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The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-07-18

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"When we put furs into storage for the
season." said q man recently, "our first care
Is to beat them thoroughly with rattans to
drive the dust out, and get rid of the moth
eggs that may have been laid in them or
been blown into them from the air. This
done, they are hung on wire frames that dis
tend them and put into closets that are lined
with tar paper. Moths cannot stand the
strong odor Of tar, and never live long un-
der It's influence. Every three or four weeks
the furs are taken from the closets and beaten
with rattans; and so, in the course OF sea-
son, every article has to be handled at least
q dozen times. In old times camphor was
used, but 1t has been discovered that 1t had
q tendency TO detract from their color, and
make them much lighter in hue. suppose
there is something in the dyes used for sable
and other dark furs that camphor influences.
Old women still use that drug, however, and
when you see q sealskin sacque, or cloak, or
dolman, that shows streaks of gray or q
muddy yellow, you can be sure that It has
been kept In camphor through the hot wsa-
ther. The whole secret of keeping furs Is
to beat all the dust out Of them and then
keep them in close closet impregnated with
the oior OF tar. Another old preventive
was pepper, either Cayenne or common
black, but this has been abandoned; and
some good housekeepers used 10 keep their
furs In tobacco cuttings. have seen moths
flourish In tobacco; and, where have seen
insect powders used, they have sometimes
injured the fnrs In some way, or have been
totally useless in guarding them from their
bitter foe.
"Another desideratum in storing fars Is
strict cleanliness. We wash all the closets
every spring with water and common wash
ing soda. and the latter serves to destroy any
moth eggs thai may have 60. into the place,
Thus our closets are never invaded by the
moths, but should We show carelessness for
single week the result would be disastrous
MufIs, collars and other small articles We
keep in boxes, packing with them sufficient
tar paper to keep cut the moth; and the
shelves on which they stand are always kept
free from dust"
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LAST JULY.

She's barely twenty, and her eyes
Are very soft and very blue;
Her lips seem made for sweet replies
Perhaps they're made for kisses, too;
Her little teeth are white as pearl,
Her nose aspires unto the sky.
She really IL a charming girl,
And adorsd her-last July.
We danced and swan and bowled and walked
She let me squeeze her finger tips.
Entranced listened when she talked,
And trash seemed wisdom from her lips.
sent her roses till my purse
Was drained, found, completely Dry
/ longsd TO sing her charms In verse
But all Of this was last July.
or course at last We had to part
/ saw a tear-drop on her cheek,
left her with An aching heart,
And dreamt about her for week.
But out of sight is out Of mind,
And somehow, az the time went by,
Much fainter began TO find
The memory of last July.
July has come again at last;
With summer gowns the rocks are gray,
1t seemed an echo of the past
To meet her on the beach to-day.
She's even fairer than of yore,
And yet, could not tell you why,
find the girl an awful bore
So long Il is since last July.
Sophie 81. G. Laurence In July Century.
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Poll Mall Gdxette.

4 correspondent, referring to the criticism
Of certain Scotch Ssbbatarians in regard to
Mr.. Irvipgs Sunday journeys in America,
says: In Chicago and other Western cities
many of the theatres are open on Sunday.
Mr.. Irving being asked his opinion Of this
adoption Of the French view Of the seventh
day, spoke strongly against 1t, whether on
so-called Scriptural grounds or not cannot
say. As to his breaking tho Sabbath by
travel, IL weuld have been impossible Tor
him to fulfil his engagements unless he had
spent some portion Of the seventh day on
the railway. II . mans morality is TO be
judged on the lines Of the Sabbath Protsc-
tion Society Of Scotland, the Master whom
they are supposed to serve stands condemned
by his professed worshippers. And this
thought reminds me Of story have heard
Irving tell about an old Scotch woman, liv-
ing not far from Balnoral, who criticised the
Queen somewhat hostilely for having ridden
out on Sunday. Net with the retort that
Christ himself plucked ears Of wheat on the
Sabbath, the orthodox old person (no doubt
member Of the Sabbath Protection Society
exclaimed, "Ah, yes; I ken all about that,
and dinns think any the better on him
for itl'
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Ornansnssd Money.
Ne,c York Nail and Express.


