The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1879-05-09
NEW NOR R'-wEsTERs.

Seldom on hand-A diamond ring.
The latest out-The front-door key.
Like unto strong drink baseball is ra-
ging.
"A monument to Calhoun is to be erect
ed Charleston.
"A five-cent piece resembles sick Satan,
because it's Nick-ill.
When you want to raise the wind the
million-air is pretty nice.
Eaton Rapids, Mich, is to have a
cheese factory of $50 COW power.
OF the $4,000, 900 inhabitants of Italy
IA, ,Oo0, 600 can neither read nor write.
The largest steel rail mill in the United
States is to be erected at Baldwin, near
Harrisburg.
The latest "Pinafore novelty is a
performance of the piece in Philadelphia BY
little children.
| 1t is said Prince Napoleon 10 q Roman
Catholic and therefore cannot marry an
English Princess.
soaking timber in lime water is recon-
mended for preserving it from dry rot and
the effect of the weather.
"A Hartford religious enthusiast under
took to fast forty days, and became ma
MAC at the end of the fifth day.
AN exchange says: "The devil surely
is in Texas" Poor fellow! We should
think he would want to 60 home.
An Ohio boys jaw is worth $4,000.
II you don't believe it write to the Cincin-
natl dentist who broke one while pulling
tooth.
Since the invention of the pedometor it
ia possible for every man to walk against
his own time and win his own money in
tramp.
To tell diamond from a gem, look
through the stone at the point of q needle
or small hole in a card, and if there are
two points or two holes the stone is not
diamond.
-Warping and winding in seasoning
lumber arises from the curved direction of
the fbers and from their spiral arrange
ment in many trees.
Benjamin Butler was in his youth des-
tined by his mother to become Baptist
preacher, and she sent him to Waterville
College for preparation.
"A German chemist says frozen cabba-
ges or plants lose none of their nutritiye
qualities, because the frost trasforms the
starch in the vegetable into sugar.
-Blondin, the rope walker, who a few
years ago was rich, has lost his money by
the failure of European b1nk, and is now
seen riding ON the top of London omni-
busses.
"A Chinaman never swears when he
gets mad because there are no s'cuss Words
in his dictionary. He simply upsets his
wash-tub, butts the bottom out, kicks o
dog and feels better.
: In Breslau a successful attempt has |
BEEN made to erect . paper chimney about
fifty feet high By chemical preparation
the paper was rendered imperYious to the
action of fire or water.
The black sulphide of silver, which |
forms ON plated and silver wares, may be
removed at once by wiping the surface with |
rag wet with aqua ammonia, and without |
the trouble Of rubbing.
"A German doctor has propounded the |
doctrine that vegetarians and meat-eaters |
are both wrong, and that the real means to !
health and long life are to eat all food raw,
whether animal or vegetable.
"A little five-year-old boy, who had seen
a peacock for the first time, ran into the
house excla,ming to his sister, 80 Lizzie
I've seen great, great, big monstiferous |
tail walking. around with hen tied onto
It,"
The greatest depth yet discovered in
the Atlantic Ocean is 1876 fathoms, at
point north of the Virgin Islands, between |
st. Thomas and the Bermudas. The mean
depth of the Atlantic is little over 2,000 /
fathoms.
-"Satan trembles when he sees the /
weakest saint upon his knees" And how
the old fireman must tremble during house.
cleaning days. Blest thought when nurs-
ing raw shins after putting down two or
three carpets.
"A French engineer has contrived an ap-
paratus in which, by system Of mirrors,
the rays of the sun are SO utilized as to cre-
ate heat enough to generate steam or mo-
tiye power, thus doing away with the me-
cesslty of fuel.
"A Irishman remarked to his companion
on observing lady pass Pat, did yoa
ever see so thin a woman as that before ?"
!" Thin" replied Pat, "Bothereshun /
seen a woman as thin as two of her put to-
gether, so I have"
The Kentucky horse Parole, which as
tonished the British sports by winning the
Newmarket race recently, has suddenly be-
come the favorite for next weeks races at
EPSON. This ought to be stand off for the
New York walking match.
The monument to Victor Emmanuel
which Italy desires to raise will cost, it is
$4,000, 900. 1t is TO consist of a
colossal equestrian statue mounted on tri-
umphal arch, and the competition is to be
thrown open to the world.
Chicago has conscientious Postmas-
ter. For considerable time he has had
letter in his Office addressed To any true
Christian in Chicago, and none other" He
is only waiting the prescribed time to ex-
pire before sending it TO the Dead Letter
Office.
-" Dot Pinafore expression vas moo
sance," remarked Teutonic gentleman,
yesterday, to genial coadjutor. Auf
you tole voller something's, he speaks mo-
ding Won blaine Anglish aber he say 'Vot,
hardly, sometimes nefer?' Vot kind Of
language is dose?"
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