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Russia's Industrial Necessities.

WASHINGTON, May 81, 1877.-The Uni
ted States Consul at Odessa, Russia, in a
report to the State Department, writes as
follows:
Implement of agriculture might come in
great quantities to this country if our man
ufacturers would make an effort in that di-
rection and adapt their implements for the
use of the peasantry of this country. The
principal thing to be done is to make them
exceedingly firm and strong. American
reapers and mowers are now the favorltes
above all others, and have large sale. In
other machinery the English manufacturers
have the field, and have seen no article of
their machinery that excels the American,
unless expensiveness may be deemed an
excellence. I am persuaded that there is
fine field here for the American threshing
machine. During the year American works
have supplied railroad here with fifty-five
strong and powerful engines. They were
remarkable in strength, power and work
manship, and am told that they draw
train through the heavy SHOWS easily,
whereas with the engines before in use the
snow often rendered the roads impossible.
Only one American vessel entered at Od-
essa during the year 1876 There were two
at Taganfog.
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THE LONGEVITY OF MULEs.-In a dis
cussion in the Sazerac Lying Club last night
a member asserted that mules never die.
He said they took ON the sem blance of
DEATH but it was deception. Sometimes
they are turned into newspaper editors and
Roman "restlers, but they never cease to
exist. He said there is q mule now used
on whim on a mine IN Humboldt county,
that was used as breastwork at the bat
tie of New Orleans, was owned and ridden
by Grant in California, went all through
the war of the rebellion, was blown up i'll
nitro-glycerine explosion while assisting
in The construction of the Central Pacific
Railroad, was in the Indian battle in which
Custer was slain, and IN St. Louis when
the Southern Hotel was burned, and is 3
pretty good mule yet, with the strength of
its hind leg only diminished to about the
striking power of a 400-ton steam hammer.
Austin (Neo.) Reusille-
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The Provision for Furnishing Artificial Limbs
to Officers and Men Who Have Suffered
Arnputation.

The Surgeon General of the army has
recently issued circular announcing that
every officer, or enlisted or hired man, who
has lost a limb or the use of limb, in the
military or naval service of the United,
States is entitled to receive, once every
five years, an artificial limb or apparatus
or communication therefor. The period of
years is reckoned from the fling of the first
application after June II, 1870. The COM
mutation allowed in case of the amputation
of a leg is $75, in all other cases $50. Com
mutation can only be allowed in cases of
loss of limb or loss of the use of a limb
that is, an arm Or leg-not for other in
juries. Necessary transportation by the
most usual and direct routes will be fur
nished to those desiring it for the purpose
of having artificial limbs fitted, but will
not be furnished for any other purpose.
Communication for transportation is not al
lowed. Reference is then made TO the Jaw
authorizing the issue of artificial limbs,
and the circular further states that an Or
der for limbs will be given on any manuafc-
turer selected who shall ha We given bond
in the sum of $1,000, with sureties, to fur
nish good and satisfactory limbs to the SOL
dier without extra charge, and make good
for five years all defects Of material or
workmanship without additional charge.
During the past year IA arms, 519 legs and
- pieces of apparatus were furnished to
disabled people, whils 1913 persons drew
communication for an artificial arm, II for a
hand, 1880 for leg, GS for foot and S76
for various pieces of apparatus. Twenty
three dealers in artificial limbs have filed
the bonds required to enable them to fur
nish such limbs-6 or these are in New
York city, in Buffalo, in Springfield,
Mass; 3 in Boston, 1 in Concord, N. H; i
in Cincinnati, in Indianapolis, in Chica-
go, in Washington, D. c., and in Pitts
burg.
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WHAT The WITS SAY.

