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The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1874-05-02
General Sam. Houston's Coat of Arms


d. in Franklyn (Ky.) Patriot.
Nearly forty years ago Gen. Sam. Hous-
ton and General White fought a duel, in
Simpson county, six miles south of Frank
lin, in woods near the State line, now
farm of Ell. J. Duncan, Esq. Years after
this event, General Ell. thought proper to
adopt coat of arms, and the emblems used
were suggested by circumstances which
transpired during his stay at his boarding
houses. Duncan an's-preliminar to the
day of conflict.
There were ON the premises two puppies
with decided Ishmaelitic proclivities. Moth
ing it seemed, short Of each others blood or
life, would suffice to satiate their wrath.
The dogs were named jackson and Benton
these names were suggested by the feud
then existing between Jackson and Benton,
whose tenacity of purpose was exemplified
by this canine couple.
Gen. Houston was no idle spectator of
the conflict raging between the two Ameri-
can champions, but was a fast friend Of
Gen. Jackson. The mere name of one of
tho dogs was sufficient to claim the atten-
ton of Gen. Houston, and in the many en-
counters he witnessed between them he was
sure to see that his favorite had fair play.
The night before the duel he asked his host
to wake him up at just o'clock a. m. One
minute before that hour he was awakened
by the growing of a chicken cock under his
window. Though he denied being in any
way superstitious, yet the circumstance
impressed him with an idea ominous of vic
tory in the coming battle. His attendants
being asleep he concluded to while away
the hour in moulding bullets. Just as the
first one was made he recognized the famil-
lar salutation of his favorite dog jackson at
the door. This again inspired him with
courage, and he did not conceal the fact
from his attendants. Said he to my broth
er, 81 never was more sure of any coming
event than that should be victorious, and.
if these circumstances did not conspire to pro-
duce this assurance, don't know what did. !"
In after years, still remembering the cir
cumstance, he thought proper to emblaze
his coat Of arms with a game chicken and a
faithful dog-emblematical of courage and
fidelity.
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''The Durndest Knowingest Dog That
Ever Wore Har."

He came in from Truckee Meadows yes
terday, did this level headed dog. He rode
in by the side Of his master on load of
potatoes. He was not a pretty dog, nor
dog of blue blood and high degree. He
was tall, gaunt, shaggy-haired, wild-eyed
looking brindle beast of unrecorded pedi-
gree. As the wagon, carrying man, dog
and potatoes, halted for time in front of
saloon in North G street, one of party
of half dozen loungers threeabouts made
some remark in regard to the appearance
of the canine, when thus spake ye horny
handed, frowsy headed tiller of We soil:
''Fellels, that air amt purity dog,
Knowles like ne, makes no preten-
sions to material beauty - but he's
Just the durndest know inest dog that ever
wore har. He's got mo. instink, that dog
has, an more savey, an pen 'tration, an
insight into human natur', jist in that ugly
old cabeza O. his, nor can be found in the
heds of a whole plaza of yer dedicated town
dogs-poodles an sich. What pride in
him for is his regular human sense; he's
jist the darndest dog out! Now eff I come
home from town perfectly sober (when I've
left him to see after the ranch) it would jist
do your hearts good to see that dog show off
what sense of appreciation he's got of me.
Fellers, his gorgeous tail then stands aloft;
he skyugles about; he runs on afore me a
scrapin' up the yearth with his hind feet
sendin' the chips fiyin'; he holds up his
head an barks in cheerful an manly tone
O. voice, escortin' me forward, an feelin'
prouder'n he'd holed wood-chuck! But
let me come home full of tangle-leg, sheep
herder's delight and terrantiler
juice, that is the darndest
shamedest dog yer ever saw. He jist takes
one look at ME an he knows it all. Down
goes his tail, he lops his ears, squats his
back, and looking back now an then he
sinks off an crawls under the barn-actl-
ally ashamed to be seen about the premises
for fear that somebody'n find out that
own him. tell you, fellers, he's the Gus
sedest dog for right out an out human
sense that ever was seen in these parts, and
Truckee Medders is proud he war pupped
tharr'- Virginia Enterprise.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1874-05-02
Process of Cremation.
{ From the London Lancet,

