The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-12
GENERAL NOTES

Thurman Is himself again.
Senator Houston Is very bald
Our school bored-the majority Of ths
boys and girls.
A new bird of paradise has been found
on the west coast Of New Guinea
Harper's Ba-ar saws ''bonnets are much
larger than for several years past
and so are bonnet bills
The Boston Post thinks that Hampton
will Wade into the senate. He won't have
to Wade, either.
hi Nurska does not support WilhelmJ
in the coming concerts. as has been an
nounoed. Wi,helmj has supported hi"'-
self by adding eyer since he Was knee
high to toaistool.
10. Cook. so SAYS the REGISTER. was hal
an hour telling the New HaSen people
that they lived on the humid side II the
globe. and all the while 1t was rainioS
pitch-forks.
Wet pepper throws of great quantities
Of carbonic acid gas. Five sailors recently
lost their lives in the hold Of an English
vessel loaded with pepper. part OF which
had been wet with ram.
The first street railway in Rome now
operates successfully from the Pcrta del
Popolo. at the entrance of the Villa Bcr-
ghese. to the old bridge of Ponte Molle on
the Tber, distance of nearly two miles,
There is a lively contest at Brooklyn
fair for 500 sword. to be given to the
most popular regimental officer. Chap
4. NJ l. II l..t k.Sx
will rally for him on the home-stretch.
The London Timss doubts if any one
ever excelled Mr.. Gladstone in profusion
of utterance. At his age, Brougham.
marvellously ELUSIVE with mouth and pen
up to 20. had nearly ceased TO be heard.
Princes Hassan nd Mustapha. sons Of
the khedive. have arrived at Berlin with .
numerous suite. Murray Pasha, who COM
manded an Egyptian force a; Varna IN the
war, acts rs aajutant Of Prince Hassan.
who Is a major in the Prussian service.
The magnificent recreation ground OF
Epping forest. 5000 acres Of green sward
and noble timber. within half an hours
raul of the poorest districts OF London. 10
now secured TO her citizens forever. manly
through the public spirit Of the corpora
| ton.
| The Boston Post recommends Mr.. Ev-
arts TO write an open letter TO the rsscals
who stole Stewards body as dernier re-
sort. The finest police in the world have
ransacked all the thieving rsorts-except
the right one, and now they exclaim.
.'Dern-yer resort.
One hundred and two societies, % news
papers and IS books and pamphlets have
been prohibited in Germany since the pro-
mitigation Of the anti-Socialist law. In
Northern Germany there Is but one journal
Of Socialist proclivities left. In Central and
Southern Germany there still remain IL.
| All these have changed their names SINCE
the new law, and try TO conceal their
bias.
Just turn moment from thoughts OF
secular affairs and imagine our own Ulys-
SEES roosting IN gorgeous array. upon the
throne Of Bulgaria. Imagine Boss SheP-
herd of blessed memory. and Belknap,
Babcock. Robson and the rest Of ''the
boys playing seven-up in the royal capital.
and eating Bulgarian mountain mutton
at the government expense. spare Us,
good Lord
| An interesting experiment has been
made to determine whether the headwa-
tiers Of the Danube found their way through
subtsrranean passages INTO the Aach.
Some huorescein was placed in the waters
Of the Danube and in three days the splen-
did green color and golden reflections ~er.
seen IN the Aach. Ten kiios Of fiuorescein
had colored at least so,Vc.VO iItres OF
water.
The Rev. Mr.. Chambers. Of the Mount
Pisgah Methodist church. Philadelphia,
has had three Of his brethren and two SIS
ters arrested for whipping hun There has
long been division in his congregation.
and recently one faction got control OF the
ediice and locked him out. Last Sunday
he came with letter from hrs bishop. an-
thor,zing him 10 hold services. but the five
accused persons yanked him from the plat
form and threw HIM out Of dcon.
Vegetable Psychologists used to think
that leaves absorbed dew and rain until .
| Frnchman named Duchartr. in 1857. re-
yersed Thu. view. and his opinion was
adop,ed by botanists. Practical gardeners,
however. have never been converted. and
they freely syringe their plants under ocr-
tain conditions. And now the Rev. Mr..
| Denslow, in England. has, after many e.
| perments. concluded that dew u not alb
sorbed at night, but that absorption tahes
place al sunrise, when trapspiration u b.
gun. and the water on the leaves Is suck
Ell in.
When N. Tame was elected into the
French rcademy the other day the number
of sca.lemician. present was %: the aieo-
Lutte majority was Therefore II. and N.
Tame obtained - votes. Hp election 70
regarded a. proof that the Liberal aeadem-