Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-05-26
ODDS AND ENDS.

A Pineville, Ca, man has duck
which he claims was ntched from a
hens egg.
The estimated expenditure by Ame-
rican tourists in Europe This summer
is $40, 900, 900.
Life is no life without the blessing
of friendly and an edifynlg conver-
sation.-LEstrange.
Since the war OF 20 France has
spent 7,710, ,000, 900 francs besides the
ordinary estimates"
A popular 81. Louis girl recently re-
ceived during a temporary illness
5000 roses and forty-eight pounds of
candy.
In a list Of the twelve great women
of the world there appears but one
name of an American, that of Marga-
ret Fuller
Willow chairs and baskets can be
cleaned by washing with salt water
and brush, and drying thoroughly
before using.
There were never so many farm
hands coming from the north of Ire
land 10 this country as at present
Nearly all Of them have friends or
relatives in the west
A Port Allegheny, Pa. man who
was tilted out of sleeping car berth
by jolt of the train, exclaimed in an
unconscious way, ''Don't-don't-Ill
get up and start the fire.
Private credit is wealth, public hon
or is security; the feather that adorns
the royal bird supports its flight; strip
him Of his plumage, and you fix him
TO the earth.-Junius
From the large central compressed
air station in Paris special air conduits
are TO be laid TO sub-stations, each of
which will be equipped with COM
pressed air engines, driving continu-
GUS current dynamos.
The largest railway station in the
world is the terminus station of the
Peninsular railway at Bombay, India,
at which an army Of workmen were
at work for ten years at miserable
wages. Ii cost Sl9,000,000 all the
same, however.
Sloth makes all things difficult
but industry all easy; and he that ris-
eth late must trot all day, and scarce
overtake his business at night; while
Laziness travels 50 slowly that Pow
erty soon oyertakes him.-B. Frank
lin.
Some tricky youngsters in Belfast,
Ne. nut one Of their number in the
bottom Of a bag, covered him with
old iron, rags, ETC., dragged the
whole into shop had the bag weigh
ed aud were Just settling with the man
of the shop when the hidden boy
sneezed and spoiled the trade.
An important suit has been decided
by the supreme court Of Michigan. II
was a suit against life insurance
company and originated at Adrian.
The insured took his own life by cut
ting his throat, but was at the time
deranged. The verdict in the lower
court was against the insurance comr
pany and this verdict was sustained by
the supreme court
In France L is proposed TO have q
law prohibiting the employment q
boys and girls at night Petitions fol
the passage Of such law are being
signed all over the country. This II
opposed by many Of the working class
es, who complain that il would dimin
ish the family income so that some o.
them could not support their children
At one Of the cross roads in Brazil
an idol carved from the wood of al
. orange tree was placed for the Indian
! TO worship On one occasion II wa
noticed that am old red man omitted I
, perform this act OF obeisance. On u
ing commanded TO kneel he stubborn
ly replied: mo; l knew him when h
was an orange tree"
Mr.. J. William Fosdick, a young a
tist Of New York, has taken up sketcl
ing with red hot pokers, and some {
his pictures are mastery. The lats
Ball Hughes, OF Boston, was a prod
cient In this art forty years ago. an
several OF his productions are held h
day in high repute.
We assemble parliaments and cou,
\ ellis 10 have the benefit Of their co
II lected wisdom; but wc neccsaaril
have, at the same time, the inconver
A fences Of their collected passions. m
= judices and private iniercstx By Il
y help Of these, artful men ovcrpows
their wisdom. and dupe its posncI
=. sors; and il we may judge BY tho sc(I
d arrets and edicts, all the world orsl
for regulating commerce, an aSembl'
Of great men are the greatest fool