The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-03-27
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Sixteen states forbid the sale Of
tobacco 10 minors.
Gray owls have appeared In Maine
In large numbers.
Queen Victoria receives en- IN
average nearly 100 letters day,
Il IL estimated that 10000, 900
European eggs were eaten In the
United States last year.
There are twenty-five -four mills
In Minneapolis with q combined
daily capacity Of ., SIS barrels.
The Hon. Hannibal Hamlin has
has subscribed a, SOD to the building
fund Of the @. A. r. at Bangor.
Silver gray foxes have become re-
markai.ly plentiful in Connecticut.
Half ad0zen Of them have been shot
there this winter.
According to . chewing gum man
ufaeturer, the Chicsgosns consume
more gum than the Inhabitants Of
any other American city.
The late Empress Augusta left
Queen Victoria . splendid gold
bracelet, containing the words "FoE
ever" set In precious stones.
Miss Emily Faithful, whose life
has been devoted 10 the service Of
her cOuntryWOmen, has been placed
upon the pension list OF the British
Government.
Money IL being raised for the cree
ton Of q monumental statue Of
commodore Vanderbilt on the
campus OF Vanderbilt University, 1T
Nashville, Tenn.
French meteorologlsts, Il appears,
have lust discovered that the Elffsl
Tower will prove far more valuable
TO them for observation than was at
first supposed.
A useful gift r. that Of Milton
George to the city Of Chicago, by
which 800 acres Of valuable land are
transferred TO the city for the use Of
an industrial training school for
boys.
Mime. ThayeT, who died recently
In Paris, wss probably the last sur
Viyor Of those who accompanied
Napoleon Bonaparte 10 st. Helena.
She was the daughter OF General
Bertrand.
The ''tercentenary OF the inven-
ton ~ the compound microscope"
will be celebrated by . universal
exhibition of botany and microscopy,
10 De held at Antwerp during the
present year.
The Japanese war authorities are
trAnslating the army laws OF Ger
many and the CONSUMPTION law Of
France, 20 aid them Ia the contem-
- I'm
methods In their 0Wn country.
IL Is reported that the Gar Of
Russia has added TO his imperial
cares and anxieties those Of becom-
ing au immense cotton planter, and
that he annually raises o huge crop
OF cotton from his vast estate NJ
MulghAb.
When the statue Of Robert F.
Lee reaches Richmond Il will be
plseed Ia . wagon and dragged 10
the site Of the monument by thOus-
ands OF men and women, who will
take bold Of q rope = mile or more
long.
Tie Rev. F.O. Morris, the we'll
known British naturalist, 10 trying
TO procure the passage Of an act OF
parliament making bird's-nestlng
illegal, In order to preserve some OF
the rarer British birds from total
extinction.
A big pond on lots In Long Island
City, l.. /. while belhg drained for
building purposes, was found to be
fairly alive with fish, principally
perch, many of them OF unusual
size. They were carried away alive
in pals literally by thousands.
Three New Zealand women have
lately brought out useful patents:
one for an improved pastry roller,
the second for . flax-drawlng
machine, and the third for q patent
fax and wool dresser. At the an
nual presentation Of diplomas nj the
New Zealand UniyaT-ity, four Ia les
received the degree Of BfcaelOr of
Arts.
the University Of Klalsenburg,
claims to have compounded q sOlu-
ton which completely nsutraliEes
the pOsiOn introduced into the
system by the bite Of q mad dog.
This solution consists Of chlorine
water, salt brine, sulphurous acid,
psrmAnganate Of potassium, and
eucalyptus oil.
IL IL estimated by q correspondent
In the Chicago Tribune that at least
sixty per cent, Of the multitude OF
type-wrlters In the city are women,
as are twenty-five per cent OF the
type-setteTs, fifty per cent Of the
telegraph operators, and about
seventy per cent Of the employees In |
stores.
In Western Turkestan, where /
there are no schools, the Russian |
has fitted up some rail-
way carriages, to which teae hers |
have been appointed. These car
rlages make brief sOiOuFns at varI- |
Gus stations. The children are
gathered and given lessons Ia read |
which, schOOl-hOuse and teacher are |
c JnVeyed to the next station.
A Kentucky man went down into |
Tennessee, Bought eighty acres Of |
land, scattered . ton Of iron where Il /
would do the most good, and sold /
the land to Q Boston man for Eve
times what it cost. Boston nosed
around some more, sunk a couple Of
aud 10 now taking out more
iron In one day than would equal
the price paid Kentucky for the
Free Press.
According to the Savannah Neus
the present season has been a re-
good one fer Southern
cotton growers. and they are much
better or than they have been at
any time since the war. The Netps
believes that "if they continue 10 be
thrifty aud economical, and let
cotton future alone, within . very
lew years they will be the richest
class of agriculturists In the coun-
Try"
Captain Zalinski, Of pneumatic
run fame, IL now engaged" accord
ng TO the Manchester Courier,
upon the production of Q quick
iriug guh similar to the Hotchkiss
Tx and three-pOundsr guns, but TO
discharge shells filled With blasting
,slatlne. IL such Q weapon can be
leylsed capable OF being quickly
lined aud used with accuracy, 10
viii be hopeless for any torpedo
oats 60 hope 10 attack large ship" ,
A man In q car gave up his seat to
lady. She accepted It without 20
much ~ Thank you" Later, O
Dung man got into the ear whom
he knew, and, just before leaving,
be called him to her, and said,
You take my seal, for l am going
D get of here" The mau who had
occupied it stood directly
. front Of her, and his face was q
ludr He dldnia aav aavthlne hat |