The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1879-10-17
NEW NOR -WESTERs.

--The pork packers Of Chicago require
$4,000 feet of lumber this year in the shape
of boxes.
Noah was the first man vino strictly
observed Lent. He lived on water for forty
days and forty night. ..s.,v
What is the difference between well.
bred maE and confusion Of ideas? One
| is gentleman and the other is mental
jam.
-" Who frew dat brio -brac P'' exclaimed
the colored serenader, when what-not and
some geological specimens dropped on his
head. &
The family brandy bottle was left
within reach of little girl at Albany, and
she nearly died from the effects of the
drink she took.
"A man recently dying il st. Louis
left $1,000 TO an individual who years before
ran away With his wife. He said in tho
will that he never forgot favor.
Eleven hundred people slept in the
Palace Hotel, San Francisco, the other
night. The Palace would be bonanza if
Grant arrived about once month.
Gold from Europe eontiaues to arrive
here in such quantities that our young
men can now own two pairs of brass sleeve
buttons without being considered sxtrava-
giant.
Whittier, the poet, is said to be failing
in mental health. He will soon be 10 years
of age. In his letter writing he continues
to use the old Quaker pronouns thes and
thine.
Women somehow get over childish no.
tions that men never outgroy. Some msn
celebrate the anniversary Of every birthdsy
as long as they liva, while women quit do
ing SO almost ss coon as they grow up.
i'm the court ct Mount Vsrnos, ILL.,,
Q fey days ago. the anger Of the prosecu-
ting man, John Slaughter, ran so fer ahead
of tardy justice that he drew revolver
and killed Robert Wilson, the defendant.
1T 10 thought that eteam may be made
an effective sxtinguisher of fra. The. in
PRODUCTION Of the Holly system for Nesting
and cooking By steam in cities vill make
possible test of vapor in saving property
from the flames.
Cornelius J. Vanderbilt is building
residence OF Vanderbilt Hill, in Hartford,
Conn, vLich is to cost $4,000. An odd
thing aboat it will be billiard hall, over
looked by gallery IN an octazon tower
above the building.
Before leaving Japan, General and Mrs.
Grant each planted tree in the Toshgu
Temple, in Toxic. The Japs have placed
stones by the sides OF the
trees, respectively inscribed, "Grant's Hi
noki" and :" Mrs. Grants Giyokuran."
The 1ostofice Department has decided
that bills. deeds, insurance policies and
other unsigned documents can be sent by
mail as third class matter, one cent for
two ounces. An executed document, such
as receipted bill, requires letter postage.
The ceremony of baptism by INNER
sion was celebrated in Western Texas the
other day, and when the fourteen candidates
walked down to the water, fifteen revolyers
were deposited ON the bank of the stream,
that of the preacher making the fifteenth.
A young Japanese recently played
game of billiards against three Of the best
players united at Moscow. The game was
5000 points at carom for rs, 600 roubles.
The Jap's first run was 1863 points. The
game lasted fourteen hours and he won by
three points.
The arst steamboat crossing the At
lantic from this country was the Savannah,
which left Savannah, Ga, for Russia, OiG
England, in 1919. She returned to New
York dir ect from St. Petersburg in TWEEN
ty-six days. She was propelled partly by
steam and partly by sails.
The War Department. has just pub
lished statistics showing the number of
men furnished the Union army by the sew
eral States during the war, the aggregate
being 2,67S, ,987. The largest number sent
out by any one was 467, 900 from New
York. Pennsylvania was 100000 behind
that. "a 's q
/. "A, few weeks ago veteran in the ha'd-
ware trade at Boston was taking in q large
stock of nails, said to have been $4,000
kegs. Some of the men IN the trade
thought he was crazy, but he has just sold
ous at advance of dollar keg, and they
have changed their mind about his mental
condition. ne @.f2t t''+ a" s619
Every hollow full Of ferns,
Turning yellow in their turna;
Struggling brambles, fierce and wild,
Yielding berries to the child;
oakballs tumbling from the tree,
Beechnuts tumbling from the tree.
Hosts of leaves come down to die,
Leaving openings to the sky.
Biuebells. foxgloves gone to seed,
Everything to death dscreed;
Nothing left of fsaowers or buds,
a Such is Autumn in the woods.
AT recent wedding the bridegroom,
being an ofGcer, wore his sidearms at the
nuptia!s. A little wideawake brother of
the bride was attracted at the display of
weapons, and as he had another sister
whose true love was carpenter, he boldly
inquired May, when Jenkins comes to
vnarrv M;lfa will ha wear h1s saw by his