Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-06-20
ODDS LNp ENDS.

1t is estimated tlat the United
States has u doctor or every GOO in
baJtaHts.
The dog taX Of France gives the
state au annual revenue Of about
Sl.jy0.UgO
The little prayer beginning Now
lay nc down 10 slecp. was written by
John Rogers, the martyr
Florida has Sl2, 100000 invested in
the uvG-e business, and the sales this
year we've a iOutA Of that BIC sum.
Pete Nult, OF Dadc county. Ga. has
a chicken eating mule, He eats them
raw, aud will chase fat hen for a
mile, if necessary.
II is fly time with the dishonest
cashier when he thinks his pecJlu,ions
are on the eve Of being discovered
An inch Of rain" means gallon
Of water spread over a surface Of near
ly two square feet, or a fall of 100 tons
uponan acre.
Several citizens Of Greensboro. Ga,
are deyotng much time TO tanning
crows. The birds are very intelligent
and can be easily taught
Tin and glass have found rival in
paper as mateIiil for making kero-
sene oil cans. The latter, il is claimed,
will not rust and leak like tin or crack
like glass.
Alexander Graham Bell, in Science,
calculates that mol er in talking 10
her infant speaks SO, go words day
equal TO about four hours continuous
talking.
Only Is per cent OF The Inhabitants
Of Paraguay can read aud write. Ac-
cording 10 Consul Hill the women do
tic work and the men do the smoking,
gambling and cock fighting.
While seeking for work from house
20 house. ut los Angeles Cal, the dis
carded dau- -ltcr OF u millionaire acci-
dentaIly discovered her parents and
was welcomed home
George Cutler WIS driving home a
team at Murdoch, Ills. during a thun-
der storm. when a stroke Vi lightning
killed him and both horses without
lcayug mark on any OF them.
To think well Of every other mans
condition and to DISLIKE our own. is
one OF the mlsigr'Uues Of human ua-
turc. Pleased with each others lot,
our own We hate. Burton.
One mode Of selling turquoises at
Nishui, Russia, is curious. y person.
on payment Of a fixed um. is allowed
to plunge his hand INTO bag full Of
them and 10 become the possessor of
the handful.
\ first folio Shakespeare was lately
sold in New York city for 81. 400 and
a copy Of Venus and Adonis sold for
$1,000. The latter is the only perfect
copy known 10 exist outside Of the
British Museum.
lfn fool knows a secret, he tells il
because he is a fool; if a knave knows
one, he tells il whenever it is his in
terest TO tell il. But women and
young men are very apt to tell what
secrets they know from the vanity Of
having been trusted. Trust none OF
these whenever you can help d.
Chesterfield.
Capt. Packam, OF Sanford Fla, has
owned a violin for twenty years. The
other day he took il to a violinmaker
10 have il repaired When the in-
strument was taken apart the follow
ing inscription was found ON the in
side: "Antonius Stradivarius, Gre
mon. Faciebat Ammo 1873 Good
judges, WHO have examined the in
strument, do not doubt its genuine
ness.
The present year is the two humid
redth anniversary Of the birth Of Sam
mel Richardson, and it is proposed
that the occurrence be properly OBJ
served by the publication Of a cheap
popular edition OF his works, and by
placing a brass tablet in St. Bride 8
Church, London, recording his burial
there. Richardson was buried in the
middle aisle of the church, and the
stone is so covered with mating and
dust that it can be seen and decipheret
only with difficulty. ..-