The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-01-16
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Some remsrksbla esvss have been
discovered I'm West Australia. Two
Of them would afford OocommOda-
items for 800 coo men each.
The women Of Milford, Me-, have
presented te the town q hall which
they paid for themselves By giving
entertainments and falrs.
It IL estimated that Santa Barbara
county, California, contains thirty
bee-farms, with 1850 hives. The
output Of honey last year was 1900
pounds.
An old sailor, who was born on
the water, and has gone round the
world Eve times, was seized with
sea-siekness while riding In Q Phila-
delpbls street ear.
IL has geen discovered thas many
school buildings recently erected In
England st . cost Of many millions
are 20 poorly constructed e. 20 be In
danger Of collaPsIHg.
A Gilr0y, Cal, dsbatlng society
has decided that Lady Macbeth was
an excellent woman, and was not
party TO any Of the murders detailed
In ShakesPears's tragedy Of "Ase-
beth"
The Sandwich Islanders pipe 10
made OF virgin cork, lined with
mesrschaum, and IL curious by rea-
son Of the pattern on the cork made
by the insects that feed on the trees.
IL IL like delicate laee-Sork.
The French Chamber 10 consider
ing o new law for entirely suppress
ing public executions. The only
spectators would be these designated
by the law, and o few whom the
authorities might invite at their
discretion.
William Hammond, Of wilkes
barre Heights, aged seVenty-nine,
has worked continuously In coal
mines for over seventy years, hav-
ing commenced with bis father In
Wales, when he was eight years old.
He is hale yet.
The town Of Hanover, Oxford
county, IL the banner town In Maine.
IL has neither q doctor, lawyer, min
lister nor pauper, and last year had
money enough In the treasury to run
the town without assessing the In
habitants for poll tax.
Au English Newspaper relates
that one William Richards, aged
twenly-fOuF, was "lArking" with bis
sweetheart, when she happened to
scratch his thumb. The scratch,
which festered, resulted In blood
poison, and he died from Il.
A trader from Alaska was In Port
land, Ore the other day and bought
q lot Of the most expensive collins.
He says the Indians Of Alaska can
have ROthiBg too rich aud expensive
In the coffin line, and will spend
their last dollar 20 obtain Il.
A japanese surgeon advertises a.
follows: Surgery and bone-setting
have been practlsed by my ancestors
for the past seven generations. In
deed, lay claim to q certain amount
Of accumulated experience trans
mltted to me In writings and other
wise"
SchoOl-boys generally sympathizs
with one Of their number who 10
subjected 10 the teachers rod, but IN
. school at Marysville, CAL, the
other day, . lad undergoing punish
nent struck the teacher, q woman,
when the other boys pOuncsd upon
him and gave him q severe drubbing.
Mr.. Joseph Myers butehsred for
his son Caleb, on the John George
farm, near Irwin Pa, on last We'd
nesdsv, and made . sausage meas
uring sixty-eight feet, and on the
day previous Simon HiRbbarger, Of
Penn township, made one which
measured seventy-nlne feet from tip
to tip.
Michigan alone turns one million
clothesplns loose In this country
every week, and the other manu-
factursrs bring the figures up to
fourteen million. The product per
year gives every man, woman and
child big basket Of pins, and where
they all 90 to Is what no fellow can
find out.
A Juniata county, Pennsylvania,
lady has q plan that would work
about rs well Ne moral suAslen In
reforming drunkArds. She publicly
flogs her husband every time he
comes home drunk! II IL said she
IL gradully sffeetlng . cure, as her
husband does not get drunk again
until the wounds from each flOgging
heal up.
The French civil service costs
more now than Il did twenty years
sgo. ia the budget Of 1871 the
amount demanded under this head
was clO, TO- 900. In the budget of
OF 1880 the same estimate figures for
within q trifis OF eli. COO 900. Aud
there IL said 10 be nothing whatever
TO show for the increase SKpsndi-
lures.
The smallest circular saw In prac-
teal use any where In the world 10
that which II used i'm pen-mRkIng
establishments for cutting the slIts
In gold pens. This pen-sAW II tiny
hard steel disc, about the size OF o
shilling, and Il IL no thicker than n
sheet OF ordinary paper. When In
use u II made to revolYe about 1000
times per minute.
Stanley sees fine prospects for
railways in Africa. According 10
his estimates, eight hundred miles
could be laid down for $4,000
This mileage would open to com
merce four great river basins, with q
total area OF 2,370,OO0 square miles,
and Total population Of 80, $50, 600.
or the resources Of the region ne
speaks In the highest terms.
In q copy Of the Pacific Ners, Of
San Francisco, dated Sept. 10, lSlg,
Is an account Of q sale Of goods. In
the sale notice sugar was quoted at
eight pounds for 81, tea ~ cents q
pound, -four IS per one hundred
pounds, and other groceries In pro-
portion. Brogans were offered for
81 pair, overalls at 81, and "buttef-
nut" shirts at tl.5O each. Socks
were sold at four pairs for 81.
The Sydney Herald reports that
during q severe storm ut Louih,
South Australia, chunks Of Ice as
large a. cricket-balls fell In the
streets. The court house, Royal Ho-
tel, Telegraph Hotel and alt build
ings covered with iron roofs were
perforated by the hAllstones. A
number Of dogs and ether animals
about the town were killed during
the storm. Great damage was done
TO window glass and We getation. /
For several days the mercury hsd
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