Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-18
ODDS AND ENDS.

The government has totally sup
pressed the Lutheran church in Rus
sia.
II is said that Gen. Boulanccr is now
charged with the embozzlement of
252. OUO francs
i remember that a wise friend nf
mine did usually say, That which Is
everybody's business is uobody's busi
ness. s."-Izaak Walton.
There are 32, 900 benefit and burial
clubs registered in England and
Wales, with funds which amount 10
fll, 900, 900.
A New York physician is pported
as saying that during an epidemic Of
diphtheria in that city there were
five times as many cases on the shady
as on the sunny side Of the street
The Austrian minister of justice has
ordered the establishment Of special
department in the penitentiarieS for
Juvenile first offenders. who hence.
forth are to be kept separate from
other criminals.
A claim for pension recently filed
in the pension bureau by John Quincy
Adams, on account OF services with
the United States colored troops, is
witnessed by Patrick Henry and
Thomas jefferson.
The Maine seals have grown familiar
with the summer tourist. and can spot
one as far as they can see him. They
are not afraid Of this species, but let a
Maine fisherman come along and how
they will dive!
i do not know what may appear TO
the world. but TO myself | seem TO
have been only like boy playing on
the sea shore, and diverting myself in
now and then finding a smoother peb-
BILE or prettier shell than ordinary.
whilst the great ocean Of truth lay all
undiscovered before me.-Isaac New
ton.
II is TO be presumed that London
Justice has made its computation with
accuracy when il says that ali the
peope now living in the world. or
about !, 400, 000, 900, could find stand
ing room within the limits of field
ten miles square, and, by the aid of a
telephone, could be addressed by a
single speaker.
An English journal SAYS that short
sightedness descends from parent TO
child in diagonal succession-that is,
sons inherit il most frequently from
their mothers and daughters from
their fathers"
The latest development of the slot
machine is brass frame inclosing
the city directory, which permits the
volume TO be opened only when a
cent has been inserted in the slot. II
is hailed as a blessing by druggists
and others whose directories are in
constant demand by the public.
There are now l0l geographical
societies in the world. or these
France and her colonies have more
than any other countries go. with
1880 members. next comes Ger
many. with 22 societies and 300
members; followed by Great Britain
and her colonies. with societies and
5000 members.
Ii is well known that practice in
looking at distant objects improves thu
eyesight In the test for color blind
ness among the engineers of the New
jersey Central road il was found that
the oldest man in the service had the
best sight for long distance purposes,
and was better able 10 distinguish the
various shades and colors.
The province Of Ontario. Canada, is
possessed of the most extensive deposit
Of rock salt which has yet been found
on the American continent. The salt
was first discovered at Goderich. about
twenty years ago, at depth of /. .OiO
feet by boring which was made for
petroleum. The salt measures extend
over an area of l,20O square miles.
The horses on some of the stage
routes in Nevada are trained TO wear
snow shoes. After an animal becomes
used 10 them he can travel four or five
miles an hour, where il would be inn
possible 10 go that distance in a week
without them. The shoes are made
OF thin steel plate, and measure about
. by ii inches. The horses are shod
with long heel calks, which 90 through
the snow shoes and prevent their slip
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