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The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-02-24
'oTELECRAMSiIN BRIEF.

III BosroE, Feb 17o4.The Grant Central
'Sisiit, VIII A Il. Rice. President 8, F:
'DOolittle, Secretary, Snd Thirty four Vice
Presidents, including Governor Washburn,
ex Governor Clxflin and all of the Massachu
setts delegation in Congress, ri.
The Steamer New York" had rough
voyage, last trip from Bremen,
Ire q. bird, G. NJ. Of !. o. o. r.. of
Ohio, died Feb. 18th. ~ y, ~.
" Twelve persons frozc to death near Sioux
city recently, " 100 o'''':'.',..' 49,.
The Utah Legislature has adjourned. a.
The German Assembly has q bill up be
fore il TO make tho German Language the
official language in Alsaee and Lorraine, r.
The national bank; circulation outstand.
ing Mt this date, is 1890. 40 ,946: national
= -. IS . CIRCULATION g;...ss. s.di.,r At!9 400
recting the. Postmaster, General to provide
Immediately, by contract or otherwise,
for transportation OF, the California mails
around the blockaded portion of the Pacific
RailOad. ~ j g2a7i eHuaH,Ha
The Senate confirmed Charles Hale Ass,s-
tant Secretary of State, ,t'..r
New York is about to build the Central
underground railsOaA, frbTaithe Battery to
Union Square and Broadway. Henry
gClews stands glIodofOf the funds needed.
,onls u understood rQAkak Hollis case will
come up, for trial gsxtt MONDAY, vi., ,.,.
A. Archbishop MGCloskcy aA,d other clergy
are underwriting TO prevent the Irish, SOcie,ics
'of New York from parailmg On ST. Patricks
day. u 81 Hsra Ell ba2 .S5.,E OPT ai.,@ MI
! solonan N. T0Ins,9 sf spelling book
fame, died In Mass: Monday: aged 9a.iraY
g The CONVENTION for the. admission of
Utah Is ~ sesaaatoa!,is:Is ods.. nlGi "a; .sa
SAN FRANCIscO, February ,10s-Passen.
gers recently blOcksded on the Union Pa.
etiic generally 1eA66net Tho maxak cement of
the road in the bNteapst, stas1ae. aud many
ha We united il csyd fos.pybljfis.ila.n, Il, :,
! nafa and Judge corloazas :S5Hll resign. 49,
There was severe cold sfo rm in MINI.
esots Tuesday. Many persons were frozen.
'os'The llinhesots Legislature confirmed the
sale of chest R&Q.R r. to,tha 81. z. 4
A.h.e HpoC e: ae7s gdi Ln:, los. oas dlas6
A Polish apOthecary was arrested in Der
lin Wednesday, ON suspicion of designing
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m washington celebrated thS sod iNygood
1eyN. .niIiaI-~jsJf Is gIaJaw Iii 10 i:lG3t
ii The Internal Revenue Dspa.tmsnt,,s SEQ.
ding out blanks for iReems t n foF the past
year. -. -.
New York celebrated the ssd. A feature
Of the possession wss WashiDStoa's carriage
drawn by four gray horlea- OH .,,Iiagtf
No. Rpmored: That Collector, Arthur Of New
York has resigned; that the place was Of.
fered General Spinner, who declined. '''''
0sEx .dSvernor Richs4d YssQs IL lying dan.
gerously i'll with hemm0rrhsei tOf l6he
bowels, at Jacksonville, Illinois.
|, New York i sendiipllg ipal extlss steamer,
with Cslifornk bftNd g6tods; a9nutd SRee streets
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The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-02-24
Notice to Debtors.

~ .. y . v. r.s..... Co tH~& .sS.~
settlement 10 made by the 9h inst or shortly there
after the accounts will be placed In the hands Of A
attorney for collection OneOf our partners leaves FOR
the Ease ON the ls and our books must Be balasesd
selves accordingly. j. v. SI;RPREWAsN Tretn tSsn
Deer Lodge. JAN l2sh 1sza. 1856
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-02-08
A Story-writer,s Expedient.

