The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-08-20
NEW Nog'-WESTEEs.

There are IA twins IN one "@th III
Nashville. Tenn.
Doctors are like verbs. They are reg
ular, irregular and defective.
No photographer can carry on his hus-
iness without little sun.
In freezing, water exerts a pressure OF ~
pounds per square inch.
The salmon are running in unusually
large numbers in the Columbia.
1.-The spunky Skeleton" is what the
Democrat calls DR.. Tanner.
-'Tis sweet to be remembered" as
the man said when he got cork leg.
The Italians have a proverb which
runs, Let us have horins and we shall
COUSINS"
A California drover named Bryan has
lately taken II 900 sheep to Montana
s. F. Bulletin.
1t Is all well enough to ''take things
as they come" but suppose they dou't
come.
Webb Hayes will soon become men,
Der of the law firm of Swayne & Swsyne,of
Toledo.
-Ex. Governor Kemper of Virginia has
become 50 paralyzed that he can neither
walk nor stand.
There is more building now going on
in Tucson, A. r., than at any other time
in the history of the city.
A tract of $4,000 acres on the North
ern Pacific Railroad has been bought for a
colony from Belfast, Ireland.
Mr.. ". H. Fl. Murray is reported to
be engaged in large and profitable COM
mission business in Liverpool.
-Rpbt. Toomb is POLITICALLY described as
possessing rugged face, "dsep thunder
scarred," and ret in grizzly locks.
Marshal Bazaine is said to be dying at
Madrid. With true Gallo devotion, he has
begged TO be buried in Flench soil.
The horseshoe is supposed to bring
good luck. The little horseshoe clocks are
considered lucky il they keep time.
1t is estimated that about five hundred
billion tons Of sediment are carried yearly
to the Gulf of Mexico by the Mississippi.
A bottle has been thrown ashore by the
sea containing u document which pur ports
to have been written by Noah. It is prob
ably hoax.
"A clock was on exhibition which fred
off pistol hourly. The exhibitor, on be-
ing questioned as to its object. replied that
it was to kill time.
The man who loafs his time away
around one horse grocery while his wife
takes in washing to support him can always
tell you just what this country needs to
enhance it's prosperity. #$#a'sT "
during an ascent from Rouen .
days ago baliooniss triad the expsrinaEfics
of photographing the land over which
passed, and succeeded in securing ado !
or more finely executed views.
50 Dr. Tanners experiment, :" says the
Taunton Gaz elite, sis not new. IL Las
been tried hundre of times by the gull
lible editor who wishes to publish four
page paper in one page town." t.. .a
-"You couldn't hit the side If bars
with that pistol" said Warren to Jones, at
Hillsboro, N. C. But can hit the side
of you," retorted Jones, and he fred at
Warren, inficting a mortal wound. wi
An eminent bo.auist claims that the
| further from the equator fruits are grown
the richer becomes the favor. This is
thought to be due to the prolonged day
| light of the summer months In high lati-
| tudes. Ha a0G t.s r# .+9s IF 5@ Of asa 81
| -"Judge A. W. Tourgee, the author Of
the well-known Fools Errand," is in
hiding just now, finishing new book,
I" Bricks Without Straw" which he hopes
to have off his hands by the end of this
months. 4..... ...-e ...
DIR. J. M. Anders asserts that the pres.
ence of house plants In not injurious tc
health, but quite the contrary, and thai
persons accustomed to the moist air ol
greenhouses are not as a rule short-lived OF
consumptive. -E aa -a sE s.
They say that Ulysses Grant. the sor
of Ex-President Grant, is worth $500, 600,
lsrgely made in mining speculations, and
that it was at his solicitation that hii
father accepted the presidency Of a Western
mining company. -@.@ --a.g4HA
The first stone in the work of complet
ing the shaft of the Washington Nationa
Monument was laid Aug. Z. Presiden
Hayes and others deposited coins under.
Meath the stone. It will take about foul
years to fiuish the monument.
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