Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-03

A WOMAN at eighteen wants five trunks
when she travels. At fifty she can get along
with a bottle OF cold tea.
A KENTUCKY editor got his Christmas
turkeys by inviting competition as to who
should present him with the largest.
In 1864, A per cent. Of the grain imported
into England was from Russia, in 1873 the
United States sent a per cent. and Russia
81 per cent.
On the site of old Temple Bar, London,
now in process of demolition, is to be erect
ed "A column or obelisk to mark the limits Of
the city's jurisdiction.
The death of Bishop Marvin, of the Me-
toodist Church South, will necessitate the
election OF three Bishops by the General
Conference, which meets in Atlanta.
A CLOTH made from the down Of birds is
coming greatly into favor in Paris. 1t is
waterproof, and estimated to be five times
lighter and three times warmer than wool.
The expense of the Pittsburgh riot-not
less than So. 900, O0O-will fall. it is said, up
on the Taxpayers of Allegheny county.
There is no rest in this world for the tax
payers.
AN Eastern writer on stock breeding says
that the malady so prevalent in tie West
known as big head and big jaw is constitu-
tlonal, and consequently local application is
Of no avail.
In South America the cities are lighted
with castor oil. The castor plant is Of very
remote history, seeds having been taken
from the Egyptian tombs supposed 70 be
four thousand years old.
The London Gardeners Chronicle says
that Il bunch of grapes from Lady Charlie
ville's, Kings county, Ireland, q feet long
and % pounds 5 ounces in weight, is the
heaviest ever grown. r
The Bank of Russia is supposed to hold
a metallic reserve of 1926, 900 900, to be
touched only as a last %esourre but now in
situations are thrown out that this great
sum is not really there.
THREE werkmen were in q Pittsburgh
sewer when a sudden and heavy shower
tell. The water poured in upon them so
fast that they were carried a distance of sew
eral blocks. and nearly drowned.
BELIEF in the existence of a subterranean
lake near Newburyport, Mass, led to the
sinking of a well. Clear water was found
at a depth of fifty feet, in such quantity thai
there is talk of supplying the Gity with it.
THE California Commission for the Paris
Exposition ask for an aggregate space Of
over 8 10000 square feet of floor surface fol
display of the mineral, agricultural, manu-
featuring, and other industries OF the State
IT is not, perhaps, generally appreciated
that the United States, with a population
less than that of Germany, has more miles
!, of railroad than all the seven great powers
comhined--their total mileage being 5000
while ours is nearly 100 1000.
T SINCE fhe passage of the army bill tn,
) United States Treasury has paid over thirty
millions in currency, the greater portion o
t which was paid as compensation to the of
ticers and men OF the army. The treasure
is now paying over twenty-three millions il
7 gold ON account OF interest on the pablo
debt due on the lst OF January, making il
1 all over" tifty-three millions OF dollars dis
4 burscd within the past six weeks.
A CORRESPONDENT describes the inhabi
tants of the Piney Woods, in Eastern Misis
Z sippi: the man lean, lank, long-necked, lon:
: haired and dark; the woman tall, flaxen
:. haired, and innocent of crinoline, panier
: stays. false hair, or other ornaments. Th'
= young couples begin life in a log cabin. witt
. one bed, a few chickens, an axe, a rifle, an
!. an acre of ground. His cattle feed upon tn
upland growth in summer, and upon greer