The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1886-08-12

joaquin Miller is Ia San Francisco
attending the q. A. r encamVmeat,
and Il fs reported that ne Il 81 orr Of
Ills locks anc scarcely Jiistinguishable
from the Ordinaey individual.
The Jones family h holding a re-
uuion near Baltimore. Il ought to bs
the biggest convention ever held In
this country II all the back counties
are represented.
The late Archbishop Gilbert, Of
Paris. observed his vow Of poverty Ia
the end Of bis life, and never slept ON
ANYTHING better than q coarse straw
mattress in barely furnished room
A remarkable man is Captain John
Grant. Of New Orleans He is 30
wears old and has shaken hands with
every President from Washington
down 10 Cleveland. And yet he d,'es
not hold nor does he want an Office.
Lord Lonsdsleis tastes are decidedly
theatrical. and shortly after cnIning
into his estates he travelled all over
England with q private orchestra of
twenty five musicians. maintained
for the entertainment Of his friends.
Henry Golden. who calls himself
Texas Harry, and claims 10 be the
half-breed son OF White Cloud, an In
dian Chief, has Joined the Methodist
church I'm Richmond, Va, and h
drawing large audiences as 3 reviva-
list.
The one baby that Is said 10 have
been born In the White House was
ehristened Henry Walker" Is now
40 years old, and lives In MnntgJm
cry, Ala. His mother was q neice 0f
President Polk, Was visiting her uncle
when Henry was born.
Ben Butler has had his famous
yacht America reTOieled. and she H.
expected 10 prove q very fast boat
He is very proud OF his yacht and
keeps n model Of her on his desk Ia
his Boston office. He will start on
his annual summer cruise In = few
days.
John Bard, who was chief engineer
ofthe New York elevated Tailrnads
when they were built. has been In an
insane asylum at Flushing, l.. |,
since 1852 He ls worth fully q mil
lion dollars aud eff1rts are now being
made 10 procure his release on the
ground Of partial recovery.
A widow living at Findlay, Ohio.
i visited every evening by her DE-
ceased husband who sull clings 10 the
old rocking chair, even though his
homes lie In the cemetery. The chair
beRins to rock every evening. aud
the widow Is sure her husbands spir-
Il occupies it.
Richard Chandler of Bath, Me-, Is
anxious to follow the example OF
John TraynOr, who tried to cross the
Atlantic in a dOFy two years ago, and
was never heard from after he set
sail. Chandler believes he can row
around the globe, and wants to risk
II IL some one will bring him boat.
When the convictions Of majority
of the people against the use and sale
Of fstTOng drink are as positive as they
now are against stealing, this awful
evil will be entirely under control.
such conviction will be the result OF
the DrODer education of q Christian
people. Sentiment will thus be bOru
that can easily be embodied In en-
forced law.
Captain Joseph Berry, Of HALEY,
Idaho, has q remarkable war record.
When the rebellion broke out he
spent s., 600 Of his own money In or
ganizing a regiment in Ohio. When
mustered from the service his cont
manding officer endorsed his dis
charge as follows: "ThIs officer has
not been absent from his command a
day during the entire war"
The only institution we have that
reaches all classes in our land Is our
public schools. II these were now as
universally teaching Temperance rs
they are teaching the history OF the
United States, Physiology, and Geag-
raphy, we should soon have such n
reinforcement Of intelligent total alb
stainers as would carry dismay to the
heart Of the whisky ring.-Mrs. N. II.
Hunt.
Queen Victoria once being at an
important ceremony In q North OF
England city, a paper was brought to
her for her signature. or course she
inscribed il as usual, "VictOrie, r et
+" Then her favOrlte daughters
signature was desired aud was duly
written, "Beatriee." Finally the
wife Of the Mayor was called
to sign the paper, and not tn
De outuoue by any more Eoyhlttts sue
unhesitatingly wrote MARY"
A story Of Miss Mary Anderson
reaches US. While she was rehears-
ing the part Of Juliet an eminent
physician, an intimate friend, WAS
present. The performance delighted
him Till toward the conclusion OF the
play, when his cOuntenance wore
troubled expression. When 1t was
over he went up tO the actress. my
dear young LADY," he said, lyon are
wrong In one of your effects" Don't
you know that a corpse doesn't stifien
for at least six hours after death ?"
My dear Doctor" responded Mary,
slowly, speaking in rich, deep tones,
and adopting n strong American
twang, edo you think I'm going to
keep my audience waiting for six