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The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-03-17


The following Is taken from the Times Of
India: During the repairs Of the telegraph
cable near Bombay, the steamers Chiltern
and Great Northern were about half mile
apart, the former having hold of shore end
cable, and so was In telegraphic communica-
tion with Bombay; the latter having hold of
q sea end, and so was in telegraphic commu-
nication with Alden. The Chiltern desired
the Great Northern to splice on 70 the cable
end held by the latter, and pay out three
quarters Of mile Of cable, and this was
communicated by wire from the test room Of
the Chiltern, passing through all the coils Of
cable In her hold and on to Bombay, whence
it was sent on 70 Alden, and back from Alden
to the Great Northern. Thus, as speedy
means Of sending message half mile, II
was forwarded by route between three and
four thousand miles long. The following
morning, when the vessels were within :
quarter Of mile 81 each other, communities
tions passed between them constantly IN the
same WY.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-03-17
Mr.. Proctor's Comet.


Mr.. Proctor takes 1t all back. At least, he
says his comet is not the dangerous creature
people thought he meant to describe it, and
that, in his opinion, L" the world is more like
ly to last fifteen million years than to be de-
stroyed In fifteen" All he said was that the
comet of 1s43 and 1880, which he regards as
possibly the same, will be absorbed by the
sun after only few crcuits--possiblyo one or
two. 1t was another man who said that it
might happen in seventeen years. Proctor
himself mentioned no date. Moreover, he
did not say that If 1t were absorbed by the
sun there would be absolute danger Of burn
ing up the world; but that If the world
should ever be burned up, 1t would be by
comets falling into the sun. In previous
work of his he had already expressed his
opinion that all comets of destructive sort
had been eliminated from the solar system
but if comet should fall directly upon the
sun, which the comet of 1S43 will never do,
the sudden access of heat will prove destruc-
tive to all forms of higher life on the earth.
So that, to quote his own words, "if such
comet as we have no reason to suppose is &C.
tualIy existent (nay, every reason to consider
certainly non-existent in the suns case),
should produce degree of solar heat (Which
such a comet may or may not be capable of
producing) exceeding hundreds of times the
suns present heat, and if that heat lasted
but a few days, the earth's inhabitants must
all perish. This very cautious announce
ment does not mean, / venture to point out
that fifteen years hence the comet of 1s43,
falling into the sun, will so raise his heat
that all of us will be destroyed"
Hence, Mr.. Proctor's comet tha. is goingt to
destroy the earth by falling into the sun
in the year 1907 is not Genet like
iy to hurt anybody, even if 1t
should fall into the sun at that date
or any other. The comet to which they
said he was crying "staboy" and "sick en-"
and setting on to the earth in very rude
and disagreeable fashion, is very old and
toothless comet which merely wags its tail
when 1t sees the earth and is running quietly
to the sun, and will lie down peacefully
whenit gets there, and not do anybody any
harm. The people who have been fright
ened by him may therefore come out from
under their beds, and 60 about their hnsi-.
ness; real estate recover Its tone, and Presi-
Dental candidates for 1896 and 1900 make
their calculations accordingly. Not that we
suppose anybody was frightened. They
knew Proctor was fooling all the time. Be-
sides, he was sensational astronomer and
lecturer, and not to be believed under any
ircumstances-except when he explains
that he has been misunderstood, and his few
spsrtive specnlations about dangerous com
cts taken In earnest.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-03-17
Muriate of Pilocarpine In whooping Cough
Allgemeins Med;cinalzeitung.

According to Albrecht, the muriate Of
piIocarpine, when given at sufficiently
early period, never fails to cut short the
most serious stages Of whooping cough,
namely, the period of sufiocative attacks,
although the duration of the disease as a
whole Is not materially shortened thereby.
The formula recommended is pilocarpin.
mluiatic., O.025 GRIN; !, cognac +. champ, 5
grms.; syrup. cort. aur1nt., 25 grms.; a..
destill., 10 Rrins.; sof which mixture tea
spoonful up to tablespoonful should be adj
ministered afler every paroxysm, the dose
varying with the age Of the patient. The
remedy acts very promptly, as may be dem
onstrated by laryngoscopic' examination,
which discloses more profuse watery se-
cfetion and abatement Of the infammatory
appearances In the mucous membrane. The
drug should be discontinued as soon as the
paroxysins attain catarrhal character, but
should be renewed whenever snfiocative at
tacks recur.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-03-17
WHY WE LAUGH.
If time is money, money Is hours. Happy

