The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-02-16
PROM OVER TINE SEA.
yissss to shs British Mupan zad Hsyss
Aquarium.


fe anybody <ko is fond Of booss, o. ID .
student, or believes himself TO be student,
nothiHg eaA be more delightful than . visit
- the rsaang-room Of the British Massum.
No, tha. residing In the museum 10 sitegsthsr
without inconveniences, for 1t h NOD -
handy o taking down book from yosr svn
sAslves. Ia this library are s&ersA
COPIES OF ALL BOOKS
Published In England, every suthor haing
legally compelled to contributs his share to
the rssionsl book shelf so coon % hia volume
10 published. As soon s. you 70. Inside this
templs Of literature you End yourself be-
tween two good sized rooms, In each of
wh'ch some ffy or seventy people ere sit
ting st the tables, rssding and copying. The
wallis are covered With books, each reom
hsIding at . gusss, some fftssn OF twenty
thousand volumes.
The catalogue consists Of series sf large
folio volumes In manuscript, and 10 pisced
on dssk BY itself, convenient for the uss Of
everybody. Thees volumes ere new being
priatsd, and ere expected to take some forty
years to complete; the rate Of progress being
governed BY parliamentary grant Of $500
. year for the purpose, and when eomplstsd
will comprise
UPWARD OF THREE MILLION TITLES.
The Catalogue will be Of great vslas - .
key to the national library, but it 10 come
what slsrning to know that single copy
will cost subscribers some e9o0.
4 reader of experience will not 60 to the
museum until he has three or four objects CT
search. When be has found the number Of
the book he wants, 1t is jotted dswn On .
slip Of paper sad handed in to an s.sendsnt.
The economist Of time then returna TO She
catalogue to hunt up the titles of the ether
books he may want, and returns 70 the coun-
ter in the hope that his inst book may hsvs
light truck laden With learning In all forms
and shapes, bat eur book has net srrived;
We must wait little longer; st last 1t comss,
and wo sit down for our study. and In ths
attendants.
You may order any number Of volumes
you choose; and there 10 no limit to the
heaps Of learning With which you rssy sur.
round yourself except your dislike for giving
trouble, aad that soon wears off after tss or
three visits.
OPTICAL COURTESY.
Bat perhaps one Of the books you want
cannot be found In any Of the catalogues,
and you ask an attendant to help you in the
difficulty. He takes you into small room
to the head of the department. Judging BY
your looks Lnat you know what you are ask
ing for, he says: "You think there Is such
book, and We haven't got its" You answer
you have no doubt of it; 1t is published at
Chicago. The librarian duly replies: Then
l will order . copy, sir" and you retire,
praising In your mind the excellence Of the
arrangement, and will probably find 1t there
In due course.
Admission to the reading-roo Is easily
obtained. The libraries admit on the
recommendation of any respectable house
holder, and any one securing . reference is
readily granted . card Of admission, which
secures free entrance any time the museum
Is open. The rooms are now brilliantly
lighted by electric light, and the reader who
wants few hours entertainment cannot fail
to find something to bis taste in such an un-
limited bill Of fare.
THE ROYAL AQUARIUM
at Westminster has gained quite reYata-
tion for ito exhibition Of human cariosities,
and Mr.. Fsrini, ito entsrprisipg Manager, s
now exhibiting his latest novelty - the
"n!ssing link" between humanity sRa 10
monkey ancestors. The specimen Is MEM
ber of tho hairy family Of Burmah, . female
child of about seven years Of age; 20 the BE-
lief In the existence Of hairy race has been
confirmed beyond question. The child has
extraordinary hairy growth on the face,
while the down on the body and limbs gives
promise of thick fur later on In life. A
double row Of shsrk-like teeth are also very
remarkable, and the scientific professors are
evidently provided nut to crack which ID
| worthy Of the best efforts Of the crackers.
Another curiosity halls from the country oi
the blue noses. Mr.. Frank UEnsr, vho
brought the midgets to Londsn. last year, haa
introduced two remarkable curiosltiss oi
strangely contrasted proportions. He claims
The distinction Of showing at one exhibitions
both the
smallest AID rALLRsr PERSONS IN THI
| WORLD.
| The former is represented by diminutivt
crest ure Of great vivacity hailing from Now
Scotia. His name Is Dudley Forster, but HI
explaiusthat he has adopted the profession
al title Of general Tiny Mite" At the o.
of Is years he only measures 10 inches high
and does not weigh an ounce. over nv'
/ pounds. His colossal companion is Colone
Chang Yu Sing, born S5 years ago at Pekin
China. He weighs no less than 500 pounds
and has attained the enormous heIgh. Of
feet 8 inches. The contrast between thes
two when walking side by side Is somswha
ludicrous. The lsng Chinese robe whicl
the giant wears seems to terminate just aoov
his foot and yet the dwarf's head seems hard
iy to clear the hem OF his garment. The
are queer couple. KEMrsHIIL.
/ I0yDoy ENGLAND Ian IA 1883.