From the London lancet
Professor Brunette gives the details of
the apparatus that would be required for
the process of incremation. After having
made several experiments ON the human
subject, in which the bodies were burned
in the retorts of gas manufactures in close
receptacles, and with free access Of air, he
perfect performance of the process would
be impossible under all ordinary circum-
stances. In the first place, there is requir-
ed an oblong furnace of fire-proof bricks,
having ten holes below. by means OF which
the intensity of the fire can be regulated.
The upper part of this should be followed to
receive the coffin, and over this a domed COW
er is to be placed, by which the flames, as
in reverbatory fulnacd, may be directed
upon the body. Within the coffin is met
al supporter table on which the body rests,
fixed by thick iron wire. The operation
embraces three periods-the heating of the
body, the spontaneous combination, and f.
nally the incineration of the soft parts, and
the calcination of the bones During the
first period, and about half an hour after the
pile of wood in the furnace has been lighted,
the combustion of. the body commences.
It gives eff large quantities of gas, and
the management of the reverbatory part of
the furnace is of great Importance. IF the
wood has been well arranged, two hours
suffice TO produce perfect carbonization.
During tile third period, the air holes being
opened, the carbonized mass is collected
and placed upon fresh plate, and the heat
is now urged to the utmost; fresh supply
of wood is inserted. By means of this ar
rangement, at the expense of about $50
pounds Of wood, complete incremation
that is to say, incremation of the soft parts
and ealclnation ofthe bones--may be effect
ed in two hours. When the furnace has
cooled the cinders and bones ARE collected
and deposited III \ funeral urn
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1874-05-02
An Alabama Poker Hand.

From the Louisville Courer-Journal, 9th.
TUsCUMDIA, Ala, March %, 1874.
Mr.. JOHN GLADEs: The following is an
incident of recent occurrence which, we
think down here, would not be entirely
devoid of interest to you.
The parties to it were Bill j, the
Sheriff of our county (Colbert), who like
himself, is Jealous Christian poker player,
who would ''straddle - your "blind =
quicker than he would his horse "Ephraim"
to serve process, and says he would
rather beat Jack-full" for you than
capture the whole of the "Gad's Hill gang"
and prosperous Teutonic merchant Of our
town named S.. The two were travel
ing on the cars, and, in order to pass away
the time, engaged i'll game of euchre.
After playing some time the jolly Dutchman
left his seat to get drink Of water, and
Bill, knowing that he, too. had penchant
for poker, took advantage of his absence
and dealt him a hand with four kings i'll it,
and turned up the queen for trump.
Returning in moment and lifting his hand,
| S. at once conceived the brilliant idea of
playing the hand at poker, and accordingly
suggested it to Bill, who consented, prooided
that he might be allowed to discard one of
his cards and take up the queen. To this
S. at once agreed, and the game proceeded.
Says S.: Bill, bets you five dollar" In
turn Bill raised him ten more. Well,
said s., ''tifteen dollar viii joost pay mine
expense und some odder tings, and calls
| YOU, Bill;' at the same time exhibiting his
hand with four kings, and reaching for the
money. "Hold on,' says Bill, 81 have
four aces!' Nervously, and in silence, the
astonishcd Dutchman gathered the cards
and shuffled them for moment or two.
Then, with his chin resting on both clenched
hands, and his eyes staring into uncertainty,
he exclaimed: g / say, Bill, now joost You
i told me not de h--U dot queen had to do ma
dot handr'
And up to this good hour his mind is per-
picked continually to find the part that care
had played in the game.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1874-05-02
Query Regarding the Souls of the
Siamese Twins.

EDITOR REPUBLICAN: While living, the
physical eccentricities of the Siamese Twins
were the subject of much thought, and sci
entists never tired of theorizing as to the
hidden secrets of their anatomy. And after
their death the medical faculty continued
their Investigations, by dissection, to sat
isfactory issue. But it has always seemed
a little singular to me that the d. DIS failed
to Join their investigations to those OF the
nj. DIS how the souls of the twins, like
their bodies Though having separate iden-
tities), were probably united. And even If
they were not, and the doctrine of the res
direction of the body is as truthful as it is
orthodox, the question arises what would
be their future state in case the one was
..iustifed by faith and the other "reserv-
ed for condemnation p
If this question, like the one relating 70
the physical conformation of the twins, can
lie brought to demonstrable solution y
would seem that this notable dcformity vas
not unattended with good, and that God IN
this, as in all things else, designed to con-
| firm Il true faith or to refnte false enc.
with these hints leave the subject to
metaphyslcians. BLAKE NE1.
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NUTMEGs.
From the Danbnry News,