A good story is told of writer for an
English penny magazine, who, in con
sideration of thirty shillings week,
was furnishing cheerful serial, wherein
the proneness of the characters to COM
NIT crimes in the first chapter was only
equaled by their promptitude in meet
ing violent deaths in the last. This
apprentice lacerator of the popular SEN
sibilities didn't put pepper enough in
his cream tarts to suit the editor, so he
was told one fine Tuesday that his SER
vices would not be required after the
end of the week. Burning to avenge
himself of his enemy, he gathered all
the characters of his story on board a
frigate, steamed out fifty miles from
land, set fire to the magazine and blew
hero, heroine, heavy villain, minor per-
sonages, all, into eternity. Then he
wrote at the bottom, TO be continued
next week." drew his thirty shillings
and left the Office with a sweet smile.
The next incomer was man of genius
and fertile in expedients, SO he sent out
a yacht with lot of new characters on
board, which picked up all the persons
essential to the plot after the explosion,
and on went the story, as merry as a
marriage bell.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-02-08
Carbolie Acid as a Disinfectant.

A writer in the English Mechanic ad-
vises its readers not to put implicit
faith in carbolic acid as q disinfectant,
as he believes its merits to have been
overrated. AS deodorizer he considers
it far inferior to ordinary chloride of
lime, the effect lasting only short time.
He finds that the vapor of chlorine is
very much superior for the purpose, as
it always destroys the vitality Of infec-
tious and diseased germs, which carbolic
does not. To completely disinfect an
apartment that has been occupied by a
patient suffering under smallpox,
typhus fever or other diseases, it is only
necessary to vacate the apartment after
stopping up the openings, and placing
in different parts of the room several
plates containing a quantity of common
salt on which a little vitriol has been
poured. The vapor of chlorine will be
Instantly evolved, and will annihilate
all infection with which it comes in
contact. 1t may be used even in rooms
containing sick persons, if the quantity
envolved be so slight as not to incon-
venience the lungs of the patients.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-02-08
American Fish for England.

An order recently came from Eng
land. from the Marquis of Exeter, for
the spawn of certain kinds of fish found
here, which have not been introduced
into the waters of that country. The
Marquis is said to be much interested in
fish culture. This order, received by
Hon. R. V. Roosevelt, one of the Fish
Commissioners, was sent to Seth Green,
who has Just filed it. Mr.. Green has
put up, in proper packages for trans
portation across the Atlantic, quantity
of the ova of the salmon trout, which
will, no doubt, go safely to their destina-
thin, and there be developed in good
order. A quantity of young white fish
were also put in cans and sent with the
trout. The order came too late to send
the ova. It is more doubtful about the
success of this experiment of transport
ing the developed fish. White fish
have, however, been kept alive in a can
of water twelve days, and the time
these will be enclosed will not greatly
exceed that A messenger left for New
York last night with these fish. 1t is
hoped that the experiment will be sue
cessful, and that some of the European
fish may be in like manner transported
to American waters and made useful
to our people.-ROchestcr IN. ~ AdUer-
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-02-08
A Victim of Misplaced Confidence.

A San Francisco gentleman recently
visited dentist for the purpose of
Willing away halfhour or SO, and,
while there, lady came in with a little
girl, wanting tooth or two drawn for
the latter. The child cried when placed
in the chair, and declared that she
would not have her teeth attended to
unless the strange gentleman would have
a tooth drawn first, and to please the
little patient, he took her place with a
wink at the doctor. The latter took
two or three instruments, while the gen
tleman reclined in the chair smilingly
gazing at the ceiling for the assurance
of the watching child, and, after softly
poking at two or teeth, to the horror of
the obliging gentleman he commenced
boring into his jaw where a tooth had
once been extracted, and, before he
could offer a protest, a tremendous
wrench brought out large root, which
the doctor held up to the child with a
diabolical grin on his face. The gentle
man rolled off the chair, and, with an
expression of unutterable pain in his
countenance, gazed a moment reproach-
fully at his friend and left the Office.
The little one did not seem to be greatly
encouraged by the exhibition.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-02-08
An Exemplary Family.
From the Detroit Tribune.


