The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-07-17
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There are said 10 be thlrty-hve
different kinds Of granite In Maine.
Nearly 100 tyPe-writers are en-
ployed in the Census Bureau ct
Washington.
II IL estimated that there are 10, 900
different kinds Of postage stamps in
the world.
St Louis claims 10 manufacturs
more wagons than any other city In
the country.
Sir George Elliott, the wealthy
English coal baron, began life As .
common miner.
ImmensesWsfns Of grasshoppers
are devsuring vegetation on the
plains ct Silver Greek, Idaho.
The number Of persons killed on
railways In the United Kingdom
during the year 1889 was l,OT6, as
against sos I'm 1883.
People are said 10 have incurred
leAd-poisoninE from merely biting
silk sewinE-thrsad or passing IL
through their mouths.
Ex-Governor Morton, Of Nebraska
says that more than COG, 900. 900 trees
planted by human hands are grow
ing In that state.
Mr.. Stephen A. Douglas IL said TO
realize only about 400 . year from 9
plantation Ia Mississippi which cost
his father tlI5,OOO.
A young merchant 10 Berlin has
married the woman who nursed
him when Q babe. She was then
seventeen years old. He IL said to
he quite rich.
VIM. Birmingham, of Fairton,
Cumberland County, n. j., re-
Gently celebrated his eighty-seventh
birthday anniversary by saving two
cords Of wood.
II IL said that about a thousand
elk are killed yearly In Oregon and
Washington, and that the sntlers
from most OF them are sent 10
England for ornaments.
The eK-Emper0r Of Brazil thinks
Of settling la the neIghbsrhOOd Of
Vienna, and negotiations for the
purchase Of a suitable alssde for him
have been set ON foot.
a woman iu Ohio not long since
lost q child through diphtheria, and
forced her other children TO kiss the
dead body. The all grew sick with
the same disease and died.
Emperor William, Of Germany,
favOrs simplicity in address cards,
and has neither erests nor crowns
on his, but simply "WIilheIm, Ger
man Emperor and King of Prussia,"
In plain type.
No man was ever governor Of
Texas who read manuscript speech
es. There Is an unwTItten law that
bars this style Of orator from the
goyernorship Of the Lone Star
state.-FOrt Worth iT'cras) Gazette.
my son." said Senator Brown, Of
Georgia, to n reported who asked
him II he was, as reported, worth q
million dollars; my son, . million
dollars Is mighty big lot Of money"
and that was all he would say.
The king OF Sweden recently re-
ceIyed letter from a young farmer
who had been drafted for military
service, begging his majesty to re-
lease him and let him join his re-
latlves in America, who had just
sent him n pasSage-tieket. The king
did 90.
At the Health Congress and FIX
hibit at Hast England, Sir
Edwin Chadwick expressed the
opinion Of the wonderful sanitary
effect Of bathing In tepid water, and
the fact, as reported, that the Ger
man army has the lowest death rate
Of any in Europe Is attributed TO the
practice OF frequent bathing In
warm water being made compulsory.
The Rev. DIR. Macintosh, q pro-
Hinent member Of the Seotch-Irish
Society, says that, after careful In
vestigatiOn, he finds that fully one
fifth Of the population Of this coun-
try h Of ScOtch-Irlsh lineage. Al
though many will regard this as an
advertisement, Il Is undoubtedly
true that this sturdy race has been
an Influential factor in the history
Of the country.