The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-02-23

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ID EasEen thsss 10 curious little musical
ins&sutbsat. The case, In shape iiks small
musse has, 10 of gold, snsmelsd; co the lid
10 snt an oval "Trip VI porcelain; having
vesnd the works and pressed . spring, this
oval Giss up, tiny nest 10 disclosed. and
ffum b leaps beautiful bird which, perch,
lug apoa Q rest, begins 20 sing like q canary,
epsning i'm bill and hastssias its wius' and
body in shs most life like manner; when its
scas " Aan~ IL heps beck to Its nass, and shs
ssas ssssea. ThIs bssssifal Toy coss $50.
AZ the Parlsiaa Palace d'tndustrie 10 Q
landscape executed IN Europssn and foreign
insects. The foreground 10 composed of
45,000 ooleOptsra, ths remainder Of the pic
turs being formed Of over 4,G00 vsris.ies of
The Insect sioe, which supply every tone re-
quislte for the Landscape. The completion
Of the work occupied the artis. four years.
The hammer aud anvil Of Powell, the
''harmoaious blacksmith" Of whaechurcb,
England, have been sold .. suction. The
anvil, when struck With this hammer, gives
| Two no.es-B and Z. lis sound suggested
thsi melody named after the blacksmith.
| There 10 still extant in the Postoffies De-
! psrtmens .. Washington small folio ledger
| Of not more than three quires Of paper, upon
| which Franklin, wbsn Postmaster General,
kept all his accounts for two years.
Al Bres!au, the capital OF Siberia, the
churches are exceedingly interesting ftom
sculptures In alto rsitero which ornament
their walls, aud are 6ns specimens Of srs.
One 81 the Kathb&us represents Satan wheel
Ing his grandmother 10 . barrow.
There 10 al Rsdesy, q small village is Eng
made by plovmsn, which contains the sx-
srsoriinaxy number Of 900, 900 old eorks,
and occupied ten ysars and sexen months In
building.
4 curious purchase has recently been
made for one Of the Paris museums. Il 10
confessional Of old Fiorcniine carving. Be.
sides the marvellous wosk on the panels, Il 10
surmouated by the heed Of the Sssior,
shlch, on touching spring, aIsappean end
gives flscs TO . disbolicai sisags, With horns
and tongues Of fire, we'll calculated 20 striks
= healthy terror into the minds Of penltents.
The Cathedral church, built in Lubbock In
the years ii70- 1914, hes curious clock. On !
the ead ef .hc hour hand 10 . little clock |
which keeps exsc, time .ish the large one. |
A lsdy In Hungary hes the aisssG used by
Mary Antoinet,s, In spinning, during her |
imprisonment. IL 10 of wood and ivory, in |
laid xith silver, and s,ili bears the hemp |
left upon it By the i'll fs,ed queen on the eve /
Of her execution.
In 1916 Lord sehuostsEbusy gave 10 ,595 !
francs for tooth OF Isaae Ns~son, which is |
aps sSziR ring and worn BY the eldest !
branch Of that family.
Among the antique Articles in possession |
ef NJ Ssssli, Of Maine, are . ss. Of pe~tsr
plates, bearing the seal ef King Bichsrd,
sad supposed to be more than four hundred |
ycsn old; also, one large silver spoon which |
represents all the money received for build
ing . saw snd grist mill-the payment
hssmg been made ia silver and then cast into !,
spoon.
Al Stalvenf. Is on the -Rhias there is sn |
sacisas church, reduced 10 ruins through .
Law sait sbout tithes, which lasted forty
years.
In the South -ksnsinston museum, nj Lon
don, 10 . snall watch about 100 yesrs old.
representing en- apple, the golden case oras-
mentsd with grains Of gold.
Miisrdet, swiss mschauieisS, exhibited
in London, in the last century, female
6gufe that played eighteen tunes on the
piano, sith all the motions Of aatursi lifey
the eyes following the movsmsass Of the
aassn on the keys, the pressure OF which
psodnssd the notes.