The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1874-03-28
NEW NOR WEsTERs.

Defaulters are now more elegantly called
"hypothecaries."
Twelve Cubans escaped from Havana
concealed in barrels
The civil list of the Royal Family of
England is !, 1855, 900 pounds.
New buildings valued at $50, 600, 600
were erected last year in New York City.
Many saloon-keeper would like to hold
a pistol to his head and say, die, oh, Lewis!
Holes can be drilled in plate glass by
keeping the edges of the drill wet with
turpentine.
sia before the first stone Of the Egyptian
pyramids was laid.
There is one thing that the most improv-
ident young man is always able to keep, and
that is late hours.
If forty rods make one rood, how many
will make one polite? If twelve dozen
make gross, how many will make a
grocer?
The man who sang ooh, breathe no
more that simple air." went into the
smoking carriage, where it was more
mixed.
Dan Mace, the famous driver Of trotting
horses, and well known on every race
course in the country, died at his home in
New York City. Feb. 24th,
"None knew him but to trust him, nor
named him but to dun," is the pathetic
sentence with which a Delaware merchant
closes an advertisement for missing Gus
toner.
A Chicago man wrote to Agassiz that he
had an apple which he had preserved for
fifty-three years, and when Agassiz wrote
or it the joker said it was the apple of
his eye.
The first steamship to cross the Atlantic
was the Savannah, which made the trip in
1918, from New York to Liverpool, in
twenty-six days.
A newly married lady hid a toy snake in
her husbands boot. Benedict on discover
ing the reptile, took critical look at him
self in the mirror and then went for his
demiIohn and threw it in the pond.
A little boy carrying home some eggs in
a basket dropped them. "Did you break
any asked his mother, when he told her
of it. "No," said the little fellow, "but
the shells came off some of 'em.''
A simple cure for hoarseness is this:
Take the whites of two eggs and beat them,
add two spoonfuls of white sugar, CRATE in
a little nutmeg, and add pint of luke
warm water Stir well, and drink often.
J. r. Osgood & Co. are about publishing
q series of dainty little volumes, containing
popular favorites as hving's Grip Van
Wrinkle and IIale's Man Without a
Country" They viii be edited by Rossiter
johnson.
hillside" wrote a young man in Dubuque;
but they pumped him out, and that same
till he CT led at the antics of the trick
mules.
A man in South Hero, VT, who had q
gun which scattered shot badly, saw an
advertisement in city paper offering to
send information of a method to prevent
such scattering for fifty cents. He for
warded the money and received the infor-
nation .'to put in only one shot"
A Kentucky legislator was recently miss
ing for the space Of three days. The fourth
found him back in his seat. To the inqui-
ries of friends, he replied that he had been
sick. Being asked what the matter was:
"Well," said he, "Some folks call it ner-
vous chills: others pronounce it a kind of
affection of the heart; but, to be candid, /
call it plain case of old-fashioned drunk -
The 'Father of his country marches
on to new achievements of fame. A Life
of Washington" in japanese, has just been
published in Yeddo, consisting of forty-foul
volumes, illustrated. Washington is repre-.
sented in the costume of the present time
with mustache. q cane and skye terrier
A minister at a colored wedding who
wished to be humorous, said "On sucl
occasions it is customary to kiss the bride
but in this case we will omit it, To whicl
ungallant remark the groom PERTINENT,
| ol,l Sc,
mary to pay the minister ten dollars, but il
this case we will omit it.
| Watts hay? asked a man of an homes
granger in Burlington, To-. the other day
The P. of FL. told him 1880, and fol lowe'
the man around the wagon as he examine,
the hay very carefully. He expressed him
self as perfectly satisfied with the price ant
liked the looks of the hay. "shall I put
in your barn ?'' asked the granger. "Well
no., the man said, /" have no barn, | onl
wanted good clean straw to chew TIL
| hay merchant looked as if he would like t
| make him eat the whole load.
A recent speaker said the India Tubhe
industry, according to the census. pai
fifty-nine per cent profit on the capitf
employed The cabinet organ bushes
paid sixty -one per cent profit. In seyentee
months, the capital invested in the man,
! facture Of sewing machines, doubled itsel
besides paying for all the material it use
and the labor employed the profit on
l. - . -
sixty dollar machine being twentyfour do
lars. The profit on patented agriculIusi
implements is fifty-twa per cent, and Q
patent medicines one hundred and eightee
per cent.
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ANEcDoTE OF BISMARCK AT SADowA.-
Waiting on the field of Sadowa while tt
issue of the day was uncertain, and Whe
nothing but the arrival of the crown prin'
could decide the victory. he drew a matt
and lighted cigar. When the cigar VI
half ended the princes vanguard was ST