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The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-08-26
Mountain Clina bing.
WASHINGTON Star,

The highest spot on the globe Inhabited by
human beings Is the Bhuddist clolster Of
Hanie, Thibet, where twenty-one priests
live at ali altitude of 10000 feet. The monks
of st. Bernard, whose monastery is SIT
feet high, are obliged frequently to descend
to the valleys below in order to obtain relief
from the asthma induced by their mountain
eyrie. At the end of ten years. service in
the monastery they are compelled TO change
their abode for permanent home at the Or
binary level. When the brothers Schlagins-
we'll explored the glaciers of the Ibe Gamin
In Thibet they once encamped at $1,000 feet
the highest altitude at which any Euro
pean ever passed the night. At the top Of
Mont Blanc, 1871 feet above the level of
the sea. Professor Tyndall spent a night,
and with less discomfort than his guide, who
found 1t very unpleasant. In the Alps, at
the height of $1,000 feet, climbers suffer
from the rarity of the air; yet, in the Andes,
persons can dwell, as at Potosi, al height
of from 1900 to $4,000 feet without incon-
venience. .aa. sEs s......-a t ..
The greatest altitude that has been reached
by mountain climbers was attained in CASH
mere by Mr.. johnson, who some years ago,
mounted to spot $4,000 feet above the sea.
Aeronauts have assembled $4,000 feet and re-
turned in safety. It is supposed by noun
taineers that 5000 or $4,000 feet is the ut.
most height that will ever be trod by human
steps. Last summer M. Wiener ascended
Mount Illimari, one of the highest peaks Of
the Bolivian Andes. The height OF this
mountain has been yariously estimated, Mr.
Pentland giving 1t an altitude of "A, 200 feet
Mr.. Minchn setting 1t 2l,224 feet, and Mr.
Wiener himself making IL to be only 20,1i2
Few ascents to the height of 81 900 feet have
been recorded. Hunters ON the Himalayas
often chase their game to the height of 90,
600 feet, and natives living near Mount De-
marend, near Teheran, frequently climb te
the summit. above 10000 feet, to gather sui
phur from the crater. .s
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-08-26
WHY We LAUGH.
Kernel Sellers-pesnut venders.-spring-
field Ne,es.
A rod and lyin' catches the biggest fish OF

Kernel Sellers-pesnut venders.-Spring-
field Ness.
A rod and lyin' catches the biggest fish Of
the season.-Pi Picayane.
Too much corn whisky make the voice
husky Commercial Advertiser.
Who says the savage can't be civilized? ?
KaIakuau fights his wife.-Beston Post.
Marriage is little game In which onlytwo
take hand.--Boston Post. Did you marry
an orphan?
What Is political economy? Running on
the same ticket with rich man who will
pull you through. Boston Post.
| Conkliugs funeral has been indefinitely
postponed, owing TO vigorous signs of life in
the supposed corpse.-Aloona Sun. ..-
There is some corn In Michigan so poor
that 1t can't afford to wear silk. 1t will have
I, return to its fodder.-Free Press.
A man In Accomac county, Vas is the
father of nineteen children-"eight pairs
and three aces" as the local paper expresses
it.
The hens now sit on the garden fence and
weep because vegetation has got too far
ahead TOR them to damage it.-Sonaerrtfte
Journal. .~ "a
Sarah Bernhartt has drawn plan for her
tomb. II does not, as might be inferred, re.
semble the barrel Of shotgun or joint oi
gas pipe.
Oscar Wilde speaks of "unkissed kisses"
The trouble with Oscar Is that his poems are
made up Of uuthunk thoughts.-Atldntd
Constitution. .. ...
A New Orleans critic becomes somewhat
| mixed up and speaks of John the Baptist as
m
| was OH cha'ger.
We are told that mans body IS three.
| fourths composed Of water, but IL IS hard Ia
believe this while looking at Cincinnati
man.-Boston Post.
Michael Angelo said that genius Is eternal
vigilance. Michael evidently published q
newspaper when subscriptions didn't come In
very fast.-Syracuse Standard.
The atmosphere of Washington induces
| a man to walk slow and 10 think about The
best methods of pilfering from the Govern
ment.-Neu York Commercial Advertiser
The Earl of Fife has no match In England
That Is, there Is no Earl Of Drum.-Fre'
Press. No, but there's AL Earl of Marcl
and Marquis Of Boot.-Comnercidi Ad
pertiser.
When a postmaster finds a postal care
| on which some one has written 64.342 words
he doesn't stick 1t up on the wall aud shoe
fourteen bullets through II, and that's where
he is off his base.-Free Press.
| The Buffalo Commercial Adrertise
mentions what may be firmly set down o
the worst case of spelling Of recent record
1t occurred IN "notis" Of "sellybra
shum" to be held on the shores of " LAKE
Eary," and mentioned the occasion as
"gtlble." This word troubled the editor
good deal, but with rare perspicacity he a
length resolved 1t into "jubiIee."
In order to cure her husband Of drinking
a South Carolina colored woman put coi'
centratAd lye a in whisky bottle. The las
words he uttered were 10 the effect that
would be relief to him to- drop into Hade
to cool off, and the last words the widow
spoke as she lodged int" Jail were: . nev
all seed sich weak stomach as de niggah
are gittin' nowadays; dey can't stand nui
| fin. ~
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-08-26
MY LADY.
Thus do | dream,