If time is money, money Is hours. Happy
thought
Eternal vigilance is often the price of an
umbrella.
We cannot give the definition of skipper.
Perhaps cheese mite.
Next to the man who wants to borrow
money Of you, a dog is frequently the best
friend man has. ....
"There's music in the heir" sorrowfully
exclaimed the young husband, as he reached
for the Paregoric bottle.
The only way they could hit Bernhardt IN
st. Petersburg was to throw string of sau-
sages at her.-Peck's Sun.
A man who detected piece of bark in his
sausage visited the butcher shop to know
what had become of the rest of the dog.
1t is curious that the pig must be killed
before he can be cured. A yacht can stand
on tack without swearing. A man can't.
The cat is the great American prima
DONNA. If bootjacks were bouquets, her nine
lives would be strewn with roses.-Courier-
Journal.
The report that the Rev. Joseph Cook, of
Boston, had challenged Sullivan to fight
him for $4,000, catch weight, turns out to
be canard.
The slang expression "taffy" was probably
coined from the word epitaph, which gener-
ally expresses the same thing.-Boston
Commercial Bulletin.
Where one woman scans the horizon for
signs of the dawn of a brighter era, ten are
scouting among their neighbors trying to
borrow saleratns.--Free Press.
"What! going to have an exhibition at
Paris of memorials of the Incas? Well, |
neyer!" said Mrs. Ramsbotham. "Why,
they'll be having one of the penwipers nextr'
Punch. ,
"Did understand you, sir, to say that
Senator VOORHEES, Is in the habit of tripping
the light fantastic? ?" "Oh, no; not at all. I
only spoke of him as the famous Dan, sir."-
Cowier-Journal.
During the past seven years Germany has
sent 100000 corsets to this country to
squeeze our women, and thousands of gal
Ions Of Rhine wine to make our men tight.
Phil. Chronicle.
A herd of sheep has been driven from
Washington Territory to Nebraska, the jour
ney occupying two years. BY the time they
get to Boston they will be first-class spring
lambs.--LoweV Courier.
You make mistake in thinking that the
world will break all in pieces when you
leave it. 1t is barely possible, on the other
hand, that you are persistently standing in
the way of a better MANY. Y. Herald.
The offer of $1,000 to the inventor of a
"humane cattle-car' has brought out 100
models, none of which come up to the mark,
however. What seems to be wanted is a car
carpeted with Wilton, furnished with mirrors
and roomy enough so that all the old cows
can have lower berths.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-03-17
Bin Arp. school for Boys.
Atlanta Constitution.


Nature Is the next study. DR.. Jenner was
a close observer. He was the first man to
find out that the cuckoo never built nest,
but always laid her eggs In other birds nests.
Do the boys know that when horse eats
grass he crops back to him, but COW eats
outward from her, because she has no front
teeth in her upper jaw, and has to gum 1t.
The boys have seen many white horse, but
did they ever see white colt ? Do they
know how old the twig is that bears the
peaches, and how old the vine Is that has
the grapes hung on to it? Do they know
that q hop vine winds with the course of the
sun. but bean vine always winds the other
way? What timber will bear the most
weight; what Is the most elastic; what will
last longest IN water, and what out Of wa
ter; what is the best time to cut down
trees for flrewood; how many kinds Of oaks
can you count up that grow In this region
and what are they specially good for; hoy
does bird fly without moving feather or
tapping awing; how does snake climb
tree or brick wall; what Is the difference
between deer's track and hogs track, and
how often does buck shed his horns and
what becomes Of them; which ought to bs
the largest, the throat OF chimney or the
funnel, and ought It TO be wider al the top or
drawn in. Books are wonderful help, but
! man ought not to be satisfied to 20 through
l.fa and Be always on the borrow frorn othcr
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-03-17
A peel.lon Of Interest to odd Fellows.

