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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-03-28

act the masses, offering goods worth exactly
DRESS GOODS in this week; prices very
cash on the spot to buy with, enable us to get
ent.-CLOTHING, new lot; same goods as
$40. PRICES GUARANTEED LOWER
ME- TO Us DIRECT.
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MATT I'M G:

Line of Hall and Room Lamps FINE
and all o them
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PASSENGER TRAINS RUNNING EAST.
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True copy,-Test:
marriott GEO. A. MILLER, Clerk.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-04-15
eBOZEMAN WEEKLY% CHRONICLE.
He Took Water.

A bill collectors life is not . happy
one. On Saturday last a gentleman
while passing along Fourth street was
startled by man all water-soaked
and muddy leaping over the fence by
his sidesand at the same time hearing
the sound Of deviltry issuing from the
rear of the premises. The water-s0ak-
ed individual was evidently in great
hurry To meet very pressing engage
ment, and yet at the same time there
was n sort of anxious lock on his face;
a look that would lead one to suppose
he had been fooling with q steam fire
engine and didn't know it was loaded.
Yes, be was anxious to get anywhere
but there and he-I-wish-I-hadn't- eall-
ed expression on his face plainly indi-
his life, even if his water-soaked
clothes did give him the appearances OF
a mop on scrubbing day. whats
the amatterp'' anxiously inquired the
startled gentleman, '.you haven't run
into q water spout or cloud-burst have
you?''
Don't detain me q minute an
swered the wet man. 81 wouldn't have
that woman get within forty feet OF
me again for anything. Let me pass.
You're excited, man, you-
'.ExcitedTi exclaimed the damp in
dividual, II should say / was excited.
Who wouldn't be excited to have . two
hundred pound woman chasing them
with hose with two inch nozzle?
| went in there to collect bill. The
woman appeared glad to see me. We
used to be rather spooney until / went
into business she didn't like. She
used to say she'd kill a bill collector
some day, an / believe she viii. As
said; she appeared glad to see me, and
we talked OF old times for q while. FL
nallg, realizing that time was money,
handed her bill for provisions,
That's all right, she said and then
asked me to come around to the back
door and she would pay me. went
] noimore than got around the corner
of the house than q stream OF water
LOOK me IN tine ear ana dumped me IN
10 new made onion bed. Before /
could get up she had the stream squirt
ingsan over me, and splashing mud on
me, managed to get up on my feet
and made al break for the street, but /
lost my hat in the Fumpus. She can
have that. j don't care to go for it.
It'slthe first time was ever made to
take water. Do you hear thatf' ex-
claimed tho man. as a laugh was heard
coming from the same direction he
had, and taking the middle of the road
the water-soaked collector proceeded
to make s. record for fast time that
would make Jay-Eye-See green with
envy--Peok's Sun.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-04-15
Aztec HieroelyphtOs.

IA "A dispatch from MAtamoras, Mexico,
says that REV. Father DAMAGE Soto.
| of Oonc0rtiis, in the state of Vera Cruz,
has discovered the key to the Aztec
writingsh ids not possible to Judge
| from this vague statement the signif-
canoe Of the alleged discovery. So far
as is known there IN not much in tine
strictly Aztec writings that requires
key. The hieroglyhics In use by the
occupants OF the Annahauc valley at
the time Of the Spanish conquest were
not of 3 recondiie character. The
principle was that Of syllable phonet-
les Joined with . crude symbolism akin
to that Of the North American Indians.
Inc Aztec h1erogIyphIcs were for the
most part not beyond the slender at
tainment of the ecclesiAstics who FOL.
lowed in the wake 81 tie Spanish con-
guerrero, and these ecclesiastics learned
the art themselves no we'll that for
considerable period many Of their pict-
ufe writings were confounded by mod
ern archRologists With those of the Az
tees. Ii may Be, however, that the dis
covery refers, MOTTO the Aztec, but to
the Toltec writing& and II this be the
case. it may lead to interesting develop
ments. The Toltecs, who were tie
precursors of the Aztecs in Mexico, and
who fourished in Central America,
where they have left marvellous relics
at Palenque, Copan. and Yucatan, were
of higher civilization than the people
who succeeded them, and they had o.
pure system of hieroglyphics, of
which, unfortunately, few specimens
are known to exist, the most accessible
being In the Dresden museum.
The fragments Of Toltec writing
which have been preserved. however,
are sufficient to justify the conclusion
that this people were accustomed to
employ for their religious and astrolog-
ical writings q special hieroglyphic cor
responding, in some respects, to the
Egyptian hieratic script We are not
aware that any of this priestly text has
been deciphered fully, though enough
is knoSA of 1t to warrant tho belief
that much Of the language employed
conveyed an esoteric meaning and was
intended 10 conceal supposed truths
from the eyes Of the vulgar, much al
alchemists used to conceal the real sig.
nihcance of their sp0culaticns and for
muIas In the middle ages. Could this
Toltec hieratic writing Be deciphered,
it is probable that new light would be
thrown upon the religion and science
of that ancient and Interesting people.
and such information would Be partic-
ularly welcome in Ghls era of analytic
inquiry. But tho Axtecs appear to !
have nothing to conceHl. and Te know /
as much about them as Is either neces.
sary or desirable. They we're semi
civilized they had sanguinaFy relig-
ious rites; they possessed but one form
of picture writing; they. were inferior
in all respects to the Toltecs. Unless,
therefore, Father Soto has penetrated
the esoteric hierbglyphics Oh the latter,
there IL mot much reason. TO anticipate
important results from bis alleged dis
covery. Central America has still
much to teach AS, but Mexico compar-
atively little. elp FORK Tribune.
"a lf 2 4 -
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-04-15