Thus do dream,
Sometimes of n summers day,
when the wind blows fresh from the hill
Cleansing our soulk from thoughts of i'll,
LAS our limbs are washed by the mountain
stream)
What my love should he
IL God would fashion her form for me.
Gracious and stately, yet withal
Most gentle-minded, slow To please,
And not profuse of word;
Full Of tranquil kindness for all,
Lest TO the super-sense
or humble minds a chance speech gives Of.
fense;
Not quickly stirred
To tears or laughter, love or strife,
Right nobiy simple in her way of life,
Yet joying healthily in all this world can
give; d" ".
Since holy minds In healthy bodies live,
And beauty can not harbor with disease,
But, above all, most true,
And rather over-trustful than inclined
To see the evil sooner than the good
In each mans mind;
Setting "Thus should L" higher than al
would" +
Nor ever restless for things new.
And for her bearing would have her tall
And lissom A. young shoots In May
Thar rise and fall,
Marking the cadence of the breeze
Rather than bending to Its sway;
With eyes like sumner seas
~ Mocking the blue above, sae5
Within whose infinite azure deeps
A golden secret sleeps
Whose holy calm hath never yet revealed
To day or night
The worlds Of pleasure that do lie concealed
Beneath their crystal sheen,
But wait the coming Of the light,
The coming of the light of love-
So would i have my queen.
Her voice should be silver sweet,
Pure as the chime Of . holy bell
And my heart should beat
And answer its sound again
As twin lutes throb to single strain.
aHf4H Therein rhould dwell
The music OF my life and to he;
The nobiest thoughts God ever gave to me
Should be set TO its exquisite melody.
This is my dream Of q midsummer hour,
Begot
BY the fairy power
or n few fond rhymes that my heart hold
dear;
And / turn and tremble her step to hear
Yet she cometh not.
London World.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-08-26
A Peculiarly of the Nevada Moon
Virginia City Enterprise.


For several nights past the moon has pre-
sented a peculiar appearance There has
been the appearance Of mock moon par
tally overlapping the true moon, now In
crescent shape. The upper horns are Joined
while the lower ones stand apart, making a
fork. This curious appearance was first OBJ
served five nights ago by Will Thomas,
watchman at the G. and c. shaft. He called
the attention Of the miners coming off the
shift to the moon, asking them If they saw
anything peculiar about 1t. After taking
look the first thing each man did was to rub
his eyes aud consider within himself whether
or not he had at any time during the last
week taken too many glasses of beer, for he
seemed to be seeing double. There Is not
only the partial doubleness, but peculiar
bright mist or haze close in about the moon
that adds to the perplexity of the observer.
Many persons, among those who have been
astir at q sufficiently late hour, have been
observing this strange appearance OF the
moon for several nights. An amateur as
tronomer, who has been watching for several
nights, gives it as his opinion that the moon
Is " growing" on atmosphere. He says the
bogus moon has precisely the appearance OF
reflection of the moon cast out into .
bright haze. He believes that part Of the
tail of the comet has been attracted to and
settled around the moon, forming the thin,
gaseous atmosphere. The first impression
of every one on looking at the moon is that
there Is something wrong with his eyes
that they are misty. Old and young, how
ever, find the same appearance and make the
same kind of drawing In trying to represent
what they see. Mr.. Thomas may be cheated
out Of the reward to which he is entitled as
the first dscoverer of the comet, but he has
scores of witnesses to bring forward when il
shall come to the establishment Of his moon
discovery.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-08-26
The Gun Lafayette Kissed.
Troy Times.