There is family living in the North
western part of the township of Ross,
in this county, whose depravity and dis
regard of human feelings seem to mark
them as exceptional specimens of the
human race. They fight from one years
end to another, and peace only reigns
when exhaustion from their contests
ensues. Last week at a terrible quarrel
and subsequent fight, a little child some
two years old, clinging to her mother 8
dress, by the sudden movement of the
woman while chasing her cold man" ="
was thrown into kettle of scalding
water which was set down upon the
floor Notwithstanding its cries, the
mother did not stop for a moment until
she had driven her husband out OF
doors and bolted the door, when she
came to the rescue of the child, but it
was frightfully scalded, SO much SO that
it died soon after. Not long before, at
one of their fights, one of a pair of twins,
boy, had his leg broken by becoming
involved in the melee, and after the
funeral of his last child, the older one
was taken charge of by some neighbors,
and it was found that the bone had
commenced healing of its own accord.
leaving a great bunch on the thigh and
the leg deformed. The child had lain
in bed ever since the injury without
medical assistance. An investigation il
to be had and the family will be pro
ceeded against.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-02-08
"After Many Days."

Persons who prof Tess to have lost all
faith in "poor humanity" may take a
crumb of comfort from the experience
of Mr.. Hirsch, who is at present a
resident of Louisville, KY. About
seventeen years ago, this gentleman be-
friended young man named Sonnen-
berger by advancing him, on his per-
sonal security, goods to the amount of
$3.50. Sonnenberger was to have gone
on a Southern tour with peddler's
pack, but instead of SO doing took ship
for California. At the Isthmus of
Panama, he met the brother of his
benefactor, from whom he obtained the
loan of mule to transport his goods.
Nothing further was heard of him up to
recent date, when letter came to
Mr.. Hirsch announcing that his former
protege, after weary pilgrimage over
the world, had at last found fortune in
the diamond mines of South Africa, and
was now desirous of paying the amount
of his indebtedness, principal and in
terest. Cases of this kind, although OF
rare occurrence, have tendency to
show that chain of untoward events
has often prevented many an honest
fellow from giving practical evidence Of
gratitude for acts of kindness rendered.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-02-08
Buried Treasure.

At Philadelphia, on Monday after
noon, while workmen were excavating G
a cellar, they dug up a number of gold
coins, which were wrapped in brown
paper, and are supposed to have been
placed there by collector of old coins.
Some are very ancient. One of them,
the intrinsic value of which is about
$40, has upon it the letters F. V. A.,
and Immediately under them the num-
bers 7, 4, 1, separated by raised lines.
The characters upon it are two lions
and two castles. The coin is roughly
made, and seems to have been struck
upon die, the coiner using hammer.
Another of the coins, about as large in
diameter as the halfdollar of the
United States, but not as thick, has
upon it a representation of the head of
Ferdinand VI. of Spain, the date being
1749. One of the boys secured twelve
or fifteen of the pieces, of various kinds,
and another almost as many. About
$500 worth in gold were gathered up.
The oldest piece having date upon it
was made in the year 1878. The Span
ish coin is in excellent condition, the
soil being sandy, and the paper in
which they were wrapt well preserved.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-02-08
Lions and Lion Tanning.

The process of lion tanning is elabor-
ately described by a writer in the Lon
don Daily Ne'Os, part of whose story we
copy:
Whatever is the reason, the forest
lions are more intelligent and teachable
than those bred in confinement. The
lion-tamer begins by taking the feeding
of them into his own hands, and SO gets
them to know him. He commences
feeding them from the outside of the
den, then ventures inside of one at a
time, always carefully keeping his face
to the animal and avoiding any violence,
which is mistake whenever it can be
avoided, as it rouses the dormant devil
in the beasts. Getting to handle the
lion, the tanner begins by stroking him
down the back, gradually working up
to the head, which he begins to scratch,
and the lion, which, like the cat, likes
friction, begins to rub his head against
the hand. When this familiarity is well
established, board is handed in to the
trainer, which he places across the den
and teaches the lion to jump over it,
using whip with thong, but, not for
the purpose of punishment.
Gradually this board is heightened,
the lion jumping over it at every stage !;
and then come the hoops, etc., held on
top of the board to quicken the beasts
understanding. To teach the animal
to jump over the trainer, the latter
-stoops alongside the board, SO that when
the lion clears one he clears the other,
and half dozen lessons are ordinarily
about sufficient to teach this. To get a
lion to lie down and allow the tanner to
stand on him is more difficult. 1t is
done by ficking the beast over the back
with n small 0ticklino - Uhip and at
the same time pressing him down with
one hand. By raising his head and
taking hold of the nostril with the right
hand, and the under lip and lower jaw
with the left, the lion, by this great
pressure on the nostril and lip, loses
greatly the power of his jaws, so that a
man can pull them open and put his
head inside the beasts mouth, the feat
with which Van Amburg's name was 80
much associated. The only danger is
lest the animal should raise one of his
fore paws and stick his talons in, and if
he does, the tanner must stand fast for
his life till he has shifted the paw.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-02-08
A Musical Dog.

