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BILL NYE IN WASHINGTON.
He Suggests Less Economy in the Waists
of Party Dresses.

of Party Dresses.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March q, 1886.
have just returned from a polite and
recherche party here. Washington is the
hot-bed OF gayety, and general headquarters
for the recherche business 1t would be hard
to find bontonger aggregation than the one
was just at, to use the words of gentle
man who was there, and who asked me if
wrote 'The Heathen Chinee.n
He was very talented man, with broad
sweep of skull and vague yearning for
something more tangible-to drink. He was
in Washington, he said, in the interests of
Mingo county. forgot to ask him where
Mingo county might be. He took great in
terest in me, and talked with me long after
he really had anything to say. He was one
OF those fluent conversationists frequently
met with in society. He used one of these
web perfecting talkers-the kind that can be
fed with raw Roman punch, and that win
turn out punctuated talk in links, like var
nished sausages. Being poor talker myself,
and rather more fluent as a listener, did not
interrupt him.
He said that he was sorry to notice how
young girls and their parents came to WASH
ington as they would to q matrimonial
market.
I was sorry also to hear it It pained me
to know that young ladies should allow them
selves to be bamboozled into matrimony.
Why was it, asked, that matrimony should
ever single out the young and faira
@Ah," said he, ''it is indeed roughw
He then breathed sigh that shook the
foliage of the speckled geranium near by,
and killed an artificial caterpillar that hung
ON its branches
"Matrimony is all right" said he, "f
properly brought about. 1t breaks my heart
though, to notice how Washington is used as
a matrimonial market. It seems to me
almost as if these: here young ladies were
brought here like slaves and exposed for sale"
had noticed that they were somewhat ex-
posed, but did not know that they were for
sale. / asked him if the waists of party
dresses had always been so sadly in the
minority, and he said they had.
danced with beautiful young lady
whose trail had evidently caught in door
way. She hadn't noticed it till she had
walked out partially through her costume.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-04-30
Alexander stephens and His Pistol.

Col John A. Stephens says that Alex
ander FL. Stephens never carried Il pistol
but once in his life, and that was when he
was boy. Long years ago, when wagon
trains were more common in Georgia, Mr..
Stephens started to Augusta with some
wagons, He was small boy then and
carried pistol. When the crowd stopped
to camp, "Aleckn put his pistol under his
head to have it handy in case robbers
should appear. The next morning his
breeches were gone, and, as the youthful
Stephens awokefn the dawn and missed
his pantaloons, he was SO disgusted with
the service his pistol had failed to do that
he swore he would never carry another
weapon. 1t developed that some man in
the camp had taken the breeches to tease
the boy and they were soon restored to the
owner. Chicago Tribune.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-04-30
strange Ideas of 4 Hereafter.

The Little ones have strange ideas of 9
hereafter. We were conyersing with a
two-footer not long since, and the CONVEX
sation turned ON the New Jerusalem.
"Well," said the tiny philosopher. II ex-
pect only our heads go to heaven"
"Whys" was the natural response. "Oh,
because the pictures of angels that have
seen have been all heads and wings" The
same little logician, after hearing de-
scription of the destruction of Pompei,
stood for minute looking at Mount
Vesuvius in a state of eruption, and then
remarked: well, / suppose they were
buried under the lava because people were
wanted to fill up heaven. Boston Budget
"Saunterern
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-04-30
The Pan Electric Inventor,

The inventor of the Pan Electric telephone
and the head naturally of the companies
formed in opposition to the Bell Telephone
company is ]. Harris Rogers. He is the son
of DIR. j. W. Rogers, graduate of Prince
ton and poet OF his son, j. Harris Rogers,
the inventor, a correspondent says she is in
the neighborhood of % or 80 years of age He
is tall and slim, with large head, something
the shape and type of Poe's His forehead is
very broad and high, his eyes are deep set,
his nose IS straight, while his thin-ipped
mouth is shaded by light brown mustache.
The lower part of his angular face is smooth
shaven. J. Harris Rogers was educated in
London and Paris. He has good reputation
as an electrical expert and was the spe-
cial protege Of Professor Henry, of the
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-04-30
rtv,ng Mnscles in Dead Bodies.

