The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1877-06-08
NEW NOR '-wEsr1s.
"A dead ball-the moon.

| "A dead ball-the moon.
-Army paymasters can go Ahing.
"A grave error-burying mn alive.
Ben Wade is five feet five iiches high.
John G. Whittier's health ianot good.
The bard of Europe is bomtnrded just
now.
-Bergh is going to build home for
dogs.
The Rev. Murray spells horse with a
big Fl.
Turkeys battle song is .'Hold the
Porte"
-Fawcett, the blind philosopher loves
to fish.
Sir Charles Dixie has joined the Free
A:ssS'i Uie nun VIII san .1or norway next
Saturday.
Next month the Baldwin works will
ship 10 engines to Brazil.
-Mullet now goes to church and sings
about mansions in helskies."
Mr. sankey is seeking a two months
rest i, seclusion near the sea shore.
After all Turkish war map doesn't
look as well cooked as beefsteak and on
ions.
Lightning struck an umbrella in North
Carolina, and killed three persons who
were under it.
-Muriatic acid will remove stains from
black walnut. After using the acid, wash
with clear water.
A dispatch from Rome says the pill
grims from America will be received by
the Pope Thursday.
The oldest graduate of Hamilton col
lege now living is the Rev. s. W. Brace,
who received his diploma III 1912.
Paul Morphy's insanity was caused, as
his physicians think, by the mental strain
of playing long, close games Of chess.
Ross Winans, the weathiest man in
Baltimore, divided his property between
his sons, leaving nothing for charity.
TO aid him in breaking off the habit of
tobacco-chewing, an Onondaga county, N.
Y, young man had all his teeth extrac-
ted
The supply train of the Russian inva-
ding army consists of 14,G70 wagons and a
large number of locomotives and railroad
cars.
General Sherman is 10 deliYer the ora
tion at the reunion Of the Army Of the
Potomac, and Bayard Taylor reads the
poem.
Buffalo are good weather prophets.
When storm is coming up they stick up
their tails like lightning rod and scoot for
shelter.
Twenty years ago young man in An
burn stamped bis name on silver quarter.
Last week it came hack to him at Utica,
New York.
The Turkish paper money, called
caime', has deprecated moro than 100 per
cent. Bread costs more than during the
Crimean war.
IF a male printer marries female
printer who sticks type at the case along
side Of him, should they continue to "set
up" together?
"A saloon keeper named his resort ''No-
where" so that when married customers
stayed late they could tell their wives
where they WIS.
The Sutro tunnel has 9, ,2S0 feet to run
before reaching the eastern working of the
Savage mine. It is expected that this will
be accomplished in ten months.
Oatmeal should only be purchased at
places where there is a quick sale for it, as
it absorbs moisture from the air and soon
becomes rancid and unpleasant.
The latest style of gentlemen's panta-
looms have a slab Of sandpaper set in the
rear of the leg, and men who are not O.
kers wonder what under the sun it's there
for. s
"A train of cars on a Florida railroad
passed a man on horseback, and there was
a great hurrahing among the passengers
until they discovered that the horse was tied
to fence.
Russia has more horses than all the re-
mainder of Europe. She has $780,
900, or 227.O5 for every 1000 of her popula-
ton. It seems she would never be at loss
for cavalry.
When yo,l go into hotel the long
bearded clerk seems to be paying atten-
ton to you alone, but all the while he is
looking at yoir baggage, SO that he may
calculate you won't beat him.
The Rochester Chronicle wants all
American liars to hold on and give foreign
ers a show. AS soon as such an agreement
is made the Chronicle man viii claim to be
a Turk and get the advantage.
The last word in the new French die
tionary is s'zigomanique," signifying
man with his facial muscles SO organized
as to produce permanen. grin. This is
regarded as deformity, for man may
smile and be villain.
When a fond wife decides to accom-
pany her husband to a SODA fountain, and
while she says 'ssassrfrella,o % he leans over
the county to whisper to the attendant, the
syrup he takes comes from under the coun-
ter and looks like thin molassess.
"A Montana man walked around few
days ago and attended his own funeral.
That's nothing. One of our citizens read
his own obituary, and was SO mad that he
got we'll enough to lick the man who wrote
it.--Col. Register.
An Ohio man has the odd fancy that
the clouds reveal to him Gods pleasure or
displeasure. His imagination enables him
to see the outlines of face every morning
in cloud, and the expression of that face,