AT the Watervliet Arsenal is twelve
FOUNDER brass cannon with . history. 1t
was captured ut the siege Of Yorktown by
Lafayette, who nearly lost his life In the
efort--so nearly, indeed, that solid shot
whizzed between the Marquis and the piece,
striking the cannon itself while the prize
vas being dragged to our lines, The linden
tation made In the cannon by the shot still
remains, and In 1924 served to identify the
gun when Lafayette visited Troy and the
arsenal. Mr.. johnson, who ID employed u
the arsenal. states that he helped 70 row L..
fayette across the river here fifty seven years
ago, and was present when the venerable
Frenchmsn hueged and kissed the gun--s
reminder TO him of his field services In the
War of the Revolution. IL would b cmi-
nentIy fitting thst the trophy should be SEMI
70 Yorktown TO bear IL part In the coming
celebration there. When the news cf L..
fayette's death was received at Watervliei
Arsenal In 1854 the old gnn was 6red half
hourly fron snnrise 70 suness.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-08-26
AVE IMPERATRrx.

nv OSCAR wsLDK-rHE LONDON SENSATION,
Set In this stormy Northern sea,
Queen of these restless fielus Of tide,
England what shall men say Of thee
Before whose feet the worlds divide?
oh, loneiy Himaiayan height,
Gray pillar Of the Indian sky,
Where saw'st thou last In changing fight
Our winged dogs Of Victory?
what profit now that wa have bound
The whole round world with nets Of gold'
III hidden In our hearts " found
The care that groweth never old VI
what profit that our galleys ride,
Pine forests like, on every main?
Ruins and wrecks are at our side, II
Grim warders Of the house OF pain, Hi.
Where are the brave. the strong, the fset?
Where In our English chiv&lry?
wild grasses are their burial sheet
And sobbing waves their threnody.
oh, loved ones lying far AWAY,
what words OF love can dead lips sendY
oh, wasted dustI Oh, senseiess clay'
Ii this the end? Il this the end? sii a
peace. pcacel We wrong the noble dead
10 vex their solemn sIumbrF so;is
Though chiidless and with thorn-crowneo
aai head fe
Up the steep roAd must England 70.
#448&##5x# N*888 ksN tSA& A4kss
Yea when this fi~ry wsb y spnn
Her wasohnAn shall dsscryl from ~
The young Republic IKE : sun
Rise from thsss cFi un<on seze y WI. y
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-08-26
Facts About Fog.
Burdetts i,asTfasckeye.

II Ii singular paradox, but fog - most
mist when II doesn't 90 away.
And when Il does 60 away 1t II not fog
gotten.
A full grown fog horn has very penetra-
ting snore. They sound like Prospect
Hill woman asleep In the next room.
Though IL Is very light In its construction,
you cannot see through fog. This explains
why Il u 20 dificuit 70 understand Colonel
IngersoIl's sermons.
You can light up the darkness, but yon
cant borc ray Of light through fog.
Foes are not necessarily confined 10 the
s~sshorc. On The trackless prairie you may
frequently meet : farmer coming y town
with ! drove of hogs.
The smallest and lightest piece Of vapor
In The world il called vapor. He d easy
ID blow sway. You can easily hear him
blow away In the court room, on the small.
ct case Oh the docket. He y MT due, and
and IL would not be mist Il ~ had peycr
bson. Asit =. - = nlstef.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-08-26
POETRY. @1 t
THE LAND OF uSED-To-BE. @
By j.. W. RILEY.

And where's the Land of Used-to-be, does
little baby wonder? ..4....
Oh, we will clap magic saddle over papas
knee.
And ride away around the world, and In and
out and under
The whole Of all the golden sunny summer
time, and see.
Leisurely and lazy.like Wen jostle on the
journey,
And let rhe pony bafhe his hooves and cool
them In the dew,
As he slides down the shady way, and lags
along the ferny ..".'
And the green grassy edges OF the lane we
travel through.
And then wen canter on to catch the bubble
of the thistle
Az it bumps among the butterflies and
glimmers down the sun.
To leave us laughing, all content to hear the
robin whistle
Or guess what Katydid is saying little Katy
done. r..
And pausing here minute, where we hear
the squirrel chuckle
Az he darts from out the underbrush and
scampers up the tree, ... ...
We will gather buds and locust-blossoins,
leaves and honeysuckle, s. .a
To wreathe around our foreheads, riding
into Used-to-be. -7 '"
For here's the very rim of 1t that we &c
swinging over
Don't you hear the fairy bugles, and the
tinkle OF the bells,
And see the baby bumble-bees that tumble In
the clover, .#
And dangle from the tilted pinks and tipsy
"pmpernes?
And don't you see the merry faces of the
dafiodillies,
buttercups aglee,
And the low, rolling ripples ring around the
water-iilies,
All greeting us with laughter to the Land
of Used-to-be?
And here among the blossoms Of the bloom
ing vines and grasses,
With haze forever hanging In sky for
ever blue,
And with n breeze from over seas to kis,
us n ii passes,
We will romp around forever as the little
fairies do;
| For all the elves of earth and air are swarm
ing here together
The Prankish Puck, King oberon, and
Titania, too;
And dear old Mother Goose herself, as sunny
as the weather,
Comes dancing down the dewy walks te
welcome me and you!
Wide Apake for august
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-08-26
A WOMAN FARMER.
Mrs. osgood, Of Maine. Cuts and Puts Up Six
Tons of Hay In One Day.
LesClstou Journal.


