The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1886-09-02


Adobe houses are made Of unb uFut
brick. They are IN common use IN
Texas. MeTico, Central and South
America The brioks are made 81
loamy earth, containing about two.
thirds dne sand and one-tbiFd elsyey
dust. This mess q mixed with water
and pressed into molds Of the required
size. Taken from the molCs the
adObes aFs placed on edge on the
ground aud left 20 harden in the sun.
In few days they are hard, COMPACT
bricks, without q crack. They are
laid with mud mortar, and at the
completion Of every two feet Of the
structure. and interval Of one week h
allowed for drying, and q similar
space Of time between the completion
Of the walls and the putting on Of the
roof The houses are usually one
story high, and the inside is plaster
cd before the roof ls put on. The du-
ration o. these houses q much greater
thaB would be supposed, as there are
q number now In existence which
have stood for more than . century.
Mr.. James Russell Lowell is 20 be
the guest during the present week Of
3 friend In Cornwall, Eng, after
which be will 20 TO Whltby for 3
fortnight. He sails for home the
middle Of September, bus will return
to London next summer.
Bishop Riley paid $4,000 for the
Protestant Episcopal church properly
IN the City Of Mexico. and now the
same property has q value Of 81 600, 900
90 great has been the increase.
Mr.. Gladstone has been obliged 20
decline at least q dozen invitations
from owners Of yachts because Of bis
Inability to be In dozen places az the
same time.
All the grocers and restaurant pro-
prietOrs Of Tusfola, Ills. have signed
agreement 10 sell exclusively home
manufactured -four for ninety days
% order 10 give 1t thorough trial.
Mr.. Tilden once admitted that he
never once faced an audience or rose
IN court that stage fright did not
seize him. He tried every device 20
cure himself, but Il could not be done.
Adam FOrepaagh, gr.. proposes 10
have his trained horse, BlOndin, walk
q rope stretched above Niagara Falls,
Sept. Is.
Lady Randolph Churchill Is truly q
beautiful woman, graceful and will
lOwy 10 figure, charming In feature,
and half me lsneh0ly In expression.
Eugene, ex-Empress, has been stay
ing IN the lovely Isle Of Wight, and
has found there 30 much health that
she won't make her usual trip to the
Continent. She is going to the North
70 be near Queen VictOria-the two
widows always meeting during some
part Of each year.
The characteristic garb Of Mr.. Rid
dlebeFgeF in the Senate during the
late days Of the last session consisted
Of yellow nankeen trousers, q silk
smoking jacket, no waist-cOat, and q
bulging display Of linen.
Miss BraddOn, the novelist, is very
methOdical in her habits. She works |
only three days q week, but on those
days she puts in full time, working |
from 10 A. n. to Z p. NJ, without any |
intermissiOn Whatever.f
VictOria's dislike for Gladstone Is
said by the 81. Stephens Gazette to |
date back 10 the passage OF the Irish |
Church disestabllshment bill In 1868. |
The Queen expressed 10 Gladstone |
her aversion to the essential principle |
Of the bill, and he replied; "But,
madam, you must sign.n The Queen |
flushed and rejOined with indigna-
ton; "Sir, do you know who 1 ann"
Yes, madam, the Queen Of England /
But does your Majesty know who |
am? am the people OF England"