The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-10-27
NEW NoR-WESTERS.


nually consumed In the United States.
Master Warner, of Atlantic, Iowa, Ii not
yet four years old, but he weighs 400
pounds.
"By John Rogers |" when spoken in the
right tone of voice, Is considered an oath In
Vermont.
They are gherkin ysung cucumbers of the
vines In New York State at the rate Of !, ,0OO,-
00O per day.
"What Kentucky lacks In churches" says
the Christian at Work, "she makes mp In
racecourses."
Ex-vice President Wheeler Is said to be
about to marry the widow Of Surgeon Gen.
eral Woodwork.
Mirrors 45x52 feet aud weighing from
/ 200 to 1000 pounds have been lately placed
In the Paris opera house.
Venerable white.haired negro servants
are . new "craze" In New York among fam
lilies who live largely on their pedigree.
A leather belt has Just been made In Hart
wide and 125 feet long, and weighs 1884
pounds. +.
The longest span Of telegraph wire In the
werld Is about 6,000 feet. It unites two
| hills, one on each side of the river Kisnah,
In India.
At the close of 1877 there was In South
Dakota only one Presbyterian church; At the
close Of 1881 there were twenty-five
| churches.
Within the last twenty-five years the
| steam pressures of locomotives have been
increased from 90 pounds to 100 pounds to
the square inch.
Every time hostile Indian drops to the
| crack Of carbine Uncle Sam counts the
| cost at $S6,oO0. Cheaper to give 'em toy
pistols or kerosene lamps.
A burglar serving a three years. sentence
| In the Western Penitentiary of Pennsy lvania
has fallen heir to $S3, 900, left to him by his
father on condition Of his complete reform.
alton.
An Iowa man was fined $40 for squeezing
| q woman's thumb. "At that rate" observes
the Wilmington Ners, "nobody but . mill
ionaire could afford to put an aim around
her waist.
The scene of Mr.. Howell's story, "a Mod
ern Instance" Is In Fryeburg, Me-, the old
town In which Daniel Webster once taught
school for $3.50 year. ]. r. Osgood & Co.
will publish the story In book form.
."Tripolite" Is the name given to . new
building material which Is intended to be q
substitute for lime, cement, and plaster
under certain circum stanses. Il is composed
Of sulphate of lime, coke, and oxide Of iron
In some form or ether.
The largest university In the world is
Oxford, in Oxford, England. 1t consists OF
twenty five colleges and five halls. Oxford
was the seat of learning In the time Of Ed.
been founded by Alfred.
A bullet invented by German chemist Ia
made Of powerful anRsthetic, which breaks
OH striking person, who Is made uncon-
scious for twelve hours, and while In that
condition can be taken prisoner. The In.
ventor puts forward bis device In all serious
ness.
Pspcf Is made In Belgium which very
closely resembles satin. Common paper |.
covered with suitable size, and while the
surface Is moist asbestos, dyed to any de-
sired shade, 10 sprinkled over 1t. Any super
fious matter Is easily shaken of when the
| size Is dry. Fine effects are sometimes pro
duced with aniline colors.
A unique encounter Of gigantic forces wa.
witnessed the other day by party of for
tunate prospectors. This was nothing les
than the meeting on Lake Tahoe of twt
huge waves which had been raised by
4 cyclone and rolled toward each other from
opposite directions with great velocity. A
they met column of spray shot up . hun
dred feet into the air and q report like
peal Of thunder followed.
The Sutro tunnel, now completed, dis
charges 10000, 900 gallons of hot water dali
from Comstock mines. This water has
temperature of 1862 and Is conveyed througl
; . closed pine fume to prevent the escape o
vapor. After apassage Of four miles throug
the first tunnel II loses 70' OF Its heat.
second tunnel 100 feet long and an ope
4 water way mile aud half long conduc
| the water to Carson river. Along Its cours
are hot water baths and laundries, and
plan IL on foot to conduct the hot waite
! through pipes under ground, to be mad
available for purposes of irrigation aud 70
supplying artificial heat to hot houses.