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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-10-09

A daring and extensive plot to rob the
Cincinnati Exposition Of diamonds and
other yaluables, has been discovered.
IL was arranged that experienced burg
lars should be placed near the cases con
tanning an immense amount OF diamonds
iewelry and silver-ware, while confeder-
a,es should cut the gas-pipe which sup
plies the exposition and which runs
through an open common, and IN the
darkness and confusion the raid was TO
be made, the cases smashed and the val
tables secured. The guards have been
strengthened, calcium lights provided
aud ali precautions taken to Illustrate
their design.
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The Saline County Journal
8a1i1aa, Kansas.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1878.
s,ruRDAY'S CONVENTION.

The proceedings of the Farmers Con-
yeution, which came off at the court
house last Saturday, are published in
another column, and from them will be
cleaned the intelligence that each school
district in the county is entitled to two
delegates to the nominating convention
which takes place on the 18th inst.
While there were many good and earn
est farmers in the body, there were some
who can lay no claims to the above ap-
relation. We noticed many good men
who, rs We believe, did not approve OF
the proceedings, and 40 do not believe
their actions in tho coming campaign
will be directed by them.
The proceedings were very unsatls-
factory to the majority of the farmers
who do not propose to be whipped by
any new lash.
The first objection to tho convention
which is urged is this The farm
ers' movement is attempted for the pur-
pose of bringing about radical reforms
not only in the highest and lowest de-
partments Of the governments national,
state and county, but also to throw the
farmer from under the thralldom Of base
and ignobls politicians. The spectacle
IF reform. then, became ludicrous when
such laid-out-on-the-shclf and unscrupu-
lous political tricksters rs II. L. Jones
and T. II. Cavanaugh were allowed full
fellowship with the honest reformers,and
to bawl about the down trodden farmer.
If the good men present had choked of
their dr,vclings at the start, it would
have been better for them. A second
objection to the proceedings was that
many of the came persons, who were
present at convention at the same place
few weeks ago, made their actions
look yery inconsistent. For this reason:
At the first convention they were oppos-
ed to any action toward farmers con-
vent;on, and resolution was passed to
that effect. These Same men, at lsst
Saturdays convention, were the fore
most As the speakers and managers in
the interest Of a convention, after all.
Their actions so inconsistent give out
the impression that it is not 20 much
the interests Of tho farmers they are
looking after, as their own; and these
they can subserve only by resorting to
the old-style packing convention" the
prestige and well pulled wires of which
they think will elect them. This is the
art of the well-prac,icsd politician,
whom the farmers SO much detesi, and
and who 10 unwilling to risk his chances
in an independent manner. Such = one
is afraid of the people, and only expects
to be elected by the wire-workers. A
third objection is that tho convention
has been postponed until within ten days
of the election. BY this action the pol
i,ic;ans, who figured behird the scenes
last Saturday, hoped to ave:d discus
sion Of the merits and dement's Of the
candidates whom they desire TO present
and to rush them through to an
election by enthusiasm and the ex-
element of the momcat. Tie homes.
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Bea. n,eknas Srishsesed.

