The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1876-08-25
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

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-''-'-'' 9i8 J9dt o1tGAIEsBURe, Illinois. ri
Please give names of bnsss on the UNI
ted states currency l1 boEtli y8l 9d5 10 ono ri
Aas'oer, r--The - busts on the new issue of
Treasury notes ARE are As, Washington sss,
jefferson; 5s,t Jackson; s.klsoqn; Jos, Webster;
Fse's, Hamilton ~ j 30 $, Clay zoos, Lincoln.
On the old greenbl'aicks, weEei;m1,s, Chase;
gs, Hamilton SIS, an oval portrait; los,
Lincoln !; eos, none SOS, Hamilton, /;
zoos, an eagle !; 5o0s, Gallatin; 1Qo0's,
robert Norris mid bs4irai,iasai Gals su
t"o 8 -no47 odt 40 Poscop xM;1rnaaa1154a.2 aa5 20
viii you please to name four of the most
precious metals and their values as coma
p"'eo Will Will goollaa1fr qotaiG mn1l 4ead Of sAil
ii AassT7iThe o. n fohllog h ing are the five mostl
Valuable M metals, with their price in gold
per pound, ayolrdupois Iridium,g So, $40; 1;
Eanadium, s., 800 !; ruthenium, 81, 400. !,
Thodium, 500 palladium, 1858, Gold is,
's1s'& SsEN'1f' o.ss q ~ 33gog9tia tu9HiJ.saa
- -. ssff1 ? u CAMPBELL, Ell Illinois g
What are the respectivs gsalarieseuf ma.
Jor general, adler general, and eolonei
of the United States army? Also of CON-
modore, captain, and lieutenant in the Uni
ted States navy? Ea 41Ig E4eaa sxYai
Ans.-The yearly pay of, a major general
is 81, 500 of q ,brigadier general, S., SOC; :;
Of a colonel, $500. A. commodore nlesd re re- :,
ceives yearly pay at sea, $1,000; on shore, shore,
$4,000 on leave waiting orders, IS. 900 "a !; a
captain at sea, 81, 500; on shore duty, ss,- 4
300 on leave waiting orders, $1,000 Lieu leu
tenants Qfrst i've years) at sea, So, 400; ;a1 On
shore duty, $4,000 On leave wa waiting itilg'lo Or
dders, $1,000. After five years, 5000 per per
year in each station, ~ 2"''i'''a' h'"F' 7
H'1 10 saaa3s GOO z -L23Guiiag 91G soiiJso
Il 5tl NJ coo ,MARKEsAN, Wisconsin. o. 4
. 21.s'Why is it that the teeth on the upper
jaw, most always, decay so much before
those on the lower jaw do? 9. What is
the most profitable and respectable employ
ment for a young lady, with only a common
school educationswto follow, and where i
could such situation be, found 2, 3. Who
was the first person that ever read the Dec /
laration Of Independence publicly? '@'"'
1as.-1. Because the upper teeth are
fixed upon an innnovable base, and all the
food eaten is forced against them. This}
makes them more liable to be broken: |
Then in breathing cold air the 1o9wFesr. teeth
are protected by the tongue, which is true
in drinking any thing hot or cold, by all Of
which the enamel Of the teeth IS liable to
become broken, and decay follows. q It |
depends Hpon what the young lady Is BY |
nature fitted for. all women, as is true
with men, do}not do equally wen ID all caff |
ings.. 8. John Nixon 21ito 919" sioF"a" Il
3ho9 nmuio3 800 zia-------a tor OF bib ydH II
q noiI timlag olTeNIoA, Illinois, 30 |
Please give q short sketch Of Green Clay,
Smith, the Prohibition candidate for Presi-
dent, and who is the Vice nominee O Oh the
same ticket ?s&i33 tJliuJ moIt b9dain9EI9E
lAns.--Greeng Clay Smith was bern AT /
Richmond, Kentucky, July 2, 1880; gradubF
ated at the Transylvania University in /
1s49; at the age of 15 volunteered asa prig I
vate in the Mexican war, and became a
studiedilaw and pfaeticed un- |
til 1859 was a member of the Kentucky |
Legislature in 1861; appointed Colonel of I
The Fourth Kentucky Cavalry (Union);
was wounded at Lebanon made Brigadier
General, June II, 1862; resigned Dece1n-
Der |, 1868 member of Congress from 1868
10 1866, when he was appointed Governor
If Montana, and subsequently became a
Baptist preacher. The candidate for Vice
President is G.. T. Stewart. nosaiR anG enl.
1sd tE.: rgIGTHt-. .H2nisSda&1I Il
.e,- .tg..ynoaf9; MILLsTON, Wisconsin. .f,
a had a discussion in regard to the instru-
nents used in te1egraphing by the ocean 7
,able, and we agreed to leave the matter to5
7ou. aIa9G 1915 bnG .b31ifu JOY 0TG z9.iisdl
r Ans.--We suppose our correspondent re-
ers to the instrument used for receiving
messages. @ b The message:is read by means |!
# a moving flash of light, upon polished
cale, produced tyj the DETECTION of "a very t
;n1all mirror, which lis placed within a l.
mail brass cylinder two or three inches in
liarneters shaped like, a spool or bobbn,
composed of several hundred turns of small
Wire, wound with; silk ito keepftheg metal
rom coming in contact Il, IT. fis wound oor,
'oiied exactly Ikea bundleIof' new rope,
mall hole being left ftIinotheo middle about
he size of a common wooden pencil IL i In
2 he center % OF this is suspended "a very, thin,
iellcate mirror, about as large as a kernel +
" corn, with a corresp ndingIy small mag
let attached to tbs back of it, IT. is isus.I
9ended by a single fiber sef, fine. silk. .otA 4
harrow, horizontal scale is placed within, a,
iarkened box, two or three feet in front Of
he mirror, narrow slit being cut in the
middle of thescale to allow ray of light T.
q shine upon1th mirror from a lamp placsjf
d behind 1 II the scale, the mirror in turn re-
decting the light back upon the scale, This
pot of light upon the scale is tie index byI
Vhich all messages are read od The lnovinpal
# the mirror indicates the letters, 10 the Il
;asual observer, there appears, when mes
age is being received, nothing but irregu
ari flashes of light to the right or left
;aused by the rapid movements of the smisad,
or, but to the operator these movements
ire as plain as print. & For. instance the h
cord boy " y, will be transcribed thus L
)ne flash to the right and three to the left
9 = three flashes to the right isff @ j, one u
o the right. one to the left, and two oInore
o.'nei flgglnp5' glp' y to4 eoalhf,f4 hooa an d5b
52t o5 3aio s3REEDsBURa, wisconsin II
/. Did the United States Senate introEI
luce resolution to impeach General jack
on for his action in the matter Of the re-
novaf Of the deposits? q. Somebody in
reduced d resolution to sxpunge a record14
General jackson. q w ho was it, II
md what asiit for2i ;sd4 sll9,aa.ls III ii blf
EAns.Tr7Tr1: Yes; on the 2Sthfof March Mr.. [,
Lay introduced into the Senate of the Uni, /,
ed States the following, which was afgont
d By aivote of 26 to- 20:l q Resolosd, That b
be President in the late executive rprosI
eedings in relation to, the pnblic revenue. Il,
las assumed upon himself authority and !,
over not conferred by the Constitution r
nd laws, but in Hderogatfoir of both
Against this resolution the Prasilentvigor- IL
nsly protested, as being tantamounf to !;
Mr.. Poindexter then intro intro
uced, on the 7th OF MAY, the f1,llovg;r,g9 b.