~ am worked to DEATH" said AZ engravsr
yesterday. "worksd to death making but
tons Of gold dollars with the owners mono
gram engraved on them. made . couple
Of dozen Of such buttons for leading &C.
tress not long ago. The initials were cut
deeply in the gold dollar, then enamelsd, the
whole costing 500. Very few can afford
such expensive buttons. For the ordinary
monogram, We generally use 1o-csnt pieces.
They are suoothsd, the monogram engraved
on one side, and some fancy figure on the
other. The figures are Of oil sorts, from
bulldogs to Greek gods. I made two comi-
cal snes yesterday. One represented sailor
ana soldier with Cupid on the head Of each.
The sailor sat on reclining COW, and the
soldier on sawbuck. Another, ordered BY
young lady, represented jackass, mon
key, and dude, with their heads lovingly
together, while underneath was the inscrip-
tion, The Three Gracss.'
aSsveral days ago made one still moro
peculiar. Il represented 1T man sleeping
on sofa- Huge pieces Of cheese and pie,
with spider Leg and skeleton hcads, ran over
his body. Thsss were undoubtedly intend
ID fsr jokes. Still some people seriously
srdsr incongruous designs, and chuckls ovsr
tbs originally q thsir conceptions, and ~
cipisnts probably chuckls just = much over
The tasts Of ths donor"
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The composing room of the New Orleans
Picayune Is situated in the upper story Of its
publication house, just under the roof, and
In summer Is extremely hot. An inspiration
seemed to have come to ono Of the oppressed
occupants, and In accordance with It YER
tical wooden box was constructed in the cor
ner Of the room, with openings at the door
and ceiling, and furnished with pipe for
supplying water at the top, and pan and
drain at the bottom for receiving the how
and carrying it safely away. The supply
pipe Was bent over the upper end Of the
shaft, and fitted with rose like that Of .
watering pot, 90 q 10 deliver . shower Of
spray instead of . solid stream. On con-
Meeting IL with the service pipe, the move
ment Of the water was found to cause an
active circulation Of the air in that part Of
the room, which was drawn in at the upper
opening Of the shaft and issued again, cool
and fresh, 1t the floor level. The most sur
prising thing about the experiment seems to
have been the effect Of the water In cooling
the cir to degree much below it, own tenn
perature. With Mississippi water, which,
whsn drawn from the service pipe, indicated
temperature Of eighty -four degrees, the ail
Of the room, in which the thermcmster q
the beginning Of the trial stood st ninety six
was cooled In passing through the length oi
the shaft to seventy-four degrees, or about
twenty degrees below the temperature 4
which Il entered, and ten degrees below thai
Of the water which was used 70 cool u. O
course The absorption Or hest b. the evapo.
ration Of portion " the water, accounts fsl
IL refrigsrating effect, but the result sssmi
y have bssn - sssily and inexpsnsivsly -
tained, that the experiment would b well
worth repeating In othsr Gases.
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Points About Patents.
Wa.hinoton Corr. Ne,o York Sun.

Washington Corr. Net0 York sun.
The belief Of some persons that sugar In
paying quantities can be got from cornstalks
as we'll as from sorghum, recalls the fact that
the State of Connecticut gave to Edward
Hinman patent for making molssses from
cornstalks In October, I'LL, or nearly l67
years ago. Senator Plat. who introduced
this statement in . recent speech, cited some
other curious old Connecticut patents, show
ing that the spirit of invention was rife there
at an early date. There were no devices In
the list for manufacturing wooden nutmegs,
but In 1888 patent was given to Benjamin
Hanks for "a clock which will wind itself
up." J
Another interesting point that may be de-
rived from Mr.. Platt's table is, that while in
I79o there were but three patents issued BY
the United States Government, In 1902 but
eleven, and In 1895 but twelve, the issue for
year before last was 1875, and for last yeal
it was q, 100. Al certain epochs there have
been remarkable jumps in the annual list
Thus In 1854 the number Of new patents rose
to 1,759 from only s46 for the previous year,
and the gain vas held and continued. SO In
1866 the new issues were S,s74, but the foi.
lowing year the number bounded to 12,soi'
Very oddly 1t never afterward varied 2,oOc
up or down during fourteen years, the new
issues for 1880 being l2,o20. But the next
year the number suddenly started forward
TO l5,54s, and there have since been steady
and great gains. II the Reissues and the de-
signs Of last year should be added TO the new
patents, the aggregate would be 22.SSS.
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A CREDITABLE OVERSIGHT.
A Bn tn. objecsor. Failed to Motto.

