The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-04-06
NEW NOR.WESTERS.
The Shah of Persia believes in a stable
government. He has 400 horses.

Over 1000 700 gallons of water now daily
flow out through the Sutro tunnel.
Longfellew will stand between Dryden
and Chaueer in Westminster Abbey.
Justice Field, of the United States Supreme
Court, is going 70 visit Japan this summer.
Mollie McCarty, the well-known Califor
mia racing mare, recently died In that State
: The city of Minneapolis has long purse
She paid out $9Ss ,20S.29 for all purposes last
year.
Mr.. Tyner, formerly Postmaster General,
has decided to practice law at Bismarck,
Dakota.
IL people only made prudent marriages,
what stop to population there would be -
7hackerdy.
The London Times thinks England should
take action regarding the wild talk of Irish
agitators In America.
Gen. Weaver thinks the Greenback party
is wide awake, when, in point of fact, it is
only walking in its sleep.
The latest novelty is looking-glass upon
whose surface can be found indications of q
clear sky or coming storm.
A lively accident insurance agent issued
policies for SIC, 900 on single wedding party
going from Denver to Chicago.
The Falls of Minnehaha, immertalized by
Longfellew, are now enclosed in park, Of
which the other attr actions is a beer gar
den.
The makers of laws for North Carolina
have thought it necessary % enact a statute
which forbids the carrying of razors as
weapons.
A mixture of ninety-eight parts of pure
iron and two of nickel Is found to have all
the peculiarties of the best so-called
meteoric iron.
Mons. Jansen has found the high desert
plateaux of Algeria to have an atmosphere so
remarkably clear that the moons of Jupiter
are visible TO the naked eye.
There are now 156 Roman Catholic
churches, with 270 priests, within the diocese
of Boston, where II years ago there were but
80 churches, with % clergymen.
A Philadelphia paper thinks the enemies
of General Grant ought not to object to put
ting him on the two cent postage stamp, as
that is the only way ever contrived to get
him licked.
! II Is said that the only coin of the United
States that strictly conforms to the law is the
$40 gold piece. Other coins either lack
something prescribed or bear some device
unauthorized by law.
There is q general movement in Providence,
Il. l., TO dispense with blnders on horses-a
reformation begun years ago in England and
on this continent, and now fast spreading
| throughout the civilized world.
| D.o.. yy;lda ,ouy ", oLa, HE .roa,rapca In
| London drawing rooms in an open work EN-
broidered shirt showing black silk lining,
large yellow silk handkerchief thrust in the
breast of the coat, and high stock of the
past ages.
The Second Assistant Postmaster General
| has established a post route in Alaska from
Haines to Juneau, 105 miles, and the con-
| tract for service, which will be BY canoes,
has been awarded TO Sheldon jackson Of the
| Presbyterian Mission.
Mr.. Virgins is not faring we'll. "The ques-
ton Of his sanity has been raised here"
writes an Ottawa correspondent, who also
learns that ''the copyright of Virgins
almanac, which was held at a high figure
March 9th, would not sell to-day for S..
The last words of Tom Marshall, the great
Kentucky jurist, were: "This Is the end
am dying on borrowed bed, under a bor-
rowed blanket, In q house built by public
charity Bury me under that oak tree where
there is plenty Of room. have been crowded
all my life."
The time 'luring which the solemnlzation
Of marriage in England is legal being at
present between s o'clock in the morning
and noon, bill has been introduced In Par
Lament by Mr.. Cains, NJ. p, that proposes
TO lengthen this time by extending it up to
| O In the evening.
Michigan has grown to be State noted for
| historical names. For instance, George
Washington Is Sheriff of Bay county; John
| Quincy Adams, of Marquette, Is a member
Of the State Legislature; John Brown 10
Chief of Police at Muskegon, and William
Shakespeare is Quartermaster General of the
| State militia.
There are, according to French statistics,
| 4S,4S7 sailing vessels in the world, with a
tonnage of nearly 100000 England heads
| the list, and then come in their order Amer
lea, Norway, Germany, Italy, Russia and
| France. Great Britain has 4,317 steamers,
carrying 800, 900 tons. Next comes America,
with 504; then France, with Ala.
In July, 1878, a sailor of Elberfeld sent
letter to his son in Nikolaievsk, Siberia. The
letter arrived too late and was returned to
| the sender. The journey took three years.
1t was again directed, this time to Hong
Kong. 1t had the same misfortune; the sons
ship had sailed and lately, after nine years of
wandering, 1t again reached Elberfeld.
Probably the largest kite in the world was
recently made at Rochester, N. Y. The
frame was made ofiumber two inches wide
| by half an inch In thickness, and was covered
with MANILA paper. The surface contained
nearly two hundred and fifty square feet.
The string by which the kite was fown was
of three-eighth.inch rope, and five thousand
feet in length. 1t shot into the air like bal
loon, and after floating q mile high for two
hours, was only brought down by means of
pulley and team.
Probably the largest mass of rock that has
ever been transported, not excepting even the
blocks in the Egyptian Pyramids, was that
from which was cut the pedestal of the statue
Of Peter the Great, In st. Petersburg. IL was
q block Of granite weighing 5000, 900 pounds, |
or about ], 800 tons, and was found isolated |
on marshy ground about four miles from the |
Neva. Its shape was that of an irregular
prism, about twenty-four feet high, forty-
seven feet long and thirty feet broad in its |
largest dimensions.
The Scientific American gives the follow
ing recipe ss q sure cure for corns. As the |
remedy is very simple, If any Of our readers |
are afflicted with corns, 1t would probably |
be well for them TO give 1t trial: Take |
ne-fourth cup Of strong vinegar; crumble |
into it some bread. Let 1t stand half an |
hour, or until 1t softens into good poultice. |
Then apply 1t on retiring at night. In the |
morning the soreness will be gone, and the /
corn can De picked out. IL the corn Is a yery |
obstinate enc, II may require two or more |
applications to effect cure.
Jumbo, the big elephant, Is growing fat. |
His weight Is now about seven tons. He /
seems TO be satisfied with this country. |
Bridgeport ozone agrees with him; In fact he |
wouldn't 60 back to the old sod If he could. |
He Is very playful for one Of his size, and /
will stick bis trunk down into the pockets /
Of all who come within reach with the Free
dom Of an old acquaintance. He likes
almost everything, and, In spite of all |
lectures and sermons TO the contrary, will |
chew tobacco like an old sinner.
To the French belongs the distinction of |
producing the first ironclad, La Gloire, CON-
menced Ut Toulon In 1858. England, though |
at first inclined TO SCOT, soon followed the
leader, and by 1866 had no less than thirty
ironclads. So early As 1862, Sir @. j. Reed
introduced the cellular system, which IL pre-
snmed to be the greatest safeguard against
the sinking of . ship IN case of being at.