From the Danbnry News,
A Danbury widower is SO afraid of his
wifes ghost appearing unto him that he
sleeps with pistol under his pillow.
If This and That and half of This and
That make one hundred, how much does
half of This and That makeo
Saturday morning our people were awak-
eiled by the singing of the birds and the
rasping of the snow shovels on the pave
ment.
Mr.. Przybylowicz is the name of a hotel
keeper in Leavenworth, Kansas. Itrequires
two men and boy to pronounce it.
A Danbury man whose wife recently
died, subsequently confessed to q friend
that Nobody could pull down an under
coat as neatly as Jane did.
How few sitting in comfortable clothing in
the genial heat of home fires give thought
to the poor gardener out in the biting blast
sowing onions.
Mr.. Jared Hennessy started for Colorado,
yesterday, for his wife's health. It is to be
regretted that she could not accompany
him.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1874-05-02
The Story of a Fallen Woman.

The readers of the Neus will remember
the brief account we gave not many months
ago of the death, at one of the Denver
houses Of i'll fame, of a young girl who had
fallen from high social position. Her body
was followed to the grave by a large num-
Der of the unfortunate women Of the town.
In tile perolation of her lecture on the social
evil, i'll Chicago the other day, Anna Dick
inson told the pathetic and fearful story of
this same young girl whose parents were
once wealthy residents Of St. Louis, but lost
their property, died, and left her an orphan.
She fell into life of shame, found her way
to Denver, and here died. A touching des-
cription was given of the manner in which
her sisters in degradation followed her to
the grave. The speaker stood still and saw
it all, and asked herself what society had
done for this poor girl. "Poor, poor child!''
exclaimed Miss Dickinson, her eyes stream
ing with tears. 'sIt was wronged, tor
tured, outraged soul. May she find the
Justice of God more infinitely tender than
the mercies of men! said to myself. what
| have never forgotten, that, though one on
the right hand and one on the left should
restrain me, and another behind seek to
drag me back; though friend beseech, though
foe assault, nay, though | should be cast
out for such course, even as one dead, l
shall stand fast in such place as that, and
dead shall speak-speak of them, in their
graves, whether they be above ground, or,
as they speedily will be, below ground-and
should I be cast out from the face of society,
I should have the courage to speak for these
and their griefs, believing that God will
listen, and the dear Lord will at last incline
some one, after am gone, to take up my
work and carry it on thereafter '--Deaper
Ners
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RIFLE BALLS.
Louisville Courier Journal.

A Michigan orator tells us that . Sumner
made Lincoln possible" 1t may be that
without Sumner Lincoln would not have
been possible, but he would certainly have
been highly probable, to say the least of it,
"The Chicago Journal is of the opinion
that Carleton had better dry up as poet. ("
We shall next have the Journal advising
the man who whitewashed the plank-fence
at Mount Vernon to dry up as historical
painter.
The New York San thinks that any man
can make fortune in ten years by raising
cabbages. He might have done so some
years ago, but now-since there has been
such a falling off in the demand for Con-
necticut cigars.
The Detroit Free Press says: sit is
limited in Chicago that the crusaders would
have big weeks work to convert Gen.
Sheridan" Yes, but by the conversion of
such a customer what number of saloons
they would shake to their very center!
The New York Herald heads a news item:
"Death in shanty." Was it from gum
shot wound received during the recent war.
"Cincinnati claims to have the most civ
il railroad ticket agent in the world" 1t
is the habit of Cincinnati to claim every
thing she most needs and hasn't got and
can't get.
1t is said that an Indiana school mistress
recently thrashed thirty mine scholars in one
day. Some Patrons of Husbandry ought
to secure the right to exhibit her at the
next State fair as the champion threshing
machine
There is said to be man at Terre Haute
whose wife has eloped five times, and who
has forgiven and taken her back to his
heart and home every time. We can very
easily see how Christian, who is fond Of
peace i'll the family, could forgive his wife
two or three times for eloping, but when
the number Of times goes beyond that the
way grows dark, and we see much less clear
ly-in fact, we grope.
Franklin II. Henderson got lost in the
wilds of Michigan not long since, and lived
| for nine days on a single biscuit. We have
no sympathy for a man who starts any place
with but a single biscuit in his pocket, even
| if he starves. DR.. Livingstone was perhaps
| the most skillful self-loser that ever adopt
ed the profession as speciality, and you
never caught him starting out to lose HIM
self without taking along plenty to eat.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1874-05-02
Congressional Speeches with the Laugh
Left Out.
Washington Notes in N. 7. Tribune.

