The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-09-19
LIENS OF INTEREsT

An effort IL being made to get
Oliver Wendell Holmes to write an
autobiography. He refuses on the
ground that his works already tell
as much Of himself Is he cares 10
have the public learn, and that he
desires to spend his remaining years
In comparatIveIdleness.
The king and queen Of Greece have
seven children, the youngest year
old. The Princess Alexandria 10 q
very pretty girl Of 10. The queen IL
fond Of American literature, takes
all the magazines, and adores the
works OF Hawthorne. All the chill
dren speak French, English, Greek
and Russian.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe was
very poor when she wrote "Unele
Toms Cabin" The last chapter
was written In the Office Of her pub
Usher In Boston. IL was q cold win
ter morning, and she arrived at the
store half frozen. She stood over
the stove half an hour before she
could hold q pen. Three months
from that time she received q check
for $4,000 as the first payment on
the sale OF "Unele Toms Cabin"
Emperor William has but recently
honOred himself with any big mill
taFy rank. Though as kaiser he In
the "waT-lOrd" of the German army,
he remained Abrigadier until q short
while ago, when he rose to be q
major general. Since Queen Victo-
ria made him an admiral, and the
Austrian Emperor made him q gen.
eral, MOltke has urged him TO come
up TO the first rank, and he Ii now q
commanding general.
Says the Boston Advertiser: Com
plants have been louder this sum-
mer than ever before on account Of
Protestant clerRymen from their
tive incident, that In Waterbury,
Conn.,, q city Of 5000 people, 8
protestant clergyman could not be
found TO perform q marriage cere-
mOny. Marriages can be be post
pOned but sickness and death cen
not.
The largest iron, steel and alumni
mum works Of the country are now
IN process Of erection at West Park,
near Flndlay, Ohio. A syndicate
Of NeF York capitalists have Just
completed negotiations for the pur-
chase Of SO acres OF land, and more
IL to be bought within Q short time.
The number Of workmen to be en-
ployed In the works, 10 10 said, will
run into the thousands. On Monday
the company broke ground for the
erection Of 500 model dwelling
houses for the accommodation OF the
employees.
Itisa curious fact that the fine
old Seventy-ninth regiment Of Cam
erou Highlander, which is sta
toned at Balmoral during Queen
VIctoria's residence In Scotland,
does not contain q single man In the
corps whose name IL Cameron. On
the other hand, there are no less
than $50 Macdonalds In the ranks.
In order to appreciate the ludicrous
side Of this state Of affairs 10 should
be added that the Highland clans Of
Cameron and Macdonald have been
on terms Of bitter enmity for sew
eral centuries.
President Harrison and Secretary
Blaine, says q writer In the WASH
ington Post, are strikingly alike in
the matter Of complexion, the pecu-
liar pallor which defies sunburn,
tan, or freckles, no matter how long
the exposure to the sun TO which
they may be subjected. During his
stay at Deer park the president
spent much time In the open air,
and while nj Bar HarboF, In compa-
ny with the secretary Of state, led
an out-of-door life. Yet neither has
even q tinge Of brown TO show for
his summers outing.