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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-06-22

VINO Was TO BLAME-The Courier
journal says: A writerin the New York
Erening Mail reminds us that Adam
tried to shift the blame of his fall upon
Eve" 1t is wrong for one to speak dis
respectfully of his grandparents, but
We can't help thinking that Adam acted
the rascal in that little affair. Instead
of assuming the entire responsibility for
the disreputab!e transaction and taking
the consequence upon himself, which he,
as the ostensible head Of the family,
ought to have done, he had the ineffab!e
meanncss to throw the blame upon his
wife. Such conduct was utterly unwor-
thy of a Christian gentleman, and if he
had had brother-in-law Of any spirit
the chances are that he would
have gone out ofthat garden, III the fore
most vehicle of funeral procession.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-06-22
Tale OF a CAT.

On pine wcodsEcd, in alley dark
where scattered moonbeams, shifting
through a row Of lettering chimney.
and awning torn and dropping, fell ,strod,
back and forth, with stiff and tense draw,
muscles and peculiar tread a cat.
His name was Norval; on wonder
neighboring shed his father caught the
rats that came in squads from the street:
beyond Dupont, in search Of food and
etrange adventure.
Grim war he courted, and his twisted
tail and spine upheaving in fantastic
curves, and claws distended, and ears flat
ly pressed against head thrown back,
defiantly told of impending strife.
With eyes agrim and screcching blasts
Of war, and steps as silent as the falling
dew, young Norval crept along the splin-
tered edge, and gazed a moment through
the darkness down, with tail awag trium-
phantly.
Then, with an impreca,ion and a growl
perhaps an oath in direct vengeance
hissed-he started back, and crooked in
body like q letter s., or rather like L
inverted, stood in fierce expectancy.
Twas well. With eyeballs glaring
and ears aslant, and open mouth, in
which two rows of fangs stood forth in
sharp and dread conformity, slap up a
post from out the dark below a head ap-
pearcd.
A dreadful tocsn of Internal strife
young Norval uttered, then, with face
unblanched, and mustachc standing
straight before his nose, and tail flung
wildly to the passing breeze, stepped
back in cautious invitation to the foe.
Approaching each other, and with
preparations dire, each cat surveyed the
advantage Of the field. Around they
walked, with tails uplittcd and backs high
in the air, while from their mouths, in
accents kissing with the consuming rage,
dropped brief but awful sentences of hate.
Twice around the roof they went in
circle, each eye upon the foe intently
bent, then sideways moving, as is wont
with cats, gave one long drawn, terrific
savage yeow, and buckled in.
The fur few Amist of hair hung o err
the battlefield. High above the din Of
passing wagons rose the dreadful tumult
Of the struggling cats. SO CLEANED their
eyes in frenzy that to me, who saw the
conflict from the window near, nanyht
else was plain but CORY stars that NOV
cd IN orbs most eccentric.
An hour they struggled in ,empestu-
Gus fight, when faint and fainter grew the
squall of war, until ali sound was hushed.
Then went forth with lantern, and the
field surveyed-what saw II
Six claws, one ear; ofteeth, perhaps a
handful; naught else except . solitary
tail. That tail vas Norvai's; by RUG
| knew it. The ear was-but we'll the /
matter pass. The tail will do without
the ear.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-06-22

Korn IL serial; am glad ov it.
1t got it name from Series, Primitif'
woman, and in her day, the goddess OF
goats and SIGH like.
Korn il sumtimes called maize, and j,
grows in sum parts ov the western coun.
try, very amaizcnly.
have seen it out there 1s foot hi Ii
don't mean the actual korn itself, but the
tree on which it grows.
Injun meal il made ont ov korn, and
korn dodgers il made ont of injun meal,
and korn dodgers are the tuffest chunks,
ov the bread perswashun, known tew
man.
kOrn dodgers are made ont ov water,
with injun meal MKT into 1t, and then
baked on a hard board. in the presence
ov q hot fire.
When you kant drive tenpenny nail
into them, with a sledge hammer, they
arc sed, by good judge, to be well done,
and are ready to be chawed upon.
They will keep five years, in damp
place, and not grow tender, and dog
hit with one ov them will veil for a week
and then crawl under the barn and NUT
ter few days more.
They git the name dodger from the
immegiate necessity of lodging if one liz
hove horizontally at yew in anger.
1t liz far better few be sJnote by 3
year old steer than korn doGger that liz
only hours old.
Whiskee mobile whiskee)ix made out
Ov korn, and whiskee is one of the great
est blessings known tew man.
We never should hav been able to fill
our state prisons with cnergentick men,
and our poor houses with good eaters, if
it want for noble whisee
korn also haz kurnels, and kurnels
arc often horned, SO are brigadcer gincr-
ais
Johnny cake il made out of korn, so
IL hasty puddin.
korn haz one thing that nobody else
has, and that il kob.
This kob runs through the middle ov
the korn, and liz AS full of korn as Job
was ov biles
alwuz feel sorry when | think ov
Job, and wonder how he managed to sit
down in chair.
Knowing how to set down square on
bile, without hurting the chair il one Ov
the lost arts.
Job was card !; he had more pashunce
and biles, tew the square inch, than il
usual.
One hundred and twenty five akers or
korn tew the bushel liz konsidcred good
krop. but have seen more.
hav seen korn sold tor 10 cents
bushel, and in sum parts ov the western
country it il SO low, that there amt no
good law against stealing it.
In konklushun, if yew want to git a
sure krop ov korn, and good price for
the krop, feed about quarts ov it few
shanghai rooster, then murder the roos-
ter Immediately and sell him for II cents
n pound, krop and all.-N y Weekly.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-06-22

