The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-04-10
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fOOt Of the Grand Pyramid In Egypt.
The Duke and Duchess Of Con-
naught will visit North America In
June next.
The town Of Addison, Ia Maine,
has seventeen couples who have
been married fifty years or over.
Lady Pauncefots IL noted at WASH
Ington a. Q pedestrian. She often
walks from house 10 house In max
Ing calls.
The books published In England
during 1859 numbered e,05I, made up
Of 4,694 new books and ,SIS new
editlens.
An elderly woman Of Sandwich,
n. H., recently shot deer In that
town and supplied all her relatives
with vsnslon.
The English Language has been
chosen for use In the recording Of
important treaty engagements be-
tween Russia aud China.
Il 10 stated that vaccination IL
being introduced among the natives
Of the Lower Congo by the doctors
Of the Belgian Expedition.
Experiments recently made by
DR.. LudaTitE 10 the Berlin HYGIENE
Institute indicate that ell kinds Of
bacteria are killed by coffee.
One Of the first contributions to
the fund for the family Of Jefferson
Davis Wss one Of 800 from Col.
Wilson, who captured him after the
var.
Chinese peasants need about .
dollar q month for food, and an
Economical man or woman can GET
along q whole year with i've dollars
worth Of clothes.
A statistieian calculates that the
total tonnage Of the world, steam
aud sail, II, In round numbers,
q 900, 900 tons, Of which fifty per
cent, IL British.
The Mexican Government has
lately ordered 1000, 900 grape cut
tings from California, and will dis
tribute them free TO all who wish TO
plant them in Mexico.
It Is stated by the Choyd .ShimOHR
that the japanese Governments
indebtedness TO foreign countries.
which in ls79 amounted to SIC, 900, OU
is now only 81 ,OOO,OOO.
A new continuance has been APP
piled to watches, called al appoint
ment reminder" A small dial Is
set into the watch's face upon which
one can set the hands At any hour
required.
There IL much excitement at Old
Orchard, Me-, over report that 40
earnest effort 10 10 be made at the
annual tOwn-meeling 10 stop the
running of Sunday trains 10 that
place during the Summer season.
Prince EehwarZenberg has re-
signed his post as president Of the
National Museum OF Prague, owing
TO n resolution lately taken by the
Tswn Council to erect q commemOr-
alive tablet ts John Huss i'm that
institution.
The Philadelphia Academy of
Natural Sciences has awarded TO
Professor James Hall, State GeOlo-
ylst Of New York, the Hayden
bronze medal and the income from
y, 800, for the most meritoriOus
geological and archaeological work.
A second consignment OF nine
tons Of mummifled cats from the
great Egyptian eat cemetery has
been sold ut auction In Liverpool. |
The bulk Of Il brought 81. 81 per ton,
but some single pieces went for
fancy prices, such as slOl2 for q
head and tl.3T for q perfect body |
without the head.
A dime IL the smallest coin In |
value that clrculates in Virginia |
city, New. Numerous attempts to |
Introduce hve-cent pieces have been |
made, but they all failed. A store
keeper who attempted 10 force nick
els into circulation thereby made |
himself dIsiiked, with the result |
that his trade soon fell Off aud he
had to retire from business.
That African fevers have turned
Henry NJ. Stanley's hair white we
have all heard. But the beautiful
expression which he employed In
referring to lt II well worth repeat
ing. Writing TO q friend IN LOndoi
he says: my hair IL like snow
from RuwenZsri, but Il II the crown
Of busy period, and I wear IL with
out regret as the gift Of time"
Fifteen new missionaries have
been appointed by the Prudential
Committee Of the American Board
since the annual meeting In October,
six men and nine woman, and de-
signated, one TO India, two to China,
three to Africa, four TO japan and
five to Turkey. Several others have
made application, whose papers and
testimonials, 30 far as received, are
considered favorable.
One Of the simplest and readiesi
ways OF lOesening q rusted screw,
says Wood and Iron, is to apply
heat to the head Of the screw. A
bar or rod Of iron, fiat at the end, 10
Redeemed In the fire and applied for
two or three minutes to the head OF
the rusty screw, will, rs soon n u
heats the screw, render the latteT's
withdrawal a. easy by the screw
driver rs 10 the screw had only re-
Gently been inserted.
Brazil has long naturally. leen
Influenced by the United States, be-
cause In them she fluids the largest
market for her coffee. Yet, while
Brazil grows the coffee aud the
United States uses IL, England car
rIes the bulk of Il between the two
From August II to -.
lsSs. there we're q, 500 bags shipped
To the United States. A Brazilian
line eatried Is. l32 bags, o Baltimore
brig carried 800 bags, and two Eng