The Hartford Times is responsible for
the following: There is in this city a
dog that can sing. We state the fact
unqualiiedly, on the testimony of all
the members of the family of the gen.
tleman who owns him. The animal in
question is a large mouse-colored grey
hound about six or seven years old.
His attempts at singing, though GER
tainly not very musical, are unmistak-
able and they have been observed for
the last two or three years. He does
not sing alone, but when he hears GER
tain members of the family singing, he
joins in" This is more particularly
the case with one lady of the house,
who, if she begins to sing when the dog
is about the place, is pretty certain to
obtain a canine accompaniment. If she
is heard singing up stairs, and the dog
is shut out below, he will raise rum
pus till he is admitted to the room
where she is, when he will ".join in, -
keeping very good time, actually keep
ing-so we are assured-on the same
key, rising with the singer to the higher
notes, in kind of blended whine and
howl, that is yet neither like the voice
of dogfnor anything else, but showing
something of musical ear. When he
reaches note too high for him he will
stop and wait for the cadence of the
song to reach the lower notes again. In
his rising notes he lifts his head as we'll
as his voice. When his owner enters
the room he will suddenly stop, and not
another note can be got out of him
while his master remains. In fact he
dislikes to have anybody present except
the one whom he sings with. His
voice is improved, and he sings better
than he did" He may yet sing with
Nilsson. There are II good many pup
pies following in her wake who have
neither the music nor the sense of this
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-02-08
A Chinese syndicate.

They have had Syndicate in China,
which, for dexterity, almost equals that
of last September in this country. The
Government of China has had mono
poly of the salt business. 1t permits
only the production of a limited amount,
which is sold only by persons licensed
to do 80 by the Government. Recently,
the Government, at the suggestion of
some brokers, proposed new scheme.
This was to limit the privilege of making
salt to eighty persons in the whole Em-
pire. These eighty were to be selected
by lottery, and each person seeking a
chance had to deposit "a, 500 with. the
Government. One thousand persons
put up the money, and 81, SOC, 900 was
deposited in the Imperial Treasury.
But the Government has never had
time since then to draw forth the names
of the eighty fortunate salt-makers, and
the money remains in the Treasury.
In the United States, the Syndicate
manages things better. It gets three
months interest on $l3O,OOQ,OOO, OF
which it retains possession, and induces
the Secretary to believe he made the
most brilliant and successful financial
operation known in modern times.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-02-08
Varieties.

TINE is rnoney-Except the time of
WHAT is often found where it is not2
Fault. @
SELF-sUFF1cIENcY is the highest bar in
the path of progress.
D1sTRUsT and envy are worms thateat
at the root of social enjoyment. o9
LITTLE fish have proper idea of bust
ness in starting on a small scale.
A TRoTTiNG mare has been named after
Victoria Woodruff. She is also very
fast, sj b9taioqQs aTatoi91sh
WHEN is an encampment most likely
to burn we'll? When the tents are
pitched. 1~e5 h0g -N1 81 -
The cat is wonderful builder !; we
have seen cat run up house IN tive
minutes.
WHY is a man that marries twice like
the captain of ship?oi Kase he has
PRIDE is the key that locks the doors
of reconciliation between many, dis
united lives. FalAac iisa 5!tt'
MEMPH1sIANs propose to cotton to
Alexis with bale thereof, so as to get
free advertising in Russia.
, ."AcE-HIGH" is the latest sensational
drama, and all young ladies know how
effective sigh sometimes is.. e-a-,,
A scHooLBY defined "appetite'' by
exclaiming that "when Pm eating Pm
'appy, and when I'm done I'm tight.a
| WoMAN is delusion, madam ~ said
| a crusty old bachelor to witty young
lady. Z. And man is always hugging
some delusion or other,n was the quick
retort. -.fFt --EaI
MISS Rose HAWTHORNE, the youngest
daughter of the novelist, has recently
married, and by her change of name
destroyed the proverb. She is now Rose
without Hawthorne.
IT was not the fault of the editor Of
| Vermont paper that its last issue called
| Alexis " the noble Kuss :" he had writ
| ten it +" the noble Russ" and the fault
was with the printer. 'is5- M
"WHY is dis hat like de United
States2" said Pompey to Squash, hold
| ing mn diIapidated beaver. "Cos-cos
dunno, niger" 1" Well, COS it's not
subjeck to a crown. Yah, yah;"i "iz5do
"ExousE this bit of sarcasm said
Smith TO Jones, puG MuS1 eay Sno. 10.
| YOU are an infamous liar and scoundrel."
HPardon this bit of irony,po said Jones
| to Smith, as he knocked over with
poker. 5'tt
chill wants to send few young men
to Join our navy. 1t is obvious to the
naked ear that we should observe that
their reception should not be Chill. But
we don't. Those who Peru-se these
paragraphs will please not throw this
| Parag. 'way.-Chicago Post. t'-iI
A coUNTRYMAN strolling through New
London recently, hand in hand with
his rural Phyllis, impatient to visit the
circus, exclaimed, on seeing a bunch of
bananas suspended in front of one of
the fruit stores, "I'n be moved if them
amt the biggest beans ever seen, So
| phrony.D .-.Ey EE fa leigh
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-02-08
Truly Penitent.