A decision has been rendered by New
York Judge that will interest members Of
secret benevolent societies. Action was
brought against lodge of Odd Fellows by
one OF its members 10 recover s'sick bene-
fits,. TO which he claimed to be entitled.
The plaintiff had joined the lodge years ago
when It's bylaws provided that in case of
sickness every member should receive aspec-
fled sum weekly " during his sickness or
disability Another section empowered
the lodge TO alter or amend the bylaws
whenever deemed expcdient. After the
plaintiff had been taken sick and while he
was in receipt Of the weekly sum allowed
him, q bylaw was passed reducing the
amount Of the payments from four dollars
to one dollar week. The Judge decided
that The lodge Il bound TO continue paying
the plaintiff The full! amount to which be was
entitled when he became sick. The right Of
the lodge to change It's bylaws Is hot det
nied. But the Court decides that what-vet
xurb any r1@mber Is entitled 10 when be is
taken Sick must be treated q fixed amount
which canl,pt subsequently, be reduced dur
luz 10 continuance VI the sickness,
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-03-17
POETRY.
THE SHADoWED CROSS.

In welded love our lives had twined =.
one year-one careless, golden year.
And then he died, my darling died;
And, for the joy that harbored there, ...
My heart was filed with dark despair.
traced the haunts he loved the best
In dear, lost days-alas, so briefl
And Mem'ry's breathings, once so sweet,
But famed the furnace Of my grief;
They brought no tears to my relief.
At early dawnI sought his grave,
Mid quaint-carved stones o'ergrown with
q. moss; b..
And 10 upon the hallowed mound.
In seeming emblem of my loss
There fell the shadow of a Cross
And, kneeling there in fearless woe, y.
Methought heard my darling say:
"oh, love! thy grief n shadow is, "
Which, as dream, shall pass away,
Where shadows melt in cloudless day.
Then found my anguish vent IN tears,
Strange fears of heav'n born peace that
shed
Around my soul holy calm;
And when rose, thus comforted,
The shadow from the grave had fed.
Good Words.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-03-17
Married Folks Would BE Happier.

If home-trials were never told to neigh
bors-
If they kissed and made up after every
quarrel.
If household expenses were proportionate
to receipts.
IftheY tried to be agreeable as in court
ship days.
Ii each would try and be support and
comfort to the other.
Ifeach remembered the other was human
not an angel.
If women were as kind to their husbands
as they are to their lovers
If fuel and provisions were laid in during
the high tide Of summer.
If both parties remembered that they
were married for worse as well as for better.
If men were as thoughtful for their wives
as they were for their sweethearts.
If there were fewer silk and velvet street
costumes and more plain, tidy dresses for the
house.
If there were fewer "please darlings" in
public and more common manners in pri-
vate.
If fwives and husbands would take some
pleasure as they go along, and not degenerate
into mere telling machines. Recreation is
necessary to keep the heart In its place, anc
to get along without it Is big mistake.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-03-17
"A BuBBLE-BLowER,s CAREER.
The Schemes of shipherd, of Peruvian
Company Notoriety.
Springfield Republican.

