The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-03-06
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A Giantess II being exhibited in
Osaka, Japan, who In fully eight
feet Ia Insight. She IL said TO be
emily sixteen years old.
The American eagle IL said 10 be
dying OF fast. A late estimate
places the entire visible supply In
the United States at 300.
Five years ago there were Eve
girls schools In Yokohama and To-
lilo. To-day there more than thirty,
and all well patrOnifed.
Two hundred women Of Colby,
Kansas, have demanded Of the coun-
ell that the paint be removed from
the windows Of billiard halls.
A Polk county, Florida, hunter
has takes . novel contract. He has
agreed to capture alive an eighteen
foot alligator fer the eub-tropical
Exposition.
In Q desperate encounter between
o large bald eagle and two dogs at
DerWood Me-, for the possession Of
piece Of fresh beef, the bird came of
victorious.
In Denmark most Of the girls are
trained In agriculture, which IL
there an important industry. The
owners Of farms receive pupils, who
undergo . regular training.
Some South American cities claim
. very rapid growth. The city Of
ManILales, In Antioquia, Columbia,
which has enly been established
forty years, has new population Of
2O0, 900.
The peculiar Odor Of Russia leath-
er, which makes IL impregRsble to
the ravages Of insects, arises from
the employment Of an oil obtained
by the dlstlllation Of the bark Of the
birch tree.
X. O. Pate, q citizen Of Hawkins
vile, Ga, IL the proud owner Of q
United States currency note dated
Sept. %, HIS. IL IL . thirty-dOllar
bill, and was issued by tue congress
at Philadelphia.
A bear that was fisating down the
Sacramento river or O cottonwood
tree, while passing under q bridge,
by Q quick movement caught beam.
pulled itself upon the road and trOt-
ted of into the country.
At Aubuan, Cal, q woman, while
watching her hens scratching In the
garden, saw them uasaIth q bright
object and try their bills upon IL.
She took 10 into the house, and Il
proved TO be . piece Of gold worth
So.
Although Connecticut IL but nine-
ty miles long and seventy broad, Il
is so well supplied with railroads
that you can travel In its cars close
upon . thousand miles without
crossing its borders and without
repeating"
"There 70 q lady living on the east
side Of the river" says an Augusta,
Me-, paper, who IL ia her seventies
and 10 cutting q new set Of teeth.
came painful, and In Q short time
the teeth began to appear"
A few weeks age o Dodge City,
Kansas, dentist, who had made n
set Of teeth for lady who had failed
to pay for them, took them out Of
her mouth in q crowded store in
that place. In an hour or two the
mOlars were paid for and returned
To the woman.
Many men are still working the
Placer mines Of Southern California,
v asbing cut from 81 or 50 to SO per
day. An immense deposit Of suri-
ferrous gravel has been located in
HoleOmb valley, San Bernardino
county. that pays Is cents gold TO the
pan.
A suicidally-inclined war veteran
In New York went out, the other
.nI hfs,.aIF ba
posed, into the river. But he found
ssh scOw, from which some Italian
labOrsrs, after infinite pains, sue
eeeded in rsscuiBg him.
II very seldom happens that bees
will make their honey aud comb In
the 0Bsn air, hut such a case has
been found in the grange grove Of
W. l.. Dollvs, southeast Of Orlando,
Fla, where q swarm Of bees have
made o large piece OF honey on the
limb Of one Of his orange trees.
II Is expected that the Manchester
{ Eng, ship canal will be finished
before the time stipulated, the end
Of 1891. Work goes on night and
day, l2.OOO men aud ninety-siX
steam navvles being employed
The locks will he spacious enough
to accommodate the largest steam
erS.
which everyone may adopt without
fear of hesitation. I. Never allow
yourself to be awakened by any
body else, but walt until you have
slept out your sleep. =. Get up rs
soon a. you are awake. III you fol-
low these tive rules the hours Of
sleep will very soon regulate them
selves.
A brilliant flash Of lightning, fol-
lowed by a roll Of thunder, brought |
citizens TO their windows
the other night, q few minutes past |
10 o'clock. Snow Was falling at the |
time, and later hail fell in thick |
showers. The lightning was con-
at intervals, during half an
hour, but the thunder was not heard |
again.
Seattle was founded thiTty-eight |
years ago by some thirty or forty |
men, who went there Ia the schooner |
Exact, which had been chartered by |
q party Of California miners TO go to |
These young men were |
landed at Alki point, and went to |
the site of Seattle, which was then |
an Indian settlement, and mainly n
dense forest.
A deer was captured alive In Mon |
son, Me-, recently. He was first |
seen crossing the narrOws OF Lake |
Hebron within fifty yards Of the |
hotel, walking slowly, and seemed |
to be studying the plan Of the vii
lege until q team drove onto the |
pond, when he suddenly changed
his intentions and started up the |
pond. making his way directly into
Mr.. Eben Bray's yard, where he
was captured.
The English government has been |
redeeming at their nominal value |
the old gold coins that have become
short weight through much use,
with the idea of getting them out OF |
lt was supposed that |
there were 80, OOo, 600 worth Of such |
coins la the country, but the call
only brought In about half that sum. |
This month the old rule OF taking
such coins only by weight will go
into force sgain.
The largest bowlder stone in the
world Is the one situated In the ERg-
Iish lake district in Cumberland,
England. IL has the shape
Of q ships keel, aud weighs nearly
two thousand tons. The stone
sixty-tWo feet in length,
thIrIy-sIx feet thick, aud is assembled
by 9 baIustraded stair case OF eighty
steps. Like all other curious geo.
logical attractions. no one knows its