The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-02-08
NEW NOR'-wESTERS.

The cotton crop Of 1888 was o,OOO,VVV
bales.
The wheat crop Of 1888 was 4oo,OOo,ooo
bushels.
In the National Park Is . river which 10
hot on one side and cold on the other.
Other than milch cows, three-fifths OF all
the cattle In the country are west Of the Mis-
sippi river.
Minnesota made 1s,0O0, 900 pounds Of but
ter last year And yet we have TO grease our
dodgers with fond recollections.
| Somebody has figured out that Wander
bilt's income would allow him to, In one
day, visit 5000 circuses, eat 10000 pints Of
peanuts and drink 5000 glasses Of lemon
sde.
The total number Of sailing vessels Of all
the world is IS T04, gauging So, CAT ,377 tons.
| OF these more than third carry the English
| nag, and less than twentieth that of France,
which ranks seventh, being below America,
Italy, Germany and Russia.
General John s. Harris, ex-United States
Senator from Louisiana, and at present Sur
veyor General of Montana, and Hon. VIM. A.
| Clark, of Butte, have been recommended by
Governor Crosby for appointment by the
President as Commissioners to the Worlds
Industrial Exhibition, to be held at New
| Orleans In the fall of 1884 and the winter OF
1885.
Twenty-Five years ago this country had
very few extravagantly rich men and very
few able bodied servants. Now we are over
run with nabobs and tramps. Both are the
creation of our political administration.
Both are evil growths. "There are two
things" said Socrates, (Which the magis.
trates Of Athens will be careful TO keep out
| Of our city-opulence and poverty. Opu-
lence, because It engenders effeminacy pow
erty, because 1t produces baseness; both,
because they lead TO revolution"
Col. Walter W. DeLacey, of Helena, ex-
plains the origin of the name, Occur
| d'Alene" to mean Awl-hearted or stingy
Indians, when applied to that tribe. The
name originated from q trait OF . small
hearted or stingy individual Of the Skizoo-
! mish Indians, who are called Awl-hsarted,
because of his niggardly character, which
others of bis associates said indicated that
be had heart no bigger than the point OF
an awl. Thus the characteristic of one per.
son gave the name to the whole tribe Of
CGur d'Alenes.-Herald.
Daniel Webster was right when he said Of
the press "Small as Is the sum required to
patronize newspaper amply rewarded are
its patrons. / care not how humble and uf-
pretending Ii the paper, 1t In next to impossi-
Bile TO ill 1t without putting into IL some
thing that is worth the subscription price.
Do not forget that 1t costs to puff as well as
to advertise. Never sponge on printer. 1t
| Is printers ink that makes nine-tenths Of our
fortunes, It takes money 10 buy ink, type
and paper, and yet, after all this, few are the
thanks the printer gets"
The effects of rain on electric lights In
Madison Square, New York, is thus describ-
ed by an observer: "The lights danced up
and down, varying with the foods OF rain
apparently, occasionally sinking to q dull
red, and then going out altogether and leav-
ing the wind swept square In total darkness.
Then the lights would fash out gloriously,
flooding the spaces with their dazzling bril-
liancy, and defying the elements that raved
through the air. And so, up and down, the
rays of the electric lights rose and fell
through the tempest, and those who were
fortunate enough TO see the show without
being exposed TO the wild storm, will long
remember the spectacle"
There Is a man In Carson, who, at the out
break of the rebellion, took an oath that he
would neither cut nor dress his hair or beard,
nor wash his hands or face until JEFF Davis
succeeded i'm severing the Union. He has
remained true to his obligation, and the
Tribune says his appearance ON the street Is
hideous enough to make ones blood curdle.
He Is filthy human monster, who, with his
horribly blood shot, bleared eyes, his un-
washed face and hands, unkempt hair and
beard, combined with an apparently natural
disincliDstion TO cleanliness, should be kept
remote from his fellow beings.
The absence of the telephone was appre-
ciated by some people in Boston. One man
SAID:
"Ahout once in two or three rings get
something like this:
"Helio, George, dear!'
"'Well, hello"
"tBaby just said goo, goo, four times, and
know he wants you to come home to sup
per-
"Baby? Who in thunder do You think ]
amp
"sAren't you No. 1i.7ol?
"Certainly not Good day"
snow you see that is an interruption TO
business"
1t is expected that a thousand delegates
will attend the Mississippi River Convention
At St. Louis In February. The point that
they will make Is that, 10 matter what the
volume of traffic on the river may be, the
river should be ready to carry the products
of the great valley, 90 that the railroad com.
psnies may be restrained from charging un.
reasonable rates for freight. TO dixie the
' liver properly, and thus insure the millions
J of acres Of rich bottom lands against the
semi annual overflow would cost $50 ,00O, 900
This is not TO be urged, but 1t Is to be pro.
, posed that the channel shall be narrowed SO
that there will be q swifter current TO carry
| a. hat al,a. kar
year. Hon. T. G. Power has been appointed
by Governor Crosby as delegate to represent
Montana at this Convention.-Heratd.
We are told of late that we are paying too
much attention To Americans and making
, say we make too much Of them. Are they
, not intelligent aud anxious and determined
!. progrsssors? Do they not give TO England
full admiration Are they not proud of the
relationship, and, as we ell know, think thai
In the hour of peril, when We ere sorely
. menaced, their place Is by our side and tha:
. then blood Is q strong tie? We must know
that II Is not q tie to be loosened, we cannot
be desirous that l: should be, and there !:
; clear evidence Of an increasing strength o
union; this we shall know more positively
still ere few years are over. That Is oul
prophecy IL is, doubtless, also q pretty uni
versal wish.-London Cont journal.
The New Haven Clock Company has jus
completed . clock. the case Of which wa,
made from q piece of the last tie Of tho
Northern Pacific railroad. The rough, irreg
. ular piece of wood had been polished into
J neat block before the work of ornamentatior
| was hegun. 1t was then placed on . silvel
base with gold rim and bars to represent {
yard. On one side of the case was Q small
2 bear and on the other an elk. Across the
. front were the words, "Blessed be the til
a thst binds" and on the dial was the quota
!. ton, "FInis corondt opus" A miniature
: gold engine surmounted the case standing OF
Q slightly projecting platform. "To HeDr,
], Willard from Henry L. Bridgman," was Tho
: inscription on the clock. The value Of 1t Il
!, about $l00.
The potato, originally South American
I plant, was introduced into Virgins by Si
D John Harvey 10 1929, though twas unknown
In some counties OF England $50 years later
4 In Pennsylvan potatoes are mentioned verJ
sonn after The advent of the Quakers. They
were not among New York products In 1906
but In Ills We are told of II 900 busbel.
Y grown ON one sixteen acre patch in thi
1 province. Potatoes we're served, perhaps, y
an exotic rarity. ut . Harvard installation