The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1869-07-16
A Church Madc out Of Ra0s.

A Church Masse out Of Rage.
There is such a church actually existing
near Bergen, Prussia, which cancontain 1, ,OOO
persons. It il circular within, octagonal
| without The relieves outside, and tue stat
ues within. the roof, the ceiling. the CORN.
THAN capitals, are all Of papicr-mache, rem
dered waterproof by saturation in vitrol,
lime-watcr, whey ard white of eggs. We
have not yet reached this audaci,y in our use
Of paper; but it should hardly surprise us,
inasmuch as we employ the same material in
private houses, in steamboats,, and in some
public buildings, instead Of carved decors.
ti0ns and plaster cornices. When Frederick
II. of Prussia set upa limited papier .mache
factory at Berlin, in 1895, he little thought
that paper cathedrals might, withir cen
tury, spring out of his sndff boxes by the
sleight Of hand art. At present we old
fashioned people, who haunt cathedrals and
build churches, like stone better. But there
is no saying what W may come to. Il IL
not very long since / would have been as
impossible to cover eighteen acres with glass
as to erect a pagoA with soap bubbles, yet
the thing was done. When We think of .
psalm sung by one thousand voices pealing
through IN edifice> made of rags, and the
universal element bolnd down to carry our
messages with the speed of light, it would
be prcsumptuous % say what cannot bc
achieved by sicnce and art under the train
ing of steady old time.
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To THE NoRrf POLE BY BALLooN.-A
new and daring experiment is noted by the
Pail Nau Gazcl,: The invariable failure
which has hitherto attended nautical expe-
ditions to the Arctic regions has induced
two Frcnchme,, Messieurs Tissandier and
de Fouvielle, u undertake the enterprise of
reaching the Iorth Pole in balloon. The
machine in which the bold adventures are
about to cmtark on their perilous journey,
and which appropriately named lie Pole
Nore," is now being completed in the
Champ dc Mars, which the government has
placed at their disposal for the purpose. The
monster balloon, beside which even the fa-
nous Giant would seem . mere toy, will
contain over ten thousand cubic metres of
gas, and is composed entirely Of cloth
mania hctured from caOutchouc, which will
allow great expansion in the rsrcfied strata
of atmosphere. The seams uniting the diff
ferent pieces form total length Of three
English miles, The car, marvel, It is said,
of strength and lightuess, Is constructed to
carry ten passengers, four thousand pounds
of ballast and provisions for month. We
can only hope this bold enterprise msy be
attended with. better luck than the aerial
fight OF the Giant in 1903 ...'
THERE is an old man-n0t % very old
either-in New York, of whom the public
knows nothing, and whose history has never
been written. But he IL character Of
characters. Thomas Towndrow, Scotch
man, once noted for his physical beauty, is
well known in the Tribune. World, and
Western Union Telegraph offices. There is
little he cannot do. There il nothing he has
not done. He was the first man that went
about the country to give lessons in pcnman-
ship. Towndrow's Penmsnship" was the
first engraved copy book ever used. He
next gave lessons in vocal music, and to this
day his voice Is really nclodious. He next
struck the telegraph fever, end rode on horse
back from New York to Boston, prospecting
route for the first telegraph line. This was
put up by him. He then devised number
Of patents, some Of which are practicable
and some are not. One il the Newspaper
Index" which Is used by the leading papers
and libraries OF the country. Another is
the newspaper file, very sensible arrange
ment for preserving PAYERS in readable
shape He has also . device for . bookcase.
by which little or more room may be taken
up. But with all his works he has made no
money. He is rs poor Is poor can be-