WASHINGTON, July 9.-The last act passed
by the Forty-eighth Congress at Its first ses-
sion, was the bill authorizing the Secretary
Of the Treasury TO pay TO Eliza Howard
Powers, the sum Of $4,000, and very singu-
laIly 1t was gotten through the House by
unanimous consent, under charge Of Hol-
man Of Indiana, who above all other MEM
bers, one would think would be the least
likely to get any measure, more especially
one involving the expenditure Of money,
through the House by unanimous consent,
In view of the many objections raised by
him TO similar requests from other members
at various and frequent occasions during the
session. Mrs. Powers, who Is now over 80
years of age, was, during the war, President
of one Of the Florence Nightingale Societies,
and was very prominent In taking care OF
wounded and sick soldiers Of the Union ar
my. At that time she was quite wealthy,
and gave literally of her means to purchase
medicine and other comforts for the sick and
wounded boys in blue. After the close OF
the war she lost all she had, and for years
she has been living in almost abject poverty.
Some years ago, after she became poor, she
presented her claim to Congress for the re-
endorsement Of the money expended by her
for the benefit Of Union soldiers. Her claim
has been before Congress ever since. Sew
eral times bill for her relief has passed the
Senate, but 1t has not been able to get
through both Houses. Some time ago some
friends Of the lady sent her 500 with which
to pay her expenses, and invited them to
visit her at their house in New Jersey. The
old lady having an abiding faith that her bill
would be passed this session, was 10th to
leave Washington while Congress was In
session, and put the money she had received
In Midd leton's bank for safe keeping until
she was ready to 90 to her friends. When
Middleton's bank failed some weeks ago, the
old lady almost went crazy. Residents OF
this city hearing Of her distress, interested
themselves In her case. In the las. hours of
the session her bill passed the Senate. 1t
was Immediately taken to the House, but
that body was in Q wrangle, and the pros
poets Of getting any measure through by
unanimous consent was very poor. Dunn of
Arkansas was objecung to every measure,
good, bad or Indifferent. No member could
be found to take the bill. Finally Judge
Holman was seen, and be was requested 70
take the bill in charge. He took 1t, promis-
Ing to do his best, but having very little hope
OF success. He went on the foor, caught the
Speakers eye, and asked unanimous consent
TO take up the bill. No objection was made,
and fifteen minutes before the final adjourn
ment the bill was passed. 1t was all done
SO quickly that many members who would
have given their whole years salary to get
even with Holman by an objection, were not
aware Of what was going on until the bill
was passed.
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CHICAGO Herald.