Russia's motto" Bear and for Bear.''-
Com. Advertiser.
The ski " at the end of a Russian name
represents the air rushing back into the
lungs.-Ci~. Commercial.
The price CT sewing machines is coming
down, and poor women's husbands will
soon be smoking ten-cent cigars.-OU City
Call.
A Georgia man has a cabbage five feet in
circumference. Here is a chance for the Bos-
ton Globe to buy new editor-Neao York
Herald.
There is only one thing at present more
complicated than American politics-The
American barber's breath. - Washington
Nation.
The price of flour is getting SO high that
several Danbury people sof an economical
turn are giving money instead of bread to
tramps.-Dan6ury Meas.
The N. Y. Graphic is gratified to learn
that the Sick Man of the East has been en-
n
no doubt he feels better.
Why does the good wife Of the reformed
drunkard rejoice? Because her husband
doesn't liquor any more. {SSend stamp for
further information )-LoaceU Journal
A good many Romans will refuse to pur-
chase any OF the new patent fre-escapes
until some way is devised by which man
can take one with him when he dies
Rome Sentinel.
A girl who can put square patch on a
pair of pantaloons may not be so accom-
plished as one who can work a green wors-
ted dog on a yellow ground, but she is of
more real value in the community. Nor
aoich Bulletin.
Not one of the war maps shows any trees
for the officers to crawl behind, and that
makes the anticipated battle grounds look
strange and unnatural. Ask any old SOL
dier if it isn't so.-St. Louis Journal.
Fortunate chap, the Duke of Edinburgh.
He commands one of the British iron-clads,
an3 enjoys the prospect of being ordered to
throw the biggest kind of bomshells into
the land of his mother-in-law.- Worcester
Press.
The Roumanians have been working in
cessantly at the Kalafat Notifications and
have mounted some forty new guns. If
the Turks capture this fort they will have
what one might Kalafat thing. Worcester
Press.
When the oreman of composing room
knocks form into "pi - now he doesn't
hare it reset as Of yore. He simply slaps
it into the press as it is and the newspaper
is run off with war map up to the average.
-Phild. Bulletin.
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THE RIO GRANDE RAIDERS.
An Order That Nay Lead to Trouble With
Mexico.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-The following Is
the letter of the Secretary of War to General
Sherman, in regard to the Rio Grande
trouble, which was sent this afternoon:
The general report of William shafter,
Lieutenant-C Colonel of the Twenty Fourth
infantry, commanding the district of Nue.
ces, Texas, concerning the recent raids by
Mexicans and Indians from Mexico into
Texas, for marauding purposes, with your
endorsement of the goth inst, has been
submitted to the President, and has, to-
gether with numerous other reports and
documents relating to the same subject,
been duly considered. The President de-
sires the utmost vigilance on the part of the
military in Texas to be exercised for the
suppression of these raids. 1t is very de-
sirable that efforts to this end, in so far at
least as they necessarily involve operations
on both sides OF the border, be made with
the co-operationof the Mexican authorities,
and to inform them that while the Presi-
dent is anxious to avoid giving offence to
Mexico, he is, nevertheless convinced that
the invasion Of our Territory by armed
and organized bodies of thieves and rob-
bers to prey upon our citizens should not
be longer endured. General Ord will at
once notify the Mexican authorities along
the Texas border of the great desire of the
President to unite with them in efforts to
suppress this long continued lawlessness.
At the same time he will inform those au-
thorities that if the government shall con-
tinue to neglect its duty of suppressing
these outrages, that duty will devolve upon
this government, and will be performed
even if its performance should render nee
essary the occasional crossing of the border
by our troops. You will therefore direct
General Ord that in case lawless invasions
continue, he will be at liberty to use his own
discretion when in pursuit of marauders,
and when his troops are either in sight Of
them or upon fresh trail, to follow them
across the Rio Grande, and to overtake and
punish them as we'll as to retake the stolen
property taken from our citizens and found
In their hands on the Mexican side of the
line. l have the honor to be very respect
fully, GEO. W. McCRARY,
Secretary of War.
NEW YORK, June 2. - The Herald's
Washington special says McCrary's letter is
generally regarded here as a warlike mani
festo destined to embroil US with Mexico.
WASHINGTON, June 2.-Gen. Sherman,
in carrying out the instructions of the Sec
retary of War in regard to the Rio Grande
troubles, merely transmitted to Gen. Ord a
copy Of the letter Of the Secretary of War,
which explains fully the desire of the De-
partment, and directed Gen. Ord to COM
municate such letter to all officers under
his command.
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Butler " Going West. y

