The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-10-12
NEW NOR'-wESTERS.

The Count de Chambord left 1000
francs to the fund Of "Peter's pence"
Georgia has required hotels that do n
use real butter to display conspicuous sig
"This hotel uses oleomargarine."
The Indians out West called Senat
Dawes, one of the members of the Indii
Commission, "The-man-who- -goes-to-slee
standing-up."
One pawnbroker in New York says th
in year he received 10000 coats, vests an
pantaloons, of which number he sold 50,0
and 10000 thousand were redeemed.
A: a scientific meeting at Naples, in Apri
Mr.. Charles Deperais advocated the embaln
ing of bodies by boiling them in solutio
of chloride of calcium, and then In q solt
tion of sulphate of soda.
The ceremony of comforting the palliul
on Archbishop Elder, at Cincinnati, set dow
for September Both, has been postpone
without date, owing to the delay in sendin
the pallium from Rome.
The Rail,cdy Age shows in its current |:
sue the amount of main track added to th
railways of the Union during the nine month
ending Sept. 30th to be Al PA, against sos
for the same period last year.
DR.. Fl. Webster Jones, the Chicago physi
clan who has given up practice wort
eighty thousand a year for another man.
wife, and eloped with her to Australia, is
| grandson of Noah Webster, the lexIcogra
pher.
The Canadian Pacific railways officers sa,
that the distance from New York to Por
Moody, over their road, when completed viii
be 1854 miles; whereas the distance between
New York and San Francisco, by the short
est lines, is 1881 miles.
John W. Steith, an eccentric old man o
st. Louis, died, and two weeks later his will
was found in an old stove. He willed about
S1.750,0OO of other peoples property to va
rious charities, and left the court house to
an evangelist for "Big Bethel"
The wire fence war will engage an extra
session of the Texas Legislature. Some OF
the pastures are fenced without a break foI
forty miles or more, and the only choice left
to travellers Is either to drive two days
journey out of their way or cut the fences.
The estimated yield of the hop crop on the
Pacific coast is 10000 bales, being $4,000
bales increase over last year. The new crop
Is coming forward quietly, and is fair in
quality; 1,150 bales of old crop remain in
first hands. The market is dull, and buyers
and growers are apart.
George H. Willitt, in jail at Caldwell, n.
Y, made a beautiful miniature church and
sent it to the Warren county fair for exhibi.
tion. The managers of that great moral
show would not permit it to be shown, how
ever, on the ground that 1t might excite SYM
pathy. Willet is supposed to be murderer.
Tennessee has at least one public school
teacher who might be dispensed with. He
goes to his school barefooted, In bis shirt
sleeves, without any collar on, his shirt
bosom open, and his pants rolled up to his
knees, notwithstanding the fact he has near
ly grown young ladies among his scholars.
1t Is said that water has the same effect upon
him as upon q mad dog.
For a considerable time the Belgian
War Department has been testing process
Of waterproo6ng soldiers uniforms. in which
the cloth Is soaked In solution of acetate
of alumina. The medical authorities are
said to have thoroughly satisfied themselves
that the articles of dress thus treated permit
the perspiration to pass of freely, and chem
ical analysis has proven that the solution
does not injure the fabric or Its color. The
cloth may be washed without affecting Its
waterproof quality.
Belgium is the only country in Europe
which, like the United States of America, is
absolutely without censorship. A clause
In the Belgian Constitution Of 1880 declares
not only that the censorship Is abolished but
that 1t can "never be re.established." Books
and plays which could not pass the censor
ship in France may be brought out in Bel.
GUM; and comedy by NJ. Delair now about
to be produced In Brussels had been con-
demned and rejected by the theatrical GEN.
sorship of Paris.
Some one has been giving attention to the
travelling commercial class known az drum
mers, with a view to finding out how they
stand. From careful inquiry 1t Is estimated
that there are about 10000 of them in this
country, including men who run around
selling on commission. Some of them get
SIC, 900 year and expenses, quite q number
get from 81, 900 to 5000 year, and the av-
erage salary is about $500 and expenses,
which average So day.
Lieutenant Dix. of the Russian army, has
discovered new illuminating substance in
the form of powder which Gauss any OBJ
jec,s to which It may be applied to become
luminous. Water In o glass vessel may be
converted into an illuminating fluid by the
addition of some of the powder. This new
illuminant consumes no oxygen, and Its use
In mining operations IS therefore recon-
mended. Its illuminating power lasts eight
hours, when a new supply Of the substance
becomes necessary. The German Govern
ment has lately been experimenting with
the substance.
Paso del Norte Is 800 years old. 1t has
one lonely street exactly seven miles long.
Its principal point of interest is the Guada-
loupe Cathedral, which is over 800 years old,
and has had no repairs for at least 200 years.
1t has no pews. There Is only piece Of
carpet spread In front of the altar, and on
this the worshippers kneel one at a time.
Generations have come aud gone and moth
ing has been done to improve this ancient
town until now, when they have begun the
restoratio of the Grand Plaza. The Mexi-
can Central railroad depot is the only mod
ern ediiice in the place.
In the last analysis traces of good will be
found even in Jay Gould. heard story
the other day in which they cropped out.
When Gould was a tanner at Gouldsboro,
he was In and out of Stroudsburgh, the near
est large town, pretty often. On one of these
trips he found himself in great need of suit
of new clothes. He wasn't writing 81 ,000,-
900 checks rs freely then as now, and occa-
sionally found himself pretty hard up. This
was one of these occasions. In his dilemma
the wife of the keeper of the inn at which he
usually stopped came forward and guaran-
teed the payment of the tailor's bill. In due
time Gould paid the bill, and he never for
cot his friend,s kindness She In still living
at StroudsbuTgh, although her children have
drifted to the four corners of the United
States. Every year Gould sends her passes
over all his railroads, so that she can visit
her children ut will.-The Capital.
Bret Harte's latest novel, "In the Carqui-
nez Woods" !" Is the best work he has done
for some time. A woman who has murdered
her paramour escapes from the sheriff, and
hides In the Carquinez red woods. She Is
there concealed by haifh Indian, en-
gagged IN collecting specimens for botanists.
The Indian is In love with q frivolous, pref
ty girl, the belle of neighboring mining
town, who coquettes with him and finally
casts him off. In the reaction be begins to
love the soiled dove whom his hollow-tree
home has been sheltering. Meanwhile the
sheriff of Calaveras county, also suitor Of
the town coquette, hears the report that she
makes amorous rendezvous with the half
breed. In . fit OF jealousy he resolves to
slay them both, and penetrates the forest for
that purpose. But Q vast fire Is raging, and
the sheriff, the Indian, and the Magdelen all
perish In the flames. The story is extremely
tragic, but 10 breathes Of the writer's pristine
freshness and vigor. The beautiful descrip-
tions for which Bret Harte 10 50 justly famous