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Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-11-06
The NofsHern Paeiac.

This road continues to be nncommonly
busy in moving the immense wheat crop
grown rpon its borders during the current
year. That cereal is being poured into.
Duluth by the Northern Pacific at the rate
| of 5000 bushels daily. Heretofore there
has been experienced considerable difficulty
at that point in securing the shipment Of
the wheat to the East By way Of the lakes,
in consequence Of the scarcity OF vessels.
This obstacle 10 the quick transportation
Of the grain Is now happily renewed as
vessel owners. attracted by the somewhat
advanced shipping rates caused By the de-
neand for vessels, have ressiily forwarded
their craft to Duluth to secure the busi..
ness. II thus happens that the wheat pass
es down the lakes US fast as ii arrives in,
Duluth.
The Northern Pacific Is busy IN another
direction; that 10. upon its western exten-
sion from the Missouri river ~ bismarck.
ID. T. The material for the first hundred
miles OF the extension is being rapidly
pushed forward. At the same time, the
company Is entertaining propositions for
the grading Of the sorty-five niks from tho,
terminus Of the tirss hundred miles to the
Little Missouri river. The intention 10 to,
advance this work this year Nc iAr a DOE
sfbse. In order that it may be liGhtened 40
much ~ can be. in preparation jnx the nsxs
seasons construction oge.asionArEeNas
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MUST NOT USE YOUR RELATIVES
TO PROVE Up YOUR LAND
CLAIMS.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, I
GENERAL LAND OFFICE, !

GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
WASHINGTON. d. G., Oct. Z, 1879,
To the Register and Receiver Of the Lana
Office.
GENTLEMEN-lt is desired that the tcsti-
mony offered by Presumption and Home
stead claimants at the time of making final
proof OF their personal qualifications. and
compliance with the requirements of the
law under which they claim, shall be that
of disinterested witnesses, as nearly free
from objection as possible. and with this
end in view, you will reject the testimony
OF persons who are members of or imme-
diately connected with the family of a
claimant. except in cases where it is i'm
possible or impracticable tor the claimant
to furnish other testimony. In such cases.
upon his making affidavit of the facts
showing. to your satisfaction, the impOs-
sibility or iinpracticability OF furnishing
other testimony, you may receive such
testimony as he may be able to procure.
using great care to elicit from the witnes
ses the true state Of facts relative to the
claimants right to make the desired entry.
In contested cases, The testimony of re-
latives should be received. but viii be con-
sidered only in so far as it corroborates.
or is in accordance with the general tenor
Of the evidence of disinterested persons.
Very respectfully,
>. n. ARMSTRONG,
Acting Commissioner.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-11-06

The man who meets and loves the wo
man of 25 is truly fortunate, and she is
equally fortunate in meeting and loving
him, says Il writer in woman's journal.
At that age she seldom tleceiycs She may
not have, she is not likely to have then,
her first sentimental experience; but such
experience ut such an aye is more than
sentimental, and rarely ever feeting. She
looks back ut the youths she imagined she
was efIamored OF between sixteen or eigh-
teen, or often twenty-five. and they are
more than Indifferent or repellant to her
they are ridiculous, md in some sort she,
as she then was, is ridiculous to herself.
She can not but be grateful to her destiny
that licr sympathies and affections have
been reserved for worthy object and
higher end. At twenty-five, if ever. a
woman knows and estimates herself. She
less liable to emotional or mental mis-
lakes; she is far surer of her fortune, be-
cause she feels that her fate is. to certain
extent, within her own hands. Not only
Is she lovelier and more loveable, broader
and stronger than she has been, but her
welded happiness and powers Of endur-
ance are in manner guaranteed.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-11-06