During the Clay and Polk campaign
the admiration of the Hon. Walter
Brooke, of Mississippi, for the great
Kentuckian led him to bet pair of
matched horses, all the stock he had,
on the result and this, though strict
member of the Presbyterian Church.
Of course he lost, and of course he was
" churched" for gaming. All we ask
of you, Mr.. Brooke" said the minister,
during the trial, "is to acknowledge
that you are sorry, and promise to sin
rising from his seat with an air of in
jured innocence, "Sorry? My dear
brother, when think of those beauti-
full bays, gone from my gaze forever, I
can truly say, with my hand upon my
heart, that no transaction of my life
gives me mere genuine sorrow than
thisW
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-02-08
Her Horoscope.
By HARRIET PRESCOTT sRog

By HARRIET PRESCOTT RoFFoRD.
That spell bound day when she was born
The signs great mistress ruled the morn,
What they would give give to to make m her Afid fair ~.
" I'll hide her in hair" the sunshine said.
Little white teeth like pearls said the sea.
Sald the morning star, Leave her eyes to me-
: And i" said the sea. you must have moro,
suppose some day should fling to shore
The wild free grace which far out and away
wave tosses to wave in sun and spray?"
Sung the brook. as it babbled over the stones.
sif6sd gu may fb put RgS,e n into @ aeT Si
One curl. there I'll futter and never stop"
" :. Let me give her brow" said the twilight sky;
Fit to she helter pure thoughts and sweet"
Said the earth; " Let me make the way soft for
And the eodmOther." Thank you thousand
Pleasant promises. tuneful as chimes;
We wouldn't be grasping-but all these things
Early or late viii spread their wings
Then steadfast truth and sincerity"
Said the MONDAY blue. she shall have from
=. will make her heart for every guest
Warm with my sunset fires" said the West.
oh" murmured the deeps. why didn't you
You wanted a winged spirit in clay?
We can give her strength till she mount and see
The beauty and awe in infnityl"
And landscape Tapped in azure haze,
Where the south wind blows on autumn days,
Vowed on her future to employ
The depth of sorrow, the breadth ofjoy.
:. I will wash her soul.,'' said the summer rain.
" Free forever from soil and stain"
" She shall have our innocence" said the SHOWS;
" Ny freshness" the dew on the wayside rose.
Wait !" whispered the heavily clustered vine;
(" She must surely have gift of mine.
Spirit, or sweetness. or tendrils clasp
To those two little arms for a fervent grasp"
And at that the voices of every sprite
Profered their treasures in sheer delight;
And no one could say who the giyers were,
So happy the tumult. 30 glad the sur.
/. l." added at last the motherly earth
Will make her the happiness of the hearth;
And if ever, grown weary, my rest she crave,
= Some day the soft and forgetful grave"
" Hush % cried the Eodmothsr-"h hush pray -
Such q blunder on such q dayl
You always were enormous clod:
Keep such presents under the sod;
For she lives in the spring time. she moves in
thesun,
Smooth and bright may her pathway run,
As if on the colors sacred and seven"
" It leads" said her guardian angel, to
heavenl"