The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-10-12

NOTES OF THE DAY.

The falls of the Potomac are to be used to
run an electric light machine.
Mr.. Sala likens bnckwheat cakes to thin
disks Of flannel vest slightly fried.
The Prince Of Wales weighs 224 pounds,
Lord Beacens6eld weighed about 1856.
The Empress Of Russia has Just ordered .
cloak Of sable trimmed with diamonds, the
whole to cost 5000.
d. Worth, the Parisian fashion king, Is IS
years old, fat, pleasant looking and most i'm
pressively balc-headed.
:, The Florida Times quantity remarks that
when Lieutenant Greedy gets homo he may
boast that 1t Ia cold day when be gets lsft.
A public meeting has been called at Neuf.
chatel for next Sunday to demand of the au-
thorities the expulsion from Switzerland Of
the Salvation Army.
Dom Pedro has given Prof. Lacerda S20,-
600 for his discovery OF permanganate Of po-
tassium, hypodermicsily injected, Is an anti
dote for the bite Of the cobra.
One Texas widow wants S50,OCO, and an
other one wants 900 for husbands killed
BY railroads. The Texas husband seems to
be worth good deal more dead than alive.
The lottery war brings out the fact that
Frank Hatton Is not high in the graces of
Gresham. In fact, he seems to have been re-
legated TO seat where the atmosphere Is
very chilly.
A Pottsville, Pa, lady boasts that pitcher
hasn't been broken In her house for thirteen
years. Anexchange thinks that she evident
ly gets her beer in tin pail and uses con-
densed milk.
John Swinton, of the N. Y. Sun, testified
before the Senate labor committe, that news.
paper reporters were paid from s., 900 to ST.
600 per year. Since then he has received
thousands of applications for the 5000 pc.
sitions.
Thomas Mast, who has temporarily discon-
tinued his cartoons, lives In Morristown, N.
j., and travels but little, though he has re-
Gently visited Saratoga Springs. He Is said
to have received $4,000 in wages from the
Harpers.
The Canadian Pacific Railway authorities
have issued circulars directing that conduct
ors shall not allow passengers to turn over
tae seats or any one to take parcel Of any
kind into q car, luDch-baskets being rigidly
excluded.
"Gentlemen," said the Texas man in the
restaurant when the waiter dumped . plate
Of hot soup down his back, "Gentlemen,
don't laugh" As he had risen to his feet
and drawn two revolvers, his wishes were
respected.
When Mr.. Kinsella, of the Brooklyn Eagle,
was In Ireland he was surprised ct the tame
ness Of the crows, and asked . man why 1t
was: "Ah, sir" he responded, "sorra wan Of
'em but knows no Irishman's allowed to
carry gum"
"The tap Of the drum deadens thought,
asserted Speaker Chaplin at the Buffalo con-
vention. Yes, Mr.. Chapin, that 10 charac-
teristic Of taps. The same thing can truth
fully be said Of the tap Of beer barrel, or .
tap on the head with club.
The first Chinese child ever born In WASH
ington is Miss Mi Ju, daughter of the
Chinese Minister, who opened her eyes upon
the nations capital about q month since.
The first syllable of her name, MI, signifies
America, and was bestowed In honor Of this
country.
or Its land bounty from the Government,
the Northern Pacific corporation has parted
with three million acres In Dakota, and still
holds eight millions. It has Is, O0O,O 900 acres
In Montana, 100000 acres in Idaho, and
millions upon millions In Oregon and Wash
ington Territory
President Tanner, of the ILLINOIS college,
says that Illinois Is not rich except prospect
lively. The State is doing business on Dor
rowed capital. Ten years ago her farms
were mortgaged for half of their value, and
two-fifths Of her corn fields were owned east
Of the Aileghenies. Ten years hence the
mortgages will be lifted.
London shopkeepers appear to be at their
wits end to attract custom, for their latest
vile Is TO hand their purchasers . cup O. tea
or coffee, which little attention so warns
the cookies Of their hearts that they immedi.
ately revive and buy something. 1t Is said
TO be an Eastern custom, and one that may
well be dreaded by husbands of those ex-
travagant wives who only stop shopping
when psngs Of hunger assail them.