It is the Unchecked prairie boy OF the
West. who would rather plow the prairie
than the sea, would rather watch the wav-
ing grain than the oceans biTlow, would
rather work fcr living among the break
ing plows than among the breakers Of
some st rm-beaten coast. God bless the
noble western boy. 1t is to him We must
look for strength and hope in the great
struggle OF hsssfaR fife in the years -
come. 1t is to him upon whom will rest
the greatest responsibility OF a successful
preservation OF the boon Of liberty, and
we have no fear but what he will be equal
to the task. Our greatest and best men
have sprung from the agricultural districts.
and as an agricultural life seems to be the
best f;tted for the earlier years, a purer
school for mental development than any
other occupation.
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Ny nrst-my very nrst-his name was Will;
A l:Ansis....,c f.!:ow-fair. with curling hair,
Ind lovely eyes. have his locket still
He went to Galveston and settled there
At least. 1 heard 50. All, dear me. dear me!
How terribly in love he used to be!
The sscOnd-RObert Hill-he told his love
The first night that we met. Twas al ball
A fo,lish boy! He carried of my glove.
We SAT out half the dances At The hall,
And nirted in ths most outrageous way.
Oh me! how mother scolded all neat day!
The third awoks my heart. From night till
mora,
From morn tiil night again, I dreamed Of him.
treasured up q rosebud hs had worn;
Nv tears and kisses made his picture dim.
Strange tkxf can feel the old, old flame
When 1 remember Paul-thxt WAS his name!
The fourth and fiffb were br0hers--twins at that;
Good fellows, kind, devoted, clever, too,
Twas rather shabby TO refuse them fiat
Roth in one day; bat what else could do?
Nv heart was still with Paul, and he had gone
Yscht-sailing with the Misses Garrstsou.
he never carsd ssr mel found that out
Ds pits The foolish cliDging Of my hope;
A 6,w mostAs provsd Il clsar beyond dosss
fsteeisd my heart; would not pine o. NOPE,
But masked my self iD gayety. and went
10 grace his wedding when the cards wsre sent
So these were all my loves My husbanda On,
met him down in Florida one fall
Rich. middle -agsd, and prosy, - you know;
He asked mel accepted; that Is ell.
a L;na .o.d soul: he WoYshiBs me; but then
never c,rn. him in with o,Asg p,ea.
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Ces. Miles Wins = Victory in the Fed.
cral COWPt.-lwpOrtas Decision
In AN Inauranee Case.

In the case OF Hathaway vs.. the st. Paul
Fire 4 Marine Insurance Company, Judge
krekel gave lengthy instructions to the
jury. in which one or two points are
touched upon that have never before been
adjudicatetl. 1t will be remembered that
the suit was upon two policies Of insur-
ance On certain personal effects of mum.
Der OF army officers. shipped in May, 1879,
from Leavenworth, on the steamer Cam
cron, government boat carrying supplies
for the troops in Montana. The pilots OF
the boat were not licensed for the Missouri
river. the government not requiring such
license on its own boats. but making H.
cense obligatory on all other pilots. The
boat was sunk by a snag. and the compa.
ny refused to pay the insurance, because
the pilot was not licensed,
After stating the facts of the case the
judge instructed the jury that the United
States is not a common carrier, that pilots
in the employ of the government are not
required to take out a license that the de-
fendant contracted with full knowledge of
the fact that that vessel was in the govern
ment employ that the inefficiency of the
pilot is no defense. On the point that the
government is liable to the officers of the
army in this case. the judge says the gov
ernnh.nt can not be sued, and the company
can not protect itself from payment on
this ground. On the question as to the
amount OF damages and the manner of
ascertaining the same. the judge said: The
provisions of the policy in this regard are
as follows: In case of total loss the ad-
justuncnt of the same shall be upon the
valuation specified in the policy. if any !;
but in the absence Of a valuation, then up
on the invoice price without reference to
the market value of the article insured
In case Of partial loss or damage,
reference must be had to the market value
of the article insured to tx the per centum
OF damage, which shall be the difference
between the cash market value and the ar
ticle in its damaged state, which per cent
um OF loss or damage must be applied to
the value fixed in this policy, and in the
absence of such valuation. then upon the
invoice price to determine the sum tor
which the company is liable.
Under ths instructions, the jury gave a
verdict for the plaintiffs, assessing the
damage in favor of General Miles and his
officers in the following DrODOrtiOnS.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-11-06

1t Is reported from abroad that the
daughter and lleiress OF the late Dr. J. &.
Aver, of Lowell. is about to we'd Prince
Philip Of Aquilla, u Bourbon, nephew of
Bamba. 4 nephew of Dom Pedro. and
cousin in the first. second and third de-
gree to the occupants of half the thrones
of the world. Miss Aver is said to pos
sess youth, beauty. high culture, an amia-
Bile disposition, and S5,OGc.OOO in her own
right. 1t is evident that Philip. notwith-
standing his pedigree, will have the best OF
the bargain.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-11-06

The western States are feeling pros
perity ahnos, unprecedented. Michigan
is selling more lumber than ever before
Minneapolis is sending OF. 5000 barrels OF
fioura day, and the city has 90, 600 inhabit-
ants: Duluth, .the zenith city Of the un-
s.lted seas" is receiving 100 carloads OF
wheat every twcnty-four Ao,ns, AMI the
Northern Pacific Is p,ishing on. All this
is 4 comment on the exquisitely absurd
spesch Of Lord Bsaeontiekl. h whieh he
represented our northwestsrn Suites
depopuaated by the rush Of posesty-
stricken millions across the border into
Cauada. a.-.ysU ls9r. T. ;5aEs.
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They Hall Do It.