A Buffalo paper prints the following
letter from one ofits prompt-paying pat
rons: You will please discontinue my
paper from the time have paid up to.
] do not stop the paper because do not
want it, but to get rid Off an intolerable old
bore who obtrudes himselfinto my house
regardless of time or circum stances. sits
for an hour or two, three or four times a
week, to read my papers, and who is a
thyusand times more able to take doz-
en- papers for himself than am 10 take
one. If the nuisance is stopped shall
send for the paper again"
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-06-22

The emptiness of merely political hon
ors is wildly shown in the following
paragraph:
How fast oblivion follows on the heel
Of fame. Less than four years ago An
drew Johnson was the best known man
in the country; today not one in hun
dred can tell where he lives or what he
is doing. Hardly ten years have passed
since the "little giant" Of Illinois was
among the foremost figures of the nation.
The other day the city collector of Chi
cago advertised that he should, unless
otherwise directed, sell the grave of
Douglas to satisfy unpaid taxes assess
cd upon it for lamp-posts, paving and
curbing in its vicinity. What bitter
satire upon the vanity and egoiism Of
our great politicians"
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-06-22

How TO FIT a COLLAR To A HoRsE-
The plan adopted in the West which We
are assured h.y men who have been in the
collar business, does not iniure the collar
in the least, is to dip it in water until the
leather is thoroughly wet, then put it on
the horse, securing the names firmly,
keeping it there until it becomes dry.
1t is ali tie better if heavy loads are to
be drawn, as that causes the collar to be
more evenly fitted to the neck and Shout
der. If possible the collar should be
kept on from four TO five hours, when it
will be perfectly dry, and retain the
same shape ever afterward and as it is
exactly fitted to the form of the neck,
will not produce chafes nor sores on
the horses neck.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-06-22

Everything has its USE" said philo-
sophical professor to his class.
"Of what use is Il drunkard's fiery
nose?" sold one the pupils.
at is a lighthouse, answered the pro-
lessor, ''to warn us of the little water that
passes underneath it, and to remind US
of the shoals of appetite on which we
might otherwise be wrecked"
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-06-22

A gentleman asked a clergyman for
the use Of his pulpit sor Young divine,
arelative Of his. 81 really do not know"
said the clergyman" show to refuse you !;
bat ifa young man can preach better than
| cAn, my congregation would be dissat-
ished with me afterwards; and if he
should preach worse, l don't think he's
IL to preach At all.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-06-22
agricultural implements.

agricultural implements.
Farmers, Attention =!
PLOWS! PLOWS! PLOWS!
y. .s.: received and '.e.'.s-s II. LARGEST and
Flows and Farm Machinery
Ever brought 20 tbs s.d Ne b good s.e
cheap as can b found 10 any eehes aarkes-
haze III. rseledvs ssas h otssss, ssass ssd Nc
Ceiebrcted JOHN DEERE.
Moline, Rock Island, Mishawaka
Silrer steele and Canton Clipper
PLOws ..
! .w,y 30. 's'ss WARRANTED. We .''' h.'. large
HaI.HOws,
Garden Implements and Seeds,
Garden Drills and Cultirat0rs,
DoUBh1 0HovDL0
OF VARIOUS KINDS.
Walking and Sulky Culhvators,
THE vAxpIvER AND cELrBRA1ED KEY STONE
HOR S e PLANTERS.
AND MISSOURI HAND PLANTERS,
Fceea Cutters,
DOTY'S WASHING MACHINES.
Tanning Mills, !
f0hfs se sin14HaS r aEks k ss1sss RI.
Aho the LEADING
Reaping and Moving Machins.
A large stock ., the JUSTLY CELEBRATED
Fish Bros and Bain's
W Ms
!l..y. Land at bottom priees Every warranted
@.J. Case a Oo.'o
Threshing Machines.
III Of which viii sell ., Wholesale or RETAIL si
cry Low figures.
lie all In Of any kind Of Farm Implement. orsAa
hnery Wagons any thing In line to call b-fore
,esn business. And b. Il remembered that 10
WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD
Western Kan o 10 any nrssel.,s .rsie. In our l,ne
RESPECTFULLY,
e. B. FISH 4 CO.
3oz-. 9th and Ash streets
SALIVA, KANSAS.
| Liberal Discount to the Trade.
seal Estate, Insurance, sc.
r. II. BisnoS. 4. Q. Now,os
Bishop & Norton,
iENERAL REAL ESTATE
AND
INSURANCE AGENTS,
SALIVA, KANSAS.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1871-06-22
@. 11a. Grcssim's Column.

