The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1874-07-25
EvE-ANaELIcAL CORNER.

Anna Dickinson is at Work ON her own
biography.
Man and wife are one, but which one, is
the question.
Twins are said to be on the increase all
over the country.
Laura Fair, the mucll-tried- -for-murder
woman, is going to Japan.
Collars among the ladies are gradually
coming into fashion again. fact to tie
noted with pleasure.
Paper fans are quite the rage. Some Of
them are exceedingly handsome and quite
rs expensive as those of lace.
A stout old woman got mad Saturday be-
cause Dusseau wouldn't let her fan herself
while she had her picture taken.
Miss Anna Louise Cary, the singer, is 60
ing TO spend the entire summer IN three
different places-so the newspapers say.
Lots wife wouldn't have looked back
but . woman with new dress passed her,
and she wanted to see if the back breadth
was ruffed.
Ann Eliza Young, wife of Brigham, had
a crowded house at Titusville. Well, she
had crowded house at home and that is
the reason she left
A change has commenced in the style of
wearing the hair. 1t is higher in the neck
and made into p greater number Of small
putfs on the top of the head.
Bobbs complains that his wife is an in
dationist. She blows him up every day,
and makes him circulate until he actually
feels that he is beyond redemption.
The father answered to his daughters letter.
= TO wed is well-but not to wed is better"
Quoth she: Papa, then I'll do well to-day;
1at 9TH ai Ru "a
The sword umbrellas being an indis-
pensable part of the street costume, ladies
are Obliged to resort to shade-hats or
walking-stick to protect them from the
sun.
1t is said that DR.. Mary Walker now
carries a pistol for newspaper men. We
have always spoken of that beautiful and
accomplished physician with the highest
respect.-Lou6suils Courier-.IoUr7aal.
The Schenectady Star is responsible for
the statement that q JuDe-bug buzZing
around in dark Watertown parlor, flew
against young ladies face with such force
as to become hopelessly entangled in her
beau's moustaehe.
1t is awful annoying to have some other
fellows clothes left in your room by the
washerwoman. Saturday we put on anoth-
er fellows shirt, but couldn't wear it. Al
though it was ruffled around the bottom,
the sleeves were too short to button cuffs
| on, and there was no place for q collar.-
| Nigwaukee Sentinel.
Not many years ago Hartford man was
drowned, and friends brought home his
dead body to his afflicted wife. AS they
came to the front door with the corpse the
new made widow appeared and sadly re-
marked: 81 guess you had better take
| him around to the back door, so he won't
drip on the carpets"
A man describing Western hotel says,
q Yon could sit there and think, and would
not be surprised to behold Cleopatra in her
! barge, with a bonnet for her jih, come
sailing through the room ON the placid bo-
som Of an ocean Of ox-taii soup, and eating
Ea pearl rs big ~ A Ntfttegaaeslon.
There are four SEASONS II fuyes First
comes love before betrothal or spring. then
comes the summer, more ardent aud fierce
/ which lasts from our hetrothal to the altar;
/ tile third, the rich laden, soft dreamy au-
tumn, the honeymoon; and after it, the
winter, bright, clear winter, when you take
shelter by your tireside from the cold world
without, and find every comfort and. pleas
IRE there.
In Brittany there prevails a very curious
| the young ladies appear in red petticoats,
| with white or yellow borders around them.
| The number denotes the amount the father
is willing to give his daughter. Each white
band represents silver and betokens one hun-
dred francs Of rent, and each yellow band
denotes gold, and stands for thousand
francs a year. Thus u young farmer who
sees face that pleases him, has only to
glance at the trimmings Of the petticoat to
learn in an instant what amount accompa-
nies the wearer.
Little Johnny wanted to go to church.
His mother was afraid he would make a
noise, but his father said, "Johnny knows
better than to make q noise in church. "
So he went. He kept very still till the last
prayer. BY that time he had grown very
tired of sitting still, and was standing on
the pew cushion with his back to the pulpit.
When the lady in the next seat bowed her
head for prayer, Johnny thought she was
crying. He leaned over and said to the la
dy i'll a tone that was meant for q whisper,
but which was only too plainly heard,
"Poor lady! What ee matter? Do oc
summit ache?"
The new 'scupid fans" are very much in
favor. The figures are chiefly painted in
pearl color mauve and white, upon black
Sdtlif, tuuS IeAei6iluS GAeHi scAy oncc10tsi
Some of these represent cupids catching OF
shooting birds with arrows. Others portray
love scenes in Faust, painted in high colors
and still others represent wood nymphs,
graces and flying figures, with gauzs
wings surrounded by silvery halos of misty
clouds. Many with black and white satir
covers have artistically carved ebony frames
and are painted in clusters of pansies, rose.
buds and leaves, forget-me-nots and lilies
of the valley.