The thriftiness and commercial abil-
lily of the Germans are well shown in
the last new trade invented in Berlin.
Everyone knows that even the neediest
newly married couple have a certain
embGrrGs de richesses owing to their
wedding presents, including many
duplicate specimens, and such willful
waste is especially CALLING to the PROV
id0nt German housewife. An ingen-
ious gentleman accordingly hit upon
the idea Of calling upon brides in Ber-
lin and offering to exchange or buy for
each their duplicate presents. The
great art in giving presents is no doubt
to select things which look AS II
they cost more than they really do,
and the new Exchange and Mart in
Berlin must cost many disappoint-
ments; but the trade seems 10 be
thriving, and there are already some
half q dozen persons engaged In it,
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Final Devotioa or ! bird.

L. II
We have saying that charity be-
i gins at home, and Il has been added
that great deal Of tie charity that
begins at home stsys there. OF this
narrow sort Of benevolenee, too, we
find examples among The animals.
There is the harhet, for instance. 1t IS
q solitary bird, and sits most of the
time in mpr0se silence on a twig, watt
ing for its food Tin the shape Of an IN
sect TO hY by. Sometimes it is said
to rouse itself and make descent upon
the nest Of some smaller bird. and eat
all the little ones.
Certainly, one would not look for
any sort of benev0lence from such q
bird; and yet it offers very striking
and beautiful example Of the begiR-at-
home-and-stay-ther kind.
The celebrated naturalist, LeyaiIlant,
who has told us so many interesting
things about the birds Of Africa and
South America, says he discovered 8
barbet's nest in which there were Eve
birds. Four of them were young and
vigorous. but the fifth was 50 old and
weak that when il was put into q cage
with its comrades it could not move,
but lay dying In the corner where IL
had been placed
When food was put into the cage, the
poor old bird could only look ct It long
ingly, without having the strength to
drag itself within reach OF il. Then it
was that the younger birds manifested
a singular spirit Of kindness Quickly,
and even with an air of tenderness, MS
II seems, they carried food to the de-
erepit old bird, and fed il as il 1t had
been only a fiedgling. Struck by this
spectacle, the naturalist examined the
nest from which the birds had been
taken. and found that il was full be
husks and the remains OF insects, show
iHg plainly that the old bird must have
been maintained long time by lbs
vigorous companions. which probably
we're is own 0dspripgs. Further study
Of other birds 81 the same species con-
WINGED the naturalist chat It was the
custom for the old and infirm birds
to be cared for BY the young and
strong
There are several different species Of
barbets found ID Africa and South
America, and though not graceful Ii
shape, many Of them are exceedingly 7
beautiflsI ii pluraage. They ReE their
name d barbet from the French word
,af'oep meaning beard, because they
nave tufts Of stiff hair a. the base 81
the bill Natnralists place them Ia )
gensia called BliecoI and some persons
call them puff birds. because ttsy have
40 odd way Of pulling out the feathers
All over the body, which then looks
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-04-15