Henceforth the words laughter zap
plause, 7 e sensation, !" and other parenthe-
tical remarks indicative Of the hilarious or
appreciatiye demonstrations of the House,
are to be omitted from the official report of
the debates, which will now be drier read
ing than ever. The intelligent constituent,
while per,lslng the dreary efforts of his
member to be witty, viii have to judge for
himself where the laugh comes in, and will
be thrown back upon his unaided imagina-
ton for picture Of the applause which
greeted the flights Of eloquence. This inn
pertant decision was made to-day at the
instance of George F. Hoar, who asked by
what rule or authority the words in ques-
tion were put in. The Speaker said there
was no rule for it, and that, as the words
only put on record the fact that the members
had violated the rules which forbade ap-
plause or other demonstrations, they had
better be omitted, and he would direct the
reporters to cease putting them in.
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Pen PICTURE OF BISMARCK.
Dixon describes Bismarck as a tail, square
man, straight as pine and rugged as a
larch; a man in plain attire, with ample
brow and gray, retiring eye, firm nose and
chin, a hard and biting mouth, peak OF
grisly, coarse moustaehe; a strongly knit,
self constrained, a forward sort of man,
apparently all brain and nerve and open
laughter on his lips, and with countenance
SO bold and frank that silence, il by chance
he should be silent, might appear to hide
some ominous thought. Gaze on that frame
from head to foot; frame erect and stiff,
as though the bones were steel, the outer
coverings mail The man is all apiece;
strong, ready, blunt, aggressive; with a
fixed belief in fact, in science, in the rule OF
three. No gleam Of superstition fingers on
that face: no doubt, no sentiment no weak
ness, no remorse. A rocky and unsympa-
thizing face it seems to lookers-on. When
laughter passes from the ample brow to the
unsparing lip, the radience i more like the
fash on FURNISHED metal than the more
poetic play Of flesh and blood.
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NEWSPAPER DECISIONS.
EvE-ANGELIcAL CORNER.

Importers affirm that there are nearly H.
eco tints in gloves.
Getting ready. Miss Nellie Grant and
mamma are shopping in New York.
Jet stars are now worn by the ladies sus-
pended from bit of black velvet around
the neck.
A Fashion critic says the new bonnets
are the old ones sat down on for half an
hour or so.
The Graphic thinks ladies would, if they
became proficient in billiards, "jaw the balls
and run the game out"
A Maine woman has hair seven feet five
inches long-too long to be available for
use in making butter.
The London Spectator thinks that the
Ohio women's war is SO marvellous mixture
of deep piety and lynch law"
The bonnets come fiat down" on top
of the head now, exactly opposite to the far
ing style throughout the winter.
Alex Dumas speaks of dead actress as
that pretty little Partisan soul, born in a
peal of laughter, evaporated in tear.
Jenny Lind's eldest son is at the Corpus
Christi college, at Oxford, and she has
daughter Just comming into womanhood.
Grace is modest girl and refuses TO
! wear low dresses. "Mamma," she remarks
to her maternal, "that is more than can
bare"
| A little girl asked her sister what was
chaos, that her papa read about. The elder
replied "it was great pile of nothing, and
no place to put it in.
| The waist of Mrs. Chloe Jones (colored)
of Raleigh IN. C.) measures at its slender
est point seven feet in circumference. Au-
gusttis, there's moonlight stroll for you.
You may talk yourself into bronchial
affection, but you can't convince Vermont
woman that there won't be death in the
family if she dreams Of seeinga hen walking
q picket fence.
The English papers say that the beauty
of the Duchess of Edenburg does not equal
popular expectation, and she was severly
criticised by the crowd through which she
passed on her reception in London.
A sister of the late John G. HeeDan Gied
in Berlin three weeks ago of sutfocation.
She was probably the largest female in the
world, and for some time past has been ex-
hibiting herself to the admiring gaze of
the Berlinites.
The American Register of Paris informs
us that dancing is going ont of fashion in
Europe, and says: s'If men and women
could flirt as conveniently without its pro-
lection, it would be given up altogether in
civilized countries.
A wide and thick linen collar has been
introduced for the ladies, called the Bright
on" It stands up two inches above the
neck band, and turns down in front in two
deep points, something in the style of the
"end men" i'll minstrel companies.
1t is singular fact that when the funer-
al Of the late Senator Sumner was passing
through the streets of Boston, some OBJ
struction in the way compelled the hearse to
remain standing for about Ten minutes di-
rectly in front Of the residence of the lady
who had once been the dead mans wife.
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The Editor of the London Times.

