The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1879-01-31
NEW NOR

The birthlace of Burns-The kerosen
can.
Senator Conkling is said to work Il
, hours day.
The German Empire has population
, of rs, 100000.
/ The inebrlate's song-Th1s is the way
long have sot.
What fruit is the most visionary? Tht
apple Of the eye.
-Bayard Taylor will be buried in the
family lot at Kennett, Pa.
When man gets in about half a pint
Of rye he begins to feel his oats.
Wade Hampton is entirely out Of dan
ger, but his recovery will be slow.
A man out in Venice, Ills, has christ,
ened his cat ''Otbello, the Mewsr of We.
nice"
The older emery paper is, the more it
has been used, the better it will be for fine
polishing. ....
-Householder-One who occupies a
house. Penholder-One who occupies a
pen pig.
A slice of Limberger cheese worn on
the upper lip is pronounced sure cure for
hooked nose.
The King of the FIJI Islands is said to
relish "Baby Mine :" very much. He likes
it we'll done, too.
MIR. J. G. Flood, of San Francisco, has
presented the Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asy-
lum with 81 ZOO donation.
Avoid everything calculated to injure
others. Have no companionship with
man who Injuries his neighbor.
What cord is that which is full of knots
which no man can unite, and in which no
man can tie another? A cord of wood.
-"My lad," said lady to boy carry
ing newspapers, care you the mail boy?"
"You doesn't think I'm a female boy, duz
ye?"
If Texas had as many people
to the square mile as Massachusetts
she would have population of over 72,-
100000
Emperor William, of Germany, claims
that be shot G. 996 wild ANIMALS. since 1919,
as hunter, not including birds, which are
foul shots.
George Washington will be hanged at
Louisville on the 21st of February, which
will be hereafter known as Washington's
deathday.
-Spriggins says he once prevented a
severe case of hydrophobia by getting on
high fence and waiting till the dog had
gone away.
Under the general law of Missouri,
jurors must be able to read. In st. Louis
this disqualities ninety per cent. of the col
ored residents. -
AN army surgeon says he never saw
bat one man who hadn't, rather go into
battle than have Gooth drawn, and that
man was coward. .ss~=
The population of Arizona in 1870, in
Gliding Indians, was 41,710. The Terrific
tory has filled up pretty rapidly during the
last six or eight years.
The cost of the common school system
in the State Of New York has reached an
aggregate of $40, 625, sos for the year end
ing September 80, 1878.
In contributions to the Memphis How |
ard Association, ILLINOIS stands second in |
the list of States. New York contributed |
$52, and Illinois $52, ,3O7.
The Mexican government has made |
arrangements for the payment of the third |
installment of 100000 indemnity to Amer |
can citizens, due this month.
For four days train stood on the track |
at Erie, snow-bound, which had upon 1t nine
tons Of silver bars, and 100000 in gold |
coin belonging to Uncle Sam.
The Government of Brazil proposes the
extinction of all monastic orders and the |
application of their property to the re-
demption of the ational debt.
-" Brilliant and impulsive people, said
a lecturer on physiognomy, shave black
eyes Or, if they don't have 'em, they're
apt to get 'cm, if they're too impulsiye."
The secession of Kansas City from
Missouri and its annexation to KaHas, is
still under discussion in st. Louis and 9th |
er towns remotely Or directly interested.
I'm Britain they have /, ,744 newspapers,
and only 1853 of these are daily. In the |
United States there were last year S,079 |
newspapers, and 600 appeared every day.
Brown paper, it is said on good au-
thority, will preserve anything that is
wrapped up in it from the ravages of the
moth. It is simple preventative, and one
worth trying.
A German paper asserts that prussic
acid only causes suspension of life at first,
and that any one who takes it can be re-
stored to animation by the pouring of ace
tate of potash and salt, dissolved in water,
on the head and spine.
"A Vermonter has invented bottle
which will always turn right side up, thus |
failing to spill the contents, no matter how
drunk the owner is. A most useless in |
vention, for when man is very drunk his
bottle IS usually empty.
- I'm rutabaga, and here's where / |
plant myself" said a tramp, as be entered
a farmhouse near Freeport, Ills, and seat
ed himself at a table. "We alters bile |
ours, " said the farmers wife. and soused |
him with pan full of boiling water.
-Diogenes was good temperance man.
When blamed for throwing a goblet of |
wine on the ground and wasting so much |
good liquor, he answered, Had drunk it
there would have been double waste. / |
as well as the wine would have been LOST
Major L. w. Pom, the wealthlest plant
er and most prominent citizen in Jasper
county, Ga, committed suicide the other
day. He spent several days in paying off