In recent lecture Prof. +. 5. Morse
dealt specially with the social charae-
teristics of the Japane,e. a most con-
spicuous feature Of their intercourse
with each other is. he said. their po-
liteness. No harsh words are ever
heard, no 0agerness for selfish advan-
tAge, no indifference or fOrgetfulness
Of the feelings Of others. They DO not
salute by shaking hands, but by bow
ing, unusual consideration or cordial
ty being expressed by profounder bows
or more numerous repetitions thereof
The rich people dress their children in
the most inferior garments in seEding
them to school, u order that the feel
ines OF the poor children, who can get
no other, may not be hurt by any con-
trast. There Is no profanity in their
language. a tri1ing mishap or offense
is not unfrequently met among our
people with q Rolley Of oaths; but q
Japanese, wheh wrought up in his feel
ings tofhe highea pitch, never utters
any stronger expression than what in
our language would be the exclama-
ton. How YES dohsr' They keep their
angry PASSIONS under control, yet they
do not lack fiercencss, but make excel
lent soldiers. Their kindness TO ami
mails is extraordinary. The songs Of
Wild birds are constantly heard in the
gardens Of great cities, Birds Of pas
sage alight in the ponds and public
grounds Of Toxic. and wild deer come
down from the mountains and 60 abou.
freely and unframed In the streets OF
deusely popplated- pisces. The driver
of ayehicle will turn out of his course
In the public highway that he may not
iniure 4. dog which Is sleeping in the
middle If the street. Many other facts
were given going 10 show that the Jap
snese civilization Is, IN respect to rec
titude 81 conduct, Kindness, sympathy
and urbanity, superior to our own
Boston Advertiser.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-04-15
The Old Pillow.


Many e time. old pillow, I've followed you
From early morn, when weeds were damp
with dew,
TIL twilight donned her somber robes OF
night,
And believing bull-bats winged their hurried
= fight.
All, how long the smoking burrows seemed,
When on my head the hot sun hercely
How oft amid the rank and waving corn,
Have listened for the dinner-horn,
a blast proclaiming "jowr and turnip'
Molasses, buttermilk, cold pie, and beans
How gladly did leave you when It rained, !.
And how. with boyish glee the creek /
But what blow, when welcome clouds were
The voice. that said. go an pillow that
Dispelied at once my glad and Joyous
like pouring clabber into sweetest cream.
The hand of time has used yon roughly
Your once bright bar is worn and rusty.
And the faded letters on your rottipg STOCK,
Only in the dreamiest way can tend,
The souls OF past and present things TO
blend.
Old Gray, the lazy horse thatused to draw
You through the soil, is long since dead.
Il always seemed to me. was never full.
How used 20 yeil and Jerk and pun,
But all in vain. for stubborn Gray, alas!
Would turn aside and MUNICH the fox-tail
His t" mouth for green mun one day took
For while, out grazing near the water
trough,
KaK aharnk haole 0var head into the we'll
We drew him out with cable, ropes, and
And my young eyes were filed with scalding
when they stretched his lifeless body on the
ground,
While mournfully sobbed and stood
around,
A hiRhIy-coIored picture of the "blues."
Good old friend, took from him his shoes,
And then ran with heart not half so sore,
And sold them at the neighboring village
store.
Fences moved and trees cut down. Oh,
I'd IKE TO see it as it used to be.
It had been better both for you and me,
II there had been no change from old time
then,
Soon you will moulGer down into dust,
And / win sink into the damp earth's
crust.
But ali, Old pillow, you're better OF than ],
For you have nought 10 do but Idly lie
Upon q bed made soft by rain and dews,
While am wearing agonizing shoes
You have no cantalizing bills 10 meet,
No pug-nosed rooster stops you on the
street,
Aud tells you with sinners hardened
grin,
THAT lie must have that "small amount OF
tin"
which you have owed his house month
You have no such trying ordeais, pillow.
brakes Magazine.
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NO CHANGE OF CARS BETWEEN
ST. PAUL and PORTLAND
On any class of ticket.
EMIGRANT sLEEPERs FREE,
The only all rail line to the
YELLOWSTONE PARK.

