The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-02-16
NEW NOR.WESTERS.

The total value Of all taxable property In
Nevada for the yesr 1857 was s2I 800 ,s35.S7.
Never educate child TO be . lady or gen.
| Spencer.
A propossl 10 made 10 cut canal eighty
| miles long which would ssparsts England
! from Scotland.
The new army bill reatriets the period Of
stat duty or Riltsry residence in Washing
ton TO three years.
Frsnce had bad ysar commercially. In
1882, her imports increasing three times -
fast - her exports.
There 10 ne srsns In which vanity displays
/ Itself under such . vsrieey Of forms - In
eonsesatlon.-Pssed
have lived to know thst the secret of
happiness 10 never to allow yeur energies to
tagnste.-Adam Clark.
The temperate are the NEST truly luxuri-
Gus. BY abstaining from most thinss, 1t is
surprising how many things We enjoy
lSinms.
A New York frn Of builders vhs failed
the other day could show only eTs5 assets to
match $3.50, ,OO Indebtedness. They buiided
Uoner than they knew.
Lost wealth may be replaced by industry;
lost knowledge by study; lost health by TEN
persnce or medicine; but lost time is gone
forever.-Sdmuet Smitts.
The astronomical discoveries of 1882 we're
larger than for many yesrs, end included no
less than eleven planets, raising the total 10
23l, and three comets. II was planetary
boom.
Il. r. T..
statement that ths British government has
decided to send out Lord Rolseley as Gov
srnor General Of Canada and successor Of
the Marquis Of Lorne.
The inaugural address Of Gov. O'Neal, of
Alabama, contained q sentence af 200 words.
In II was . comprehensive geographical de-
scription Of the State, and sprophesy Of fu-
ture commercial greatness.
Happily for the Chinese, says DR.. Young
lately Of Hong Kong, nearly all their medi-
cines are inert, such as pearls, tigers bones,
rhinoceros horns. fossil bones and other ar
ticles having no medicinal value.
The Western Union has given out q con-
tract TO lay an underground tube, capable Of
holding 200 telegraph wires, from its main
efkce In New York up Broadway to Twenty
third street, Q distance Of t~e miles.
A son of Mime. Loyson, the wife of Pere
Hyscinthe, Is employed In one Of the bu-
rsaus Of the Treasury Department. He IL .
| fine linguist and draugftsman, and Is quite .
fayorite In certain circles In Washington.
It 10 said that Mrs. Da Ponte, of New Or
leans, has gone to Washington for the pur-
pose of selling to the United States the origi-
nal parchment draft Of the Confederate
States constitution fer $50, ,0J0--if she can.
The Hon Joseph Holt, Presidrns Buchan-
an, postmaster general and afterward secre-
| tary of war aud Judge advocate general, lives
| In strict retirement in Washington. He Is a
childless widower, and Is seldom seen In
public.
Two propositions are being considered to
protect the obelisk in Central Park, New
York, from the weather. One Is TO place q
plate glass sheath around 1t, and the other to
build museum with dome for the shaft
! to stick up in.
| Hamp Bridgeman, OF Charleston, Arkan-
sas, while playing with . silver dollar, the
other day, got 1t stuck In bis throat, and, the
doctors, to save his life had TO drive 1t down
| into bis stomach, where II OCCASIONS him no
discomfort. He will never be "dead broke" |"
| Nearly all OF the best musicians of New
| York have bsen captured by the piano max
ers and are now sent around the country 70
advertise their wares. Now the big billiard
tabla manufacturers have seized upon the
famous players, and they, too, are sent
around the country rs advertising mediums.
| The lay torpedo was lately subjected TO .
severe test by Its inventor In the Bosphorus.
| II vas discharged over Q course q mile long
| as target only sixty nine feet In length. In
going to the mark the terPedo had TO pass
through three distinct currents and very
lunpy sea, but the trial proved very success
full.
Boston Corbett, the man who killed the
assassin Booth, 10 living In Kansas engaged
In the cattle business. He has become q
religious enthusiast, and In recent letter To
friend In Camden be says that ne has been
directed by God to inflict daily corporal pun
ishment upon himself As . penance for hav.
ing taken human life.
| The Atlanta, Ca, Constitution states that
athe money made by farming Is the clearest
best money In the world. 1t Is made In &C
cordanca with Gods first law-under honest
and genial infiuences-away from the tain,
of trade or the fierce heat of speculation
II hlls the pocket Of the farmer at the ex
psnse Of no other man. His gain is no mani
loss; but the more he makes the better fol
the world At large. Prosperous farmers make
Il
agriculture benefits the commonwealth"
The agent Of Massachusetts, cotton mill
SAYS the Electrician, who vas about to max,
q personal examination Of some matters rela
tive to the water power, had put on his rub
! Der leggings, when the treasurer made bi
appearance, and vas escorted through tn,
mills. After standing under large belt 70
n few minutes, tho agent touched the
tressurer's shoulderand gave him an electri
shock which nearly overturned the man o
money. The rubber boots and the man In
side Of them formed a large Leyden jar
| whose discharge was very severe, especiall,
to . person expecting nothing of the kind.
Geological examination of the delta Of th
:. Mississippi shows that for distance ofabou
| 200 miles there sre buried forests of lare
; trees. one over the other, with interspaces o
sand. Ten distinct forest growths Of thi
description have been observed, which II !
| believed must have succeeded each other
, |. OF these trees, known ~ the bald cypress
| seine have been found over twenty. Eve fee
. In diameter, and one contained 5,700 rings
In some instances, too, huge trees have grow
over the stumps Of others equally Large
Prem these facts geclogists haye assume
tie antiquity Of each forest growth as 1000
yean, or 100000 for all.
The present Congress has been notable fo
the number Of deaths among Its memberi
ths total reaches. nine, with the prospec
} that another, who 10 far gone In consumpticr
, will be added 10 the list, which now II
| cludes the names OF n. O'Connor Of Sout
! CaIolinA, Thomas Allen Of Missouri, Ger
, r. II. A. Hawk Of Illinois, Judge Smith Z
/ / Alabama, {who Was declared, after his deatl
to bs entitled TO the seat occupied by q. n
! Seeliy), Mr.. Lows Of Alabama, Senator Be
: Hill or Georgia, J. T. Updegraf Of Ohit
6odiove 8. OFth OF Indiana, and J. "
I Shackleferdof OF North Carolina. !.
. The New York Times 10 authority for th
q following story: A certain great family 81 =
! . wedding party, at which the wedding gift
. many, varisus. costly, splendid and rar
!. were ct forth In m upper chamber. A "
= Of presents, togsther with the names ~ U
q donors, with some slight suggestion - to u
! costliness Of some ofthe articles, was prints
. In morning newspaper. The female hea
/: cf the family, In . toploftical end who'll
I crushIng manner subsequently bewailed u
) inpsrtinsnes and valgarity Of the nswsp'
I pers. NeveFthslsss, the catalogue u presen
I and . list Of the pers0ns presenting N
present q the eersmony and reception VI
4 nads cut In The handwriting Of the fath'
tof The fapily.