The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-08-13

One Of the oldest professors In
West Point recently told a reporter
that the young men who apply for adj
mission 90 that military institute are
not 50 well vensed iu the Fudiments of
au English education ~ were the men
Of the last generation. He attributes
this change 30 the perniciOus habit
which llns grown up in our public
schOOls Of trying TO give the young =
slnattering of many studies, but n OF
sufficient knowledge Of any Of the or
dinary branches which were taught
quite thoroughly twenty or thirty
years ago.
A plan Is on foot 10 connect the cities
OF London aud Paris n distance Of 475
nliles-with a double line Of pneunHl-
ie tubes % run alongside tue railrUad
tracks ON both sides of the channel,
and tn be sunk under the sea between
Dover and Calais or FOlkstOne and
Boulngne. IL is calculated that In
this way London Letters ean be deliv-
cred IN Paris I'm one hour from the
time mailing, and the proposition h To
send twenty trains Of letter wagons
through the tubes every hour. The
cost OF the enterprise IL placed at about
El 400, 600.
WAsBIN0TON, ID. C., Aug. lO.-The
White House l. now clused TO visitors,
and will not be reOpened until the
presidents return In September In
the meantime the building will he
Overhauled and made as clean and
comfortable ~ possible. Consider
able repairing will have to be done,
and several improvements In the in
terual arrangements will be made.
The clerical force will remain on duty
during the summer. Assistant PTl-
vate Secretary PTuden Is In Chicago.
The president will always be within
telegraphic communication with the
White House, aud will In that way
attend to all matters requiring action
on his part.
An address Containing 40, 900 sig
natures has been prepared, thanking
the Pal Mall Gazette for its expose OF
the immOralities Of London. At the
same time q sensation has been ere
ated by the singular course OF the pa
per in now opposing the raising Of the
age of consent OF girls % Is years
The ground taken Is that 10 would
"abOlish the present means Of sub
stance Of large number OF girls with
out cOmpensating them for the legis-
lative cOnfiscatiOn of their income. 4"
This has provoked severe criticism
and the Spectator says that Il Is i'm
possible to attribute noble motives TO
the Pal Mall Gazette In the publiea-
ton OF the vileness exposed by il in
London.
NEW YORK, Aug. lO.-The COM
Blercidi advertiser this afternoon says:
1.-THE financial resources available 10
Mrs. Grant are at present not exactly
ascertainable, since they are depen-
dent somewhat on the action Of Con-
gress as To the balance Of the Gener-
ais relief pay for the current year.
The receipts from the Generals book
will be hers. Estimating these re-
ceipts at IS cents per volume, for an
edition OF S3OO, 900 copies she will re-
ceIve S225, 900, or an annual incOme Of
8, 900 at 4 per cent. To this will prob
ably be added s. 600 year as widow
Of An eX-President. and the net rental
Of the SiXty-siXth street house, which,
out Of interest and taxes, may amount
to s., ,WO. So that, In all probability,
IL, "a II reported, Mrs. Grant has a
full life interest in her husbands
property, she will In the course OF u
twelvemOnth or so enjoy an income
of SIS, go or $l6 .OO0. This IL all indie
pendent Of the income arising from
the trust fund of $50, 900. In that
sum Of money the General posses sed
the right Of disposition, and, until his
will Il made public, Il will be impOssi-
BILE tO say whether he has given his
wife life interest or whether he has
distributed this money amO ng his
heirs"