WASHINGTON, May 26, 19T.-General
in store for the public, and now he is 60
ing West" 1t is said tonight that he in
tends emigrating to Colorado, turn sheep
farmer and come to Congress as Senator
Of the Centennial State. 1t will be remem-
bered that the Supreme Court recently
awarded to Colonel Craig the patent or title
of an extensive tract Of land in Colorado,
which had long been in dispute. The story
runs that General Butler has purchased
from Colonel Craig $4,000 acres of this es-
tate, and that as soon as he can arrange
some of his private business he intends to
settle upon it and engage in cattle rails
ing.
Forney's Chronicle explains his motives
in the following editorial -" The fact is
New England is politically worn out, or
rather the appreciation of it's people, and in
consequence her limits are getting very mar
now and contracted. What Butler wants
is room and fresh air, and Colorado is just
the place to find these two essentials to hu-
man happiness. The chances of politics
are rs per cent better there than in Mas
sachusetts, and this is a weighty considera-
ton to a man who hates criticism and news
paper men as the devil does Christianity.
The healty recreation of cattle raising is
another inducement, and will 60 great
way toward tempering the humor of the old
man for the new honors that are sure to
welcome such as he. Two years residence
in Colorado destroys all the identity of a
carpet-bagger, and entities man to all the
privileges and rights of the manner born.
General Butler is yet young man, and
thrown into a new country with money
enough to become a large land owner,
coupled with his extraordinary ability and
perseverance, there is no telling the effect
of the transformation his presence will pro-
duce both in the substantial wealth and
politics of the State. The people will soon
see this and be quick to recognize 1t by con-
ferring upon him the highest honors in
their gift. We, therefore. predict that
General Butler will be one of the next new
| United States Senators from Colorado, and
the moment he is in the State will become
| one of the most prominent in the Union. -
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The Sultan and His Tooth.
Correspondence of the Marion,


There is no doubt whatever but that the
Sultan earnestly exerted himself to pre-
vent war, but, finding himself obliged to
choose between revolution, with probable
loss of power, and measures which were
sure to make Russia declare war, he chose
the latter reluctantly and with serious
forebodings. The character of this man may
be estimated from the following incident:
He suffers from decayed tooth, iand, hav-
ing been advised to consult dentist, sum
moned one. The dentist advised the ex-
traction of the tooth, and, at the request Of
the Sultan, explained th9 modus operandi.
The Sultan summoned a slave and directed
the dentist to show him how it was done.
The slave lost his tooth, but the Sultan
was unnerved at the sight Of blood and de-
ferred the operation on himself. 1t is sta
ted ON the best authority that the dentist
has already been summoned eight times,
anh that eight slaves have lost one or more
te eth each, but that the Sultan still suffers
from toothache. This incident might we'll
serve as parable to illustrate the way in
which Western Europe has dealt with rot
ten fabric known as the Ottoman Empire.
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WESTERN TROUT FOND OF WHISKY
Last night Squire Meadow and Judge Bon
nifeld arrived here from Winnemucca the
latter on hunting and fishing excursion
When the judge gravely announced that he
was going to fish everybody looked incred-
ulous. for the river is high and the water
is muddy. The judge however, quietly
prepared the bait, put his hooks and lines
in order, and this morning started for the
river. About o'clock he made his ap-
pearance with 80 of the finest trout ever
saw. This surprised even the Piutes. His
hooks and lines were examined and found
to be of the ordinary kind, but the bait had
something about it which surely was found
nothing more nor less than pieces of beef
soaked in mixture of sugar, whisky, and
port wine. The news spread among the
Piutes. and they are swarming hsre from
all directions and catching many fine trout.
--Ezchangs.
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IRON RAILWAY CARs.-The minister of

IRON RAILWAY CARs.-The minister Of
public works of Belgium announces that
the state railways were about to put in
hand 800 carriages. TIE Moniteur des In
terets Materials is very urgent in recon-
mending that they be built of iron, at least
in part: "Cars with sheet-iron bottoms
have long since been condemned, not with
out reason; but those with wooden flooring
and iron sides are good aud practical. They
would encourage one of our home indus
tries, which has suffered greatly from the
crisis, and number of unemployed work
men would find work. We make ourselves,
in this statement, the echo of several OF
our manufacturers who would be glad to
see the minister of public works entering
ON this new course"
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THE HORRORS OF War.
An Episode in the Turco Russian canra;rn Of
1911.