cpTWUietu hepu0Hcm. .E
Jacob r. Shipherd, whom the Peruvian
company scandal has brough into unenvia-
BILE notoriety, has q rather remarkable his
tory. He is 45, and is graduate of Oberlin
College and Divinity School, where he was
known as bright and energetic youth,
though great castle-builder. After leaving
the seminary he was made Western Secre-
tary of the Sanitary Commission, and
plunged into the work with an enthusiasm
which resulted in great good, though even
then he was planning various enterprises.
One of them now flourishes at Chicago In
the religious newspaper the Aduance, which
would never have been started but fer him.
At the same time he became pastor Of the
Plymouth Congregational Church, Chicago,
and became popular preacher.
After the war he became General Secre-
tary of the Freedmen's Union Aid Commits
sion, and did effective service while continu-
ing his preaching. But he began to weary
of the duties of the pulpit, and was con.
stantly planning financial schemes of enor-
nous magnitude, and in 1860 he left the
ministry and opened real estate and loan
Office in Chicago with partner. But it was
not long before suit was brought against the
firm for some questionable transaction, and
the courts in deciding against them severely
condemned their conduct. Still Shpherd
fourished and did so good trade in eastern
exchange and town and county bonds that in
1870 he started a bank, and the firm began
as bankers and brokers'. Shipherd became
trustee of one of the corporations engaged
in building up the suburbs of Chicago, and
negotiated the bonds, but the bubble burst,
the bonds were cancelled, and Shipherd be-
came involved in some troublesome litiga-
tion.
One of his private schemes was the buy
ing of 80 acres of land at Elmhurst, fifteen
miles from Chicago, and the laying out of
streets and avenues to form beautiful town
out to which Chicago was expected to grow.
For time there was a boom, and Shipherd
could have realized 100000 to 100000
but be believed there was millions In 1t and
held on until the whole thing collapsed. A
little later, in 1872, he conceived another
grand scheme-the possession of all the rail-
roads on Long Island. For time he disap-
peared; but in 1876 he again came to notice
as a real estate broker in Chicago, and
claimed to be also settling up his old busi-
ness. The next year he appeared as a student
in the law school of the University of New
York, and in 1878 he was admitted to the
bar and opened a law Office in New York,
where he has since remained. g..
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-03-17
A Horses Private Mark.


DR.. Bender yesterday made an incision
into the left shoulder Of q fine horse belong
ing TO Mr.. II. Hess, superintendent OF street
service in the Introduction Of our water
works system, and removed ten-cent piece
Of 1876, which was placed there about four
years age BY the man from whom Mr.. Hess
bought the horse In Kentucky. Il was In
tended . 3 private mark, and was placed
just beneath the skin, but considerable tis-
sne bad formed over it during is four years.
lotgnss,t. It was aweIl preserved piece
when sI'pprd under the skin. and the only
mark It retxins of the singular service 10
which i was pat Is substances which adl
here's 70 ths depresssons III the coin.
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Solid Facts.
Wrinkles are the tomb of love.

Wrinkles are the tomb of love.
Listen to conscience more than to intel
lect. ..~ .
More important than the thing you do may
be the discipline of the doing.
The things which We enjoy are passing,
and we are passing who enjoy them.
The greatest sources of happiness and use-
fulness are open to the rich and the poor
alike.
Temptations come TO us from our own
bosom mainly. That is the great magazine
of temptations.
The highest elements of character. of
power and of dignity lie within the reach of
the lowest and poorest.
have seldom known any one who desert
ed truth in trihes that could be trusted in
matters of importance.
Doubt always sees huge obstacles in the
way of accomplishing anything-nay, the
doubt itselfis the obstacle.
Life is casket, not precious In itself, but
valuablein proportion to what fortune, or
industry, or virtue has placed within 1t.
One of the most effectual ways of pleasing
and of making ones self loved is to be cheer
full; JOY softens more hearts than tears.
Hope is mans birthright, which, after
all his Establishments, delusisns and mock
cries, never maketh him ashamed TO hope on
and hope ever.
Only the waters within the ship can sink
the ship; but while kept outside, all the
heaving deep waters laundering over three
fifths of the globe can work no shipwreck.
The last, best fruit, which comes late to
perfection, even In the kindliest ssul, is ten
derness toward the hard;, forbearance toward
the unfortunate; warmth Of heart toward
the misanthropic.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-03-17


Twas In Kentucky, latsly, and was intro
duced to an old Bourbon who had the title
or :. Colsnep' before his name. After becom7
Ing little acquainted finally ventured In
nocentiy 10 ask:
ssOn what side did you fight, Colonel, and
gain your military rank r
Af,m no did soldier. wasn't In the wah
at al, sab"
aYom must excnse me. b1t noticed your
title Of Colonel, and concluded you were IN
the war;
4Nv, sab. I'm Colonel by the code, sa'''
n man wings one man " y Major BY ~
code. sab; and, II be wings two he is
Colonel by 4he code, sab. I'm colQaell
sah."
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-03-17
General Fremont's Claim to AIcatrax ISL
and.