Hickman was fond of picking up new
acquaintances and one evening at Wash.
ington, while in the Metropolitan Hotel,
be asked General BuI BRIDGE. who was
talking TO me, to point out to him. some
'liberxl" Kcutuckians.
Burbridge pointed to Colonel Scott, a
grave and fisrce-looking man, and said,
ale will help you, Beau he is good
fellow" Hickman soon managed to en-
gage tho Colonel, in his adroit way, in
casual conversation, and, of course,
ended by asking for dollar. Scott, as
was expected, rebuffcd him sharply, and
scolded him for begging in such man
ncr. Beau got away speedily, and COM
ing back to Burbridge, said, "He is no
gentleman he has insulted me-"
"Who has? inquired Burbridge.
"That man with the big black beard"
replied Beau, pointing to Colonel Scott.
"My God." cried Burbridge, "you
are dead man. Hickman; that is not
the man l sent you to; that is Colonel
Scott, the duelist and desperate. He
will kill you if you have gwen him
the slightest offense." Beau was evil
IDENTIFY q coward, for he turned white as
a sheet, and left the hotel in a hurry
Colonel Sect roomed with ne, and not
withstanding his great piratical beard
and fierce looks, was Of the gentlest and
most amiable of men. told him of the
trick Burbridge lad played on Beau,
and Scott entering into the zest OF the
Joke, said he would scare Beau out of
the hotel, to the infinite relief of the
guests and the landlord. Next day Bar
bridge met Beau on the street, and said
to him, "Look out, Beau, Colonel Scott
is after you"
1t was very fnnny to observe Beau,night
after night come to the door of the hotel,
and peep iu to see if Scott was about.
He would advance step by stcp,and
rcconnoiter every chair and corner for
the enemy, and, if he caught but SO much
as a glimpse Of the black beard in the
dlstance,aw he would go, and We
would see no more of him that nigh,
about the Metropolitan.
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The Chicago 1ribyae says:

We say to the community now: Sas-
tain the bank. that are lest TO you, or
the currency you are boarding 20 sor-
didly will be worthless; the progress
OF the country will be checked, and you
will be practically forced TO divide what
is left to you, under the forms Of tax
alton, with those whom you viii de-
privc of the only means they have Of
earning their living.
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South carolina statesmen.

An individual possessing unmistaka-
Bile evidence of African extraction was
arraigned for larceny. The Judge, "a OF
right, was dignified, put said with severe
presence -
care you guilty, or not!"
"Sar!'
"Did you steal these clothes?" he re-
peated.
"GoIly, boss, 'clearc never done it."
"This man says you did"
ale amt nothing but poor white
trash"
"And what are your"
"Me. Why don't yen know me? |
rid with you in the PROCESSION. Ihe!ped
to lead you homo when you got sired
tina. night. Don't You member me
now!"
There was the"sudisnest" mol pros,
in tina, iarkcy's case, that Judicial annals
afford an example OF. So much tor the
advantages of good society.
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Scandinavian House.
CHAS HOLN0UIsT: Prop.

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Capt. Jack, Boston Charley. Black
Jim and Schonchin were executed at
Fort Klamath on the Sd inst, at 1880
A. NJ. They met their fate with "s;oi-
cal rortiluic;" 50 the dispatch says.
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FINEST FINISHED REAPER

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words. He opened by citing rs an H.
lustration, the relation Of the chip from
the building stone to the former ages.
How BY geology We were enabled to
trace its development from the first
gathering to its particles, etc. Human
language, as spoken has some form shap-
en- to its first stages. Tho ruins Of Rome
furniahed quarries from which modern
Rome was built, and the Roman language
furnished material for the formation OF
the languages which are now commonly
spoken. The Roman language WAS also
traceable back into the former ages.
Speech is highly fossiliferous and is
believed to DO hidden In antiquities Icing
before Romulus.
He took the word arabic and traced it
back through the different languages
with its derivations, roots and meanings.
From tho meaning Of the word he drew
the inference that all nations which used
the word must have been agricultural,
and had laws to regulate their pursuits,
animals to draw their implements and
houses to store their products, for all
these were necessary and directly con-
pcctcd with the pillow in its use. From
words and derivations We discern tho
character OF the people who use them.
From words we ASCERTAIN that their occu-
pations were strisingly similar. So with
language, No found that its uso was
not atcidcntsl--oelts formation was not
in the organizations OF some one person,
but there wasss evidence OF kinship be-
tween all tongues. All tribes are chill
drcn Of . common family. These fam.
lilies can be traced from tribe TO tribe,
and VIC are found to be cousins Of Hin.
s.oc. Our forefa;hers came from Cen
ira! Asia. Some branches Of the family
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1873-10-09

Russia has no Mississippi River cross
ing the whole Of her vast dominions,
with a navigablc channel. Therefore
Russia proceeds to make one. "Half
civilized we call that country, and its
government ''despoiic," but in short
lime the light draft vessels will be able
to pass from the Black sea 10 he Baltic
through Russian territory, and again,
by q succession Of Tivers and channels
connecting them, from the Baltic across
the continent to Asia into the Pacific
Ocean. Yet this is one Of those "effete
despotisms" for which every son OF free
America, whose ''bright home is in the
setting sum-" is expected TO feel pre-
found contempt.
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Sowing Grass Seed b The FAN.

