The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-10-18

Long Divisional divorce.
"A CRATE gsme-Plsying poker.
A soft Notwithstanding.
Hard pressed A bale of cotton
The duty Of the hour-t" strike.
Granger hats have been introduced
A great hardship An iron steamer.
--Buddhism has half million dcvntces
1t was Sheridan Knowles who first said
Its too thinw
james Parton IS to write the life OF
Charles Dickens.
Tin shirt fronts are the fashion at Nor
wich. Connecticut.
One wny to get out of scrape-Lel
your beard grow
A couple of horse thieves in Kansas
have just "suspended."
--parkc Godwin has hung out his shingle
as lawyer In Omaha.
Motto for the " Intcrnatlonals" s"-The
labor We delight in physics Spain.
1T takes seventeen minutes to TRANSMIT,
message from England to lnoia.
The pard"ning power has been taken
away from the GovernorOf Iowa.
Oranges measuring sixteen inches in
circumference arc rasied in California.
Fillmore and Johnson are the only *
Presidents Of the United States " no survive.
Two Texan farmers recently PLAYED q
game of marbles for one hundred steers
side.
Philadelphia claims that her new ma
sonic hall is the most magnificent temple IN
the world
Ex.Presidcnt Fillmore is in favor Of n
presidential term of six years and pension
afterwards.
Andrew johnson always spcaks"f Grant
(whom he appointed General and Secretary
Of War as 1.-THE little fellow"
AT an Indiana agricultural! fair. the
other day, spelling match. open to the
world" was allowed t" go by default.
"A sufferer suggests an improvement in
the or,h"graphy Of the word panics. liz
thinks it would be better To spell il pay. nix!
The Sultan of Turkey. the Shah of
Persia. and the Viceroy of Egypt are OF
the same age. the three having been born in
the year 1880.
"A correspondent states that there are
f"rty.tw" millions Of dollars in the sinking
fund Of the Pennsylvania Railroad. all
composed Of first class securities.
The Emperor "f Brazil stands six feet
four inches in his to",s. ana though gisn,
in size. is said to possess voice that sounds
like the shr,ll treble Of infancy.
Carl Vog' argues iha, Adam was u
monkey before Eve was created, because q
gorilla has thirteen ribs and man only
twelve. one having been removed 10 make
woman.
China possesses coal fields to the extent
of over 40O ono sqnale miles. one province.
Shansi. having not less THAI 81. 600 sausre
miles with veins from ~ to 20 fec, in thick
ness
A Georgia newspaper informed It's
readers that il was NOT worth while for them
:" raise boys The agonizcd editor insists
that he wrote the word ho0s
Green Clay Smith. who has been Gov
rrn"r. a General. a mem'rr Of Congress.
and Bap'is, preacher, has become teacher
Of political economy in a scEool nj Frank.
tort. Ky.
The lrcmndrrs are beginning IL emiyrotr
qui'e extensively ~ the Cniiel States.
THY nrc said to resemble the Scotch in
appearance. and are bright. clean, an,,
hea''hy''o"k'ng class of people
We stand ready. says the Gallipolis
Ionrn"l, I" make one If mrh ,o fling
dead cats NJ any young man VII" is cnuyh'
in our streets between 5 O'Clock A. N. and
II r. n. whis,ling "Mollic. darling"
Secretary Bc'knap has engaged James
Parton, the historian. I" arrange for the
publication Of the original manuscript M
pers Of Gen. Washington. which recently
came into the posse ssion Of the War De
partmcnt
-Barnum is in England. making prepara
'ions to transport here the magnificent
spectacle Of London by Day and Night, ,,
for the use Of which nc has paid el5O. .0O0
for five years. His circus, now IN Philadel.
phia. is the most unique and extensive show
in the world.
"A lager beer house in Hudson county.
N. j.. was formerly church. The shrewtl
Teu'on who now keeps it was about to erase
an inscription painted over the door, bu, on
second thoughts he left the last line nm
touched. 1t is: Let him who is atbirs,
come"
An old lady recently visiting a prison.
sskcd one Of the attendants whv ,hc pri..
"ners received such conrsp food lie told
her il was 10 keep their blood from becnm
ing impure. And when asked what they
would do II their blood was impure, he
dry'y responded. Break out!'
"A poor little church goer asked his
mother where the 'cniile with q thousand
tails" lived. Cattle with . thousand tails.
child" exclaimed the as,onis,,ed psrent.
''there are No such things" "Ycs. there
ore. returned the ls,y; '',hc minister ssid
the cattle with . 'housaud tails were the
Lords"
-Am"ng the recent ingenious devices
for utilizing the electric spark. is iha, which
substitutes II for the ordinary Hin, q, per.
cuss'on cap on firearms BY the cid of q
small gslvsnic battery. within the handle If
the pistol or gun. Or by the convenient ar.
'"neement "f Leyien jar and rubber, the
current Is generated. and conducted Nv 4
wire I" the cartridge. The cnn,ac, Of the
wire with the cartridge may lr effected by
simple press.pin Or lever.
Sam" said dnrkcy In his ebony
os"'he'. ''how Mn I. dat dis yaa telegraf