The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-11-29
Topics Of the Day.

II ever there was a good excuse for not |
gcttin. paper out in time it is that offered !
by the Panama STIR and Uerald. The edi- !
tor says that the Government troops were
keeping up 4 continuous fire on the door Of
his sitting room. and half dozen shots did
not vary three feet in striking. 1T" this
annoyance, he says. 1--WE must attribute
our delay in gcttin. out this edition. for it
is difficult I" persuade meE I" work UNDER
steady and dangerous fire.
They have II way Of managing wives in
Paris. which. il not particularly humane.
has at least the merit Of originality. One
Icla>scm. a workman. hcc,ning jealous Of
his rib. not without ca,lse. it may l,c stated,
hit upon the very extreme cxpedient Of
claiming her up. lie had 4 ring made just
the size Of her garter. and attached to Il
chain some five feet long. Before going
out in the morning he attached the chain
+" wall with staple. and clasping the
ring about his wife leg. locked it with Il
paddock. and put the key in his lr"krt.
After having beat his spouse black and
blue he locked the door and carried away
the key. When arrested this model hu>-
band was very much ast"ni>hed. and re-
marked that he thought ne had 4 right t" d"
a, he pleased with his own property. For
tulatrly. the law thought it had similar
right with regard to him.
\ Nashville man recently had .rcaSn
to Z" t" Memphis over the Northwestern
road. There were but few passengers
aboard. and durin. the night the conductor
came and sat down 10y linn. Coin I"
Memphis. are you. >tr,ngcr::" he asked.
Va, ui, - v,;l LA, ut,r;l1 -
"Mighty rough road. amt it," qucricl
the conductor with Il yawn. VERY" was
the reply. Last time | went over the
road this ear We ~ in was upset and man
was killc, all to smash, said the r"mmu-
NEGATIVE tck"t-puncl,cr. witlan"thcr yawn.
Then he added: five got the most rcck-
less engineer Oh the road with me tonight.
too. but | hope We won't have any acct
dents. IL certainly hope We will not.
responded I'll" passenger Will, a feeling of
unrasinc>S. ''Well. don't know rs it
would make much difference I" y"u." said
the conductor clccrily "y"u'll die anyway
il you IL g"im' I" Memphis.
We should scarcely look for the trlc>t
philanthropy in the heart Of Il butcher. We
generally associate that trade with ideas Of
cruelty and 'lcatlcncd feelings: and yet
there is butcher in Wilmington. Del.
whose name deserves mention. \ man was
recently detected hurryng away with 4
steak. which ln had stolen from the butch
cr's stall. When the policeman reached
his home he pecpcd through the window
and bchclL the children dcvm,ring the meat
raw. When the butcher heard Of it. instead
Of prosecuting the poor man. he sent the
poor family Il large basket OF meat and a
IL 4, IA ,n, 4, TI.,.
is heart beneath that GElwny chest. and
an eye in that honest face from which II"
dog will turn away. More "f such men
would make the world brighter place ("
live in.
The school girls are wearing secret bows.
This is important. The bows are made Of
w"rstcd, and are Of several colors. Each
color denotes secret. and when you see
several little girls wearing any one color
You may know thereby that they all hold
one secret. and are in a great deal Of pain
in consequence. Some Of them wear two or
three r"l"rS in one bow. and il is safe to
affirm that the wcarcr is bowed down by
that number Of secrets. Very ci,cminatc
lacking girls rarely get above one color. but
the more masculine appearing frequently
reach two and three. and even four rulnrs.
\ little girl with four colnrs in her bow
keeps herself very secluded, and looks rs
solemn rs il she had just received sum
mons t" die. and was only waiting for her
winter hat, I" d" it.
asA sensation in real lifc--:las! to" real
was. according to the Omaha Bee, enacted
upon the stage of the Academy Of Music 4
few evenings since. The play was ''jane
Eyre" The Bee says that "I.orl' Kocl-
ester had gained golden opinions the rrcvi-
",,> evening in the - New Mag'lalen." In
the present instance his ln,l>llip was cX-
man in whose safe keeping the part had
been assigned came on. it was clear t" the
disintcrc>tcd observer that he had been
"smilny and smiling and playing the vii
Lain considerable number Of times. in
the ncighb"rin. halls Of the Rum-u,iS.
"You smile. miSsirc.' said the naughty
Rochester, yen Nhic) sln' smile often
But the audience had already begun to ap-
preciatc the fact that old Roch. had been
putting his theory into practice himself.
not wisely but too well. Miss Price. whose
ire had been fully reused, stepped forward
to the f"otliglrtS. and thus als'logiZed for
her mu.liled lover:
beg your indulgence for few moments.
| deeply regret that you should h so i'll
suited.
The hero Of this little scene was after
ward discovered behind the wings. leaning
against dilapi'atcd throne. with a pewter
mug in his right hand. enchanting:
Reputation. rep tation. ration-Oh !
have Josh my rep tation-but it's all ri.
II the literary critic Of the Cincinnati
y I.
t. make out 4 very plausible case. 1.-The
Fair God" is one of the most startling i'll
stances Of literary theft of modern times.
Twenty-Five years ago ". W. Fos,lick. Of
Cincinnati. published work called NAL
mistc. the Toltcc. and the Cavaliers If the
Cross" He had Travelled extensively in
Mexico. and lis book, which is now. to all
intcnts and purposes deiilnct. was prono,,,-
ced by Mr.. N. ID. Conway to possess the
fault Of 'Over-Ornamcntation. Strange
enough twenty-five years is just the period
it has taken General Wallace to construct
his new and popular story. - Either work.
says the Commercial, might have been
called The Fair God. or the last Of the
Tzins. Going over the ground very
closely the writer gives chapter and verse
for parallel passages. exactly in every par
ticular alike. lie shows how General Wal
lace has adopted. improved upon. and
built his story almost entirely from the ma
tcrials therein furnished. That he has
improved upon the original book in design
and execution is very clearly admitted !;
but that the credit for originality and hard
work which has everywhere been accorded
him will materially suffer is evident. The
scathing criticism closes with these words:
sis General Wallacc's Fair God plagi-
nriSsp, frnsn EnslinG's Nn1,,,sstSos WA
do not know. We only see that nothing
in 'Malmistic' is omitted in the Fair God
everything in some shape rcappears."
Of course the two books are open to any
curious enough to institute comparison.
The prosecuting attorney has opened his
case against General Wallace. The public
| is ready to hear the defense.