The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-02-22
NEW NOR'-wESTERS.

The census of Boston shows ls,303 NOR
females than males.
Barnum owns building in New York thu
rental of which IS $65, 200 year.
Not one of the six Congressmen from
California was born in the State. -.---
Chicago has 81 100000 bushels of grain in
store. Early navigation is hoped for.
Senator Anthony attributes his recent i'll
ness to the excessive use of cigarettes.
The parents of Mrs. Fred Douglass are
heart broken over the marriage of theil
daughter.
In Northern Louisiana the ground wa:
frozen from January % to q, an unheard oi
thing in that region.
The ex-king of Naples lives with his queen
in the third story of house in Paris, keep
ing but three servants.
A medium sized snake eats 5000 young
carp in summer. The Fish Commission is
big thing for the snakes.
Florida growers aid the heading of cab
bage by sprinkling a little salt into the
heart and tying up the leaves with twine.
The pope has granted the title of Count to
| Hon. Edward Dunno, late Chief Justice OF
Arizona, with reyersion to his male descend
ents.
Henry Willard is not very poor man after
all. It is given out that he will manage to
save Sl,000,00 from the wreck of his for
! tune.
Joseph Jorgensen, ex Congressman of Vir.
ginia, is one of of the applicants for the ap-
! aFxntyr narnt n "aQhinutnn
ritory.
Wire laths are now being used instead of
wooden ones, and IL is a very important step
| in the direction of making buildings really
fireproof.
The Duke of Cleveland, who is so years
of age, is the oldest Duke in the Unit ed
Kingdom, and the Duke of Newcastle, aged
10 is the youngest.
1t is said that Mr.. Charles Russell, the
British lawyer, recently received $4,000 in
fees in a single week, one of them being the
SO 900 fee in the O'Donnell case.
Seventy five per cent for the paper made in
Germany is manufactured of wood pplp.
Even for the better qualities of paper wood
| pulp Is used as a substitute for rags.
The Chicago agent of the Louisiana State
lottery announces that, in view Of prosecu-
ton in State and federal courts, he will no
longer attempt to sell tickets in Illinois.
Beer brewed in 1888 In New York city,
.239, 600 barrels: in Philadelphia, l,023 900;
N Milwaukee. $50 300; in 81. Louis. 943 900;
IN Brooklyn, $4,000; in Chicago, G7G,000.
Five years ago Mr.. and Mrs. Devices, of
Canton, Ohio, quarreled and never spoke
afterward until the other night she cried out
in the night, "John, believe am dying"
Arabi Pasha, who is now in exile in Cey-
lon, receives an allowance of ESQ per month
from the English government. Madam e
Arab is not with her husband, as she prefers
to live in Egypt.
General Butler has written 4 letter TO an
Erie man, in which he states that be is out
of politics "for good" The General does
| not state whether it is for his own or the
country's.-Oa City Blizzard.
For horses cracked heels, poultice
twenty-four hours to remove the soreness,
| then rub In a little of the following oint-
ment once a day: Iodine, dram; iodide Of
potash, drains; lard, 2 ounces. Powder
and mix.-4mericdn Field.
The Governor and the Supreme Court
Judges of Victoria, b. c., occupied front
seats at the Sullivan slugging exhibition
there. Difference in longitude seems to
have much TO do with the appreciation of
hippodrome methods in sparring.
An English mecanic has invented horse.
shoe composed of three thicknesses of cow
hide, compressed into q steel mold and sub.
jected to chemical preparation. 1t will
last longer than the common shoe, weighs
hsof, requires no calks and is very elastic.
Phil. Lee once said before the war that
he was for the Union; if the Union was dis
solved, he was for Kentucky; If Kentucky
was dissolved, he was for Bullitt county; If
Bullitt county was dissolved, he was for
Shepherdsville and IL Shepherdsville was
dissolved, he was for his side Of the street.
Southern Bi,ouac.
Mr.. Villiard's troubles have served TO
knock the props from under young Berlin
artist, who has been invited by the railway
chief To paint colossal picture commemor-
ating the opening Of the Northern Pacific
Railroad. The young man had just begun
work on IL when news reached him OF his
patrons failure.
During Lawrence Barrett's long run of
Francesca dd RaRini at the New York Star
Theatre, James Baily the circus manager
was among the audience on three different
occasions. During his third visit, pointing
10 Louis James, as "Beppo Pepe, the Jester"
he remarked, "There is q man worth $500
week in the ring"
Years have dealt gently with Senator
Pendleton. Turning sixty now, his hair is
as black, as glossy and as curly as 1t was
when he first took his seat in the old hall Of
the House of Representatives. His beard
has whitened some, but bis eyes are bright,
there is good color In his cheeks, he steps
in sprightly way, and still loves quick
walk down the avenue.
If young horses were ridden or driven
over rough fields instead of over smooth
roads when first put in harness or under the
saddle, their liability to stumble would be
much lessened. They would learn from the
first to step high, in order to avoid uneven
surface, aud this habit, once acquired, would
prevent this danger later on roads ordinarily
smooth.-American Cuttirator.
With view Of avoiding explosions, M.
Schlumberger recommends that bottle Of
ammonia shond be placed in each barrel of
petroleum. On iguition by accident or 9TH
erwise the bottle would break and the am
NapoiS at OHNC tAlAunuiSu
the fire. DIR. Pietra Santa proposes to apply
this method To colleries liable to fire damp.
Tanks filled with ammonia would, it Is said,
stop the combustion, as IT could not continue
In an ammoniacal atmosphere.
Mr.. Blaine's book will be issued in Eng
lish, French and German. William d. Eat
on, formerly Chicago journalist, Is super
vising the translations Of the work into the
foreign languages, force Of ten translators
having been placed at his command. Mr..
Blaine gives Mr.. Eaton 5000 for this work
and q royalty of fifteen cents upon each
volume sold in Germany and France. Mr..
Eaten goes TO Paris next month to organize
agencies for the sale Of the book, and before
returning home be will visit Berlin for sim
liar purposes.
Victor Hugo is In excellent health, but
suffers from ennui. His deafness. which he
does not like to show or confess, isolates
him. The receptions now hardly last 90
minutes, and are still held after dinner.
Strangers are not welcome visitors, though
courteously received. IL 10 necessary to ssy
something TO them, and. 80 to betray the ain
gle infirmily from which the poet suffers
What be appears TO enjoy most is seeing his
friends 1t dinner. At the head of his table
be can talk for himself and those around
him, He retires u his bed room 1t D o'clock
ana walkn IN and down uufil ruidnt0hf