"Mr Hall always kissed his lady friends q
any time of day. '--Afrs. Haips Eridence.
''He always kissed his lady ffiends,''
So quoth the PASTORS wife;
Owhat charm the practice lends
To eyangelic life.
The plump, the thin, the dark, the fair,
The short ones and the tall,
lie kissed the ladies everywhere,
O naughty Newman Hall!
"IIe always kissed his lady friends
At any time Of days"
O how the simple statement sends
thrill through common clay.
I'll be NOnconformist priest
feel have call;
Iwant that sweet continual feast
That fell to Newman Hall.
London Referee.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-11-06

II Is estimated that the hand OF printer
who sets 5000 ems a tlay will travail =, 100
feet. picking up about 24.000 letters. There
Is a acompositor in the Chronicle office. who,
every time he sets np long sentence,
travels into tbs next saloon for a drink.
He sets about $40 ems day. and walks
altogether abont four and halt miles
after beer. His strong objection to
the country Is that poor men have no
how 1--we
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-11-06
MANS BETTER HALF.

A miss is not only as good as a mile
but one lap better.
A lawyer of our acquaintance insist!
that lie is il fee-male.
History says that Eve first tempted
Adam, but we have never heard her story
There is married gentleman who con-,
plains that his better-half gives him nc
quarter.
Two thousand women in Massachusetts
have paid the poll tax and arc ready to
vote as far as the law allows.
Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood. the female
lawyer OF Washington, has been refused
permission to practice in the Virginia
courts. Some time ago slle was admitted
to practice in the Supreme Court Of the
United States.
my DEAR" said a smiling spouse to her
other half, morning or two since, RI am
going a-shopping; want little change"
Pooh! ~ responded the ungallant man,
''that would be no change at all; you 60
shopping every day."
A Miss Wbitten, now at Dalnariscotta.
Me-, has probably the longest hair OF any
woman in the world. 1t is eight feet long,
and when dressed in French twist it
passes six times around her head. The
growth Is perfectly natural.
hampton, OF the Steubenville Herald, is
unmarried. Ii he amt, he ought to Ike 10
insure his life, tor he has come with IL,
chratioa that ''the difference between .
woman and an umbrella is, that there
times when one can shut Mp an umbr
He had an auburn-haired girl, and prom
ised to take her out riding. She met him
at the door when he drove up, and he ex-
claimed: ''Hello! Readyy'' She nisun-
dersto0d him, and they don't speak now.
Thus slang makes another slap ut loves
young drtam. ...
'What on earth have you brought these
things home for?" as he contemptio,ssIy
spread a lot Of pictures on the table. 'YOu |
have often twitted me, he answered, "oi
never having any views Oh any subject,
and SO I've got a lot Of views here on all
sorts OF subjects; and they are my views.
| paid for tllem.''
Miss Ella Chamberhin. of Cambridge
port, Massachusetts, will shortly make her
lebut MS a whistler. and promises to be
quite pleasing addition to the concert
stage In the way Of novelty. She whis-
lies as sweetly and naturally as bird
'ings, having possessed this peculiar gilt
rom earliest childhood.
The editor of the Princeton Uaios has
,een to st. Paul as a juryman. and he
'ays: st. Paul hss got the houeliest
somen Of any town on the continent. At
! matinee, where over three hundred OF
hem were present, We did not see good
ookiBx Mdy." As the dear creatures are
lnder the influence Of st. Paul, they are
II, undoubtedly, Sisters Of Charity. |,
A lady tra:eling on the New York Gen. I
raj road the other day, lost her satchel /
ear HioE. II contained $4,000. A freight q
rain came along shortly after the passen- I
,ef train. and the conductor picked up the
stchel from the side Of the track, and Z
ut II with the agent at nion. It WIS re- q
tcred to the Lldy. who presented the con- I
uetol v i'll sS0l for lia>IiA naefy :
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Miss Bangs.

