The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-12-14
NEW NoR,-yvEsrERs.

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| Ii 70 Tai, San Francisco's Chinese doctor
makes 10000 ayear.
The greatest aggregate Of fire losses in this
country is from the burning Of tobacco.
/ The Duke Of Argyll, although pro
nounced teetotaler, owns ~ distilleries.
The Emperor of China employs eight
eunuchs 10 check him when he Is beginning
to eat too much.4.
| II. Haupt, las General Manager Of the
! Northern Pacific, Is now President OF the
| Dakota & Southwestern Railroad.
IL was Cato who said nhe had rather pso-
pie should iaquire why Inc had not statue
/ elected to his memory than why he had"
1t is said that one of the piers of the Bis
marck bridge has sunk over six inches, and
| 1t is thought The bridge will have TO be re-
built.
The comet will not be visible TO the naked
eye much, If any, before New Years day,
but when 1t comes IL will remain in sight for
year.
/ A mule kicked locomotive at the Phoenix
Iron Works, In Pennsylvania, and bent the
piston.rod so badly that the iron horse was
laid up for repairs.
Reagan, Of Texas, is going to press his in
ter State commerce bill this winter, and Is
confident of its passage. He attributes its
| defeat before to Randall.
| Presiden: Arthur Is one of the 10000
members of the "Ancient Order Of United
| Workmen." He belongs to New York
City lodge, and is In full and regular stand
ing.
"Judas Priest" or "Jujube Paste," Is the
worst oath Gen. Grant ever swears. It is
plain that In his boyhood the ex-President
never enjoyed the privileges Of public
school.
Newly killed venison, in Ceylon, is cover
| ed down with honey in large earthen pots.
| These are not opened for three years, and
the meat so preserved is said TO be OF the
most delicious flavor.
Count Won Moltke's mind Is failing. His
memory is a blank and he fails to recognize
even intimate friends. He Is living on his
estate at Kreisan in strict privacy, having
ceased all official work.
The Salvation Army, with Its ifes and
drums, IS having hard time In Switzerland.
The authorities declare that religious liberty
does not give person the right to convert
himself into religious nuisance.
. his appears 10 be the ticket and platform
for which the New York Sun is yearning
For President, Anybody Wbocanwin, Of Any
where. For Vice President, Anyone Who
sanhelpwin, of Whateyerstate. Platform,
| Give us all the offices.
"There are two things" says patent law
| yer, "that have absorbed more brain tissue
| from the heads OF inventive gennses than
would be necessary to outweigh all the gold
that has been In consequence put into their
pockets--railroad couplings and bedsteads."
Mr.. Morgan, Of Savannah, Georgia, made
lucky strike and became possessed Of $50,-
900. He went to Europe and then went
crazy. Too much money made him mad.
| He Is now in German asylum. There are
many of us who would take the $50, 900 and
run the risk Of the lunacy.
"No,r said the landscape painter, al don't
call myself an artist now. III you want to
see an artist you will have to go over oppo-
| site, where you see that gentleman painting
| the fence; or if that is too much trouble,
| Just drop into the nearest burnt-cork min
strel show and you will find artists by the
| score.n
The introduction Of electricity as substi-
| tute for lamps and candles on board ship is
| making rapid progress. There Is one source
of safety IN this 10 the ship and the passen.
gers. All lights are put out at III O'Clock.
After this time people may talk In the dark,
but there is no possibility Of the reckless use
Of lights and lamps.
A burned theatre breads the fire. The
| Alhambra, OF London, which has been re-
built, Is now considered 6re-proof. In Chi
| cago this would mean that u was extra in
| fiammable. The whole theatre Is made Of
| iron and concrete. Even the doors of the
boxes are Of iron. The stage arrangements
have four coats OF asbestos fire proof paint.
Holland, in the last three centuries, has
recovered from the sea at least 10000 acres.
| The Lake Of Harlem become terra firma be-
tween 1910 and 1852, and the Zuyder Zee Ia
| In process OF transformation into 100000
valuable acres. Holland has now ] 1,497 900
oxen and cows, and her present output Of
cheese IL estimated as worth $3,000,000
The vast Mohammedan University, at
| Cairo, TO which II. 900 pupils are sent from
| all parts of the Moslem world, aud which Is
the principal sest of learning of that faith,
has declared against the claim of I'll Mahdi
10 be the representative Of the Prophet, and
| denounced him as an imposter. This action,
lit Is thought, cannot fail to greatly lessen the
invaders chances OF success In bis ambitious
schemes.
Mr.. Willard has bought another tract of
| land on the Hudson. This will be added 20
| his original estate, and during the coming
winter and spring all will he laid out In an
elaborate park, with lawns, drives, lakes and
stAtuary. The total cost Of the estate and
improvements will reach $iI0,000. Mr.. VII
/ lard boasts that In the spring he will COLI
struct the noblest castle that has yet graced
| the Hudson.
| Ferdemeyer and Guerrero, who are trund-
| ling wkeelbarrows across the continent from
San Francisco TO New York, for purse Of
$2 900, arrived 1t Ogden on Saturday. They
started from San Francisco on the 7th of Oc-
tober. Their time Of starting was entered
on their books there, and their books are 10
| be stamped In every postf1ice that they pass.
The two will travel together To Cheyenne,
and then each will take whatever route he
may choose. They expect TO repor. At the
New York City postofice about the middle
OF March next.
There Is little monthly magazine in Bos-
| ton for boys and girls called Pansy that has
| . curious history. This name was the uon.
| de plume Of the wife OF Presbyterian min
lister, who lived four miles from Utica, MY.
She wrote books for children to the number
of thirty-six, aud they proved SO very popu-
lar that her publisher decided to issue
monthly periodical, 70 be edited BY her and
10 bear her nom. Her real name Is Mrs.
Alden, and her publishers have now sent ont
/ handsome steel engraving OF her TO all
their subscribers. The face Is that of an In
ltelligent and motherly person.
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