Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-31
ODD ENDS.

ODD Enos.
The latest kink among liter ~ men 10
London ia spelling reform that shall dis
psnse with the4etter c - superaaous.
Modjeska hss al her dresses designed to
cover = scar ON her left Breast, the result Of
. wound made BY an awkward actors dag
ger.
Womcn's words, for December, gives the
place IF honor TO Mrs. Gtsnt. adorping the
title page with her picture. and gtyiog Q
biographical sketch.
The spaniards HAYES proverb that =
paper cigarette, q glass Of fresh water and
the kiss of pretty girl, will sustain . man
for . day without eating"
Professor David Swing has refused, 1t ID
reported, to have bis salary raised from
seven to ten Thousand dollars, and has ask
ed that the offered addition be used for
charity.
A good wsy to prevent walking 10 your
sleep is TO hire q man to practice on .
trombone ell night 10 the next room. It
goes right to the spot. No cure, no pay .
Mention thie paper when you try the RENE.
dy.
It has been remarked With, We fear, .
tinge of sarcasm, that the average house,
wife will take more pains to carry . sickly
ffteen.cent plant through four months Of
winter than she will to keep butter on the
ice during three months of hot weather.
When the audience at the Park Theatre.
on the night of the late fire, saw q police-
man at the supposed post of danger. they
naturally concluded that they were perfectly
safe, and went out quietly and 10 order.
Thus nearly a hundred valuable lives were
saved.
An Australian paper of recent date con-
tains an extraordinary advertisement 10
which Eliza Wehbrook, Of Ravenswoods,
gives her husband notice that Ii che does
not hesr from him within three months
from date she intends to get married
again.
After family prayer a few evenings since,
a little Quincy boy asked: "Mamms. how
can God hesr folks prey when he's 30 fsi
away!" Before the lady could frame Q sui,
able reply,a sunny faced little miss of i've
summers vehemently said: ell jes' be.
he's dot telephones runnin' to every place!'
The bey Of Tunis is 70 years old, and
has no ships, little money, badly armed asd
dressed soldiers. There are vi hundred
and fifty thousand jews In the city-one.
fifth of the entire population. The women
wear no skirts OF any kind; they have Ions
stockings Of many hues.
The new dress fabric satin de luxe, ss i'll
name indicates, is of soft, rich texture, l,
lie satin finished and has q back resembling
serge; it Is sometimes satin finished on
both sides. Satin de luxe will doubtless bt
a material applicable for dresses, wraps OF
bonnets, az satin de Lyon has heretofore
been. The use of satins In general appear
TO be on the increase.
Persons of authority in the world o
fashion predict that the corsage made o
material or color unlike the remainder O
the toilet will be widely popular, and tina
10 the coming season this distinction vii
be observed in costumes for street as vel
as for house wear. Short shoulder capes q
material resembling the dress, Of of plush
brocade or jet, as before mentioned, are ex
pected to form q noticeable feature Of sprinl
walking suits.
Queen Victoria is said to have a lonl
memory for persons and faces. Her Who'll,
Thoughts now seem centred in her eoldiers
especially those who have been wounded il
her service, and in looking over painting
of subjects in the recent wars she knows anc
remembers the names of all those soldiers
even privates-on whom she has conferred
the Victoria cross or other honors, at ono,
picking them out in the painting and asking
after them by name.
At the recent hippodrome fair in Pari
for the benefit of the poor, Sarah Bernhard
acted as auctioneer for the sale of children
trumpets ornamented with the autographs
of the leading Paris authors, and tamborine
on which some OF the best artists had paintet
sketches. A correspondent of a Vienn,
paper describes her as "the spindling, hectic
artiat, with the glowing eyes and the be
~witching, melancholy smile, who is no
only actress, critic, poet, sculptor, noyelis
and architect, bat also q painter"
Diphtheria is said to have extended from
Egypt to Asia Minor about 1900 years ago
having existed in the former country so
years previously; Spain, Italy and Sicil.
were visited by it. In A. d. 1884 it appeare
in Rome, extended to Holland as an epi
demic in 1887, France as early a. 1918, an
60 up to 1885 was dangerous, and Shove
itself in ENGLAND, Canada and the Unite
States in 1856. The German empire ofe,
q large prize for the best essay on the et
sence of the disease and mode Of treat
ment.
Among wraps, the ulster and surtout 70
travelling are too we'll adapted to showers an,
etorms not to remain in favor for earl
spring. A modification of the surtoui
which will be provided for the coming sea
son, consists Of very short wasted gal