The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1886-04-08
PERSONS AND THINGS.

There are over $4,000 Knights Of
Labor in the United States.
IL is said to be easier to get a divorce
in Maine than il Is to get q drink Of
whisky.
A funeral procession in Geneva, n.
Y, last week, stopped long enough
10 allow the body to be taken into u
gallery and photographed.
Cornell University now has sixty
Instructors and officers and 63S stu
dents, go Of whom are freshmen,
while the senior class contains only 81
Governor Proctor Knott, Of Ken
lucky, has appointed a gentleman
Major on his staff, with the rank Of
mister" He l. said 10 be the only
"Mistern in Kentucky.
A Columbia Is. c. lady keeps a
penny box on her dining table, ard
when members Of the family speak IN
Of any person she requires them 10
contribute 10 the box.
In the United States every two hun
dredth man takes a college course; in
England, every five huDdTedth In
Scotland, every six hundredth, and In
Germany every two hundred and
thirteenth.
The massive iron chest in which the
manuscript Of the DOOmsday book was
formerly kept IL still preserved in the
British Office OF public records, and IL
will be an object Of curiosity at the
coming Of the S00ih dOODsday ami
versaTy.
Lime cartridges are coming into use
for blasting purposes. A hole is bored,
the lined cartridge inserted, and
water is poured over Il. The increase
In volume Of the slsked lime splits and
cracks the substance which Il is de
sired to blast.
Fred Decker, better known as the
"Ossian Giant died az his home al
SWANS, Allegheny County, Pa, Sun
day night. At the age Of fifty Year,.
During his earlier life ne was feet q
inches in height and weighed 325 lbs.
AZ he grew older be became round
shOnldered, and st the time Of his
death he Was but 8 feet II inches high.
During a visit 10 the seaside Sarah
Bernhardt saw q mad woman daily
casting pieces Of bread upon the waves.
The poor creature explained that she
was feeding the fishes 90 that they
would not IN their hunger deyoaf the
body Of her son, who had been drown
ed at sea. The actress made q note of
the case, and has nov illustrated Il in
q marble group.
Minneapolis IL to have new twelve
story hotel, The Palisades. The main
dining room and private banqusting
roOms viii Be in the tenth story, and
will excel IN finish any rooms used
for similar purposes this eide % New
York. The eleventh floor will be de-
voted entirely to the Kitchen ami its
accessory departments, and the twelfth
story contains the laundry and ser
wants quarters. It viii have accom-
mOdaii0ns for so guests and viii cost
$3.50, 600.
In his latest Monday lecture Joseph
Cook remarked that neither the Dem
ocratic nor the Republican party
would be preserved IN whisky. Mr..
Cook is half right. The Republican
party viii never be thus preserved.
ftsoWn indOmitable Trustworthy spirit
and not any sort Of spirit In the plural
viii preserve II. But Mr.. Cook i
eonspicuously wrong shout the Dem
oeracy, Without whisky the Demo
cratic hull could not Be kept afloat six
months. Any political underwater
viii teli him thsf.-Nea9 York Zri5-
HHe.
The members Of the Civil Service
Commission decline 20 explain how Il
happens that y 0ut Of ~ persons Who
have been appointed % places IN the
Pension Ofles 81 Commissioner Black
nudcf Tie civii-service rules are Dem