The Northwestern standard., 1886-04-10
THE CHIP BAsKE Ell


and lust about as scarce. VIII IS
Al Aconsignmena Of eighty pollleesdsl / cattle M
left the Clyde last week for Mexico.
Experiments iia steering. balloons are
to be made. Ii all the fortified places In
France.
a blacg parrot from Madagascar
lived in tlie Geological Gardens, London,
for ffty-fon years.
It is reported that 150 patents for
man nlsfaeturad butter are reeg5astered q I. II II
the American Patent Office.
SAYS an excl1an g ge:: All dressy spring
wraps ara short That is more than can
be said of.the bills for them
There Is an average Of one voter tS'
every four persons in the United States,
while there is. one voter to every seven
in Great .B Britain.
a funeral procession in Geneva, New New
York, stopped long enough toallow the tho
bods TO be taken into g gallery and and
photographed.
Nearly $4,000, OOO, 900 would be due
were all insured Americans to die at
once. Nearly $l,0oo,ooo,ooo have al
ready been paid on death losses n the
4 United States.
Al Rondout veterinary surgeon II says ~
& tlaat ilse habit Of shying horses ls gener-
ally caused by nenr-sigh Nor
81 I:--- r-si ghted horses are not safe for
b lady to drive
The new Philadelphia directory con I
tains sixty-three Ashs, four Elrns, FIVE
Walnuts, eleven Pines, fifteen Cherrys,
thirteen Oaks. q single Poplar, four
Chesnuts and single Spruce.
Tn the Boston pnblic Library there
are thirteen new books written by thir-
teen different Smiths. lit is evident from
this that the Smiths are getting e tirm m
grip on the literature of the country.
~ A wise book agent .---stIs the head of
the house in?''---s sYia, sorr. He'sin the
library thryir' to write q letter with his hi
new stylographic pen. Wull yez come
in?' Book agent Chastity ms. q: iii
] call again. y II. R. NJ
ssMush and milk parties" are very
popular in certain circles In ST. Louis.
All present fasten bibs around their
necks and then proceed to eat as much
4 mush and milk as they can. These
parties are thought to be awfully funny
1 by the good people Of St. Louis.
A parish clerk once gave out that Mr..
"A. and Mr. b. would preach every Sun
day to all eternity he meant alternate
ly. Another mistake was, that the re
would be no service next Wednesday
kas master had gone a-tishing for an-
other clergyman. I Oficiate was the
word intended. ..S
One little girl was heard to say to q
playmate - When 1 grow up 4 m going
to be school teacher We'll I'm
going to be a mamma and have six chill
dren. z When they come to school to
me I'm going to whip 'em, whip 'em.
You mean thingl What have they
ever done 10 you?n
Revenue Officer Mcdonald, of Attain
ia, says that the best detective on his
his force is a woman, "and a lady, too. y
She lives near Atlanta, and is particular
ly skilful in working up cases and To-
eating stills. He says she has no end Of
nerve, and does not work for the cause
OF temperance, but for money.
An audaoious young man put his arm
arouua a. young woman who sat in the
same pew with him during service in the
United Brethren Church at Fort Wayne
on Sunday night, aud kissed her. She
was so pleased that she laughed right
out in the meeting, and others joined
with her These young people are to be
indicted for disturb 4 religious meet
ing.
Six natives Of Oregon and one tender
foot encamped in the Mountains thirty
miles from anywhere. Their provisions
were as follows. Three quart bottles OF
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whiskey, one demijohn OF whiskey, one
key Of Whiskey, ons bottle Of blackberry
brandy, one bottle Of blackberry bit
ters, twenty-five bottles Of beer, seven
loaves Of bread, two pounds of cheeses
one hanl. The last items in the bill Of
fare were provided probably for the ten-
derfoot.
An of6cial il the American Indian Bn-
reau gives figures to show that the fu
ture Elil viii be Intiians They
are decreasing IN number at the rata Of
4 Eve OF si1 thousand : year; the lands
they occupy increasing il value and1
when only i fsN thousand Indians ~
main, he $40 II i nssursl = suppose