The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-24
IN A NUTSHELL.

That is the best part of beauty which
a picture cannot express.
He who can plant courage in a. .hu.
man soul is the best physician.
If you would not have affiiction visit
you twice, listen at once to that it
, teaches.
If you would never have an evil deed
do one.
The beam of the benevolent eye
giveth value to the bounty which the
hand disperses.
The death of Mr.. S. H. H. Parsons,
an old and well-known citizen of Alba
ny, N. Y, is announced.
Burns tried in vain to find word to
rhyme with Ecciefechan, the town
where Carlyle was born.
John Mccullough, the tragedian, will
begin an engagement in London Easter
Monday, April IS.
"Johnny Bouquet is the nome de
plume of a new aspirant for fame in
newspaper literature.
A Dubuque undertaken compelled
his wife to sleep in coffin, and so she
sued for divorce and got it.
Jefferson Davis says his History of
the Rebellion" is not finished, and will
not be published very soon.
The things which we enjoy are pass
ing, and we are passing who enjoy
em.-Archbiaaop leighton.
It is always better to keep out of
quarrel than to make it up even so
amicably after you have got in one.
A doll made of roses and lying in
cradle Of flowers was sent to liew
York baby as a christening present the
other day.
A young Kentucky couple eloped and
were married in Lexington on Tuesday
of last week, and on Thursday the
bridegroom died of measles.
1t is said the postal card has decreas-
ed the sale of writing paper $12, 100000
annually in the United States.
The heroine of a recent English
novel is described as a lady with q
"Junoesque figure and diaphanous
skin, whose drapery fits her without
dissemble."
The wise ones say that nothing is so
hard to bear as prosperity; but most
men would like to engage in some hard
work Of that description just to have
practical Illustration of the adage.
Mile Bernhardt is gradually acquir-
ing "the American. language" as Car
Nicholas called it after he had quar-
relied with the English.
Lord Beaconsfeld has followed the
example of Mr.. Gladstone in giving his
tenants remission of 90 per cent. on
their rents.
Cetywayo, the captive Zulu King,
has learned to print his signature,
which he spells "Cet-y-wayo," thus
spelling about dozen authorized
versions" of his name.
"Just think of poor Lorne having to
stay in Canada this weather, and sleep
alone. Toledo Blade. If the poor fel-
low is asleep under any circumstances,
he's a Lorne, isn't he?
DR.. Swan Moses Burnett, the hus-
band Of that Class O Lowries," has
from her lips the pet name of 'Doro."
Their children are Lionel and Vivian
DR.. Burnett is fine oculist and medi-
Cal lecturer.
General Garfield was expected to at
tend the annual meeting and banquet
of the Cleveland bar association, re-
Gently, but failed to do so, and, instead,
senta telegram regretting his unavo;d-
able absence.
English papers announce that His
Royal Highness, the Duke of Cam
bridge, has invented new whistle.
But we'll bet him he can't make one
out of pigs tail.
Mr.. Thayer, organist of st. Peters
Church, at Cambridge, Mass, has sued
the rector for $4,000, for calling him n
liar, thief, scoundrel, and other un-
pleasant names.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Clark, of the
town of Beloit, Wis, two of the Oldest
settlers of Rock county, celebrated
their golden wedding last week.
The wedding was attended by large
number of relatives and friends.
Mrs. ]. Ellen Foster, the lady lawyer
of Clinton, Iowa, spoke in fremont
Temple, Boston, recently, under the
auspices of the Boston Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union. Mrs. Foster
has made for herself a fine record, both
in her profession and as a temperance
lecturer.
The wife of Col. Jerome Bonaparte,
now in Washington, is the grand
daughter of Daniel Webster. She was
a wealthy Boston widow when wooed
by this American descendant of the
great emperor. She is q charming wo-
man and dresses superbly.
Prince Bismarck has taken his son,
Count Herbert Bismarck, to be his pri-
vate secretary. The young man looks
exceedingly like his father, and is said
to be uncommonly gifted, giving great
hopes of future greatness. Possibly
he will continue the Princes iron rule.
Worth, the Parisian nlan-milliner,
as general rule, it is said, makes no
charge for Innings. Lately, however,
he departed from his custom by requir-
ing payment for the fur lining of a
cloak he made. The fur used was
Russian sable, and the charge was
| 5000.
1t is reported by telegraph from
/ Washington that the ladies were very
much disappointed who flocked to the
senate galleries yesterday to. hea,
Senator Conkling' reply to " Hamburg
Butler, ofSouth Carolina. Lord Ros-
coe did not speak and the ladies went
away sorrowful.
i Fernando Wood is in his Goth year,
and was first elected to congress forty
!years ago. He is in feeble health, and
is now at Hot Springs, Ark. A Wash.
ington letter says Of him: "He is al
fine looking an old gentleman as any
body could ask to see, and his death
will remove handsome as well as an
ancient landmark ,,
Il Senator-elect Conger is suffering
from q curious ailrnent. At election
time he had "ruilround" on tht
little finger of his right hand, and tht
clasps and shakings administered b,
the people who Congratulated him
were so emphatic and 90 many thai
the trifling trouble was greatly aggra
waited. He has been forced TO carry
the hand in q sling for 4 fortnight.
It is said the parties at Willoughby,
Painsviile and other stations east ssnd
a ssAN sA 49, ~.