The Rural World replied thus to the
enquiry of u young farmer, "can grass
seed be sown ia the tall ?" If land is put
in good condition, We have no doubt it
is better time to SOW grass seed in the
fall than in the spring. Fall is the sea
son when nature SONS most OF her seeds,
and they vege,atc finely, as we all know.
We have known Of some instances where
timothy and herds grass have been sown
in the TALL with the best Of success, and
have never heard Of failure. We pre-
sumo clover seed IS as well or better
adapted TO fall seeding than tho grasses,
as il Is cncased in very hard covering.
We have known clover seed to keep in
the ground ten years. A crop of clover,
when ripe, was turned under deeply in
the fall, and the field was sown TO wheat
and seeded to timothy. Ten years after
a deep plowins was given to the field
the ciOvcr seed was brought to the sur
face, and the ground was covered with
young plants. This only shows how
wisely the God of Nature has provided
for tie preservation of seed.
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FOR SALE.
Great Bargain in Land.

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The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-05-19
Eggs Of Four Ycnrs, Growth.

The reproduction. snys Prof. Agassiz,
does not go on constantly. 1t is
periodical, and this periodicity varies
In different animals. Some animals re-
quire long development Of themselves
before they produce eggs. Others lay
eggs very early in life. Fowls begin to
lay the first year after their birth,
Fresh water turtles do not bear young
before their tenth or eleventh year,
sometimes not till their twelfth. In
our common black and yellow dotted
fresh water terrapin, and in the painted
terrapin, the eggs require four years OF
growth before they arc laid. Take q
seven.year-old turtle of'this kind: i
will contain only very small eggs, all
Of uniform size. An eight-year.Ol,
turtle OF the same kind will have two
sets OF eggs, ono larger, one smaller
One of nine years will have three sets,
the Oldest set being the size Of small
pea. A turtle OF ten years will have
four sets OF eggs, and in that year she
will lay for the first time, and give
birth to the most mature set. 0tlier
animals require buta few weeks to bring
forth their eggs to full maturity. In
our common ielly.fshes, for instance,
with rose.colored ovaries, the eggs
begin in May. In July they aro all
laid, and the young begin their indie
pendent life. The season OF laying diff
fers greatly in different animals. Some
lay their eggs in spring, others in mid
summer, others, rs the front family,
salmon, and the like, in autumn.
The irregulnrity Of numberi is another
astonishing feature OF this problem OF
reproduction. Itwould seem that some
kinds Of animals require far greator
number of individuals for the main
tenance of the type than others. Some
animals multiply by hundreds Of thou
sands-nay, by millions. Others bring
forth single new being, or at the most
two or three ut time. Some animals
bear but once and then die. Others,
more tenacious of life, bring forth new
broods for long period Of years.
These various conditions Of growth,
duration, and ripening, these extra.
ordinary differences in the power OF
multiplication and reproduction, are
no doubt, necessary part OF the
economy Of the whole animal kingdom.
There is nothing variably or capricious
about it, and we must not forget that
whoever would account for the origin or
successive introduction Of the different
types Of organized beings which have
| followed ono another upon earth must
include in his explanation tie whole
scheme by which characteristics are
continued and transmitted.
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What 10 do In Emergency.