just before dusk Wednesday evening
brown faced and pleasant-looking woman,
with short, well-built figure and firm step,
fastened plump, contented looking bay
horse in front of the Boston Tea Store and
tossed molasses keg out of the wagon. She
wore widows veil and shawl. There"
said gentleman, I" Is one Of the most won
derful women in the country. Mrs. ossood,
of Minot Centre, the woman farmer" So
when Mrs. Osgood came out Of the store
with her strong arms full Of molasses jug,
salt box and this and-that, the Journal man
began to ply his interrogations. "How
much hay will you cut this year" "About
twelve or fifteen tons. I've cut about six
Ions already. I commenced moving at
o'clock this morning and moved most Of the
forenoon. | spread thity-hve common
ST acks Of hay, and after dinner got In four
good one horse loads In order to get down
here at 4 o'clock and market a lot Of berries.
" Do you cut your hay with machine or
scythe ?" Both; can NOW either way.
have one-horse mower" ado you have
any help?' "Only what | get from the
children. There's girl Of IA and boy Of II
who help me little" "Is the girl going to
make farmer?" al don't know. l want
to make farmer of her, but she says she
don't like the idea very WELL" "How much
of farm have you?" "I have now about
forty acres. have planted this year half All
acre of onions, two acres Of potatoes, three
fourths of an acre of beans, and sowed hall
an acre of oats. / have done all the work
myself. have run the farm five years, and
| haven't paid out u cent, not one cent, for
help, and an't going to, either with much
emphasis). Last winter weht down In the
woods, and cut and teamed out ten cords OF
cord wood" sDoes your farm pay well ~
" Yes, it's beginning to pay pretty well now
Ii was all run down when came there and
commenced to work. 1t only cut hay enough
for cow and horse. Now 1t cuts twelve
tons. have dug out the rocks and leveled
off the fields with my own hands, SO sEan'l
be thrown out when ride my moving ma,
chine. keep two cows, one horse, and q
lot of sheep, aud there are lot of hens run.
ming around"
Mrs. Osgood then started Dobbin for home
Here IS q woman who finds time between
planting her acres of potatoes and onions
moving a dozen tons uf hay, chopping tes
cords of wood In snow knee-6eep, and al
the hard work Of running forty acre farm
TO take care Of the milk of two cows, make
butter and bread, and do all the kneading
cooking and sewing on buttons for famil,
of children, aud yet has nothing to say abou
womans wrong or mans rights.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-08-26

In oxDEK to accustom German soldiers
10 The opaque atmosphere Of battle-held,
when i mnskstry practice. clouds q smoke
ars produced by burning fur1e and vet
grasses = By other means between the MAJ -
men and their targets. The Pall MAIL ca
setts commsuds the advantages Of this sys-
tenn over the English custom u shooting IN
! clear air, and relates how the soldien .
WImbiedoss had ! chsnce % Try The German
plan when TIE firse On thst common Accl-
dentslly took frs during the late encamp-
mcut. Instead. however, " seeing ths 10
% which the lcoa6Aerafion might y pun, =
ti.<b ,irning u the house taught Chas. Lambs
Chinese no way 70 produce rce4t plgs ths
people = Nlmbisdon ssoprsd hring until ths
smoke had cieaTsd Asay.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-08-26
Selling Baptismat w ater Gsts Colored
Pastor IN Trouble.
Cincinnati Gaxetfe.