Chicago Herald.
aMy business isn't what II used to be"
said . bank-breaker from New York, who
came out TO attend the National Convention.
"All Of the gentlemen in the profession are
either going to Europe or moving West.
may conclude to locate out here myself after
awhile, for there Is no use trying TO make
living in New York or New England any
more. There's no certainty about the busi-
ness, and that's what kills IL dead. In old
times when cove got into bank he had a
sure thing on Doodle, but II isn't so any
more. Sometimes 1t takes . sharp man q
year to get into q bank, and costs him a
small fortune besides. There's this man and
that man TO be fixed, there's expensive tools
to buy, there's board and tailor bills to pay,
and hard men to keep on . salary, SO that by
the time everything Is ready there may be
So, 900 or $4,000 invested in the business.
al had bank once, big one, down East,
that stood me In s12,3 $50, and when got into
1t there wasn't enough money In the crib TO
let me pay 80 cents on the dollar. Yet that
bank had an advertised surplus and deposits
amounting TO millions. When ! got In
knew the concern was insolvent, and II had
had time TO examine the books would have
found out where the money went to. A
month after / paid the place visit, the
cashier turned up missing, and there was
great sensation over one Of the biggest defal-
cations OF the century. Now, you see, the
only trouble was that the cashier took an
unfair advantage Of me. He was On the In.
side, and he had the thing cleaned out before
I got there at all. That's what is making
my business very risky down East. You
never know at what minute you may run
against one of these empty banks. Whited
sepulchers is what we call them In oui
business"
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San Francisco Call.

About twenty miles south Of Saltwater,
Churchill county, on the Sand Springs nat,
o. the foot Of the mountain, there is heap Of
sand about 100 feet high and nearly mile
across whlch sings In the wind and Is con-
stantly changing. It 10 thrown by the wind,
which there has circular motion, into .
vast round wall with hollow In the center
half mile across, which goes two-thirds Of
the way 10 the bottom. 1t is steep and hard
10 climb 10 the top, and on the inside 10 even
moro stssp, 20 steep that no ono has ever
dared TO 90 down for fear that the loose sand
would slide down and bury them. There
are similar dunes on the Sandwich Islands,
on The Hebrides, and on the Atlantic coast.
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NO. 7S4
BEAUTIFUL SHOP GIRLS.
Ne,o York Sun.

Ne,o York Sun.
"There are more beautiful women among
the shop girls Of New York than there are
among the avenues" said policeman sb-
ruptly as greup Of dashing looking women
passed. "You can see some Of them here
and you can see some Of them on Broadway,
but the place to catch them in shoals Is down
on the East side. Whenever / have any
friends come to see me from out Of town, or
whenever my business makes 1t necessary for
me to show some ono around the city, which
occasionally happens,I take the visitor down
on the East side. In the course of seventeen
years have taken good many men down
on East Broadway and never yet failed to
amaze them by the crowds of handsome
women. The best way to see them Is to
start along Grand street from the Bowery
about 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon, take the
south side of the street and follow 1t east as
far as East Broadway; there you will see
hundreds Of girls that will make you gasp
for breath. There are faces more beautiful
than any you ever see on Broadway and fig
ures that no man can find fault with. After
you turn into East Broadway and proceed
downward you will catch the diamond in the
rough. You will see girls there almost In
rags who are more beautiful than any girl
you can find in New York above Fourth St.,
don't care who she is. They live in the
tenement houses and over the shops along
East Broadway. 1t Is social quartsr-evsry
one knows every one else, and the women
are taken up with the gossip Of the neigh.
borhood. .t....
"The girls don't know much when you
come to talk with them, and their ideas about
'lad!es'-they don't talk Of nuthin' else, you
know-would make you smile. They work
work late, and work hard. Their fun con-
sists in sitting on the front steps at night,
walking arm and arm up the block, and 60
ing on occasional picnics and cheap excur-
sions. We know them to be the best girls In
the city. This Is because they amt educa-
ted above their station and because they live
with their families. They arc the beauties
of New York. .... ..r.
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SAD FATE.
A Society Belle OF Baltimore Dies in an
Almshouse.