DIR. Brown Sequard, the French physiol-
ogist. has demonstrated that for several
weeks after death, or during the rigid con-
ditions which immediately follow the ces-
sations of life, the muscles of an animal
undergo slow alternate contractions and
elongations; and he reaches tie startling
conclusion that the muscles In rigor NOR
tbs are not dead, but are still endowed
with vital powers, being however, in
certain chemical condition which is ante
cedent and preparatory to final death. =
Arkansaw Traveller.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-04-30
The Deepest Bore-Hole Ever Made

The deepest bore-hole believed to have
yet been made is one at the village of
Schladebach, near the railway between
Leipsig and Corbetha. 1t was pierced with
diamond drills for the purpose of aseer-
tanning If there was coal below. The
depth is 1850 feet, and some three and a
half years have been occupied in boring it.
The cost of the work, which was institu-
ted by the Prussian government, has been
a5,O00. The temperature at the bottom Of
the bore is 4S degrees O., fact which
tends to confirm the observation that the
temperature rises as we descend into the
earth. =. Cassell's Magazine,
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-04-30
Spotted Fever in Foreign I.snds

In the province of western Prussia spot
ted fever, superinduced by famine, is deci;
mating some of the Polish districts. In,
the Berent district some villages have lost
more than quarter of their population.
The dead are buried on the spot, without
religious ceremonies. All schools have
been closed for several months past-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-04-30
Cheapest place in the world.

The cheapest of all civilized or half.
civilized countries of the present world is
probably the Persian part of Armenia.
The traveller Vamberg states that in the
mountain districts of that frugal terri
tory half form (about 25 cents) would be
considered fair monthly wages for hard
working man, and that the miethgeld, OF
hand-money, paid to the parents of a
shepherd boy varies from so to 75 cents a
year. Yet even at those modest rates few
applicants can obtain employment, and
the highways swarm with begging young
sters, ready to follow bread-giver to the
end of the world.-Dr. Felix L. Oswald.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-04-30
A Prize Of . Thousand Ducats.

The Vienna Gazette announces that a
prize of 1000 ducats is offered by the own
ers of the Ostran coal mines for the best
methods of depriying of danger the neces-
sary work of blasting in pits subject to
fire-damp, or of method Of dispensing
altogether with the use of gulnpoWder OF
dynamite in such operations. Inventors
are to address their communications to the
director of mines in Vienna, and the latest
date for sending in solutions OF the prob
lem is the close OF the year 1886. Kansas
City Journal
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-04-30
A Humorist Has a serious Thought.

At recent dinner party the subject Of
eternal life and future punishment came up
for lengthy discussion, in which Mark
Twain, who was present, took no part A
lady near him turned suddenly toward him
and exclaimed:
why do you not say anythinga I want
your opinion.
Twain replied gravely:
@Madam, you must excuse me. am silent
of necessity. / have friends in both places
Erie Dispatch.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-04-30
Rev. w. II. MILRURN.

The Doughty Congressional Chaplain
Who Made the Famous Prayer.
Rev. W. II. Milburn has gone and done il.
! He is only less of sensation than "'Ostler
Joe" was last week E.. ..
The gentleman is the chaplain of the
United States house of representatives at
! Washington. He is known the country over
as @the blind preacher" from having quite
lost the sight of one eye, and almost that of
the other, when he was boy.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-04-30
The F1oyver Of paris, Garden.

The patriarch of the Jardin des Plantes
in Paris is fat old pig-tail baboon, who
has survived the fall of his patron, the
Emperor Napoleon, who used to pay him
o weekly visit. He is as bald as Nor
mon elder, and SO jealous of his rivals, q
pair of pet spider monkeys i'm a neighbor-
ing cage, that he rarely misses a chance to
reach out and pull their prntruding tails.
--FOraioD letter
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-04-30
UNFOLDING THE LAW.

Excited Citizen-Here, want. pistol to
shoot myself with.
Mr.. Isaacstein insinuatingly)-My trent,
you want vun of dem beautiful silver -blated
rewolwers NIT dat ivory handle und gold
mountings vich / sell at cost brice-$22-so
help me-"
Excited Citizen-No. no; I've got only ST.
Gimme pistol for 81, quick.
Mr.. Isaacstein Gndignantly)-My trent,
ven you dalk aboud killing yourselluf, dat
vas against the law, und I have you ar
rested. = Harper's Bazar
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-04-30
Tobacco and british Cabinet ofseers.

Most of tile British cabinet were snaok-
ers, and some, like Sir Hicks Beach, Lord
Randolph Churchill, and Sir Richard
Cross, strong smokers. Lord Carnarvon,
too, was as good Il Judge of a prime cigar
as even Lord Derby, who blows 81 into thin
air every time he Ights e weed. The pres
ent ministers, including the premier, are
mostly non-sEaok okers Chicago Times
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-04-30

Should the Chinese nation awake to the
advantage of modern Improvements, build
railways, buy modern ships of war and
learn to navigate them, it would become
the most dangerous power on earth. It
could assail the commerce of the strongest
foreign nation without danger of retalia-
ton, for it has no shipping Of its own,
while the invasion Of o Land hoasting of
100000, 900 people equipped with the best of
arms would be, as the French have found
1t, practically impossible Detroit Free
praEc :
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-04-30
Place where Consumption Is Fed.

