Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-03-21
ODDS AND ENDS.

Too much help has ruined more men
than too little.
In 1850, the ladses Of the country
wore So, I6i, 900 worth of wire in their
hoop skirts.
A Georgia man has a hen which
lays double eggs, each one having an
egg within an egg, as it were.
The man who is drawn into a scheme
to invest / cent and draw out 81 may
not be fool, but he is in no danger
from brain fever.
In an exhibition at Dresden are col
lected a number of boots, shoes and
slippers once worn by emperors, kings,
queens and princes.
We are all of us more or less hum
bugs in this world, but most of US
won't allow anybody but ourselves to
say so.-Somerville Journal
Dentists in Cedar Falls, Ia, are
likely to have an opportunity to go
fishing. An Indian doctor visited
the town and during few days stay
extracted nearly 1000 teeth.
The London Times will be COM
PEELED TO pass its dividends this year
owing to the great expense incurred
in the Parnell investigation. A circu-
lar TO that effect has been sent to the
shareholders.
II is not interesting to have a man
tell how rich he might have been il he
had good luck. 1t is better TO know
what he has been able to do against
bad luck New Orleans Picayune.
An inhabitant Of Portland, Oregon,
not long ago offered to sell twelve
acres of land for $3.50 per acre. His
wife refused to sign the deed, and
though he was angry at the time, he is
more than pacifed now, as the prop
erty will bring $40, 900 readily.
Some negroes of Carrollton, Ga,
entered into a compact to rob the
town. They succeeded finely until they
consulted a Tallapoosa fortune teller,
who said they were thieves. This ter
rified them, and led 10 their arrest
There seems to be a place in society
even for the fortune teller.
A writer in an Engligh paper claims
for Woodbridge the credit Of possess
ing the meanest man in the person Of
miserly yeoman who refused TO al
low his daughter TO receive sealskin
jacket as a present because he could
not afford to pay for the camphor
which would be needed to keep the
moths out of it during the summer.
There is no country of the world
where the science of long life, accom-
panied with good health, unimpaired
mental faculties, good digestion, and
great activity, is better understood
than in France, and there, of 1,00O
persons born, l20 reach the age of 20,
and the percentage continues to be
high until S5 is past
Paper doors are said TO be great i'm
provements over wooden ones. They
are formed of two thick paper boards,
stamped and nodded into panels and
glazed together with glue and potash
and then rolled through heavy rollers.
allCf btllg tONtitu NthAA o """' I.~O,
coating and one that is fireproof, they
are painted, vanished and hung in the
usual way.
DR.. j. NJ Edmunds, in paper in Q
dental monthly, advocates the i'm
planting Of metallic roots in the jaw
and the building of artificial teeth
upon them. He believes that thi
method opens new possibilities TO
dentistry. BY planting two metalli'
capsules in the rear OF the jaw an,
two in the forward portion. he think
il practical 10 lay foundation Cor
complete set Of permanent teeth.
There is a cradle in New York this
has rocked over 1900 babies. II bt
gan 10 rock nineteen years ago, whel
the Sisters of Charity started a httl
foundling hospital ON Twelfth street
New York, with s5 in the treasury
Sister Irene was at the head Of II, q
she is still, wonderful, frail httl
woman, whose genius and devotiol
will always be remembered by thos
who have once beheld her among th
babies whom she has saved and sus