In 1911 the opposing Russian and Turk
ish armies stood facing each other on oppo-
site banks of the Danube. During the
night between the Sth and 9th of Septem-
Der, the Turks succeeded, by making q
feint. and SO attracting the Russians to a
point some three miles below the real point
of passage, in throwing force of 1000
m en- and gurs across the river, short
distance above Giurgevo. The first at
tempt of the Russians to drive this small
body back into the river were successfully
withstood, reinforcements were rapidly
brought over from the right to the left
bank, until finally $4,000 men and fifty
guns were assembled on the northern shore
Every effort to advance further and drive
back the Russian army, which had fallen
back into an entrenched, position, was,
however, repulsed; the Turks themselves
being obliged after while to construct
intyenchments to withstand the counter at
lacks against them. UnaDle TO urIYe uuUA
the resisting force, the Russians desisted
from any further measures against it, but
bringing a strong flotilla of gunboats up
the Danube, to prevent supplies being car
ried up the river into the Turkish camp Oh
the left bank, they quietly awaited events.
The provisions of the Turkish force, thus
completely isolated, unable to advance be-
cause of the Russian force in front of it, un-
able to retreat because of the fotilla which
effectually prevented any bridge being put
across the stream, soon began to run short.
The weather becamcSold, but there was
no fuel with which to kindle fires. Under
these circumstances the suffering of the
men were very great. For some time there
was horse flesh, but it had to be eaten raw,
as even the tent-poles had been cut down
aud burned. Hundreds died daily and
their comrades had not strength to bury
them. Disease was consequently soon, ad-
ded to famine, so that when. finally, on the
sth of Dece mber, peace was concluded,
but l, 1000 men, who are described as being
but living skeletons with scarce sufficient
strength to stand upright, were left out of
the 10000 who three months before had
crossed the river.
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Blasting BY Electricity.

The North Consolidated Virginia Mining
Company have of late been using electrici-
ty to discharge the blasts put into the bot
tom of the shaft. This has been attended
with the very best results. By this process
all the blasts have been discharged at once
and several times as much rock torn up as
was loosened when the blasts were dis
charged in the usual way. The process is
simple. The battery Is placed in the drift
above and wires descend to the bottom of
the shaft. These wires are connected with
the explosives By smaller wires and the cir
cult thus completed. A few turns Of the
battery sends the electric spark through
the wires, exploding the detonators, which
in turn set off the blasts, ant all at once.
Superintendent Jackson reports the effects
more than twice as great as when the blasts
were discharged by the usual method.
The only way way to look at woman's
faults is to shut your eyes,
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A DOOMED TowN.-We learn that Cedar
City, in this county, is in hapless condi-
tion. All hope OF saving the town has been
abandoned, and the people are moving out.
Ali the houses that could be moved are be-
ing pushed back toward the hills. The
depot will also be moved. Quite number
of conyicts are at work to stop the ravages
of the river, bnt their labors are hardly
sufficient to accomplish SO difficult task.
Capt. Eads, the great engineer, has visited
the place, and recommends deep spiling az
the only thing that can possibly stop the
washing away of the lands threatened now
withs peedy destruction. Fulton lihsssos-
rt) Telegraph.
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Average fleece, TT pounds.
Average carcass, SO 1-5 pounds.
The Willard Bros. rams sheared the fol-
lowing weights It will be seen that a
number of these rams were aged and had
passed their days of heavy fleeces; taking
this into consideration the feeces are re-
markable for unhoused sheep. The ram
"Kiowa," if good breeder will do these
gentlemen much good, and enable them to
breed their own rams, as they own about
15O Merino ewes. The per centage of wool
to weight of carcass is trifle over II per
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OLD WILLIAM ALLEN AT HoME.-A COL
respondent who called on "Old William
Allen " was surprised to see him enter the
parlor in long students gown. The ex-
Governor explained that it is his regular
habit tn burn the midnight oil until twelve
and one O'Clock. He studies like college
student struggling for the first prize. And
his satisfaction with this quiet existence is
indicated in his words: 's / am happy and
serene here in silence and study. This
gown tells you how spend my time. My
books are my companions. and the study
of philosophy is my greatest delight. lam
done with the world.'
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What q Cossack Locks Like.