Nos. is2 and 1874 Acker strasse, Berlin, is
the location OF the most crowded tene-
ment-house on earth. It is only four
story building, but contains 2s2 sections,
inhabited by nearly LOO human beings
No wonder that DR.. Koch's discovery has
failed to reduce the death-rate OF con-
s,,,nn1inn Felix G. Oswald.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-04-30
The Heartless People OF Aspinwall.

"God help the, stranger that is taken sick
there" writes an officer of the United
States steamship Galena, speaking of AS
pinwall. at is not uncommon for people
to lie down.in the street and die in broad
daylight, and when dying receive no offer
of assistance, even in answer to an appeal
for a drink of water. The people appear to
be heartless, as If their familiarity with
death had $made them callous. "-Ex-
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-04-30
FIesh as 80 Deerees CentIgra.,e

A Glasgow chemist has found that at about
50 degrees centigrade the flesh of animals,
such as mutton, becomes so exceedingly hard
that it rings like porcelain when struck with
an iron instrument, indeed crushes by the
blow Of hammer into q fine powder IN
which muscle, fat, a1ld bone are n.termingIsA.
Inter Ocean
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-04-30
A $50. oao piece Of Nancy

ST. Louis now possess, and will probably
for long tinte retain nulni:'matie curl
.osity, the arbitrary value Of which has
been placed at $1,000 francs, or $1,000 OF
American money.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-04-30
rassage Of tle Hemeatead Law.

The first homestead bill was presented
to congress by Andrew johnson, of Ten
nessee. He pushed it to passage In the
thirty-sixth congress- and 1t was vetoed
by Buchanan. Andy kept ut it, however,
and it passed again in 1852, few days
after he left the senate to become military
governor of Tennessee.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-04-30
NEWSPAPER DECISIONS

/. Any one who takes paper regularly from tn
PostofHcewhether directed to his name or anothers
or whether he has subscribed or not-is responsible
for the payment.
O.. If person orders his paper discontinued. he
must pay all arrearages, or the publisher will con-
tnue to send until payment is made and collect the
whole amount, whether the paper lie taken from tn
office or not. s..Ye
3. The courts have decided that refusing to take
the newspapers or periodicals from the Postofce or
removing and leaving them uncalled for. is pgimo
fdcte evidence of intentional fraud,
Papers ordered to any address can be changed to
another address at the optien of the subscriber
hemtttances BY draft check, money Order or regis
tered letter. may Re sent at risk All Posmasterp
are required to register letters on application.
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FacetiR,

A barber who had been called in to shave
gentleman who had just died. said as lie
began operations:
"Do de razor hurt yo', sahw
Then he tried to sell his customer bottle
of "Hair Elixir, and as he removed the towel
at the finish shouted "Nextl" and he didn't
mean anything wrong, either Simply force
of habit.
Dynamite wouldn't get some men out OF
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Professor Sophocles, of Harvard College.
The old Greek was catechizing his class
one day on the ancient history of his ma
tive country. "When did Theodophilus
liver" he asked Of one sophomore. Before
Christ" "Wrong!n shouted, the professor
And. then addressing the next sophomore:
aWhen did Theodophilus ive?" "AfteI
Christi" "Wrong!" shouted the professor
again. And then he repeated the question
to third student: @When did Theodoph.
illus liver" "Neither before nor after
Christi" "You are right, young mani"
said the professor. "There never was any
such man as Theodophilus. Itwas one OF
the little historical traps that Sophocles
liked to set for the budding wisdom OF
Harvard. Boston Harvard.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1886-04-30
B.tveen New York and the Gulf.

BeEWeeM NOW FUTlx H1l11 t710 %
Between New York and the gulfof Mex
leo there are only four natural entrances
to harbors where tic depth at mean low
water is ovt.r +i.;teen feet, while the
largest ships5' ir.,,a aj II 2s1 feet.
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The Hest Marksrnen ON Earth.

The highlanders Of the Bayarian Alps
are. next to the ever-hunting Beers,
probably the best marksmen on earth. -
Exchange
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The widow Of Gen. Santa Anna Is in
Mexico, spending her declining years In 0
rockinc-chair, smoking cigarettes.
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Smithsonian institution. Young Rogers has
perfect dignity of manner, and one of the
most musical of voices He is the very op-
posite of his father. He is as reserved and
cool as his father is expansive and excitabIe
He is one of those types of young men who
are not found outside of the south. He il
mild hammered, quiet, almost meek in ap.
pearance A man who would never provoke
a quarrel, but who would not walk one inch
to avoid one. In peace he is dove
hike; in quarrel he is hgerish. His devo.
tion to his father is one of the most marked
traits of his character. The two are almost
inseparable They never act without con-
sulting each other, and il they ever want to
have jolly time they go out together in
stead of hunting up strangers. j. Harris
Rogers has undoubted talents, and viii cut a
still larger figure. in the history OF our
times
Making Himself Solid.
Pretty Cousif-And what do You think of
doing after leaving Harrows
Tomm oh, shall go into the India civil
service
Pretty Cousin-Do You think you'n like
India, thenf
Tommy oh, it's not that But you know
III the ltidia ciVH a Ieiio@S WiuoW gets Sucn
good p llsion London Punch.
Met with a Remarkable Accident.
A fireman on railroad train near Dittau
met with remarkable accident When the
train was in motion partridge few through
the small window aperture in the cab
OF the locomotive directly into his face.
His eyes were pierced and seriously injured
by the bill of the fowl, which itself fell dead
TO the floor Chicago Herald
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The Family of the Dead Dictator.