Cincinnati Gdxetfe.
Pastor Donnell, or the Colored Baptist
Church on Lincoln avenue, opposite Elm
street, Walnut Hill, Is In sad plight.
Brother Donnell some time ago asked for
aud obtained permission from the Board Of
Public Works 10 draw water from fire plug
NJ the corner Of Sycamore street and Park
avenue for the purpose Of using u In i'm
mersing his colored brethren who desired 70
20 10 heaven via the water route. Il appears
that Donnell, instead OF using the fluid for
this purpose, irlled barrels with u and dis
posed of Ii to bis neighbors fortheir cisterns,
etc, with profit 70 himself. This fact COM
Ing 10 the attention Of Fire Marshal Bunker
that ofsclal visited Walnut Hill yesterday
morning, and. After IN investigation, recon-
mended that Brother Donnell be refused :
further supply Of city water. His brethren
win now have to seek some other means of
immersion. M a8
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-08-26
NEWSPAPER DEcIsIoSs

l. Any one who ,skes paper regularly from ths rcss-
pfacs-whsthsr directed TO his name or anetherN. OF
wh tnsr he has subscribed or nots rspenssbs for the
payment
III person orders his paper discontinued hs must
pay all arreanges the publisher will continue to send
Ii nn payment Is made and collect the whole amount
whether the paper 10 taken from the ofiics OF not
s. The courts have decided that refusing to take The
ne~p,pers or periodicals from tha pospfse renew
ing and leaving them uncalsec for pra aeG svdsnos
OF intentional fraud.
Papers ordered to any address be changed TO ano
er aidress at the ,ption of the subscriber.
Remanees by draft check, money order or Registered
letter may be sent at risk All rostmastsn are -
CURED 10 register letters on application
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-04-02
EaUqGier County HENS.

Dalial D'!spiane, Gao Of he most auis5lu of
NEE, 6uS whose healtb has b.en failing for
seVsrs yeirj' pu: three sho; in the Leg Of D
coioEed hOy iot calling hin liar last Thursday,
Ihe wonnd is not serious.
y Cnss' batenao borrowed hcrss If. N Dir.
hoIn25 Ct Ot!ean 70 ride to Wsrrantnn a.
iusSdag !a,F, std whie ia Warreptoo sold it 10
M'. Taiiigh:r. Of Washington, D. G for $40,
Mr.: ;H2tncs camod his ho,sa tue ncxt DIV
soa gallagher is sd out Of pocket. a w.yract
mas usea issued Ter his The arrest Of Bateusn,
" n: Smith, ca!ored, implicated 10 The rob.
oety OF Fletcher Il BIO 5 s!0re ov,r war
ssso. std Who Vas convicted aDd got nsw
T Gsat'ng' was tiled this week before the County
Calft aht sentenced 10 four years ct hard labor
IN ire Pe1iteniiiry. lie Ras taken to Rjoh-
G @otG Yesterday to serve cut his time. The
p p.s, $50 carried along to the Peni:eniarY
Root 4. Bent, who has been 10 i.iI for sauna
tue nnd9r sentence Of four yssrs imp1ison.
ment. = Woren!on hdez. ' 'D'p''sVn
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-04-02

I've llstter st siI. hard the Senator from Viz
sipia l.guG here sud shou. out, "Ths.thing hsd
10 stop" Suppose it don'tI suppose it don't?
! know i. won't with II by your dicta!iGn. Thss
Is chesp-vlry chaap (.liudiIg to MahoDos OK
preston
Mr. Anhons-I! is very cheap, Mr. President,
20 6esl in sucE brsvndo ss the gentansa from
iiirois (nesliug lndisne) does.
Err. Voorhees,, who was walking over to his
chsir whom Mr. MaEore's last remark was made,
turned round and said: The gentleman alludss
to NE as Inc Senator from Illinois. I suppose
he will lake no exception. therefore, if slude
to him IS the Senator from Vermont"
Mr. Malone Continuing AID completing his
sentence But when the gentleman says that hs
indor:es tie sentiments OF that newspaper art.
cle undertake 10 characterize them hero such
as 10 brsve o. honorable man would mako in
! this chamber. Now let hin take that with him
| and wear It,
Soma democratic Senators hers suggested to
| Gr. voorhees, TO sag 40 more; but, not needing
Tho advice, mir. Voorhees, retorted lin q come
what oracu;s7 manner: Tho question abou!
:aEGg and wearing .ning depen ts good deal
upon here sad 'heroafter,'"
This ended the controversy in tia SENATE
Chamber, md then. on motion of Mr.. Dawes
The Senate C.t quarter past s,Vel) sdjcurncd
| till Monday,