@. 1@. Grcssin's Column.
! G. W. TRESSIN'S
HARDWARE STORE
ksnsss a asa Keep ioa s n. sss ss
Superior Goods and Low Prices.
NEW GOODS
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION ARE DAILY ARKIv-
FARMERS,
MECHANICS AND
EVERYBODY
VIII nnd il to their interest TO examine my goods and
prices before buying elsewhere
PLOWS:
GANG PLOWS,
TRUCK AND BREAKING PLOWS,
STIRRING PLOWS
CORN PLOWS,
OF the following brands
INDUSTRIAL FLOWS,
GARDEN CITY FLOWS.
do not pretend supply farmers with the cheap,
will sell none but established and reliable plows.
Particular attention is called to the
Industrial PlOWS.
For which am the sole agent in the county. They
md viii actually cut glass / warrant every one OF
hem To scour in any ground and will take back any
llow that does not give satisfaction.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-16

"A curious paper was presented to the
Academy of Sciences by DR.. Rabuteau
during the first siege of Paris, concern.
ing the food suitable for the people of
besieged towns. In 1850, NJ. de Gas
parin communicated to the same body
certain interesting particulars relating
TO the effects of coffee. He showed
that the miners of Charleroi preserved
their health, coupled with great mus
cular vigor, while taking about half the
quantity of food which both theory and
observation seem to recommend as the
proper dose. Their ailment contained
less nitrogen and carbon than the daily
ratio Of the Trappists, who are sallow,
and work five times less, and yet made
them stronger than the French miners
of AuZin, who were much better fed.
But the Belgian miners used every day
to drink an infusion of 30 ID grammes
of coffee in two litres of water, and this
infusion was a corrective to the sufi-
cheney of their food.
In 1860, DR.. Jousand brought similar
facts under the notice of the Faculty of
Medicine, stating that with l20 grammes
of coffee in powder, taken 10y spoonfuls
In con junction with three litres of an
infusion made with 200 grammes Of va
rious sorts of coffee, he had been en-
abled to hold out for seven days with
out any other nutriment whatever.
This gives an average of As grammes of
coffee per day, by means of which he
had supported himself without dimin-
ishing his customary occupation, and
even with certain increase of muscular
power, though he did experience some
slight tendency to emaciation NM.
Payer, Bouchardat, and See, have at
different times expressed similar opin-
IONS as to coffee.
DR.. Rabuteau, who has made expert
ments upon himself, states that caffeine
and roasted coffee diminish the process
Of denutrition. He expresses his con-
viction that a man might live several
months and not lose any of his strength,
by taking daily 400 grammes OF the fol-
lowing mixture: Powdered cocoa, 900
grammes infusion of coffee, 800
grammes infusion Of tea, 200 grammes,
and sugar, 500 grammes representing a
provision for fortnight), without any
other food besides.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-16
OO3 GIFTS.
Grand Gift Concert and Distribution


