The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1889-05-17
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tique and historical shorsn
One-ttdrtieth Of the whole population of
Iceland elniSrated last year.
Boston is the greatest market in the United
States for the sale of lottery tickets
Tho Royal academy in London has def
nltely decided not to open its doors on Sun
days.
The Rothschi1is have secured coutrol of
more than half the trade in Russian petro-
leum.
Tho fastest of British cruisers, the Shell
drake. twenty y-ono knots, just launched is "a
steel twin screw
Philadelphia supports permanent CON-
pany Of minstrels, and is the only city i'll the
country that does
In the city of New York there are upward
of fifty able Methodist preachers who are paid
less than $500 per year.
In the first minute of tho University l3oat
race of this year Cambridge was timed forty
strokes and Oxford thirty-nine
-Four Russian officers will start in MAY t.
ride on horseback from st. Petersburg to
Paris in forty-tivc days on a wager.
Two hundred pigeons presented to Capt.
r
society were part Of the outfit he took with
him 10 Africa.
A burglar arrested in Boston had on his
breast an India ink picture of II grave stone,
on which was marked: ain memory of nv
fnther and mother
The total cost Of the Paris exposition is ex-
pected to be SlO,o00,00O. The government
contributes the greater part and tho city of
Paris most Of the rest
at the recent London diocesan conference
the bishop of bedford advocated card playing
i'll workingmcn-s clubs, but, rather strangely,
dlsappioved OF domnoes
Tho fees for ascending the Eifrcl tower are
2 francs 70 the top, 3 francs to the second
platform and francs to the first The three
platforms will hold 10000 people.
The students Of Johns Hopkins university
have adopted college yell that may he
spelled us follows: t1Iulabuoo-K'n neck,
knecl, liullabaloo-k kncck, kneck, Hoo
--Rah-Hoo 'Kuh.'
The Arabs attached to Baruum's show in
New York have joined in u protest against
being obliged to eat sausages and other dishes
furnished by their boarding houses They
have all got dyspepsia
Considerable conmotion has arisen in Paris
over the plan to run II railway through the
Bois te l5ohlognc The municipal council is
against it, but the project of the Seine is OBJ
stinnte and still active i'll its favor.
Burglars have broken into the historical
rooms ut the old state house at New Haven
md stolen a sword presented to Admiral
Foote BY the citizens Of Brooklyn and valued
at $500 The sword Was of elaborate design
and inlaii with jewels.
A flock Of wild geese were struck by light
ming at Gonzales, Tex, and scventy-eight of
them killed, If their feathers don't protect
geese from lightning, what becomes OF the
popular theory thut feather beds arc nom
conductors Of the electric fluid.
The French chamber has decided upon
2,oOupJo francs for n monument i'll con-
meInpration Of the first revolution. to be
erected on the site Of the Tuilclies instead Of
the l!,000opo desired. They have also ap-
propriatcel ;toooo francs for design
The skeleton Of man, evidently Il pioneer
Indian fighter, was found the other day in
tlic middle Of q big log taken to II Grorgin
saw mill, In the wood that had grown over
it was tic imprint Of the clothes as well as
the old isintlock rifle that lay beside it.
Tire fashionable dog for 1850 is to he the
sehippc,;e, or little skipper. lie colnes from
tie Low countries and is the Old time com
pa,lion Of The Flemish bargee, He is black,
with next to no tail. and Il hard coat inclined
TO be r"nSh, and docs not weigh ovcl, twelve
pounds.
y sandwich company, which proposes to
sci! its wares i'll offices, on the streets and in
barr"olls and cafes, has been established in
New York. The company will have mi
formed pctlders, who will carry neat willow
l.,.i. .i,yi,.
cents each.
Tie English court Of queens bench has just
decided that an ugcnt cannot be sued hy his
principal for damages resulting from the
agents failure TO make bets Oh II horse race
III accordance with the Instructions Of his
principal. The case is TO be appealed 10 the
highest court.
y manuscript copy of tho Gospels, for
which $4,000 has been refused, is about to be
sold at auction i'll London. 1t is the copy
known rs the .'cvuIlgelurum, written in let
ters of gold on purple yelum, and was writ
ten by Il Saxon scribe for Archbishop vii
fred in Go
y company is being formed for the pur-
pose Of establishing an extensive railroad sys-
TEN in the Zambesi country in Africa. Tho
new organization will bo known us the Brit
ish Central Africa company, Subscriptions
TO the amount Of Il ,00O,OUO have already
been obtained.
In village Of Wcstphaia chess is one of
the school studies An examination in chess
is held annually in the upper form of tie
school, and tho best six players, who, how
ever, have to be victorious thrce times run
ming, are presented with chess board and
fe,lstcd for II whole long summers day.
a Salano, Cal., paper says: ''Thc straits
are literally swarming with sea lions, and
tho fishermen having u hard struggle
with them. Out Of sixteen salmon in net
Tuesday only two were secured by the fisher
men, the sea lions eating up before their eyes
the other fourteen besides tearing the net to
pieces"
A Clergyman in tho cast end of London,
having denounced boxing un uncliristiun
exercise, the Bishop Of Bedford has said: NJ
can SEQ no possible harm in boxing. 1t is
capital exercise, and calculated to promote
good temper and self control. l do not know
why every man should not know how to de-
fend himself"
Among contemplated improvements in
Washington is plan for the erection of IL
hotel exclusively FOR colored people. The idea
docs not meet with much favor from the in
telligent and well-to-do colored people, though
at present they ure only received at n small
number Of hotels on stipulation that they
shall eat their meals in their rooms
Rev. DR.. J. NJ Buckley, writing Of Spain.
says: Bribery is general in Spain. Almost
anything can bo done with fee. Not more
than 40 per cent. of the taxes levied by tho
government can be collected Mayors OF cities
get rich in year. One at least Of the most
important cities is destitute Of credit No ono
will lend it nny money. Spaniards SO distrust
tnch other that money is not forthcoming for
great public works, Tho English manage the
water works, the street ears and almost
everything else"
True Happiness.
~Ah," she said, with Il tremulous yibra-
tory little sigh, "true happiness is some
thing that is very rarely experienced,
isn't it!'
"Yes.' he replied, livery rarely, and
yet have known it"