The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1879-09-26
NEW NOR R'-WESTERs.

Second hauded-a watch.
The coming woman-Mol- Lusk.
| Have you ever heard Dan cling
| is harvesting autumn-atic work ?
Mr.. Bonner ia the bourne from which
| no fast horse e'er returns. g ef
When the mower stops to sharpen his
scythe, is 1t sign Of mower whet weather?
"A Michigan man has beard seven feet
long. He ought to have been Maine man.
Mr.. Walling, of Weston. Oregon,
threshed $50 bushels of barley from $40
pounds of seed.
"A writer stated in recent obituary
notice that 'the deceased was born in his
native town, where he has ever since re-
sided" E
About 80, 600 telephones are now In use
suls vouutry, ana ABOUT 900 in England.
Things are so close together rnere rnaI uuvy
don't need them.
The boy who gets the most peanuts for
a cent is the one who Is the best satisfied
that the fundamental principles of this
Government are all right.
Correspondents the editor please
inform me where my family can 80 on Sun
days and be cool and comfortable without
danger of being crowded." Go to church.
If You have wronged man don't hest
tate to 60 to him and ask his forgiveness.
If any one wrongs you, lick him if you
can, and then wait for him to ask your for
giyeness. f4 a
"bitters" containing ninety parts of cheap
whisky and the remainder dog button, and
they advertise the stuff as s'a friend of tenn
perance," would think nothing of stealing
red-hot lime kiln. -1 Es a
General Sheridan has issued call for
the annual meeting of the Society OF the
Army of the Cumberland, to be held at
Washington on November 10 and 20, the
anniversary Of the battle Of Missionary
Ridge, when the statue of General Thomas
will be unveiled.
In speaking of persons faults,
-s=1 Pray don't forget your own;
Remember those with homes of glass
\ M Should seldom throw stone. ,s l.
If we have nothing else to do
Than talk Of those who sin,
"Tis better we commence at home, &
.Gl And tom that point begin. sasy
--'sYou don't seem to have made much
money by bringing your hogs down here?
was the casual remark of bystander to
speculative agricnlturist, who had driven
his hogs seven miles to the market town
and sold them for precisely what was Offer
ed him before he left homo. "Well, no."
said the agriculturist, pens'vely. 81 hain't
made no money but then''-brightening
up-s'you know had the company of the
hogs on the way down.
Collector Babsou, of Gloucester, and
Mr.. Dwight Foster of Connecticut, who
were sent tu the fishing banks to work up
the American case, have returned to Hall
fax. They found nothiag but what they
had expected-that our fishermen were
badly treated by the natives, the reason be-
ing that. with improved apparatus and true
American grit, the former were catching
mo1e fish than their rivals. a
A body of learned theologians is now
engaged on revision of the Bible. It is
stated that they propose to substitute the
word Gehenna for He'll. It will bother US
old Biblical readers to get the hang of the
new rendering. And we wish it distinctly
understood that If the upper window drops
down on cur hand, or Che front door catches
our finger In jamb, or the hammer slips
off the nail, there is no certainty that we
will adopt the new style Of expression and
say .sGehenna and Blazes." 5
OF Med statue to General Cas-
ter, the American Art Journal says "The
likeness is positive, the expression faithful
and inspired. the posture natural and dra-
matte, every contour aiding the central
idea. As whole, it must rank as McDon-
AIDS chef d. Gugre, for it is q great concen-
tration, bold in its massiyeness and origi-
nality, in which the skeleton Of law is con-
cealed by the free movement of life /; 1t is a
work that does credit to the progressive
spirit Of American art. The original cost
of the whole was fixed at $15, 900, but 1t
has probably cost much more, as it has been
made fitting tribute to great soldiel."
i Imitation meerschaum pipes are now
from potatoes in France. A
peeled potato is placed in sulphuric acid
and water, in the proportion Of eight parts
Of the former to 100of the latter. It. re-
mans in this liquid thirty-six hours to
blaeken, is dried with blotting- g-paper and
submitted to a certain pressure. when it
becomes material that can be readily
carved. The counterfeit is said to be ex-
cellent. An imitation ivory. sufficiently
hard for billiard balls, can be made by still
greater pressure. A resemblance of coral
is obtained by treating carrots in the same