The Founding Asyl,un Sisters Of Charity Ne,c York and
Soldiers aud Sailors Orphans Home, Washington.
To be held in Washington, d. c. under and by virtue
Internal Revenue on Wednesday, June 7th ISL. The
following Gifts will be awarded the successful ticket
holders 10y the commissioners: i-stOry Brick House,
60 n. Calvert St. Baltimore, S2S0OO. 22i0 acres Tim
Der Land in Washington Co., Md, with three Dwell
ings and Saw Mill lying Ches Ohio Canal, $50 COO
3-story Brick House. POO Conway St, BALTIC, Sj00.
fine Residence near GovanstOwn. miles from BALTIC,
on Passenger Il, W., Sll.OO0. ! fine Residence near
GOvanstown, same location, 10000. ! fine Residence
near Govanstown, same location $500. fine Resi-
dence near GOyanstown, same location, g 800 Lots
adjoining above suburban property. S200 each, 800.
S3Otfn Bonds, Brownsville Precinct and Lincoln Coun-
", Nebraska per cent. gold int $1,000 L. :. Bonds,
$1,000 n. c. State Bonds 10 Shares National Mechan-
les Bank. Bato 100 Shares Citizens National Bank.
Erie Il. r., ~ Shares BALTIC Ohio X. r., ~ Shares
Pha.. Wilmington BALTIC Il. Il. $1,000 TICKETS only
will he sold at s. each S26O,OO0.
Hon II. MCCoLLOUGH. EktOn, Md, Co,,,;.s;o,,c.s
Maj. GEO T. CASTLE BALTIC, Md. ''''o"'''''o''''''
Hon j. ). NEGLEY NJ G., Pittsburgh, pa. Trustee.
ton. D. c.: Hon. Jas s. Ncgley. Pittsburgh, Pa; First
National Bank. Hagerstown, Md: Appleman * Co.,
Bankers, liagerstown; Hon. L. j. Brent late Atty
Gen'l, Baltimore.
ON the day of the Concert the newspapers in Wash
ngton will announce the names of the gentlemen who
will be present IA Committee Of Citizens by invita-
ton, a the allotment Of Gifts, and week before that
day the time and place of the Concert and the names
of the performers will be announced in the newspapers
of Washington, New York, and Baltimore. Deeds OF
the above Real Estate certified by counsel in the hands
Of the Trustee. TICKETS and Circulars can be had OF
Z. G.. DENLIN. General Agent, StatOner and Printer
No. 81 Nassau ST., New York.
So Orders by mail will receive prompt attention
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-16
Let Common Sense Decide.

What is the rational mode of procedure in cases {
general debility and nervous prostraion2 Does not
tell us that judicOus stimulation is required?
To resort to violent purgaton in such is alb
surd il would he 10 bleed starving man. Yet il is
done every day. Yes, this stupid and unphilosophca
practice is continued in the teeth Of the great fact
that physical weakness, with all the disturb
that accompany IT, is certainly and rapidly
relieved by ostettcr's stomach Btters than 10y any
other medicine at present known. 1t is true that
general debility is often attended with torpdity or
irrcgularity of the bowels and that this symptom
must not be overlooked But while the discharge of
the waste matter Of the system is expended or regu
lated, its vgor must 10 recruited The Bitters do
both They combine aperient and ambitious proper
ties, with extraordinary tonic power. Even while
removing distractions from the bowels they tone and
invigorate those organs. Through the stomach upon
which the great vegetable specific acts directly IL
gives healthy and permanent impetus to every en-
feebled function Digestion is facilitated the faer-
ing circulation regulated the blood reinforced with
new accession Of the amentary principle. the nerves
braced. and all the dormant powers Of the system
reused into healthy action; not spasmodically as
would be the If mere stimulant were admins
tered, but for continuance. IL is in this way that
such extraordinary changes wrought In the cond-
ton of the feeble emaciated and invalds by
the use Of this wonderful corrective. Alternative and
tonic. Let common decide between such a
preparation and prostratng cathartc supplemented
by poisonous astringent like strychnine or quinia
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-16
Crime i'm Ireland.

The return of outrages reported to
the Constabulary Office, in Ireland, not
including the Dublin Police District,
shows that the total number exceeded
10000 in the disastrous year lS47, but
then fell rapidly, and was 1869 in
1850, and 1881 in 1860. In 1866 it was
as low as / 1854, and in 1867, 2,02l ; in
1868. under the excitement of a general
election, it rose to 2,54S; in 1869 it fur
Their increased to 3, l53, and in 1870 it
was 4.35l Only once in the last six
teen years-viz: in lS62-has it been so
nigh as that. The tluctuation has been
chiefly due to the crime Of sheep and
cattle stealing; the number of these
two offenses reported was no less than
l0,044 in 1917, 1880 in 1880, 426 in
1860, 80 in 1870. In lS47 more than
$4,000 head were stolen; in 1870 only
Sl9.
Other offenses also show great fuctu-
atoms. In 1870 there were SO in
stances in which threatening notices of
letters we're sent--a number that has
not been equaled since lS47 ; there were
also DID cases Of intimidation other
wise. The increase in both classes was
in the earlier months of the year, and
so also was the years increase of unlaw-
full oaths to $50, and of levying contri-
buttons to l53. At that time armed
men visited the houses of farmers at
night, and swore them to pay no
higher rent than the Government valu-
alton; and there was strong reason to
believe that the tenants encouraged
these proceedings, considering their
rents too high.
The number of homicides in Ireland
in 1870 was %, and of cases of man.
slaughter 81. The two numbers make
the same total as in 1869. The cases of
firing at the person were "a, nine fewer
than in 1869. There were 252 assaults
endangering life, and $50 aggravated
assaults both of them larger numbers
than for several years past. The same
may be said of the 241 cases Of incen-
diary fire, and 300 OF injury to proper
ty; I,329 of the outrages reported in the
year are distinguished as being agrarian
"a number unequaled for twenty years
past
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-16
Auber,s Peculiarities.