Miss Bangs.
The beauteous. buxom Bertha Bangs
Is one of our diyinest girls,
She bangs the doors and bangs the chairs,
And likewise bangs her auburn curls.
She bangs on the pianIy, too.
And bangs upon the light guitar.
But OH of I'LL the bangs she bangs
She mostly bangs her auburn ha'r.
o banging bouncing, buNom belle,
The poets Tyre with rapture twangs-
Responsive to the influence
Ofihy beloved and beauteOus bangs.
MY Grandm others Cat.
Ny grandmOther's cat vas son cf his mOder
Uud weighed about vorty-seven pounds:
He vas older py half of his lee;le dwin broder,
Und he made Of his mouth funny sounds.
He came nit dis world ON der morning he va
born,
Und va, always his grandmode: IS pride;
But he kickci--once, twice, never to kick again
Cause he va, died.
seconds inidoudt shlumber-
Kick, kick. kick, kick;
Uuli he kicked. like Dunder;
Kick, kick. kick, kick;
Und be >hiopped short,
Never to kick again
'Cau.e he vas died.
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Somehow or Other.

Life has a burden on every ones shoulder
None may esca e from its trouble and care;
Miss il in youth, ami Twill come when we'r'
older,
And fii us ~ close as the garments we wear
sorrow comes into our lives uninvi.ed,
Rpbbng our heart Of its irca IRE Of song;
Lovers gr,w cola. an'; 'rinnd: hi arc li!h Ell
le;, oon!ehJ" on her, We wUrr5 aiuiE.
Somehow or othsr The pathway grows brighter
just when we mourn there i, one to berrient.
Hope in the heart makes the burden seem lighter
And, somehow or other, we get to the end
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Mine vamiIy.


Dimbled scheeks, init eyes OF rue,
MOut' like i'd vas moist nit dew,
Cnd leetle teeth shust peekiu' droo-
Dots der baby.
Curly he'd, und full Of glee,
l,rowsers all Oudt at der Knee
lie vas blayin' horse, you see
Dots leedle Otto.
Won hundrod-seexty in der shade,
Der oder day when the vas Weighed
She beats me soon, vas avraid-
Dots mine Gretchen.
Bare-footei he'd, und poOty stOudt,
Nit crooked legs dot will bend oudt,
Fond OF his uier und sduer k,'out-
Dots me himself.
Won schmall young baby, full Of fun,
Won leedle pright-eyed, roguish son,
Won frau 10 greet When work vas done
Dots mine vanity.
Charles Follen adams, in Detroit Free Press.
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M% M.s.. " ": Anderson. Anderson ANDERSON & SON.
Editors and PrOprietOrs.
once, Courier Building, Main Street
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-08-21

A reporter who has wandered
through Maine, saw Senator Blaine's
summer home, which stands across the
street from the state house grounds, at
the extreme edge of the beautiful little
city of Augusta, on the high banks of
that Transparent stream-the Kenne-
bee. Mr.. Blaine's grounds are large,
and his lawn beautiful. Tennis and
croquet show that the turf is not for
ornament only, but for all the pleas
ures it "a be put to. In the corner of
the yard, back from the street, are sew
eral large shade trees, under which a
child's tent is pitched, and near by is a
group of comfortable rustic chairs.
This is where Mr.. Blaine receives his
company during the summer, and
where he does his summer work. 81
have done more studying and thinking
under these trees" said Mr.. Blaine,
''than in any other place in the world.
Notice this prospect and he pointed
over the river, where the green hills
lay banked one against another in that
graceful way in which nature always
arranges them. The house was origi-
nally a square structure, which Mr..
Blaine built twenty years ago, when he
was a modest editor, and he has added
to it from time to time until he has
stretched it more than half way across
his spacious lot.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-08-21
wHAl ARE rHE PROTEST.