A war correspondent of the London Neaos
describes the Cossack as a very unsavory
gentleman. But Galatz is fine place, he
adds, for taking the edge off ones sensibil-
tiles regarding smells; and one can get to
windward of the Cossack, which is moro
than one can do in regard to the Galatz
drains. The Cossack is a little chap, about
five feet five, even on his high heels,
but at once sturdy and wiry. His weather.
beaten face is shrewd, knowing and merry.
His eyes are small, but keen; his mouth
lalge, and between it and his pug nose
rather redder than the rest Of his facets
a tuft or wisp of straw colored mustache.
His long, thick, straight hair matches his
mustache in color, and is cut sheer round
by the nape of the neck. Below the neck
the Cossack is all boots and great coat. He
is more armed than any man of his inches
in Europe, and could afford to lose weap-
or two and yet be an average dangerous
customer. Weapon number one is the long,
black, flagless lance, with its venomous
head that seems itching to make daylight
through somebody. He carries carbine,
slung in an oilcloth paper, on his back, the
stock downward. In his belt is long and
well-made revolver in leather case, and
from it hangs sword with no guard over
its hilt. His whip completes his personal
appurtenances; he wears no spurs. He
rides, cooked up ON high saddle with a
leathern band strapped over it, a wiry little
rat of pony.
A PLUcKY SAI.MoN.-On Friday, at p.
m. Mr.. Crawshay, an English sportsman,
hooked fish below Houghton Castle, but
did not land him till Saturday morning, the
24th ultimo, at a. m. Immediately after
being hooked the fish went down the river,
taking ont upwards of one hundred yards
of line. The water being strong and the
fish determined it was impossible to get
him back. A wood by the water side made
it equally impossible for Mr.. Crawshay to
follow his fish, and SO things remained until
boat was brought at daylight next morn.
ing from some distance, by which means
the wood was passed and the fish was al
last landed ON gravel bed IN the presence
of many spectators, some of whom had
passed the night with the angler. Ths
fish was splendid male, forty inches lone
and twenty-five inches girth, weighing
twenty-five and half pounds. Land ana
| Water.
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Average weight of fleece, 224 TBS.
Average weight of carcass, 1873 ITO TBS.
No. of ozs. of wool to to tb., 2 73-1OO.
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NEWSPAPER DECISIONS,

Any one who takes paper regularly from the Posi-
otce-whether directed to his name another's, or
whether he has subscribed nois responsible for the
payment.
II person orders bis paper discontinued he must
ray all arrearages the publisher will continue to send
1t until payment made and collect the whole amount
whether the paper is taken from the Office or not.
g. The courts have decided that refusing to take ths
newspapers periodicals from the Postoce or
ing and leaving them uncalied for pria acia evidence
of intentional fraud
Papers ordered any address be changed to anoh-
er address at the option of the subscriber
Remitances by draft check money ORDER register I'd
letter, may be sent at risk Ali Postmasters are r.
quired to register letters C application.
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If an assortment is ordered lesser guam
titles than one hundred will be furnished at
same rates. Cash must accompany order.
Postage will be prepaid. Address,
NEW NORTHWEST,
DEER LODGE.
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Blanks for Sale.

We have in stock the following Justices
Blanks, adapted for any township or county
IN Montana, and in conformity to existing
laws The following are the prices:
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The only way way to look at a woman's
faults is to shut your eyes,