The Saline County journal., 1890-03-20
nuT or TIE oRpISARY

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Maine has q pleasing prospect.
The state expects TO make about hve
million dollars on Ice this season.
The United States government has
paid out, In round figures, u ,O0o'O0,'
600 In pensions since the begin |
ming Of the civil war.
Some one has footed up aud com
putsd the requirements ef the bills
Introduced In congress aud makes Q
total Of 900, ,0O0, 600.
At Melbourne, Australia, Jan. .,
the thermometer registered 15s0 In |
the open air at noon. IL wes the
hottest weather known there for hf- |
teen years.
Alabama papers are calling atten.
tIou 10 the wanton destruction Of
mockIng birds In that state. Large
plumbers OF them are shot every |
spring and summer.
There are nearly four thousand
"speakeasIes" or unlicensed places
where liquors are sold In Philadsl-
phia, and the licensed dealers are
organizing ts prosecute them.
An inmate In . lunatie asylum ct
Brsscia, Italy, was released on FEB.
], after a sselusiOn Of forty years.
During this period his cost to the
institution footed up more than t5,-
OJg.
The French newspapers delight
In telling the wonderful things that
are done In the United States. A
recent Joker said that houses were
piped Tor gas, milk and Champagne.
An Ansoniz, Conn, druggist has
an electric bell in q cabinet contain
ing pOisOns. When the door is
opened the bell rings, reminding the
cOmpOunder that he is handling
pUisOns.
Meddybemps, Me. boasts Of six
year-Old boy who spelled over go
words on examination day without
missing one. Evidently the spell
ing book IL not neglected In that
school.
OF great interest TO ChristendOm
will be the railroad from Alexandria,
Egypt, through Palestine, with sta
tiOns au Hebron, Bethlehem, Jeru-
salem, Jericho, Nazareth, Galilee
and Damascus.
A Michigan man buried his vile,
put up q headstOne, repainted his
HouNfs n ENNDuu e1N
dug five acres Of potatoes within
seventeen days, aud yet lie says he
cant begin To hustle like his father
used To.
An athletic teacher is needed nj
waitesburg, Wash. The boys have
got 80 unruIy that no one will take
charge nf the public school. The
last teacher was seized by the boys
aud stood upon his head In q mud
puddle.
The Russian drink, vodka, IL now
sold in New York. IL IL q liquid
fire, aud Americans do not under
stand how the Russians can drink L..
but they swallow IL easily, aud are
strong aud healthy men. The hu-
man stomach II a queer puzzle.
This il the age for enterprises for
bettering the condition Of men. A
Harvard graduate is getting up q
series of ) aud 10 cent concerts at
Boston TO keep the poor out OF the
saloons. The admission ticket en-
titles the holder TO n bun aud a cup
Of coffee.
A curious character In Paris II a
man who makes his living by stroll
ing along the b0uleyards, and max
ing wagers with men at the cafes
that he can answer correctly any
question that relates TO the history
OF France. He always wins the bet,
u is said.
Latin ceased 10 be spoken ~ q
language of the people in Italy
about 5Sl. IL was first taught In
England In the seventh century. and
speedily became the learned lau-
guage Of the kingdom, and the one
In which English literature and law
were expressed.
The blue AgeTatum, which II cher
ished la Englsnd as 4 bOr Ter flower,
was introduced into CeylOn by an
English lady, where Il spread SO
rapidly, running wild In the island
that it now costs more that 81, $50, 600
annually To keep Il down In the cOf-
fee plantations.
wsll-dIggers on the Crowley
place, at Little Prairie, Wis, find
indications Of buried forest. The
cedar or pine found at q depth Of
thiTty-five feet appeared to be
branches Of tree; at forty feet the
growth was larger, as II near the
trunk; al fOrty-five feet larger still.
A little girl, Ave years old, has ar
rived in Paterson, y. j., having
travelled by rail alone from Saginaw,
Mich. Tine child, at the request OF
her father. was shipped as express
matter, with q tag about her neck
giving her name aud destination,
and also the key Of her trunk.
Foreman Farrer, of the Smith
Iron Company, of Boston, has dis
covered a new method OF casting
iron, which opens mp n new field.
lie has fOund that pen-Rnd-ink
sketches upon common writing pa.
per can be transferred TO iron ~
distinctly a. II the mold be OF great
er size.
From the wallet OF a murderer,
robber and burglar recently captur'
ed in New York was taken q slip oi
paper on which was written: keep
good company or none" Honesty Y
L. the best policy" Drink leads "a
ruin" Honor thy father aud thy
mother" Civility costs nothing
"DO not mock at scored things"
The ladies of Bermuda have start
ed a rifle clnh, Of which the govern
oT's wife IL president. They have 4
range of their own, where they prac
NA1N ~ NAN y
twerty calibsr weapons, aud are
said To make remarkable good
scores. There are seventy members
aud their first championship com
petition IL tO take place next month
4 citizen Of Levy county, FlOrI da
killed an eagle last week that meas.
ured something over niue feet from
tip To tip, with talOps over three
inches lGug. When discovered the
bird had just killed n pig and wa
about to eat 10. On discovering tn,
man intruded the eagle grasped th'
pig In its monster clAwE aud moved
away To other parts. lie was fol
lowed. however, aud while enjoy,
ing his prize was shot.
TEMPER ANCE DIALOGUE.
Billy Ross, a temperance lecturei
at Hushvills, Ill.,, was preaching Z,
the young gu his faVOrile theme
lie said: Now, boys. when I asl
you a question you mustn't be afrait
To speak right out, aud answer me
When you look around and &c,
these fine houses, farms and cattle
do you ever think who owns them
Your fathers, do they nO?"
YES sir" shouted q hundred
voices.
"Well, where will your fathers b,
twenty years from now?"