The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1879-11-28
ITEMS or INToRaGATloN.
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ITEMS OF IMPORTATION.
From the Intsr-ocean's ola Curiosity Shop. "
9Issai5Qaas aaTHEY DoN'T MIX. safat
= If two kinds of potatoes, for instance
early rose and peachblows, be planted in
|. the Same hill will the quality Of each be
changed or affected in any way? F8
Anspey.-Plants modify fruits By mixing
fertilization of.fiowcrs. Potatoes are gem
. orally propagated by tubers-peculiar parts
of stems-and do NOT then mix.
THE coLoRED LEGISLATORS OF THE SOUTH
45fs4a lsss v---INDIANs IS VOTERS.
II 1.Was there ever q majority OF colored
representatives in any of the Southern Leg
islatures. Nnot. what has bsen the largest
4. number OF colored representatives in sever
al OF the Southern States? Q. Have any OF
the Indians been granted the right Of suf-
frage. n 1855 m III $40
| Ans--1. Yes; in the South Carolina Leg
islature OF 1870, and in one or two other
I instances. In the South Carolina Consti-
tutional Convention of 1857 there were So
c0lored members and 3A whites. q. In
some Of the States Indians haYe been al
lowed to vote in State elections. We have
before explained this question fully. zs#
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FORCES EMPLOYED IN 'DlFtEhE9hT UNITED
z STATES WARS. n 3iai
Please give the forces employed in the
different wars in the United States and the
cost al3 s.a ts5.si'.
1 Ans.-It is = large WORK 20 compile al
this. Leeds United states contains as
much as any one book as hand. In King
Fnilip's war IL ID estimated tnat the Fly
mouth Colony incurred debt greater than
the value OF all It's personal property. The
revolutionary war 10 eselmated 70 nave cost
/ this country SlS5, ,OOO oeo. = England lost
60, 0O0 men, her colonies. ana incurred m
debt OF slOo. wy, IVY Or SoOO. OUO. .VVO. the
money cost % the Mexican var vas sloO,-
OOO,0 and l4o,O ,O0o men sere employees 10
various capacity ith great mortality. In
1 the war Of the rebellion, about 2.650, ouO
Oo(l died ON zach s;de. and the cost to both
| s;daa ID ast;ma a,ad nj "a f)(ll 00() (),n.
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AN OLD QUESTION RE-sTATED.
Frea,ant al,ns;ons are mada Nv ei;tars
and s,s, ~, .,as Lars y, .saa s.,n .na
T.;na II III ,arTssah hlv sn,oil ,,sr oant of
them knnw rn,,ch ~ ;ts h;stnrv viii von
nleasa o;va il vonr .sf,nr;ositv shon's,a
statament ar II. 80 e
rr. - Y,...,. ..y
9g Aaas.---1Aasoh an0 DiAoA Line ~ sn0
line on the parallel OF by 4W1S S6f', dividing
Pennsylvania from Maryland, run by Chas. |
NE so, .,,d srarao,v,;.t D;von diat;na,,;shed ed |
81. B, -. =
1aacnelnaticlans sens ifoIn 14ns slsnu W sno
landed preprietors, In Ifo3, TO seetie thar
Disputes As this divided the slave State
Marvland from thA free State Pennsylvania.
Il came "a l,a the catch word for tha oener-
Al boundarv between freedom and slavery.
AZ the Centennia, xposit;on curiositv
from Nova Scotia was the field notes OF |
that survey. II was in 4 case Of geological
specimens in the Canadian exhibit. It has !!
been purchased by the STATE DEPARTING = +
at Washington, i
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DRINKING AND CHURCH -eorsa-cAirrAL
PUNISHMENT.
!. Mrs. EIizaoeth laonpson,s tract shows
ovsr ar sToo oOh nOo ann,,a,1. "a ,;c,.nr ans M
only about Gas, OOO. GOO for religion. Now,
as but few women aud children drink, /.
s How many dollars dollars g PEE capita; for saca
II nnss snv Saiiars 80 80 a.s;ta na'u ~ ach
church communicant (including an denom
ination) paid for religion? 2. Who burnt
tne Mormon temple az Nauvoo, ana 70
ans w. ,,e-ssnt;bIa ~ ;sfsrsncs 4, ~, aao,nt -
crime committed in the States where capi-
tai punishment has been abolished and /
wnere ere " 9 y sun 70 force :. las crime 81.
tha M 30 can't ,,.al i nnn;sbr.sns r I. Iawe % '.'s =
Aas-No 'daf,n;te -stat;st,.a, ax;.t as tn
drinking men nor a. 10 church commnni-
eants Each viii make his own estimate
OF the proportion or drinkers q great
many women drink ana great many men
are aostainers. AGAIN, . great amount ol
alcohol goes into the manufacture OF var
nishes. paints. and 80 on. Ill of which is
Z, tt,a ast;,ra+as ,T.,a ca,,srs ~
\. ~, -,
soto gave nearly 4o,Oou' uOo---oo sp ouosUoVs
Suppose one-fourfh were drinking men, >
simple division will give the dollars for
a.ch Tha .;tt;noa = sha chrrcl,asI form
\. O.. 8. -,
-. 80 -. - IS ..a
~ - 80 :. !, 200 ono a,a
9's go go s..sss.yss = ssss : -.
s'.s s. -: = 80. .. ual', -. I 80. i,
! 800 s -, -. - 80 -
:, ~ 80 Z. s., ',.,,. -
eop' :. q 80 go Z. 80 ~ >s.s.
= '''o 80 -, @'',. 80 =, 80 = sn
1sinpi1 20 la's q : s.se. s 80 80
lelsoI. . & z go. as1s so..s,'1 sna
sssp'ss, l''s.. '.'S'.s . e ''-s e...
w = = g - s,'s.s's1 = -. - s. ..1'
Y es.oN ~ e s.s.s.- g s1.''Ss = '.e
's'''1sA e q sAA' s1.sss z. 6 - . :" -
~ o"n 1a'sA1sa. =, 80. e. '.''s1'A Z.
rHE uExJcAr aoyERNMESr-asSar r,AHps i,
ss VI eoI,D.
Has Msxico exactly the same form of
that the United States has, ..
having its Vice-P resident, Cabinet ofiieer,
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