For full information as TO time, rates,
etc, Address,
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-04-15

An eEterprising-looking countryman,
with creel full Of fine brook trout,
was standing in the doorway Of rail-
way station. A passenger accosted
him, and after admiring the fish re-
marked=.Going 10 take them home
for supper, Isupposean Not If can
help il, said he rustic. with grin.
There be party Of city gents as
went fishing from here this mornin'.
They're 'spected back soon, and I'm
soyter lyin' round Waitin to save their
ieeIfn'a''
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-23
12-ly-SW-4W.
Administrators Notice of Sale Of
Real Estate,

Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance
of an order of the Probate Court Of the
County OF Jefferson in the Territory Of
Montana made on the Goth day OF August,
1885. in the matter OF the estate Of Lean
der NJ. Black. deceased, the undersigned
the administrator OF said estate. will sell
at public auction, to the highest bidder Tor
cash, and subject to confirmation by said
Probate Court, on Saturday, the 2nd day
Of January, 1886, at II O'Clock, M, at the
premises hereinaiterd described in thetounty
OF Silver Bow. all the right, title, interest
and estate OF the said Lcandcr NJ. Black,
deceased. at the time OF his death. and all
the right, title and interest that the said
estate has, by operation Of Law or other
wise, acquired other than or i'll addition to
that OF the SAID Leander NJ. Black at the
time of his death. in and to a!lthos certain
lots, pieces or parcels OF land situate, lying
and being in the said County OF Silver Bow
and Territory OF Montana and bounded
and described as follows. to-wit; Lots mum.
bered seventeen (1O and eighteen lln) IN
block number forty-one III IN the city OF
Butte. Also, lots numbered =, 10, ii, ~
Ii, IA, 10, and 16 in block fiity-'our Oh,
and lots numbered o. 10, IL. l., IS, II,
Is, and 1G in block lfty--"rrn 81 IN Sald
city of Butte. Also mineral claim No. llo'
containing + 61-1Oo acres, with house
thereon. situate near said city a Butte,
and also the undivided 0H'-iourth interest
in the Marietta quartz lode.
Terms and conditions oi sale: Iasn'
twenty per cent. OF the purchase money 10
be paid to the a]uctiOnecr on the DAY vi
sale. balance on confirmation OF sale D,
said Probate Court. deed 1T expense Oh
purchaser. MADISON NJ. BLACK,
Administrator Of estate 81 Le3lder NJ
Black deceased.
November 18th, 1885. ll-2l~sWtu,
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from range on Browns Gulch, about
october LIST, 1885, 40 head OF cattle row.
prs cows, calves and steers, yearlinas
i %ta NV ;;w~o-year.olds, nearly all branded on
with "i h. WIN ngure 3 and on sides figure 8
laft h ;ar' one red cow branded Iii ON
ieft s;a ap me spotted cow branded NJ, on
for ~ above reward will be paid
.or me delivery OF the above described ANY
mals TO the subscriber or for ;nformat;n -
'naS WI lead to their recovery.
w. BIRDsELL,
Browns Gulch.
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Henry SchlorGt ! i.Mdant.
The people of the 1r.iurIN If Montana send
greeting to Henry sehl,sit, ls3enIant.
You are hereby required ~ appear in an action
brought against you by the 'tog" 'Amcd Plain.
tiff in the District Court Of tht rt,ond Judicial
District of the Territory Of .Mnlttu4@, in and for
the County Of Silver Bow, ana 10 answer the
complaint filed therein, within ten days iexclu.
slve Of the day OF seryice) after the service on YOU
of this Summons, if served within this County;
or if served out Of this County, but in this Dis.
trict, within twenty days; otherwise within forty
days, or judgment by default viii be taken
against you, according 10 the pra yer Ofsaid com.
plant.
The said action is brought to obtain a decree
of this Court dissolving The bonds Of matrimony
heretofore and now existing between Plaintiff
and Defendant, and tor the care and custody Of
the issue of said marriage, to Wit: one female
child named Ida, aged two Years. FOT Cause Of
action Plaintiff alleges that Defendant is & habit
ual drunkard and has refused to provide the
necessaries of life and that the said Defendant
has deserted and abandoned Plaintiff, all Of
which will more fully appear y reference to
Plaintiff 5 complaint herein on file.
And you are hereby notified that, if you fail 10
appear and answer said complaint as above re
quired, the said Plaintiff will take a default
against you and apply to the Court for the relief
demanded in Plaiutitf' complaint on file herein.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Dis
trict Court of the Second District of theTerritory
of Montana, i'll and for the County of silver Bow,
this 10th day Of December, i'll the year OF our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty.
five. REUBEN L. DAVIS, Clerk.
By CHARLES s. WARREN, Deputy Clerk.
W. r. kEITHLEY. Atty for Plaintiff.
10 I II eva t-
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Folded His Tent and Stole AWAY.

