The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-08-15
NEW NOR'-wESTERS.

Dorsey says the Democrats blundered.
Jay-Eye See Is said to have private record
of 200.
General Longstrset is keeping hotel in
Gainesville, Georgia.
DIR. Koch has received q grant of $100, 900
for his labors In the cholera infested dis
tricts.
Senator Bayard Is the fourth member of
his family TO serve as Senator in the United
States Senate.
A poor Chicago clerk won-S12, 900 at poker
last week and put 1t all In bis wife's hands
TO buy house.
The gross earnings Of the Suez Canal last
year were 100000, and the dividends
about 10 per cent.
William and General Moltke will die before
December 81, 1885.
Robert Griffin, of London, says the world
will not be large enough to hold the popula-
tion thousand years from now.
The mother Of Joaquin Miller ha, COM
menced suit against him for the division Of
some property held jointly by them.
The thermometer got up to 1e4 Monday,
and kept uncomfortably close to that figure
before and after.-Wdiia Wdlia Statesman.
"Ned Bunttine" has invited President
Arthur TO spend few days with him at
Eagle Nest, his home, near Stamford, New
York.
The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle Is informed
by an eminent physician of that city that
cholera never penetrated the pine regions of
the South.
John Habberton hasn't cent left from his
earnings by "Helen's Babies" He signed q
friends note and lost all he had. He has
nothing but bis Herald salary.
Mrs. Brown, in Merchant Traveller: What
is my opinion of intemperance 1t is a FIRE
we kindle in ourselves, without q dollars
worth Of insurance on the premises.
The Baltimore courts have struck out
boldly for reform. few days ago q man
was fined $25 and sentenced to three months
imprisonment for telling q lie in q horse
trade.
Fred Sharon, the Senator's son, married
Monday the divorced wife of j. w. Rrecken-
ridge, con Of the Vice President. A big
scandal thus ends. She was pretty, and
some said bad.
About the middle of July the Pope of
Rome had fainting fit, due 10 overwork and
the summer heat. He has always been more
or less subject to attacks Of this kind at the
beginning of the hot weather.
The most powerful electric light on the
Pacific coast, and one Of the largest in the
world, will soon be mounted on tire summit
of Telegraph bill, San Francisco. 1t will
ha af 20 nd la- n
high Is being put In place for 1t.
Rear Admiral Ammen says that the Pana-
ma canal will cost $500, ,000, 900 instead of
$l00,OOo, as estimated; and that when COM
pleted 1t will constantly require the most
formidable and expensive repairs. The
earth OF the isthmus, II seems, Is without
the requisite properties Of frnness and sta
bility.
Three-fourths of the present site of Den
yer was owned only few years ago by Ed
ward McClintock, who sold IL for pair of
French calf boots, a pound Of plug tobacco
and burro. McClintock drove an OK team
In the first overland train that ever crossed
the continent.
The Current claims to have printed during
the past six months about !, ,4S4 900 tens, "
and credits The Continent with having
printed during the same term about ,26S,
400. The number credited to the principal
monthlies is: Atlantic 57S,400, Harper's
CSC, 400, Century 950, 400.
One of the beauties of journalism shines
forth In this item: "The East Oregonian
goes to press to-day At q later hour than
usual on account Of the bad behavior Of
Thomas Orlando Powers and John Bennett,
two rather over-indulgent whisky guzzlers
who have been at work In this Office"
"You never hear Of Montana fever" said
q cattle man this week. Texas fever grows
out of the bad air and weather of the South
ern plains. IL Is less known in Colorado
near the mountains, aud with us Is almost
wholly unknown-probably never originates
In the North. Mountain streams, pure, dry
air and never failing pasturage insure Mon.
tana cattle against fever."-Pioneer Press.
Isaak Walton could find many followers
In the upper branches of the national legis.
lature. Senator Edmunds, for instance, Is q
most skillful angler, and can cast fly with
the best of fishermen. Wade Hampton, too,
has made cast that sent the end Of the line
twenty four yards out, aud he is thoroughly
versed In every branch Of spoit. Among the
best anglers In the Senate are Messrs. Frye,
Vest, Mcpherson. Platt, Kenna, Miller, Gar
land. Williams, Vance, Ransom, Riddleber'
ger, Msxey and Beck.
The French, In addition to the many ad
| want ages acquired by the conquest Of Anam
have also through the Tonquin war been
enabled to add new word TO their vocabn.
larry. That word Is tott, and all Paris II
| echoing with II. Tott takes the place Of chic
and pschutt. Tott means "6ne," '.just the
thing,"s'ali right" aud when Frenchmsr
says "c'est tott," II Is like putting the seal o
| his spprovxl upon the thing referred to. The
word Is from the Anamese vocabulary, and
is used constantly In Tonquin.
DR.. Ernest Hart has been visiting Naples
| and describes 1t In the British Medical Jour
nal rs the dirtiest, raggedest and most sqalit
| city in Europe, and one whose tax-pay ins
population is but &c, 600 persons out Of tota
Of 0,000, He says, moreover, that inaca
roni Is fast losing Its predominsnce As food
| of which 1t is one Of the rudest ferms-ant
| 10 tough, tasteless aud made In foul atmos
| phere. The bread Is tough and cavernous
and meat scarce and dear. He believes
| nevertheless, that Naples Is to have grea
| future on account Of the vines of the Hercu
laneum district and the slopes of Vesuvius
The Emperor of Anam has large piece o
water In his palace In which be keeps his re
/ serve treasure, 10 uo touCucu oHfy III CAso "
absolute necessity. The money not iatend
| cd for use Is placed In the followed ou
trunks OF trees, which are thrown into thu
water. To keep away thieves and prevent
the king himself from being tempted to draw
upon this reserve fund without sufficient
cause, number Of crocodIles are kept In thu
water, theis presence and the certainty ,
being eaten alive acting as wholesome re
straiDer, and insuring the security Of thu
royal treasure in most effectual manner
When IL becomes indispensable TO draw upot
this novel style os bank, the crocodiles hav'
TO be killed; but this can be done only will
the emperor's permission, and after the mat
ter has been duly approved BY the Ministe
of Finance.
One of the most sumptuous and expensive
books on the culinary art that the world ha,
ever seen Is the work OF q French artist
named Emile Bernard. So large Is this vel
ume that 1t will cover, even when closed,
moderate sized taole. The illustrations
which Adorn IL throughout, are excellen
representations Of the various dishes treates
Of, each photographed fun size BY an expen
sive aTparxtus constructed especially for tn
purpose. The letterpress, the binding, th,
gilding-indsed everything connected viii
this huge tome-are most elaborate, AMI
/ crtHtuu a. macs. rheS aaoVua I