The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-03-31
NEW NOR-WEsTERs.
There has been some talk of dredging the
Rhine, 50 that Cologne may be made sea-

mere has utEu SOkuC kdih VA 6iGAEAE tAS
Rhine, 50 that Cologne may be made sea-
port.
Bob Ingersoll says there is no day so sa-
cred but that the laugh Of child will
make it still holier.
Farmers In Southern Indiana state that
the growing wheat looks stronger than ever
before at this season.
Bob Ingersoll is 50 uncertain whether he
is plagiarist or not that he offers any one
So, 2,G00 TO convict him.
The Prussian Government is to buy this
year 20,300 tens of iron railroad sleepers at
cost of about S35 ton.
John Russell Young, recently appointed
Minister to China, is to be married before
his departure for diplomatic duties.
The Bible is translated into thirty-two
African languages, In eight of which the
.whsle Of the Scriptures are published.
There are 21,356 -four mills in the United
States. Pennsylvania has 2,Ts6, New York
1872, Illinois 1,25s, and Indiana 1888.
Each year 100000 heads of cabbage
find sale In the Philadelphia markets, and
5000, 900 are converted into sauer kraut.
Blue grass is somewhat delicate when
very young, but after it gets good hold 1t
usurps the soil, cleaning out all other grasses.
1t should not be pastured the first year.
Another member of the New York Legis-
lature has sent his pass back to Vanderbilt.
He sent 1t back to have 1t made out for his
family instead of for himself alone.
No dairy products are made in Brazil, and
butter sells high. Americans have shipped
butter to Brazil, but it dees not command as
high q price as that from Denmark or from
France.
DIR. Holland once said that '.the greatest
blessing that young man can enjoy is pow
erty" Still, It Is one of those blessings that
"brighten as they take their fight.-Lo'cetl
| Citizen.
II has been ascertained that where eggs
| are sold by tie pound they vary In weight
| from one to four ounces. The average
weight of one dozen eggs is twenty-three and
half ounces.
The booksellers say that the demand for
the revised New Testament has entirely
ceased, while that for the old time edition
| is the same as ever. This is as was expected
| The fact will always remain that the old
fashioned Bible cannot be improved upon.
From some experiments made by Felix
Masure, it appears that when arabic soil !:
very wet 1t throws off more watery vapol
than shee. of free water. If the land /:
only moderately moist the quantities ar'
are about equal, and If the soil is dry III
evaporation is less.
Old Mr.. Hazlett, Of Oregon, thought IN
was going TO die, and in order that his heir:
should have nothing To quarrel over b,
burned $4,000 in greenbacks. He didn'
die afier all; and now when the heirs se'
him saving wood to earn his bread they nat
uraly feel that they are ahead of him.
1t is stated that in Mexico wooden rail
way ties cost about $3.50 apiece, and tha
some Of them laid on the Mexican Nationa
railroad last May are now decayed and un
safe. 1t is said that 1t has been fount
cheaper TO order iron ties from England
worth S3 each, than to use wooden ones.
To harden steel take two teaspoonfuls o
water, one-half teaspoontul of flour and on
of salt. Heat the steel enough to coat
With the paste by immersing 1t in the com
position, after which heat 1t to cherry re-
and plunge 1t into soft water, If properl
done the steel will come out with beautiful
white surface.
Fifty Pullman cars, representing S6J0,0O
in value, are at present running on foreig
roads. The English people were slow I
adopt new things, but since Pullman car
were put on the Midland Railroad, In Isl:
at the solicitation of the General Manage
there has been an increasing demand fc
them. They are now running on the Mic
land, the Great Northern, the British, tn
London, Brighton & South Coast, and o
the East India mail route between Bologn
and Brindisi. Cars are being built for IL
Western Railroad in France, which will
the first introduced In that country. I'll
cars were constructed at the shops in ID
troit, shipped I'm sections, and put togeth'
In the cempanys shops in England.
The Nevada City Transcript announce
the death of Eli Halphen, an old phones
with strange history. In youth he serve
In the French army, afterwards he WI
Msyor of Metz. He came to the Pacif
. coast for reasons that were never divulge
: leaving family of great respectahility b
hind him. At one time he owned much
, the land upon which Oakland Is built. L
! left this vicinity with 100000 and went
Browns valley, Yuba county. Here
speculated in mining stocks and lost his el
tire fortune. His next destination was Unlc
, Hill, In the suburbs of Grass Valley, whe
he kept saloon and lived In q miserab
condition. About ten days ago some OF h
. | friends in Grass Valley heard that he WI
sick and In great need. They went to b
]. cabin and found him destitute, aud th,
were just in time to rescue him from beir
burned to death. A neighbor had put son
hot bricks TO his feet and they had set u
bedclothcs on fire. In this wretched cond
tion he died. IL Is said that his son al
brother are wealthy capitalists In Paris, wi
have lsng desired him to return to his hon
q
4 why We Eat Oysters Raw.