Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-27
Chf Daily fress and 1ststatss
vAMkToM DAKOTA.
Friday Evening, February q, 1880.
ODDS n ENDS.

ODDS AND ENos.
Beware Of him who hates The laugh OF .
child. or children.
Mr.. Williams. the solitary colored men,
Der OF the OHIO Legislature, put 10 bis tirst
work by introducing . bill To permit the
marriages Of whites aud blacks.
Turner'S Falls Reporter: The Rev.
Louis WszawscsnsyaDDs 10 . Dakots cler.
eymsn. He hss one satisfaction, however.
Nobody oDens bis letters by mistake.
Diana locks are the names Of new hangs
introduced into fashionable circles. They
are called after the arrowy goddess be-
csuse they culver whenever Q beau comes
round.
Famine RACES 10 Italy. There are In
seventeen communes q population Of 90, 1872
pers0ns. and Of this number 81 $40 had
been attacked bv fever before the lst Of lsst
January. OF these, 5.028 died.
But few meu can handle q hot lamp
chimney and say there is no place like
home at the same time.-Detroit Free Press
A mar ian't expected Ia a.y tvo different
things at the same time-Bosto~ Post.
Between acts IN the Boston theatre,
nan startled the nudience with u snerze 40
loud and vigorous that the house seemed 10
shake There was erent applause, and
cries of ENCORE" bu, he simply bowed
hie thanks.
Somebody vii, bad forty five minutes to
spare the other day spent them 10 watching
the Broadway crossing st Twenty third
street New York. The reported result wss
that during shat lime seven hundred ladies
crossed over II.
"What? Twenty Eve cents . pound for
e%ansages! Why, l can get 'em down At
Schmidts for twenty centsw "Vell. den.
w didn't ver?' "Cause Schmidt was out of
'em." "VelI, Nv I was out Of 'em I sell 'em
for twenty cents too"
No one knows who invented the fashion
in society of turning down the corner OF 4
visiting card ; but the fashion of turning
down the corner of q street wa first thought
Of BY the man who owed Q small bill TO The
tradesman be saw coming.
Things that most people would like to
see: Our society girls before breakfast; 4
church choir that never quarreled q church
out of debt and with money to lend ; an
editor who can please everybody, and . high
school girl that can not whistle.
A tramp sat himself down In q farmers
house, saving, I'm . rootabaga, and tbia
is the way I plant myself" I'VE bile ourn."
said the farmers wife. as she camly took
the kettle Of boiling water off the Ore. He
was gone before the cooking began.
The largest cities in the world lave the
following population London. 8 500, 600
Paris, 1881 600; Vienna, l,191, COS; New
York, without Brooklyn 100000; Berlin,
l,O44, 900 Canton, 1000, 600; Shannowfoo.
100000, and Singanfoo, 100000.
The king of the Belgians has conferred
the Leopold Cross on Rosa Bouheur. Who
IL the first lady who has received that dis
tInction.- The king of Spain has also re-
Gently conferred on her an equally high
order, which has never before been granted
to q lady.
An Indian. on being asked what he did
for q living, replied, Job, me preach"
Preach" said a bystauder; what do you
get for it?" Sometimes me get shiliin'.
sometimes two shillin'". And isn't thst
mighty pnor pay!" "Oh, yes, hut iNs
mighty poor preachin'."
William McCabe. of Cyntbians, Kv..
gave bis sged and feeble mother a sound
whipping because she had unjustly pnn.
ished him as q boy thirty years ago. He
said that as she was getting 80 old, he
might lose the opportunity to eeteven with
her II he deferred the settlement.
"Seventy-6ve cents a dozen. ma'sm that
is what they pay me for the sh,rta, bosoms
aud all complete. If you could find me
something better, I'd be thankful, but RI
not let this 60 till you do" Such was the
request of q poor woman t. the matron ot
The New York Working womeu's Protec
tive Union.
The Tay bridge disaster drew forth a ser.
mon in Scotland by DR.. BegR from the text
THE bricks are fallen down but we will
build with hewn stone" The contractor
which he said the bricks we're of the 6rs'
quality, and that it was the stone worl
which gave way.
Ginger is the sleepiest of all spices
Didn't you ever hear Of the gineer's nap?-
DanielsonviM Sentinel. But pepper seems I,
be the most impudent of the lot Didn'
you ever get any of the peppers sass?-
Keokuk Gate CVy. One Of the spicies,
things is also the best for curing pain. Die
you ever hear Of the gin jerk ache ?-Salen
Sunbeam.
The estimated numbers Of religious de
nominations among the English speakin,
communities throughout the world are
Episcopalians. 10000 600; Methodists, Is,
100000; Roman Catholics, 13, 5OO,0 900
Presbyterians, 10.250,0OO; Baptists, 5000
900 Coneregationalists. 100000; Unital
iana, 1000 1000; minor religious sec.s, 1,5tO
). 600 no particular religion, S,5O0,000. tt
tai, S3,00o,ooo.
When Marshal NarvaIez it is related, ~
on his death-bed. bis confessor asked hir
If be freely foresve oil his enemies. e
have no enemies" replied the dying maj
shall proudly. Every one must hav
made enemies 10 the course Of his life,
suggested the priest. mildly. "Oh, I
course" replied the marshal. Il have had
great number of enemies 10 nv time, b,
. have none now. l have bad them q
sbot.
. A statute Of Eve is talked of in San Fra,