The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-09-01
NEW NoR.WEsTERs.

himself
Ex Cadet Whitaker has abandoned lectur-
ing and intends TO 60 to work.
Powers. the sculptor, IL preparing model
for . marble bust of the Late President Gar
field. E
The law can never man . man honest, ID
can only make him very uncomfortable when
he II dishonest.
Careful estimates of the revenues of the
government for the present fscal year place
the total at $3.50, 600. aHfa#
A black walnut grove that was planted by
n Wisconsin farmer twenty wears ago on
n pi.cr OF waste land was recently sold for
81 .WO. ~
Yankton, Oak, is delighted over the find
ing Of water in her secoud artesiaa well and
below II vein of coal similar to that found
at Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Col. r.. @ Ingersoll saws "Mr. Conkliug
has talent, but he's not great man Hr has
been twenty five years making speeches and
never has given line to literature"
An attempt Il to be made TO rnn Iocomo-
tives or rather trains through the 81. Gothard
tunnel by means of electricity. At present
the products of combustion left In the tunnel
make travel very uncomfortable.
An igaorast man is apt to have very .trsag
opinions or preiudices, or whatever they
may b. callrd. A. Clarke Russell, In one vf
his sea yarns. makes a sailor say, When
man can't neither read nor write, sir, he Is
apt TO he extraordinary positive"
II IL fur 10 conclude. from the following
advertisement which lately appeared in the
Cayuga Chief published at Werdsport, that
meat L. high In western New York: Wanted
A gentleman desires to find partner with
capital 10 Assist him In the purchase OF z
h-rfsteak. One who owns a frying pan and
piece of pork preferred" #sE
A granddaughter of the late Chief Justice
Taney, of the United States Supreme Court,
corrrcts the telrgraphed report that " Cath
crime Taney, calling herself n sister Of the
late Justice Tan~y. had been sent, In state
of drstitution, ia the Albany alni-hoase. The
woman Il an importer Chief Justice Tanry
outliv.d all Of his brothers and sisters, and
has no descendants now living Of his own
name"
From a statement made by President Vii
lard TO the House Judiciary Committee the
other das, Ii il learned that tn. road under
construction and 10 b. con,truct-d IL ~ fol
lows: Ytliow.fone division, $40 miles liz
completed; Rocky Mountain diyi ion. ia8
miles; Clarke Fork division, 2S2 miles 81
completed Colunbia River division, 2as
milr~; Cascade branch division. 2is miles !;
Wisconsin division, 100 miles; Pacific diyis-
ion, "a miles total, l,42i miles.
numher Of eases Of diphthrria reported In
New Yerk-l ,706-some ,405 existed where
the premises were in a bad sanitary con-
dliion, aud that ,S42 occurred where the
drainage wa, defective, and filthy CELLARS aud
overhowed vaults existed. In other words,
OF The houses in which these cases occurred,
+ighty-two per cent. were in defective sani.
tary condition This tells the story of she
cause of the diphtheria, In Boston, NJ any
rate. ~ =
II IL proposed 70 try novel experiment at
Paris hv producing series Uf scientific
drama at one vf the thratres. with the OBJ
j 'cf If combining am'reneBt with insfruc
tiou. Three rl " have already been pro-
vida,i and their titles clearl, Indicate the
direction In which the an,lirnc- j. TO be in
structrd The titles are: Denis Prpin, or the
Invention of Steam I" ..Krpier, or Astron-
omy aud the Asrrologer !" and :. Gutenberg,
or tIir fnvt ntion OF Printing" The result Of
this new dramatic venture win be- awaited
with interest. Its success may be thu inau-
guration of u new era In science teaching.
A practical railroad man informs the New
York San that before long every engine
drawing passenger train will have pilot
his plac" will br forward of the engine. or
abnvt the present cab-with which he will
have q signal conn.atipn-ani his bu-iness
will ba simply 10 watch everything un or
near the track and quickly signal any danger
10 the engineer. This IL move in the right
direction. The engineer and fireman are
already required to dn all that -hould be tx
pect-d IT tn IN. anil while attending to fh,.
in-atiate moi,,trr 'hai constantly demand>
fuel. water, oil. or snm- other att. nfi0n th,-v
Garnet b., expected 10 ~~r everything going
au ahead Of them But the change shouH
b. even morr marked than is cnnrrmplatrsi
'he pilot ought TO oufrank In authority fh.
present conductor and engineer. and he alono
ought to he responsible for the running Of
the train. leaving the conductor 70 lock after
fhe passengers, and the engineer to manage
his engine under the orders of the pilot.