The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1876-10-27
WHAT THE WITS SAY.
Blaine shows no symptoms Of sun stroke

Blaine shows no symptoms Of sun stroke.
NJ r Herald. j-a7E a5 iLh.i,2''H s'aDi! al
Butterflies in summer but stands firm in
winter Wash. Natisn.
George William Curtis says "a ship on
the ocean is only a chip with thought in
it," -;s..a..,- .a..... .s... .-=t.t.. "a
Moral of the Ann Eliza trouble Never
have more than one wife in the same place.
Rochester Democrat. I'D Ezz ausfarrs
"You'veheard Brownies married again?''
"No! Has he? Stupid He didn't deserve
to lose his first wife !''-Punch. ID
"Only brunettes,'' according to the New
York Herald, "should wear cardinal hose. "
Now you just mind your own business
Roch. Democrat.
Baltimore is to have foot race by Grip
pies. Heavens Is this to be pretext
for some more Southern walk lanes P
Com. Aduertiser.. ..F..,-. ~ =.
Byron wrote, I" How sweet to hear the
watch dogs honest bark" From which
we infer Byron never attended midnight
sociable in farmers melon patch.--Re-
porter. gsf ya ..t aG.l zs8
The rifles used at Creedmoor have q re-
coiling power of forty pounds. Kick one
of the marksmen two-pound kick, even,
and he'd get mad in minute. e.-D Detroit
| Free Press. 81 ss ' 9# aD@
It was fortunate for the old Roman gram
marians that they never had an Indian war.
They would haYe found ita great strain
upon the language to have to say iasgens it,
| -Norsoich Bulletin. i.''' -'.S-'
Presence of mind is a great thing. A
Floyd avenue man, whose wife was at
tackled by a cross dog, promptly crawled
under the steps of cooper's shop, and did
| not get hurt at all.-Sentinel. ..-.F
When the election is oyer and the din Of
politics passes away, neighbor will renew
friendship with neighbor, while borrowing
tea, butter and fiat irons will be as lively as
| formerly WhstshaN Times. N IT,
| An oyster 17x13 inches has been found at
Cape Ann. That is the town where the
champion liar died of old age, and perhaps
the big oyster will follow suit.-Comnaer-
ciaI Adaertiser. asr VIII =a sna#.s e.. a-5
A young man who married for love, last
spring, was splitting wood the other even
ing when the AK slipped and took off two
of his toes. He wishes now that he had
married for money.-Denbury Nesos. II -
/" Plenty of milk in your cans this morn
| ing?" the customer asked a Burlington
milkman yesterday morning. And the
milkman nodded gravely as without a wink
in his eye he made reply, "Chalk full. p
Haaok Eye.
sect out, you ornithorhync chus ~ The
man departed meekly. "Who's that ?'' in
quired friend of the speaker. " An or
nithorhynchus. How's that?' "Well,
Webster defines him as a beast with a bill. y
l-Hartford Times. g.s !
jefferson Davis Theodore Tilton and
John s. Phelps of Missouri, are going to
sign tripartite agreement fully exonera-
ting each other, but pledging themselves
never to travel by night any more.-Haaoh-
eye. #59A9a 1GAEs..EE sEsfTI
The fact that men who have patiently
and blissfully smoked short black pipes all
summer have now gone back to cigars, three
| for quarter, is an unanswerable indica-
tion that good times are coming. g.-Hasok-
eye. sAt i@ @f". - ,'A ti'9.s .55ft.7
The Servians are gaining sympathy every
day. It is only a little while now to
Thanksgiving, and patriotic citizens are
feeling more and more like knocking the
stuffng out of Turkey. ey.-Norsotch Bul-
letiB. 2 RUS @s3t '3'@@ .9' ..'f435 l....i
Brooklyn Argus: It may be accepted as
maxim, that, to a man of an aesthetic ma
ture, no woman ever looks lovely while in
the act of flattening her nose against the
window of horse car in order to catch a
glimpse of dog fight. H.g s.ft 1sfs, ...i4
How many whole families who went to
the Centennial and took it in and had a
splendid time, are buying their winter po-
tatoes by the half peck, aud trying to per-
feet arrangements. for getting their wood on
long time.-Ha Hawkeye. s.s 5If ..lf s.. 81
Always discourage your infant sons eff
forts to crawl up ON the side of his crib and
crow. Mr.. Darwin's theory Of natural Sc
lection will teach you that such efforts are
but the rudimentary tokens of yourschildf IS
inclination to inflict himself upon his coun-
try as stump speaker. Brooklyn Argws.
Danbury Nesos:: ssThis is not only an
exciting but a very interesting political
campaign. Women as well as men have a
duty to perform to their country, and they
should net shrink from it. They cannot
vote or appear in PROFESSIONS, but they can
cut the wood and bring up gthe coal, and
thus leave the men more time 10 talka up
matters"4 sahasi ,gIfaA aabt a89Wfs5 |
A remarkable game of cards was played
in the basement of house on Washington
street yesterday. :. The boy of the house
had just turned up q diamond, and was
waiting for the other boy to lead, when the
old man appeared at the head Of The stairs
ordered the other boy up, turned up his own
boy, discarded some, Of his apparel and
swung club. The old man played it alone
and made every point, although, the neigh
boris boy cut.-Rome Sentinel. - i
s From Colorado. F.. -, .
& ty :
Saturday afternoon, while considerable
anxiety was felt by politicians to hear, later
returns from Colorado, young man, hav-