This is the absorbing point that is of
chief interest in every business trans
action. By the combination system of
operating in stocks, Messrs. Lawrence
q Co., Bankers, N. Y, unite the orders
OF thousands of patrons, in various
sums, into one immense amount, and
operate them as a mighty whole, thus
obtaining all the advantages of the
largest capitalist and best skill. Profits
are distributed pro rata among share
holders every month. In this IA
large gains are secured in short periods,
and capital from $40 or s15 to $50, 600
can be used with equal proportionate
success. $40 will make 500 in 80 days.
$50 will pay 81, 800 profit, or 10 per
cent. on the stock, and so on, accord
ing to the market. A citizen Of Troy,
made 1915. 10 on an investment of $50.
Many customers are doing better. The
new circular has 1.-TWO unerring rules
Tor success" and full details so that
any one can operate profitably Stocks
and bonds wanted. Government bonds
supplied. Apply to Lawrence & Co.,
Bankers, 81 Exchange Place, n. Y,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-08-21

The Cat"

The English service papers are de-
lighted at the defeat of the advocates
of the total abolition of flogging in the
British army. "The cat" says the
Army and Nary Gazette, sis a moral
medicine, and if, in certain cases, it is
the only means of checking offences, it
would be madness to abolish it because
it is disliked by offenders. 1t is impos-
sible to compare our army with the
armies of foreign powers; for both the
mode of recruiting and the nature of the
service are totally different" And
Broad Arrow adds that ''logging is not
upheld because it is a means of punish
ment, but because in certain
cases it is the only one, and good sol
dier is no more injured by its existence
in the military code than a good citi-
zen is injured by the infection of capt.
tai punishment upon his criminal
neighbor. The reduction of the num-
Der of lashes allowable from fifty to
twenty-five was a proper step, not as a
move towards the abolition or the
punishment, but as q recognition of the
fact that its sting, and therefore its
efficiency, lay in the very indignity
which is so much talked about.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-08-21
Origin of the Metric System.

Origin OF tho Metri" System.
Ia the year 1897 the French Govern
ment established 4 uniform system of
weights and measures throughout all
its provinces. and in order to get a
standard that should be perpetually un-
varying measured q degree of latitude
on the earth's surface between Dun
kirk and barcelona, and took one forty
milliontli part of the earth's circum-
ference SO determined rs the unit of
measure, and called it a meter. This
was equal to 39.37fef our inches. Sub
sequent and more exact measurements
of the degree have shown an error of
about 1-20S part of an inch in the
meter, as then established, but that
does not affect the plan which has come
to be known as the metric system. Fol-
lowing the course which had then re-
Gently been devised by the United
States for coinage, the denominations
in the system were arranged decimally.
Thus, reckoning upward:
III meters make l decameter.
10 decameters make / hecto-meter.
10 hectometers make 1kilo-meter.
10 kilometers make 1 miria-meter.
And, reckoning downward:
ITO Of a meter is a deci-meter.
lilo Of a decameter is a centi-meter.
lilo of a centimeter is a milli-meter.
For measures of capacity in this sys-
TEN the unit is a liter, which is a cube
measuring adecimeter on each side, and
equivalent to about p pints, wine
measure.
For establishing weights, a cube of
water measuring a centimeter in each
direction is taken as the units, and
called a gramme, which is equivalent
to about 15g grains troy.-[Inter
Ocean.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-08-21
When the Bowels are pisordered

No time should be lost In resorting to a suit
able remedy. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Is
he most reliable and widely esteemed medi-
cine OF Its class. II removes the causes of
constipation. or OF undue relaxation of the
intestines which are usually Indigestion or
a mlsdirection ofthe bile. When Il sets AS a
cathartic, IL does not grippe and violently
e~vacuate, but PRODUCES gradual and natural
effects. very unlike those ofn drastic purg-
n%uilIhes those {rritetine condiiions ar the
mucous membrane OF tue stomach and In
~testinAl canal which prod nee FIRST diarrhoea,
and eventually dysentery. The medicine il,
moreover, an agreeable one, and eminently
pure and wholesome Appetite and Tranquil
nightly slumber are both promoted by 1t.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-08-21

QUEEN VICTORIA has ls.tu Lieut..
Carcy's best friend. When the court
martial's sentence Of death was set
aside, the Duke Of Cambridge urged
the queen to dismiss the unfortunate
officer, but she resolutely refused. Upon
arriving at Plymouth the lieutenant
was presented with the following adj
dress, signed by ten thousand men of
Plymouth:
We, the undersigned men OF Plymouth, in
welcoming you back to your native country,
desire to express entire confidence in you
vaIor as a British officer, and honor as a gen.
tleman, and we express our sinceresympathy
for you In the trying circumstances in which
you were placed.