The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-07-06
NEW NoR'-WEsTERS.
Amasa Stones estate proves to be worth
about Sc. 900.

Senator HawIey's Hartford Courdat al
lndes to Mr.. WatteTson as "the rowing buc
cancer" of Democracy.
If Mrs. Langtry gets a divorce, il will b.
the injured husbands turn to come owe
here in the fall for starring season.
When drummer loses the sack in whicl
, he carries his samples, you may very proper
ly say that he has lost his grip.
Mr.. Small, the Southern humorist, is IL
bad luck. At last accounts bis funny parag
me Georgia Major, was IN the nanas oi liz
sheriff.
The tide of United States emigration Il
Mexico has gone far enough to prove the ole
story, that men unable to succeed here dc
not succeed there.
James Gordon Bennett estimates the value
OF the New York Herald at S10,000,000, ant
says it is paying SIX per cent. per annum in
terest on that amount.
Cassius NJ. Clay, of Kentucky, is the same
fiery Cassus as of old. Some one having
stole his sheep, he offers reward of S10C
"for the discovery of the thief-dead oil
alive"
If Cardinal Manning attends the Queens
levee this season, as 1t Is said he will do, his
health allowing, it will be the first instance
in some centuries of Roman Catholic bishop
going to court.
Secretary of War Lincoln has become a
student. He shuns social life and spends his
evenings in his study, mastering written
politics. History and political economy he
pores over De Tocqueville lies open on his
table.
Loco, whom General Crook captured, is
lawfully the head chief of all the ApacheS.
When he was a gilded youth of the cigarette
smoking period he got the name Loco, or
''fool," but during recent years his ability
as scalp-taker has been proven more than
! once.
The strange announcement has been made
| by foreign journal that the Pail Mall Ga
Zette says the Suez Canal is in a fair way to
become a stagnent sewer. The stations on
It's bank drain into, it is never flushed, there
is no tide and the stencil is becoming un-
| bearable.
Although three or four crystals of the gen.
uiue precious topaz, remarkable for size and
clearness, have been found near Pixies Peak,
II. T. Cross asserts that the stone which is
cut in Colorado and sold as topaz to tourists
| Is not topaz at all, but simply smoky quartz,
| or the cairngorm stone of Scotland.
For engine lubricating oil, take tallow
melt it and shake with it enough coal oil to
keep it liquid according 10 the weather,
and you will have the best oil that can be
got at any price, at less than forty cents per
gallon. For ordinary bearing, use black oil,
which is worth, delivered, about ten cents
per gallon, including barrel.
The latest gossip about General Arthur is
that his right arm Is an inch and a half
longer than when he became President. Ev-
cry day he goes out into the reception room
| and shakes hands with a great crowd of peo-
pie. Washington taIlors say the right arms
Of nearly all men of note are from one to
two inches longer than the left, all on ac-
count of handshaking.
We read, says the Scientific american,
every now and then of cases in which bur-
glars are supposed to have rendered their
victims unconscious by holding cloths wet
| with Chloroform to keyholes before entering
an apartment. OF course, the absurdity of
such fiction is apparent. Whether sleepers
can pass from the natural TO chloroform
sleep, If 1t is held near the face, is still
question.
Fifty years ago the physiology taught med
cal students was very different from that of
to-day. One of the favorite precepts of
physician of that time was absolute diet af
ter surgical operations. This was taught
the class. But one day he asked a student
what was meant by absolute diet. The stu
dent said "toast or barley water" "Will
any gentleman tell me what is meant by alb
solute diet?" appealing to the whole class.
There was no reply. "Water, gentlemen,
water"
A fine ginger beer-a very wholesome and
refreshing drink in warm weather-may be
made as follows: Take ten pounds OF sugar,
nine ounces of lemon juice, half a pound of
honey, eleven ounces of bruised ginger root,
nine gallons OF water, and three pints Of
yeast; boil the ginger half an hour in gal.
lon of water, then add the rest Of the water
and the other ingredients, and strain when
cold; add the white of all egg well beaten;
let stand four days and bottle.
The papal income from Peters pence has,
during the past few months of this year, con-
tinued to decrease rapidly. An appeal TO all
the bishops Of ChrIstendom to awaken the
consciences of the faithful TO the necessity Of
providing the means without which the Vat
ican cannot meet its many calls, is being
prepared. Since the 1st Of April, however,
the Pope has received from five individuals,
not Italians, gifts amounting to 100000
francs. One of these offerings consisted Of
500, 900 francs. They we're all offerings TO
Leo XIII personally at private audiences.
Carving In ivory Is carried nowadays to a
very high degree Of excellence in Paris.
There is in a showroom in Bond street,
London, bus. of a lady of the time Of
Mary, Queen of Scots, lately executed in the
French capital by A. Moreau Vauthier,
which gives a good idea of what can be done
in this department of the fine arts. The
head and neck, made from one splendid
piece Of marble aad exqusitely modelled,
are those of a dainty and somewhat super
cilious court lady. The high ruff is ofsilver,
10 initiate lace, and the pattern of the heavy
sick brocade OF the dress is laboriously
worked out IN ivory. The bust stands on a
pedestal Of Algerine onyx. II is eighteen
inches high, and is priced at $4,000.
A good plan for running the pipe through
the ceiling to the reom above so as TO be safe
from the danger of fire would be 10 cut a
hole about six TO eight inches larger than the
pipe, then take piece of sheet zine with a
hole in the center, the size of the pipe, liber-
ally perforated with holes; with this cover
the space from the pipe To the aperture in the
ceiling. Line the aperture from ceiling to
the floor above with sheet zinc, with another
PiatC VII lbc htOEs w bHdb
on the ceiling. This allows Of the circula. |
tion of air, and will keep the space outsae |
of the pipe at temperature SO low as to |
avoid any danger Of fire.
A friend Of mine tells me that Jay Gouid's |
property is all in his wife's name. He claims
that he got his facts from first hand and gives |
all necessary names and dates. A contractor |
living on Seventy eighth street aud Third |
avenue, had an attachment against Jay |
Gould for some repairs on his property up |
the Hudson. Gould refused TO meet the de-
mand, because he thought II was excessive. |
The man thereupon got an attachment and |
sent Deputy Sheriff TO Irvington. The
deputy made thorough investigation and |
found that every bit Of Gould's property, In
cluding furniture, farm implements, live |
stock, house and ground were In Mrs. .Gould's /
name. All household checks are made by |
Mrs. Could Washington star Correspoa-