The death was recently announced in the
obituary columns of the London papers of
Mrs. Delane wife of the well known editor
of the London Times. In common with the
late Mr.. Thackeray, Mr.. Delane has during
the greater portion of his married life been
condemned to forego all the pleasures of
that state through the mental illness Of his
wife, and perhaps has on that account felt
the occupation which only gives him one
evening in the week to himself the less
onerous. In London he resides in one of
the Inns of Court, within easy distance of
the Times office, and the editor of the Times,
his horses and his groom, are almost as well
known to the frequenters of the Strand as
the Temple Bar itself. His Saturdays and
Sundays are usually spent at a charming
retreat close to the race course at Ascot,
where his mother, to whom he was a most
devoted son, long resided with him. The
full force of the Times was, until lately,
to be found around the famous heath. Mr..
Mowbray Morris, for many years the mana
ger Oh the paper, HIS q sea1 eiiete, ssho TIC
enormous mansion Of Mr.. Walter, the pro-
prietor, is not many miles distant. Edito-
rial changes do not occur in London two or
three times year as in many offices in this
country. and Mr.. Delane has for more than
a quarter of century held the reins of the
great journal which he almost absolutely
controls. He is man of very kindly tenn
per, much liked and respected. The son of
Berkshire country gentleman of small
| means, Mr. Delane was educated at Cam
bridge and called to the bar. Soon after
| that event he became connected with the
journal of which he has SO long been the
directing influence.
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THE FIRST BABY.
Josh Billings Second Best Article.

The fust baby has bekum one ov the liked
stars ov life; and ever since the fust one
was born, ON the rong side ov the gardln oV
Eden, down tew the little stranger ov yes
terday, they hav never failed tew be bud
get ov mulch joy-an event ov mulch glad
ness.
Tew wake up some cheerful morning and
see pair ov soft eyes lookin' into yours
to wonder how SO mulch buty could have
been entrusted to you-to sarch out the
father, or the mother, in the sweet little
Ease, and then loze the survey, in an instant
of buty, as a laffing angel lays before you
--tew pla with the golden hare, and SOW
fond kisses upon this little bird in yr'ie nest
-tiz this that makes the fust baby the joy
of all joys-a feast of the harte.
Tew find the pale mother agin bi yure
side, more luvly than when she was wooed
-tew see new tenderness in her eye, and
tew hear the chastened sweetness of her
laff, as she tells something new about
"Willie ''-tew luv her far more than ever,
and tew find oft-times a prayer on yure lips
-tiz this that makes the fnst baby foun-
tain ov sparkling plezzure.
Tew watch the bud on yure rosebush,
tew ketch the fust notes ov yure songbird,
tew hear the warm praze ov kind friends,
and tew give up yure hours tew the trez-
Zure-tiz this that makes the flst baby a
gift that angels hav brought yu
Tew look upon the track that life takes
-tew see the sunshine and shower-tew
plead for the best, and shrink from the
wust-tew shudder when sickness steals on,
and tew be chastened when death comes
tiz this-oh! tiz this that makes the fust
baby a hope upon arth, and a gem up in
heaven.