The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1874-10-10
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

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New York alone. The plan is to weigh the
mail in bulk, and pay for it in specia
stamps at the office of deposit. This places
the postage on the publisher.
The Mennonites, a serviceable class OF
Russian subjects, were rapidly leaving fol
the United States, rather than become LA.
BILE to military CONSUMPTION. The govern
ment OF the Gar, however, in view of the
value to the Empire of these quiet people,
is seeking to arrest the exodus by restor-
alton to the anti-military sect of their form.
exemption from army duty. This measure
will doubtless prevent a very desirable &C.
cession to our own population.
The case of the Chinese women ordered
to return to their own country by the Su.
preme Court of California, on the suspicion
that they were prostitutes, is now before
the United States Circuit Court of San Fran
cisco, on a writ of hG6eas corpus, and it is
understood if this court gives an adverse
decision to the women that the case will be
certified to the Supreme Court of the Unit
ed States.
Between New Orleans and the Forts be-
low the city, there is strip of ground about
one mile in width which will produce this
year no less than 100000 pounds of
sugar, 100,0 900 barrels of rice, 10000 gallons
Of molasses, thousands of bushels of pota-
toes, nearly 100000 worth of oranges,
boat-loads of melons and garden stuffs; and
many other products of great value.
~ Mr.. Proctor thinks there are several rea-
sons for believing that the planet Jupiter is
not inhabited The first is its distance
from the sun, which so greatly diminishes
the amount of heat received that our lee
turer believes it to be inefficient to sustain
life of any kind. Another reason is, that
the apparent changes in the color of the
planets surface, ascribed by all astrono-
mers to the changes in the cloud-masses in
it's atmosphere, are so great and sudden that
Mr.. Proctor thinks the heat of the sun is
an inadequate cause for them, and that the
planet itself must be in a heated state ap-
preaching incandescence.
The New York Journal of Commerce
says that Mr.. Stewart never in his life
bought so many goods in one season, and
never before was an assortment of equal
elegance so cheaply purchased. The power
OF cash in hand was never so near omnipo-
tent in Europe as in the current season.
Tons of silks, laces shawls and everything
have thus come into the great magician S
hands, at prices that will prove a great
temptation even to those who have not a
fortune to spend in dress. Our teeming
harvest fields insure cheap food the coming
season, and the visit of Mr.. Stewart to Eu-
rope will give to the women of the land
over $50,000,000 in cheaper attire than
they have had for many years.
Speaking of Knott of Kentucky and
Phelps of New Jersey, who are candidates
for Congress, the Brooklyn Eagle thus
compares the quality of their humor:-
+" Through Phelps humor glows the culture
of the schools Knott's is racy of the soil
of the blue grass region. Phelps can point
an empigram which will impale man as a
javelin would. Knott will tell story
against a man which will make him want
to crawl into hole and take the hole in
after him. The Jerseyman will show by
something out of a book that his adversary
is ineffably ridiculous. The Kentuckian
will cite cross roads instance to illustrate
that his antagonist doesn't amount to what
he calls a remote circumstance The
razor of sarcasm is what Phelps kills with.
The torpedo of anecdote is what Knott
blows men to pieces with. Gentlemen,
both, Phelps and Knott ought to sit at
either end of the House and forage, each in
his own way, on all the fools and frauds be-
tween them.
A Pen PICTURE OF EDNA DEAN Proc
ToR.-Edna Dean Proctor, the lady spoken
of by Moulton in his last g statement !" as
having given Beechera paroxysmal' kiss,
which led to their mutual fall and who
now claims $100,00 damages from Moulton
for her injured character, is highly-culti-
waited woman and has travelled almost all
over Europe, is about 40 years old, although
she does not look to be over 32 She is
slightly above medium size, slim but well
made, with luxuriant dark hair, dark eyes
of a soft and fascinating expression, shaded
by long silken lashes. with salIow complex
ion, bright and rosy lips frequently curved
in the most winsome of smiles, and the
smallest of feet and hands. She is gener-
ally admired in Brooklyn, having remark
able conversational powers and being of a
very amiable disposition. She returned
but short time ago from an extended tour
in Europe, having attended the great Fair
at Mini Novgorod, Russia. She attends
some Of the most fashionable parties when
i'll Brooklyn, and is received by the sbest
families" 1t is easy to imagine what a
shock Mr.. Moulton's statement created in
those circles. Her literary talent is well
known, as she frequently contributed to the
Atlantic Monthly, and is the author of sew
eral works.-N. 7. Herald.
THE Power OF DICKENS PATHos.-Mrs.
Henry Siddons, a neighbor and intimate
friend of the late Lord Jeffrey, who had
free access to enter his house at all hours
unannounced, and come and go when she
listed, opened his library door, one day.
very gently, to look if he was there, and
saw enough at a glance to convince her that
her visit wat ill-timed. The hard critic of
the Edia5wrg Reossao was sitting in his
chair, with his head on the table in deep
grief. As Mrs. Siddons was delicately re-
tirihg, in the hope that her entrance had
been unnoticed, Jeffrey raised his head,
and kindly beckoned her back. Per-
ceiving that his cheek was flushed
and his eyes suffused with tears,
she apologized for her intrusion, and begged
permission to withdraw. When he found
that she was seriously intending to leave
him, he rose from his chair, took both her
hands, and led her co a seat. Lord Jeffrey
Qoq. y" Don't go, my dear friend, I shall
be right again i'll another minute" Mrs.
Siddons-''I had no idea that you had had
any bad news or cause for grief, or would
not have come. Is any one dead 20 Lord
jeffrey Yes, indeed. I'm great goose
to have given way so but could not help
it. You'll be sorry to hear that Little
Nelly-Boz's Little Nelly-is dead.'' The
fact was, Jeffrey had just received the last
number then out of "The Old Curiosity
Shop" and had been thoroughly overcome
by its pathos.
A Queer Hen Story. 8
From the Doylestnwn Pa Democrat.
From West Chester there comes to us tile
following sad story OF well meaning hem
A man by the name of Lot Fithian, Of that
place, had been the owner of hen, that to
all appearance, was just like others of her