The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1884-01-03


TIE llsr VINO went 5n q a.IiIne
iouf. uCt 1tr1c. a1Q h1d % 1rc his
uile behind g ah solemn Ies4. Nine
ca1oe is ten the InoDeT expended cn
wedding tours could Be- better used s8r
future comforts and luaurles in The
bone a Young couple Of snodefnle
means are se1zlbla who marry and 81
shout afrznginR the dishes and put
ting Up the kitchen stove. The ex-
penss of q single dey at q fashionable
hotel viii buy agood many juicy beef
steaks.
st. Louis, 40, Dec. 28-Mrs. Cen
erRl Sherman and her daughter
Rachel had q narrow escape from
death this afternoon They had been
attending St Xavier's Church, at 9Th
street and Lucas avenue, and had fust
seated themselves IN their buggy 20 60
home when the horses became fright
ened, and dashed madly up Lucas av-
enue, and upon reaching Eleventh
sneef they eOllided with q lamp post
awning. The ladies were taken
from the wreck uninjured, but badly
frightened. One Of the horses had
his back broken and was shot.
The AHautie Monthly for December,
1888, contained the following. sThe
explanation Of the prOverbial saying
about 'HobsOn's choice is given BY
Steele IN the Spectator, No. 500" The
passage referred to is thus: "Toblas
HObsOn was the first man in England
that let out hackney hOrses.&
When q man came for q horse he was
let into the stable where there was
great choice, but HObsOn Obliged him
to take the horse which stood nearest
ts the stable door; so that every Gus
toner was alike we'll served, accord
ing 10 bis chance, from whence Il be-
came q prOverb, when what ought 10
be your election was forced upon you,
to say, 'HObssn's choice"
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-The work
men at the White House grounds to
day cut down q tree about which
many historic associations cling. It
was q soft maple at the right Of a
semi-eireular walk leading down to
the avenue from the great porch In
front Of the White EOuse. II was the
first one OF the rOE planted around
the outer edge Of this curved walk OF
hagstOnes during the administration
Of kndrew dickson. It was only 3
sapling then, but grew 10 be over two
feet Ia diameter. There Is a tradition
current among some Of the Older la
bOrers about the White House that
Abraham Lincoln used 20 stop at this
tree when strOllIng thOughtfully about
the grounds and pluck u twig from it.
Then he would take out his pocket
knife and slowly whittle aud shave Il
away as he walked on. When Il was
gone he would presently pass again
and pluck another, till the limb next
TO the walk would look stripped by
fall from the frequent reguisitions for
the Presidents laek-knife. This IL
only one Of the many incidents con-
nected with the life OF the tree which
had to be cut down, a. Il had decayed
30 badly as 90 be IN danger Of falling.
"Mr. Taft, our minister to Austria,
never allows a barber to touch his
face" said q knight Of the razor in
Cincinnati recently. HE never wears
q beard, and always shaves himself
He has an assortment Of q dozen or
fifteen razOrs. He is 3 crank on the
subject Of buying razors. BE has Civ
en- me directions to buy for him a
razor whenever find a good one, no
matter what II costs Just before he
started for Vienna I sold him q Shelf
field blade fOr$l5. But you ought to
see him shave. He always has the
morning papers brought to his room
before he gets up. Just as soon as he
moves into his trousers, even while
his suspenders are dangling behind
him, he seizes his shaving mug and
latheFs his broad, smiling face, then
he adjusts the suspenders and again
lathers.' Looking for all the world as
II stricken by leprOsy In his face, he
then sits down to read the papers He
reads but few minutes when he gets
up and again fathers. Then he takes
his cutlery and begins stropping
them. Presently he lays them down
and fathers again. Then the paper,
the razor, the lather-and so he spends
an hour lathering, strOpping aud
reading, and reading, strOpping and
lsthering until his tough beard Is
made soft aud yielding. after which
he seizes the razor he believes TO be
the sharpest and scrapes one side, and
takes the next best razor and serapes
the other. By this time breakfast is
ready"