The name of Nine. Barrios, the wife of
the dead dictator of Central America, is
frequently mentioned in the public prints
of late. 1t is said that she gave 900 to
promote the recent expedition on the City
of Mexico. She is a remarkable woman.
Rufno Barrios, strong as he was in iron
will and despotic tendencies, had a help.
meet in his wife. He had nine childreR,
four Of them by former wife. All of
them have been left to the care of Nine.
Barrios, and are living with her here.
The eldest son comes from West Point
every Friday night, being student at the
military academy there. A gentleman
who was well acquainted with the affairs
of Gen. Barrios told me that the general
left property to the amount of $1O,OO0,O 900.
About third of this went to Nine. Bar
rios, and she has control over the rest un-
til the children became of age. She is
small woman, with black eyes and raven
hair and dark complexion. She has a
commanding manner and speaks several
languages.-New York Letter.
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RATES OF ADVERTISING,

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An Indian Doctor of Mohawk Blood.

Onontiyoh, a full -blooded Indian, gradu.
ated No. 1S in class Of forty eight at the
Buffalo Medical college. He Is the first of
his race to take honors in course of med
icine in this country. His uncle, Oronyet-
ekha, Burning Sky), was graduated at
Oxford, England, and is now successful
practitioner at London, Ont Onontiyoh
is of pure Mohawk blood, and his name
signifies Beautiful Mountain Between
the Beautiful Mountain and the Burning
Sky the red men should certainly find
healtl. and happiness Chicago Times.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-07-02
The Advance in wool.

The paragraphs above were suggested by
reading In the market article of the Rural
New Yorker the following "There is no
doubt that the firm stand taken by wool
growers has helped to stffen the price of
wool. 1t is estimated that prices would be
some cents lower had they rushed to sell at
any figure" There has been a further ad-
vance in wool, and buyers have been active
at all points.
For the first time there has been something
approaching concert of action among the
principal wool growers of the country. A
considerable number of wool growers associa
tions have publicly resolved not to sell their
wool at the unremunerative prices which were
offered and have advised all wool growers to
hold the clip for higher prices. One associs.
tion resolved that all good wool, (washed) of
that section, ought to bring one-third of a
dollar as the minimum, and to hold for that
price 1t may be questioned whether, in this
case, the recent rise in wool may not be ow-
ing mainly to other causes than those here in
dcated or whether there has yet been a suffi-
cient concert of action among wool growers
to account for the main part Of it but, as
the National Slockman justly says:
Whatever else may have tended to iufuse
a little more strength into the wool trade just
now, it is certain that the determination OF
growers has had something to do with it.
Prices would now be lower by some cents on
the pound, were it not that farmers are show.
ing more nerve than has characterized them
in recent years. To the producer must large
ly be given the credit of improving the pros
poets of his staple. Keep up your courage.
A little more of it just now can do no harm,
and is likely to be productive of substantial
good ~
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-07-02
MANY ThIpg. 90 he Thourb, ar

Some years ago, in conversation with a
friend who had but a short time before sold
his farm and purchased another in an adioin.
ing county he related with considerable en-
thusasm the details of the very desirable ex
change he had made. The new farm was
much superior in fertility to the old, as we'll
as being larger and procured at less cost. An
old house had been vacated, while a large
new one, furnished with modern convenien-
ces, awaited their occupancy. In fact, the
casual observer would say ut once that our
friend had made a very lucky bargain and de-
served to be commended for his shrewdness
But those who look beneath the surface of
things would render an opinion vastly differ
emit. The value of property as a home does
not depend wholly upon fertility, extent, or
costlness of its buildings and appearance
Many things enter in to modify values and
among these none is more potent, or should
weigh more heavily in a contemplated pur-
chase than the society of a neighborhood
That important element our friend did not
take into consideration, and therefore be now
bitterly regrets the step he then took with so
much confidence in the sound wisdom of the
choice. He moved from a neighborhood
where home influences were of the proper
kind and society might be called the best, in.
to one the society of which was especially
marked for its lack of culture and r. finement
Into this social atmosphere he took a family
of children, the eldest of whom was lust bud.
ding into womanhood, and through its bane-
| full influences he has been brought to realize
the enormity of the blunder which he com.
mitted.