The post-mortem fate of Auber, TO be
tumbled into a common ditch along
with the horrible contents OF a charnel
house 10y dirty mob, says the Boston
PON, is strangely in contrast with the
experience of his life. a man OF the
most luxurious tastes, he allowed noth-
ine TO interfere with the complete sen.
suous enjoyment which his income of
$40. 900 year enabled him to secure in
Paris. Like Rossini, when his position
and fortune were assured, he used both
to make his path one of roses. He
sedulously sent out every sight and
sound likely to prove disagreeable, sur.
rounded himself with all that is beauti-
full IN art, lived delicately and Jared
sumptuously. His stables had the finest
horses and his table the choicest wines
his QsourS were innumerable and a
strong constitution carefully preserved,
with wonderful good health, even to
the last Of his advanced years, ena, led
him TO live the life of voluptuary
without tho physical retribution which
attends less selfish and self-poised indi.
viduals. lie was thoroughly philoso.
phcal in the pursuit of pleasure, and
no resident of the French capital real
lied more from its unlimited sensual re
sources than the great composer. One
can imagine with what horror he would
have contemplated such a disposal o
his remains-he, a man who never
would attend funeral, and who care
fully avoided such gloomy procession
on the streets, as likely to interfer'
with the supreme comfort of mine
and body which he had determined 70
himself.
The entire length of the Hoosac tun
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-16

PRosPEcTs TOR SUGAR.-The New Or
leans Picopne considers that the season
thus far has been quite unfavorable for
the Louisiana sugar crop, as regards the
temperature but the rain fall has been
large. Everything looks favorable for
a good crop, and better prices for it.
The Cuban crop is twenty-five to thirty
per cent. shorter than last year. Grind.
ing is now finished over the whole ISL
and, and the decrease in the crop is
generally admitted. Advices from Eu
rope are also encouraging. The wal
has diminished the supply of beet-root
sugar, and prices are buoyant.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-16

Two Chicago men, it is SAID. have
lately patented two inventions which
will attract more than ordinary public
attention. One is a safety-lock, to be
fastened inside the pocket of ladies' or
gentlemen's garments, to prevent the
stealing of pocketbooks or other valua.
bic things therein. The safety-lock is
inserted between the outer cloth and
the lining of the coat or dress, and is
provided with a spring, so as TO secure
the pocketbook that it can't be removed
In taking the pocketbook out from the
pocket with one hand, it must be un.
locked with the other, by turning a
spring ring inside the coat, which spring
ring also, for greater safety, can be tax
en- away at pleasure, which operation is
easily done by the wearer, but is trouble
some and inconvenient for the pick
pocket; neither can the pocketbook,
so fastened be cut with a knife. The
other is also a safety-lock made to pre-
vent the stealing of watches from vest
pockets. If these inventions answer
the purpose intended, it will be possible
to travel around and mingle in large
crowds without fear of being robbed 10y
pickpockets.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-16

A PmILADELpnIAN has invented clock
that will measure the one.ten-thou-
sandth part of second. The clock is
described as wonderful affair. The
dial-plate. which is sixteen inches in
diameter, is separated into 5000 parts,
and the indicator revolves twice every
second. The clock is set upon a table,
beneath which the pendulum rerOtUes,
and the intricacy of the affair may be
imagined when the statement is made
that the entire works can be placed in q
small cigar.box. The Government ord.
nance officers have accepted the instru.
ment for the purpose of measuring the
velocity of projectiles.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-16

" NEVER be critical upon the ladies'"
was the maxim of an old Irish peer, re-
markable for his homage to the sex.
" The only way in the world that true
gentleman ever will attempt to look at
the faults of a pretty woman is with his
eyes Shut
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-16

HABITUAL CONSTIPATION leads to the
following results: Inflammation of the
kidneys, sick and nervous headache,
biliousness, dyspepsia, Indigestion, piles,
loss of appetite and strength all of
which may be avoided by being regular
in your habits, and taking, say one of
Parsons P,ugative Pills nightly, for four
or six weeks.