The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-08-06

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novel invention has been suggested during
the last few days. 1t is to affix lamps u
the telegraphs by the side of the railways
and enable the telegraph clerksat the near
est station olight them by electricity when,
ever there is danger. on the line, the idea
being that as soon as the driver of a train
saw these lights burning he would bring
his engine to stand-still, and remain stand.
ing until he received instructions to pro.
coed.
"Priming," or the carrying of water in
the steam from the boiler into the cylinder,
often causes trouble and damage to the en-.
gine. To prevent this, and obtain dry
steam, dome is fixed to the top of the
boiler from which the steam is taken. A
recent English invention aids this by fixing
an upright pipe next the dome, having
suitable connections with it and the bottom
of the boiler. In this pipe is secured cir.
cular winged defector, or propeller shaped
helix. The steam in passing this is given
whirling motion, and the water it holds
is thrown out by the centrifugal force. and
falls back into the pipe that leads to the
bottom of the boiler. A stop-valve pre-
vents its return, and the apparatus is said
| to be practical success.
The reported losses by fire during the
month of May were In New York and
Brooklyn, $61S, 1000; in the United States,
exclusive of the cities, $s, 127, 200 aggrsg-
| ate, ,$8, 745, 800. Losses in the United States,
during first five months of this year;reported
$38, ,004, 500. These facts, in connection
with the fact that the gross earnings Of the
nation are $1,000, 900, 900, nine-tenths OF
which are consum ed for current living, ,leav-
ing only $500, 000, 600 net accumulation, and
some statistlcians place the consumption at
a higher figure, leaving only per cent, or
$3.50, 900, 600, net earnings, furnish food for
serious reflection. That nearly 80 per cent.
of the net earnings Of a people should be
annihilated by fire, is by no means an evi-
dence of prudence. And large portion
| of this destruction is preventible by proper
cautioa.-N r World.
The latest estimate of the Colombian
| earth quake, Is IA, 900 lives and SO, 0,O00,-
900, the destruction of the city of Cucuta
alone, being reckoned at $1,000, 900. All
the better and moro substantially built
| honses were Of course most destructive in
their fall SO that the wealthy class were
the special victims Of the disaster, affording
tempting booty to the criminal classes, freed
from all restraint. The Chicago Tribune
| foots up the destruction of human life by
| famines, earthquakes, foods and other dis
asters, as amounting to 96, 500 already with
in the present year.
A story told soon after the 18th of june i,
1775, and often retold since then, deserves
to be retold just now: whats that on
your back 20 asked London cockney of a
hump-backed Yankee sailor on a ship in
the London docks. Bunker Hill d-n
vel" was the brief reply. Which reminds
us of a more recent occasion..where Johnny
Bull was also discomfitted by an allusion
to the unpleasantness of hundred years
ago. 1t was marine this time, and one
of the ssold sod' at that. The United
States steamship Niagara was laying in an
| English port, taking on board the cable
which she assisted in laying. A would-be
witty English stevedore hailed the Ameri-
canized Hibernian, asking, "Where did
you get that red coat2" Captured it
from your granddaddy, you ould fool at the
battle Of Bunker Hill," was the instant
and spicy reply. The Britishers curiosity
concerning marine uniforms suffered an
| immediate collapse.--Boston Traueler.
The microscope, as an agent in the de-
lection Of crime, has been alternately COM
mended and comdemded. Tt was recently
employed in Connecticut Court of Justice
| to discover in the clothing OF a man charged
with murder, minute iiaments from the
shawl of his alleged victim. DR. J. g. Rich
ardson lately read before the Philadelphia
Academy of Natural Sciences paper on
the ssValue of high Powers in the Diagnosis
of Blood Stains" in which he shows that
| the red blood -globules of various domestic
animals, as the OK, cat, pig, horse, sheep,
goal, t,are all so much smaller than the hu-
man red disk, that we can positively dis
tinguish stains produced by human blood
from those caused by the blood of any Of
these animals. To furnish positive demon
stration of the facts of the case. DR.. Rich
| ardson six specimens of blood-clot, from the
veins of man, an OK and sheep, selected
without his knowlege, and so marked IS to
show which animal they were derived from.
By the microscopical characters alone he..was
able to determine with perfect correctness
the origin Of every one of the samples. The
corpuscles of the human blood averaged 4
3430 inch diameter, those Of the OK blood
1-4s74, and the sleeps blood f-515e.
Recliningso son the clean yellow straw in .
battered old building at 81 Pavenia avenue,
Jersey city, duke a. duchess, several prin-
cesses, and other descendants of royal blood,
were contentedly chewing their cuds and
switching their tails yesterday. To-day
| they win sail in. the steamer Holland for
their homes in Elmhnrst, Stafordshire, En-
gland. They are all short-horn cattle that
have been selected from al parts of the
United States and Canada, and are probably
the most supurb specimens Of this breed in
the world. Every means has been taken
TO get cattle that are perfect in every point
and fabulous prices have been paid for the
herd. They belong to Mr.. George Fox, the
foreign partner Of a. r Stewart, who came
| to America in April last. and with his agent
Mr.. Willim. Dobbss made the selection.
Fifteen animals were bought for s125, 900.
The most noticeable or the herd is the bun,
the twenty-fourth Duke of Airdrie, He
weighs 2, 800 pounds, and Is simply fault.
less in structure, quality and handling.
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