Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-11-14
ODDS AND ENDS.

The population of Berlin has reach
ed a million and half.
In the past six months there were
1S9 births in Norristown. and 1863 of
these were females.
After Oct. 1 the French soldiers pay
was "a centimes day, or a little over
cents.
1t is reported that the Marquis Carlo
Ginori, Of Florence, has bought the
island Of Monte Cristo, and will build
house worthy of its associations.
San early winter" exclaimed an
'oldest inhabitant" who was given to
romancing. Pooh! I've seen six
weeks of snow in the month of No
vemberl"
The secret service officers of the
United States treasury last year arrest
ed I37 persons. most Of whom were in
some way connected with counterfeit
ing or the passing of counterfeit
money.
A flock of wild geese became be-
came bewildered by Morgautown's
dazzling gaslights the other night
about 10 o'clock, and alighted ia the
river near the suspension bridge, where
they raised great commotion for q
short time.
The Pan-American delegates wit
messed an Indian dance out on the
Nebraska plains the other day. They
naturally desired 10 carry away ball
programmes as souvenirs, but the
blanketed Omahas and Winnebagos-
hadn't provided any programmes.
That was a serious oversight on their
part.-Chicago News.
Oliver Wendell Holmes calls trees
''vast beings endowed with life. but
not with soul-which outgrows US and
outlivcs us, but stand helpless-poor
thingsl-while nature dresses and un-
dresses them, like so many full sized
but unidentified children.
Ancient Rome received from with
out well nigh seven times the volume
of water now poured into modern
Rome. This city is the best supplied
with water in the world. Next to
Rome, Vienna is said TO be the most
favored capital, if not in the abun-
dance, at least in the purity of its
drinking water.
The orthography of our greatgrand-
mothers was uncertain. The old duch-
ess of Gordon used TO say to her cro-
nies: "You know, my dear, when
don't know how 10 spell word | al
ways draw a line under it; and if il is
spelled wrong it passes for a very good
joke, and If it is spelled right it don't
matter"
Col. IL G.. Prout. in the November
Scribner, says of Emin Pasha. whom
he knew about thirteen years ago. that
he is a slender man Of medium height
and tough and wiry figure, swarthy,
with black eyes and hair. His face is
that Of a studious professional man,
and that impression is heightened by
the glasses he always wears. His at
titudes and movements are. however.
very alert
A special committee reported to the
the general Episcopal convention. re-
Gently assembled in New York, that
in tho lasttwenty years there had been
granted in the United States and ter
ritories 32s, ,716 divorces A resolu-
ton was passed requesting congress
10 pass a stringent and uniform di-
vorce law for the District Of Columbia
and the territories.
News of singularly barbarous duel
recently fought in Taos county, n. NJ,
has reached Albuquerque. An Indian
settler named Waukonsee and Mexi-
can cattleman, Juan Verego, were the
principals. The conditions were that
each should submit his hand to his
opponent and have a finger cut off,
the cutting 10 be done alternately, and
the man who first evinced signs OF
pain was 10 be stabbed TO the heart.
The Indian won the toss and took of
the Mexican's forehnger. There was
no squeal, and the Mexican took of
the Indians thumb. Then the Mexi-
can lost another finger, and the flow
OF blood was 30 great that the Mexi-
cans seconds cut short the proceedings
by shooting the Indian dead and COW
erinU his secnnds