The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-02-20
UUT or THE ORDINARY.

y working pnlIanlnToi'lst NJ uTass
Valley, Cal, saws wood for poor
women of that place free OF charge.
A irwelpr ut Suisun, Cal, has
made clock that will run ISO days
without winding a second time.
Two whales were seen In ChesR-
peAke bay the otter day by the crew
Of All on sIer schooner. IL was o
very unusual sight in those waters.
says miller To the ladies: "In
selecting flour reject all with q
BLUSH tint. The best flour has o
very perceptible shsde Of straw
color In IL.
A statistician calculates that the
total tonnage of the world, steam
and sail, IL, in round numbers, 81
OO0.OD tones, Of which 20 per cent, Is
British.
The statement il made that more
than Gi,ODO elephants are killed In
Africa every year, and that their
ivory, in a raw state, is worth =, &c.,
Gu.
The belle at n recent dog. feast on
an Indian reservation in Dakota
wore a jacket trimmed with teeth
from 10 elk-, which she herself bad
slain.
Hydraulic power at = pressure OF
80 pounds TO the square inch IL nov
conveyed about benz ath the streets
Of London - steam il conveyed in
this country.
White mahogany IL exceedingly
rare, but spariugly introduced as
borders for tables aud delicate frame
work Of upholstered suits. IL has
soft, enamall-like gloss, and is very
costly.
A mail bag was recently found In
the oId law courts at FraHkfOrt-on
MAIN, Germany, containing ld5
undrliveTed letters, dating back to
IISI, all in a good state of preserya-
ton.
William Thornton. Of BlueiieId,
Tenn. probably leads nil centena-
rians in this country. He claims to
lie ~ years old and has records and
documents TO suhStantiate his claim.
O-car TutIle. of Santa Cruz, Cal,
was splitting kiudling- wood, when
he iarkirh large piece nG redwood.
lie found 5-Cemt piece uf 1850
lodged la the center of the limb. IL
was blSckrncd 10y the sap.
ThNltlE~ AiaNlhN arr IbHlllN
ing in popularity IN India. On tie
3lst uf March last year they number
ell u 30, an increase Of eighty-five
from the previous year, with cor
responding increase Ia deposits.
Genrge Matthews, of youngstown.
q, IL certainly remarkable man,
After having his right arm amPu-
taIed a. the result Of AN accident, he
placed the severed arm in n vallse,
aud, unattended, went ten miles to
his home.
The PheuiN, Col Gd-ctc IL re-
spOnsihIe for the statement that a
farmer near that place took out Of
one hill nu lees than III sweet potA-
toes. not one weighing less than one
pound, aud many tipped the scales
at twelve.
\ French woman has got up .
public contest, the proceeds Of which
are To be devoted To the relief of the
sufferers from the Antwerp fire, IN
which the prize il tO he awarded To
the woman who speaks the most
words in an hour.
A gentleman who was recently
msrrIed in Newport, KY, gave up
an Inheritance of 81, OOJ rather than
miss getting the object Of his choice.
lie was widOwer, aud his first
wife's property was TO revert to his
mother in ease hP married.
Poultry faucieTs will he interested
tn learn that u bTeeding-peD of eight
white I.angshAn fowls arrived NJ
New York on Tuesday afternoon
from London. on the steamship
I.ydian Monarch. The eggs OF such
fowls are scarce AT 81 apiece.
Tie rush for places Ia the public
service, 50 great in this country, IL
egualed in England, and Is mere
overwhelming la France, where
there are said To Ice upward Of 5000
applicants for H0 vacancies which
are filled annually in the Depart
mcnt of the seine.
White county. Arkansas, claims
the champion big girl. Her name IL
Nellie AriIda Malone. She was
nine years old the 18th of last
August, aud now weighs 30 pounds
Her father is dead. but she mas two
sisters and a brother, all younger
than herself.
\ dog belonging to Harver Skean,
of PottsIuWn, pays regular vista,
three little children Of his owner, in
TERED at the pottstown Cemetery,
aud scratches upon the graves. He
and the children were playmstes.
In the year l7OO there was but one
newspaper in the United States. In
1870 there were 5,S7l; this year there
are lB.Sl9, the total for the United
states aud Canada being Il, lOI. In
1870 there we're but 1900 periodicals
printed Inc the whole world. Nov,
however, there are In the United
States alone 1921 weeklies, l,99S
ntonthlies. and ! ,5s4 battles.
In the stomach Of q COW which was
butchered at Washington, e. H., o.,
the following articles were found:
Several nails, two and three inches
long; screws, brass nails, carpet
tacks, and n number Of stones.
There was fully 9 quart OF these
articles In the animals stomach.
The COW vas apparently in good
health before being butchered.
A novel flower has been found at
the isthmus Of Tshauntepee. This