Why should l mindP 1t was
not the money that / cared about. Ny
income will still be enough for two, and
Nell will be happy, and
And, do you know, Cyril, Nell goes
on, Miles says that he never would
have married me to live on my money.
Only for Aunt James will we should
have had to wait still; and weren't you
rightP and wasn't yesterday the dearest,
! blessedest day of the whole year, instead
of the unlucky one that /, like a little
goose, called itP And so, if you can find
a nice motherly old housekeeper to take
care of you until you can put some sweet
| girl, such as you deserve, in my place"
| laugh out. / cannot help it.
Never you mind, Miss Nell" | say.
81 will make shift to take care of my
| self. Go your way. and never worry
your little head about your stupid old
| brother"
Well, there is little more to tell The
report of the accident had been eXagger-
ated, as reports always are. The two
who were Killed were the horses, while
the passengers escaped miraculously.
There was one broken collar-bone, and
bruises, scratches and sprains innumera-
ble-enough to break up the picnic and
make us thankful that we were not
there Especially as DR.. CASTOR was also
absent), but hardly enough to cloud our
happiness seriously.
The days of waiting are now over for
all of us-for Nell and DR.. CASTOR, for
my little girl and me. Not the least
talked over of our memories is the epi-
sode of the unlucky day, which, we
fancy, brought about the happiness of
all four of us.-Harper'S BGzGr.
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Proving the Likeness.

There lived in Brussels a celebrated
painter named WiertZ, whose eccentric
tiles were such as to give him the name
of the crazy artist. That there was
method in his madness, the following
anecdote shows:
After having finished a portrait of the
old aristocratic Countess de Arnos, who
pretended to be only thirty when nearly
sixty, she refused to accept the painting,
saying it did not look anything like her.
self, and that her most intimate friends
would not recognize a single feature of
her on that piece of canvas.
Wiertz smiled kindly at the remark,
and, as a true knight of old, gallantly
reconducted the lady to her carriage.
Next morning there was grand dis
turbance in the Rue de Madeline. A
big crowd was gathered before win
dow, and the following was whispered
from ear to ear
lis the Countess de Arnos really in
Jail for her debtsP"
Wiertz had exercised little ven
geance toward his noble but unfair GUS
toner. AS soon rs she had refused the
portrait, he set to work and painted n
few iron bars on the picture, with these
words
lin Jail for debit"
lie exhibited the painting in Il jew
eler's window, in the principal street in
Brussels, and the effect was insian-
taneous.
A few hours later the Countess was
back Mt Wiertz's studio pouring invec-
tives on him at high pressure" to have
exhibited her likeness under such scan
dalous "-etc.
"Most noble lady" was the artists
reply, "you said the painting did not
look anything like yourself, and that
your most intimate friends would not
have recognized single one of your
features in the picture. wanted to test
the truth of your statement, that is all, Z"
The portrait was taken away, the city
laughed, the artist charged double price,
and gave the amount to the poor Of the
citv
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He Thought So.

The man in charge of the big engine
at the water works realizes that he has
a curiosity for most visitors, and when
callers express surprise and interest he
feels pleased. The other day a stranger
came, in for look around, and his gen.
eral make up satisfied the engineer that
he was person of deep thought and
man to appreciate the merits of monster
machinery. The stranger viewed the
engine from every side and angle, and
sat down. Then he reviewed it and took
another rest. Then he walked around
the building in a wise way and came
back for another inspection. For two
long hours he hardly had his eyes of the
ponderous machinery, but was at last
ready to go. Taking one last look he
walked up to the engineer and said:
"Say. mister, this 'ere injine runs by
steam, don't itP"
"Why, of course" was the amazed
answer.
"Well, / thought so more'n halt An
hour ago." continued the man, but IL
is lust as we'll to be sure about these
things. There are so many wind-mills
around nowadays that one can't be
certain of nothing Detroit Free Press
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AN 0NLUCKY DAY.

Nell has come down to breakfast with
her grief muscles in full play. Per.
haps you do not happen to know what
the "grief muscles are, though. They
are, on the authority of Mr.. Darwin,
those muscles which, in some faces, act
upon the inner corners of the eyebrows,
drawing them up in pathetic little
curve, and giving to the whole face an
expression of pathos which nothing else
can impart. | have never seen face in
which these same muscles act as per-
fectly as in Nell's; and as / know the
signs of the times, | ask what is the
matter, as an affectionate brother should.
"This is going to be an unlucky day."
says Nell, with deep sigh, and more
rueful expression than ever upon her
pretty face.
1t is very pretty little face, round
and fair, rose-tinted, and dimpled a
TaUir, lighted up by two deep blue innO-
cent eyes, and crowned by crisp waves
of bright brown hair-a very pretty lit
tie face. and generally bright and cheer
full one. When Nell makes her little
speech about the "unlucky day." know
what has brought the cloud upon it. "
my dear" say, sagely, "you are
. too old for such follies. Have your re-
peated youthful perusals of ROSGmO1ad
instilled no wisdom into your mind
Do you not know that whether day is
lucky or unlucky depends upon our
selvesP"
Il wish you wouldn't be so deadly
wise, says Mel, with another deep sigh
THAT is the last and bitterest drop in
the cup of adversely. None of my i'll
luck this morning was of my own max.
ing-sO, noWm
"Suppose you tell me what these
dreadful tribulations wereP" say, sooth
ingly, for pathos is extremely unbe-
coming to Nell's style, and am proud
enough of my little sister to like to SCI
her always at her best.
"Well,p says Nell, slowly, "in the
first place ! left my pet begonia on thu
window-sill, as l often do. 1t is ,
broad sill, you know, and l thought i
quite safe; but the wind came up in thu
night and blM Mit down, and broke tn,
pot"
ns1i 1$9aT5 qisi1I. ! 9 4 see about it'" I asked
mo-" says Nelb shaking her head
Z" did it myself. But, don't you think
Cyril, there was a great earth-worm il
the pot. OF all things on earth, hat
earth-worms; and there was the grea
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Baron Lionel Rothschild has be-
queathed to George Fordham, his Jockey,
$4,000, and an annuity of 1880.
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You arc my true and honorable wife,
As dear to me as are the ruddy drops
That visit my sad heart.

Harvey himselfowned that he was in
debted in a measure to his former master,
Fabricius, since lie was an Italian and
his works were not published until 1917,
the year after Shakespeare died.
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Where Did Shakespeare Get 1t.

Several writers have disputed William
Harvey's right to be called the discoverer
of the circulation of the blood, but in
spite of all that has been said the dis
tinction first conceded to him has always
remained. In the June atlantic a writer
cites the interesting fact that while Har-
vey first publicly announced his dis
coVery in 1920, Shakespeare thirteen
years eaI lier (16OD has written in Julius
Caesar" act ii, scene l, the following
lines: