The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-05-18
NEW NOR'-W ESTERS.


Jay Cooke has recovered much of his for
tune, and is now. millionaire again.
The son of the late Thomas A. Scott i:
building the finest residence in Philadelphia
Umbrellas are made in France to the ag-
gregate value of S6,000,000. Turkey is bel
best foreign customer.
Berlin has population of 100000, and
IL has only fory-five places of worship, and
l., less than 100 ministers. @
A London physician says the English spar.
row is subject 10 the smallpox, and can
easily spread the disease. .ar
1t is estimated there are ! 200 towns west
of the Mississippi river without churches or
regular preaching of any kind.
Woo Chin Foo, the Chinese editor of New
York, has announced his intention to return
TO China to take part in the coming war be-
tween China and Japan.
A faro bank in Arizona has a trap door in
the floor through which the players can let
their watches down into pawn shop under.
meath without leaving their seats.
Mr.. Baillie, of Dochfour, one of the
largest landed proprietors in Scotland, died
at Florence few days ago. He owned 1885,
100 acres, principally in Inverness shire.
Archbishop Purcell is again In seriously
failing health, and he can scarcely articulate
above a whisper. He is living at the con-
vent of the Ursulnes, st. Martins, Ohio.
At recent sales in London J29 tons of ivory
were sold at an average of $3.50 per ton.
A large proportion were small tusks, showing
that many young elephants are destroyed.
Tn al ha tI I,a n
ment by worn silver Withdrawn from circu.
lation because of deficiency of weight by
wear and tear amounted last year to s140,.
600.
An Irishmau named Foley, in Bradford,
England, recently, In a spirit of bravado,
drank thirty-six glasses of whisky in rapid
succession. Of course he died just after his
thirty-sixth drink.
The statement that John Brown left ST.
600, ,000-a sum larger than has ever been left
by any British Lord Chancelor--is utterly
untrue. He may have left a few thousand
pounds, but that is all.
A writer In one Of the medical journals
says he has found the application of a strong
solution Of chronic acid three or four times
a day, by means of camel's hair pencil, TO
be the best and easiest method for removing
warts.
| The Rochester Post Express says that the
fact of New York paying S7,008, 900 a year
for its religion, and So, 900, 900 for its drinks,
| goes to show that the average Gethamite is
having more fun in this world than he can
expect in the next.
| Governor Sheldon, of New Mexico, lives in
a veritable palace. 1t is only one story high
and built of mud, but Il is 250 Ell long,
nearly three centuries old, has sheltered
Spanish Governors without number, and al.
ways held the name of "palace."
The worlds largest animals are disappear
| Ing. The elephant is said to be rapidly ap-
| preaching extinction, and In the interest of
| science IL Is suggested that the British Gov
ernment interfere to prevent the further d.
struction of this gigantic creature in India.
Representative Cobb, of the I'd Indiana
| district, surprised an Indianapolis reporter
the other day by exclaimins: 81 believe If
the Democratic Presidential convention
would meet tomorrow Joseph Z. McDon-
| aid would he nominated by acclamation."
Mr.. G. w. Cable has definitely reiinquished
his commercial occupations in New Orleans,
and will venture forth brave and already
| skilled sailor upon the enchanted sea of lit
wish him favorable winds and clear course
| by sun aud stars.
The French Admiralty are now having
| thirty.one vessels constructed In the Gov
eminent dock-yards and fifteen In private
yards. Fourteen of them are iron -clads,
| and are estimated to cost SJ,000,000. The
two principal ships, the Admiral Baudin and
the Formidable, are to cost S2, 100000 each.
DIR. Glenn, the murdered millionaire, of
California, left an estate comprising vast
tracts of land. When the appraisers visited
a certain portion of the land last February
they agreed that IL was worth nothng,on ac-
count of its lack of irrigation. Since the
bountiful spring rains they have marked the
same section as worth 100000.
The income of Uncle Sam is now about
81 900 a minute, on which he manages TO
sustain his immense household and keep up
his extensive plantation In fine style, and at
the same time cancel his obligations In a
style that astonishes the most expert finan.
ciers of the Old World.
Wasps' nests sometimes take fire, the igni- |
ton being caused, It is supposed, by chemi. |
cal action of the wax upon the paper like |
material forming the nests. 1t is believed |
that many mysterious fires in haystacks and |
farmers buildings have their origin In spon- |
taneous combustion Of this nature.
Now 1t is said Postmaster General Gres-
ham is making himself popular In Washing
ton, and the affairs of his Office are going |
along swimmingly. Mr.. Gresham, If he Is |
wise, will not make himself too popular; his |
happiness and lease of power will be pro-
longed just in proportion as be keeps the
valve of his popularity regulated so that the
indicator points below the Presidential
notch.
A Californian was told by lawyer that, in
consequence of an inaccurate statement In
newspaper articl' about him, he could get |
heavy damages, and SO he consented to the
bringing of suit On the trial his charac-
ter was shown to the jury In SO unpleasant a
light that they decided it to have been In
jured by the publication TO the extent of /
only one dollar. His expenses were $500,
and he now sues his counsel for that sum,
on the ground that bis advice was bad.
DIR. Genzmer states that the sense of touch
Is present In infants at birth, although the
faculty of feeling pain is slowly developed,
and 10 clearly indicated only after the child
has reached The age of four or five weeks;
smell and taste are not distinguishable in |
new born infants; hearing 10 perceptible in
the first, or, al latest, the second day of
life; light is quickly perceived Immediately
after birth, but evidences of complete visual
power do not appear for four or five weeks,
and it Is only after four or five months that
colors are clearly distinguished:
A few nights ago the editors atwork on the
top floor OF the tallest of the New York
newspaper buildings heard the FIRE engines
at lis base about midnight. Stepping to the
telephone between the Office and police head
quarters, uptown, one OF them asked the
agent there the somewhat startling question:
"Is our Office afire?" "No," was the prompt
reply; "ii's little building round the cornern
II was easier and more sure to INQUIRE of a
man mile away, who knew certainly about
II by the routine of reports from the nearest
police station, than TO go down stairs and see
for themselves.
In . paper before the London Geologists'
Association. Mr.. w. r. Stanley attributes the
rising and falling of the land surface of the
globe chiefly 10 the pressure of snow and Ice
a. the poles. IL Is supposed that the glacial
accumulation he's now reached great thick
ness 1t the South Pole, and 1t is Mr.. Stan
lsy's opinion that The weight Of the vast mass
upon the crast of the earth causes the extern
sive submergence ofthe southern hemisphere
which now exists. He shows that DIR. Croll's
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