The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-05-30
NEW NOR'-wESTERS.

| IOur nuHuTeu Auu
Insomnia has driven Dio Lewis TO Smith
town Beach, L. l., where he has bought q
farm.
The editor of the Century received 2OC
poems last month, only one Of which was
accepted.
Mgr. Capel, in denying statements BY the
World. uses the word "leaderette" for edito-
rial paragraph. -
The scaffold on which John Brown was
hanged was recently sold to a syndicats ol
Ielic hunters for 5000. 1+S@
Sitting Bull succumbs at last to the indu-
ences OF civilization. The ex- King has
"signed" to travel with show company for
the paltry sum Of $50 week.
The Dakota newspapers say that Dakota
will raise about 40, 900 900 bushels Of wheat
this year, against IS OO0, 900 last year.
One hundred and three of the delegates to
the Republican Convention In 1880 have
been chosen to 60 to Chicago In 1884.
The total indebtedness Of Great Britain at
the present time is fT25, ,6s9, ,336, or 10 cur
rent funds Of the United States, 81, 600 ,OOO,-
900, more than twice our present debt.
A Portland, Maine, jury had to be provided
with dozen copies of "David Copperfeld"
recently, in order to estimate In libel suit
the amount Of damages the plaintiff had sus-
tanned In being compared to Uriab Heep.
Orauges, pineapples, and all tropical fruits
cost twice as much In Mexico, within sight
of the orchards, as they do In Boston or New
York. Until one goes away 1t Is difficult to
realize that the best Of the country Is sent to
the home cities in the East.
Says Matthew Arnold, "America holds the
future" II this Is true, America should look
out for herself. Futures are the most dan
gerous things to hold imaginable. They
may 90 up, but they are ten times more like
ly TO go down.--Boston Transcript.
The Northern Pacific has for some time
past been engaged In furnishing their freight
| cars and freight locomotives with air brakes.
There are now on hand about 200 cars pro-
vided with these brakes, . feature that can
not fail to prove valuable 70 the company
and patrons.
| Paul Dana. the talented son of the editor
| Of The New York Sun, will be married In the
| fall TO the daughter of William Butler Dun
can. Miss Duncan and her mother have
gone TO Paris TO buy wedding outht, and
will compete with Miss Astor for Worth's
best efforts this summer.
| The first set Of false teeth made In this
country by . native American dentist were
carved from ivory for George Washington.
| John Green wood, Of New York. was the
maker. The profession was introduced into
the United States by q Frenchmsn, who was
| Connected with the forces which had joined
the American army during the Revolution.
There are nearly 100, 900, 600 sheep in Aus
tralia, or twice as many as In this country.
The focks are many Of them very large, num-
berng from 80, ,000 up to 100000, and In one
instance 100000. Within a shor. time,
these great sheep breeders have begun TO
learn the value Of the American Merino for
| increasing the weight OF the fleece. con.
siderable number Of our choice sheep have
been sent there.
| Kit Carson, over whose grave the Grand
Army proposes TO erect monument, died at
Fort Lyon, Colorado, in the spring of 1868,
and, In accordance with his dying request,
his remains were removed to the cemetery
in Taos, and were inferred in lot in the
American Cemetery selected by himself.
| Carsen's grave is surrounded by a picket
fence five feet by nine, and has over IL
wooden semblancs OF q monument without
. visible word or letter upon 1t.
Mr.. william II. Vanderbilt, the New York
railway king, made tho fastest railroad time
on record IN this country few days ago, bis
special train running from Detroit to Gin
cinnati-283 miles-in five houis and thirty
minutes, or at the average rate Of fifty and
seven-eighths miles an hour. A number Of
stops were made Ell route, and the engines
were changed three times. Some Of the
miles we're made In less than ffty seconds.
An English paper, Woods and Forests,
gives . simple method for finding the height
Of trees, or of any objects, by the sun. Place
Q stick In the ground, and measure off, from
the sun, q distance equal TO the length Of the
stick. When the shadow Of this stick touch
es this mark, the shadow Of the tree or other
object will equal the height Of the object.
In other words, when one object casts
shadow equal to its height, all other objects
do the same.
There are four Joneses In the present Ma
tional House Of Representatives, all Demo
Gratis. There is only one Smith. There are
three Taylors, two Brewers, two Davises
and one Davidson, two Browns, two Camp
bells. two Hsndersons and ons Anderson,
two Hatches, two Adamsss, two Peeles, two
Rogersss, two Wilson's, two Winapses, two
Wises, two Culbertsons, two Co,es, two
Evanses, two Rays, two Summers, two
O'Neills, two Warmers, two Aillers, two
Robinspns, two SINNERS, two Stewarts, two
Hewitts and two Turner'S.
Except for those who may have wealthy
friends living In the interior in favorable
locality, Australia has been practically found
to be not suitable place for invalids, Any
one who has made acquaintan ance with bush
hotel would be slow TO recommend 1t as q
residence, even to . man In health, and
would certainly advise an invalid TO avoid It..
The most eminent physician IN Melbourne
has recently stated that out of hundreds with
weak lungs who had consulted him during
aperiod oftwenty- five years,not one of those
who had remained on the coast had materi.
ally improved.
DR.. Reinscb, . distinguished German chem.
ist, has found the bacteria OF different dis
eases sticking TO silver coin long after being
exposed to the diseases. An extended series
Of observations showed that this Is the case
with the small coins of all nations, the thin
incrustation Of organic matter deposited upon
their surfaces In the course Of long circula-
tion rendering them very suitable for this
parasitical settlement. DIR. Reinsch scraped
off some Of these incrustations, and, with q
small scsipel, divided them into fragments,
which were subsequently dissolved in dis
titled water. The employment Of lenses Of
very high power showed the bacteria and
fungi distinctly.
United States Minister NJ. J. Cramer, at
Berne, Switzerland, reports to the State De-
partment 1t Washington that the foot and
mouth disease among the cattle In Switzer-
land had considerably increased during
March. According to the latest information
from Alsace Lorraine, the foot and mouth
disease prevailed there during the month Of
January In twelve districts and thirty. five
towns aud villages, or on III farms. In Ba-
den IL prevailed In 2l0 stables or farms,
while the weekly bulletin Of Italy February
4to l0) gives the number Of diseased cattle
as seventy. The cattle disease In Austria
Hungary has disappeared, while in Russis II
10 still prevalent.
A dispatch dated Philadelphia, Pa, May
9th, says: .President George JuDkin, Of the
Board Of Trustees Of the General Assembly
OF the Presbyterian Church, has just discov-
cred that Eugene @. Woodward, Treasurer
Of the Board and OF the Church Board OF
Education. Is . dsfanlter In the amount OF
$4,000. He has fed from. the city, and his
, Whereabouts 10 unknown. Mr.. Woodward
ID 81 years OF age. He Is the father Of seven
children, and lived happily with his wife and
family In . comfortable home at Ridley Park.
4 He had leeu roure RI ed With The Board OF