WASHINGTON, March 3.--Senator John
ston to-day presented a petition of General
John c. Fremont, who claims ownershipof
the island of Alcatraz, in the bay Of San
Francisco, formerly known by the names of
Bird island and Golden Gate island. Gem
eral Fremont purchased this island in 1s47,
while he was Military Governor Of The Ter
ritory Of California, for the use Of the Gov
ernment. He was arrested In lS4S ana court
martialed as Washington for making the
purchase without authority. The Govern
ment repudiated the transaction and refused
to pay for the island. The Government,
however, subsequently, apprecisaing its Inn
portance, erected lighthouses aud forti0ca-
tions on Il. General Fremont claims that
he paid for Il, and that the Government has
no claim whatever te It's ownership. Fre-
mont now resides in New York. The petit
tioa w referred 10 the claims conmittss.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-03-17
Corr. Chicago Tribune.

Origin Of southern ..als,or." and ~cononel..'
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NEWSPAPER DECISIONS.

l. Amy who takes paper regularly from the Post-
enice whether directed 70 his name another's of
whether hs has sabsorbed or nos responsible for ths
payment.
Q. II person orders MS paper discontinued he must
pay all arrearages the publisher will continue send
until payment 10 made and collect the whole amount
whether the paper 10 taken FROM the Office not
s. The courts have decided that refusing to take the
newspapers periodicals from the Pstoce or remov.
ing and leaving them uncaed for praa dcia evidences
Of intentional fraud. =
Papers ordered TO any address be changed to anoth
address at the option Of the subscriber
Remitances by draft check money order or registered
letter. may be sent at risk All Postmasters are ~
CURED to register letters application.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-12-01

THE HOUSEHOLD.
Recipes.
WHAT COLD POTATOES ARE CAPABLE or IN Skill
Full HANDS.

Aeclnehs
WHAT COLD POTATOES ARE CAPABLE OF IN Skill
Full HANDS
Potdt0 Pie.-Paro some cold potatoes, cut
them in slices and season them; also, some
lamb, mutton, beef or veal. Put layers of
them and then of tho meat Cover with
gravy and sliced tomato under n short crust.
Potato PuG.-Take two cups of cold
mashed potatoes; stir into it two large spoon
fuls of melted butter, beating to cream.
Beat we'll pour into deep dish and bake in
a quick oven till nicely Drowned. 1t will
come out light and puffy.
Potato Cake.-Mash cold boiled potatoes
with pepper and salt, mix in very small pro-
portion of flour and little yeast; mix this in
TO the proper consistency with thin cream or
milk, roll out to the thickness of an inch and
cut it to the size of the frying.pan grease
this, lay in the cake, and cover with plate.
When one side is cooked, turn it over and fry
till done.
Potato Rissoles.-Into one quart of cold
mashed potatoes, stir the yolks Of two eggs,
an ounce of butter, pepper and salt mince
finely some ham, beef, or tongue, with a lit
tie parsley mix well with the potatoes, roll
in small balls, and cover them with egg and
bread crumbs; fry in oil or hot lard about ten
minutes; let them drain before the fire on
paper serve very hot.
Potatoes q Ia DucdeSse.- Take cold, we'll
seasoned mashed potatoes roll out and form
into little biscuit-shaped cakes, "a little flour
may be used TO form them, but do not mix
flour with the potato y arrange these cakes on
a pie-plate, glaze them over with beaten egg,
and bake to delicate brown.
Potatoes and EggS-Remoye the skins
from some boiled potatoes, and when perfect
ly cold cut up in small pieces, about the size
of grain of corn, and season with salt and
pepper. To a quart of potatoes thus pre-
pared, take the yolks of six eggs, and the
whites of three, and beat them well together
Have some butter in frying pan, and when
it is melted put in the potatoes. When they
are quite hot stir in the eggs, and continue
stirring so as to mix them well with the pota-
toes, and until the eggs are set. Season and
serve hot.
Potato Pastry Chop boiled beef fine,
season with pepper and add little drawn
butter, putting in parsley and onion,
chopped. Pour this mixture into creased
bake dish; cover with hard-boiled eggs,
sliced. Work large cup of mashed potatoes
soft, with a cup of milk and two tablespoon.
fuls of butter. Add prepared flour until you
can just roll it out-the softer the better, 30
long as you can handle it. Roll into thick
sheet Spread upon the surface of your
mince, printing the edges, and bake in a
moderate oven to fine brown.