The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-08-23
PERSONS AND THINGS.

To get rid of mosquitoes, take Of
gum camphOra piece about One-third
the size of an egg, and evapOrate il by
placing IL In a tin vessel, holding it
over q lamp or candle, taking care
that II does not ignite. The smoke
will soon I'LL the room and expel the
annoying insects.
The first Atlantic cable, laid I'm 1857
5S, worked only a few weeks. The
next, In 1855, was lost when In mid
ocean, and was not raised until Sept.
I, 1866, when Il was spliced to fresh
cable and brought into use. But be-
fore the completion of this the present
main cable was laid, chiefly by means
Of the Great Eastern, the laying be-
ing begun July and completed the
9th OF the same month.
The little excursion steamer Maid Of
the Mist, which used to ply on the Nj
agra River, between the falls and the
whirlpool, ran through the seething
rapids and the great whirlpool OF that
river In 1861, with the captain and two
companions on board, one Of whom
vas lost on the passage. II was a
fOOlhardy feat, and came near ending
in the wreck Of the vessel and the
death Of all on board.
Judge HOadly has been guilty Of an
other indiscretiOn. He told a South
ern interviewer that 10 Tilden had
come out boldly and claimed the Pres
ideney he would have got Il. He will
make himself dlsliked by the athlete
Of Gramercy Park IL he does not stop
talking that way. That is really ail
the party has against Tilden. that his
craw was sandless In the great crisis.
The less said about that feature Of the
case the better for "the old ticket"
We have seen the following going
the rounds Of the Eastern press
Mr. st. John. the Ex-Governor Of
Kansas, is thought to be the worst
fisherman Ia the country. He went
trolling for pickerel at Silver Lake,
n. Y the other day, but talked with a
companion constantly until their re-
turn to the shore. He was leaving
the lake when boy said: "LOOk-a-
here, Mister Man, there's a piekeral
on your line ye forgot TO pull in" The
piekeral weighed four pounds.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug ls-The
BHlieffRe published a letter brought
down on the steamer S. P1uf from
0AlAH AAAAoAMf MAAANE4 NlAAH
evening announcing q large gold dis
cOvery near Yukon river, Alaska.
Owing 10 the extreme cold weather, %
below zero it was impossible 10 do
much prospecting. The miners who
made the discovery were 4 partv fitted
out by +. Schlefiin, who made diseoV.
cries in Arizona and who cleared over
a million dollars in that section.
Gen. Wade Hampton, on his first
meeting with Gen. Grant, q few weeks
since, said that he was surprised &C
the conversational powers he dis
played. 'He is g splendid talker, and
/ was much interested in his account
Of his travels abroad. found none
Of that reticence and want Of ability
70 express himself Of which 7 had
heard, and found him q much broader
and abler man than ] had expected %
Why didn't he hunt hlm up sooner.
It seems that the fashionable fox
hunting about Newport has suffered
some disadvantages this season
through what one correspondent calls
the "Inean conductn Of the farmers IN !
purpOseiy placing Instructions on
their land. The f0x-bunters are will |
ing 70 pay for the crops they ruin, and !
they regard the conduct OF the farm |
srs as iDexplicable. tls interesting |
to think Of The instructions these /
gentlemen and ladies would receive /
in the attempt 10 career around over /
the corn and potatoes Of an average /
Western farming community.
The original harm0nica consisted of
drinking glasses. PLAYED with moist /
ened fingers. We Rad that about 1850 /
Mr.. Paekeridge, an Irish gentleman,
Was noted es q player upon gIassss,
whose pitch was regulated by the /
amount Of water contained in ea8h.
Benjamin Franklin greatly improved
the narmonica By making the glasses
revolve about q spindle and fixing the
pitch BY the size % the glass. He nlss
adopted 3 different color for each ncte
IN the scale. and moistened the rims