Almsh0use.
BALTIMORE, July 7.-Miss Ada Aubray, .
former wsll-known and beautiful society
belle, died at the city slmshouss few days
ago, In childbsd. She was niece Of ex-
Mayor Stansbury, of this city. For several
years past she was courted by her cousin, and
on her death-bsd she charged him with her
ruin. A few months ago her delicate condi-
ton became known to her mother, and the
latter drove her daughter from homo. Ads
sought refuge At cheap lodging house,
where she remained few days only. Hor
mother relented in measure, called to see
her, and advised her to 90 to some irstitu-
tien under an assumed name. She went TO
the city almshouse and registered - "Annie
Collins" The officers of the institution,
struck by her intelligence and beauty, made
inquiry and discovered her high social stand
ing. She was placed In prlvats apartment
aud everything done for her comfort. The
child was sent to st. Vincent's Orphan Asy-
lun sftsr It's mothers death. The mother
Of the poor girl is severely condemned for her
cruelty. She says she did what she thought
best to protect the good name Of the family.
After Ada's death her mother refused to re-
ceive her daughters body, and 1t was buried
In pauper's grave. #a..
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Decay Of ths bones.

This ID terrible disease; the shrinking
and ultimate decay Of the bones Of the hu-
man system. II Il usually, II not always, .
result or insufficient or improper nourish-
msnt during childhood. Ills disease which
when Il has once STACKED the system, cannot
be sradicatsd BY any diet Or medicine that
may subsequently be taken. Unfamiliar -
this disease Il, it d % common In London
and some othar portions Of England. that tho
frequsnt casss exposed q The clinics attract
no special attention: II ID almost unkncwn
IN this country.
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Expected II.


Wall Street Nescs.
A man in Arkansas vino was last fall bob
bling around In lively manner 70 organize
railroad company and run line from Helena
TO some point In Kansas, was interviewed by
New Yorker, who knew somsthing Of rail-
roaaing, and who said:
aColonel, the grading alone will cost an
enormous amount OF money"
aYes.n
aAnd there are some very costly BRIDGES
aYes.r tA
aAnd for part Of the way there - very
poor country, while for the other part there
b already another line" NJ
"Exactly."
n dop't believe the line viii pay"
aNor L.
aThen Why are you % anxious about build
ing AS"
2SInply TO zee u pass into The hands n !
rsceiver, and shall DO the receiverl,
"A bridge across The Vistnla, II Wanaw
Poland, which cost ~ 2.Co0, 900 10 build, hs
been carried away BY recent floods.
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A bridge scross ths vistnla, II WaSaw,
Poland. which cost e2,Co0,O00 10 build, has
been carried away By recent foods.
The Evening critic., 1884-01-25
ALEXANDRIA, AFFAIRS.

Captain James Bradley, after a short illness,
died at his residence on King street about
IL 80 o'clock this morning The deceased was
for number OF years conductor on tho w., o.
n W. Railroad, aud had many friends.
There were but two prisoners detained at the
station house this morning for triaI-Sarah
Kelly, colored, for the larceny OF clothing be-
longing 10 Mr.. j. It. Bartlett, and John Della.
han, for abusive language.
In the Corporation Court the Jury In tho
case OF i. Il. Windsor, who sues the Virginia
Midland Hallway Company for 5000, the value
OF q mule killed by tho cars, failed to agree,
and the case was continued.
AT a meeting OF the Alexandria Marine Rail-
way and shipbullding Company yesterday tho
ehipyard property, material, ETC., WAS sold to
John p. Agnew 4 90. for $780, 900, $1,000 for
the material, already paid, and $4,000 for
yearly payments for elk years. Messrs. Agnew
4 Co. have been the lessees OF the property for
some time, and several large vessels have been
constructed at the yard under their manage
ment.
At n meeting OF A. U. D., Camp No. l, l. o. o.
f., Wednesday night, the following officers
were Installed by p. q. p. Charles Goodrich !:
Commander, s. A. Mankin; vice-comm snder,
u. i. Nails: officer OF guard, Il. Lyles; picket,
James Nails; guard, l., Padgett; guard OF tent,
W.ZinmermRn; standard. bearer, +. Il. Heis-
leyi standard guards, q. Goodrich and W.
Sherwood.
Rev. A. G. Mennally, OF Rome, Ga, conducted
services In tho Baptist Church last night
The case OF the Commonwealth VS.. the Dis.
NAL swamp Lottery Company Will come up In
the Corporation Court tomorrow.
SMOKE Seal OF Virginia. t