The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-05-01


Mrs. r. ID. n. SOuthwoFth has 81
income from her books that IL esti-
mated At .lO,OU.
One hundred and twenty walnut
trees standing In the forest near
Delphi, Ind, were sold lately for
$4,000.
In the MIIlarbor Plains, Australia.
/ two enormous caves have been dis
covered large snOugh 10 hold 10000
| persons.
An English railway company has
added an aggregate Of fs,0O0 or fl0,-
900 10 the pay Of its employees, be-
cause Il thinks they are entitled TO II
on account Of increased traffic.
The Czar, according 20 q recent
statistieiAD's calculation, Is the
largest "pTivate" owner Of land In
the word. The total IL about 50,0l0.-
GO acres, about the size OF the whole
Of France.
The new Danish submarine boat
has proved q great success. The
crew of two men sustained life for
several hours without Inconvenience,
an additional supply Of oxygen be-
ing carried.
Mrs. GiadstOue's extraordinary
energy IL like that Of her husband,
aud Increases with years. She has
never taken . more active part In
public affairs than since she rAssed
her seventh-fifth birthday.
Since the first Of January the
French Government has the ex-
elusive monopoly Of the manufBe-
II - A. Lea ID
tlon. IL has established seven
factories, in which IL employs 200
WOrkmen.
Miss u. =. Wilkinson In said TO he
the emily landscape gardener Of her
sex In London, and she Is reported
to be In receipt of very handsome
income from her profession In
which she IL instrueting several
young women.
In Germany the Wholesale manu-
facture ef mortar has been proved
very successful from a business
point Of view. II IL bought by small
builders aud private individuals. In
Berlin last year 2,OO0,OO0 barrels
were sold.
English street cars have seats on
top. Fare rOsts one cent for two
miles, aud another cent for longer
distances. In Paris the same charge
IL made. In Brussels the rear seats
are cushioned aud cost more than
the bare seats In front.
In Northern Africa has lately been
discovered a river that has worn q
bed through the rock 800 feet deep,
and then makes perpendicular leap
6jQ feet, while all around are deep.
yawning chasms and gigantic peaks.
4 Canton China paper estimates
that IJO, O0O people die every year In
Chins by fire and Hood, but u adds:
"The great need Of China IL the sud
den removal 90 2,OOO,OOO or a,U0. GO
inhabitants To make elbOw-rOOm for
those who are left"
A Seneca street firm l. giving
away u bag Of marbles with every
purchase Of clothing for children.
The proprietor has an eye for busi-
ness. He knows every bag Of
marbles means more or less wear on
the boys trouseTs.-BIHdio ErprcSS.
IL IL said that the first cost of
building a fleet Of Atlantic liners IL
but a trIfie compared to the cost Of
running them. In less than three
years It will exceed the cost OF con-
construction, so enormous IL the eN-
penditure in wages, port duties, and
repairs.
A florist in London, Eng has had
the happy thought of hanging trails
Of moss over aud around the electric
lights in his window. The green
and yellow tint Of the delicate leaves
form a lovely veil for the light,
which glimmers through them with
out being diminished.
The home and Office furniture
owned by Abraham Lincoln has
been purchased by n firm In Chicago
and Is now on exhibition there.
The only office desk he owned IL
there. II IL q plain table surmount-
ed by au old-fsshioned bookcase,
with the first law books Lincoln
read.