VICTORIA, B. c., December 19.-E. J.
Downe, the Alaska judge, whom Eastern
detectives have been trying to catch, is
still in town, boarding, until to-day, at q
cheap restaurant. This afternoon he rolled
up his blankets and disappeared IN the
direction of the harbor.
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Legitimate Dynamite Explosion.

ST.. PETERSBURG, December 10. Dis
patches. just received here state that a
terrible dynamite explosion has occurred
in The Pleijuchin mine in Siberia. Accounts
are conflicting as regards the number of
persons killed, some placing the number at
400 while others place it as high as 1000.
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D TO SHOW CAUSE.

O1sOI1t To o11OV C1ACCE.
In the Probate Court in and for Silver Bow
County, Montana Territory.
In the matter of the estate of Charles H. Gates
deceased.
John Noyes, the Administrator Of the estate Of
Charles H. Gates, having filed his petition herein
praying for an order of sale of the real estate Of
1t is therefore ordered by the Judge of said
Court, that all persons interested in the estate OF
said deceased appear before the said Probate
Court on Saturday, the 2sd day of January, 1886,
court room of said Probate Court at the city OF
Butte in the County of Silver Bow, to show cause
why an order should not be granted to the said
administrator to sell SO much of the real estate
Of the said deceased as shall be necessary
CALEB E. IRVINE. Probate judge.
Dated this 18th day of December, A. D. 1885.
12-21-sWtd.
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ADVERTISED LETTER LIST
BUTTE CITY, MONTANA.

The following letters remained uncalled for in
the postofice at Butte for the week ending De-
cember 20, 1885, and unless called for within thirty
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RENSHAW OPERA HOUSE

Parties wishing to rem the above Hall
ior Balls and Parties can do so by applying
TO Dellen q Hess. Opera House Saloon.
The Hall has been newly re6tted, and has
the best floor in town. 11-11.au
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Summons.


the District Court OF the second Judicial Tia,
trict of the Territory of Montana, in and IN,
the County Of silver Il
Emma SchIolIi, Plaintiff,
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The BUYERS GtlDn
issued March and sep"
each year. go 9l6 pas 20
sill. inehes,witno owe,
$500 illustrations G"1,ery.
whole Picture ,oss
v wholesale W.
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~~SJ Wa WAN % L
atty OF Mrs. Smith when he met the family
at supper, o several little %jocular allu-
sions that passed between the heads of the
house, at which Clytie looked confused and
embarrassed. Even her mothers sly wit
ticism about learning at the start how to
fix his coffee, escaped him entirely. He was
not thinking much about what was going
on around him. His thoughts were a thous-
and miles away with his sister Fannie and
with Myrtle. He tried, however, to smile
when he saw the Others laughing.
He called more frequently after this. He
thought she seemed rather to expect it of
him. She was always at the door to meet
him when he came. Interruptions from
other callers gradually became less fire.
quent. She sang over and over her nine
songs, %variously combined in groups OF
three, until he came to know them all by
heart. There were not many things for
them to talk about, and there were some
times long pauses in the conversation, dur
ing which she seemed to be perfectly happy
and content to sit in silence forever and
hold his hand. When other callers were
not present she always put up her lips at
parting, and there was nothing for him to
do but kiss them.
"Girls are very afectionate creatures"
he said to himself, after bidding her a most
farewell the evening before set
ting out for a visit home for the holidays.
When he reached home he found Fannie
and Myrtle returned. He scarcely thought
Of Miss Smith during his visit except when
Jim made some allusion to her. Jim was
In addition to the old time parties and one
not at all to Charley's mind. He kept a
around Myrtle entirely too much
and his remarks about Miss Smith always
seemed peculiarly Inappropriate. Charley
wondered how on earth he had ever heard ]