Here is useful hint on tho best
method OF action when the clothing Of
any friend is on frc-nn accident which
ali nre liable TO. Seize shawl, or
blanket, or any woolen fabric. hold the
corners rs far apart us you can, stretch
them out higher than your head, and
running boldly 10 the person, make n
motion Of clasping in his arms, mostly
about the shoulders. This instantly
smothers the fire and saves tho face.
The next instant throw the person on
the floor. This is nm additional safety
to the face and breath, and any remnant
of flame can be put out more leisurely.
The next instant immerso tile burnt
part in cold water, and all pain will
cease with the rapidity Of lightning.
Next get some common flour, remove
from the water, and cover the burnt
parts with IN inch Of flour, II possible,
put tho patient to bed, and do Nll that
Is possible to soothe until the physician
arrives. Let flour remain until II falls
of itself, when beautiful new skin can
be found. Unless the burns are deep,
no other application is needed. Tie
dry -four for burns Is tho most admir-
able remedy ever proposed, and the in
formation ought to be impaired to all.
The principle Of this action Is, TINT like
the water, 1t causes instant aud perfect
relief from pain by totally excluding al
the air from the injured parts.
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W. VA, MONDAY, MAY 10, 1873.

face the storm.center. II, at the same
time, the mercury in the barometer con.
tinues to fall, we may be sure that the
vortex is approaching us ; while, il the
barometer rises, we may count on its
having passed by. The general direc-
ton OF the movement OF the center is
from west to east but it may depart
several points from the cardinal line.
The preceding generalization of posi-
fion apply to the Northern Temperate
Zone. A little consideration will help
us to understand that, in the Southern
Temperate Zone, the direction OF the
rotary movement is the opposite to
that of storms in this region the
winds blow round the vortex the same
way that the hands Of wach move. In
the Torrid Zone, within what are tech
nically known as the T" doldrums the
limits of true cyclone action, the
difference between the lengths Of the
successive parallels Of latitude is so
small that the conditions Of rotary mo-
ton are present but feebly, and not ut
all on the equator.
It is evident that this knowledge is Of
much greater practical value on the
water than on the land; added to which,
storms moves with more regularity on
the ocean than on shore, the motion
not being interfered with by irregularity
Of surface. On land our theoretical
circle often becomes IN nirregularellipse,
but oil the ocean the circular form is
very nenrly preserved. Tho mariner
may avoid serious damage, and perhaps
total loss, by n knowledge Of these facts
Of storm motion, by steering rs nearly
rs may be away from the vortex. This
may be accomplished by keeping the
starboard side to winlwarl, and getting
ont Of the truck il the stOrm.center be
moving towards the first noted place Of
theyessel. Some of our ocean.gOing sea-
men are already educated up to knOwl-
edge of these facts, and an appreciation
OF their value and there can be no
doubt that q more thorough dissemina-
ton of the principles Of storm science
will result in n material diminution in
the annual percentage OF loss by slip.
wreck.-Eiias Colbert, IN The Chicago
Tribune,
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was decidedly flattered by such intense
appreciation and, entering fully into
the spirit Of the thing, played with a
gusto and effect he had never before
surpassed or even equalled. Even the
wedding, with its warm lights, its
sweetened whiskey, was forgotten for q
time in the glow Of this new profession
al triumph.
But all pleasures hnye their reyerses
on this earth aud, rs time progressed,
he began, with oil his enthusiasm, to
feel very natural symptoms Of cold,
fatigue, and even exhaustion. But it
would not do-he could not stop a mo-
ment before they were at him again (;
and there they persistently sat, that
shaggy troop OF connoisseurs, tidgeting
on their launches with lolling tongues
and pricked ears, listening to their
charmer for several weary hours, until
the negroes at the wedding, becoming
impatient oraiarmed about the old man,
came out to look for him, and found
him thus perched upon the roof Of the
tottering hut, saving away for dear life,
while he was ready to drop every instant
from sheer fatigue and the freezing cold.
They rescued the old man from his I'M
comfortable position, while tho linger.
ing forms Of his late audience told that
they most unwillingly surrendered their
expected feast,
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rIppLING TO TnE MOLYEs.

In semi.civilized countries, where the
winters are cold and long, the wolf may
be found almost everywhere. He fills
in the gaps of desolation. His savage,
grinning head appears through the
broken glooms Of tho wilderness
hideous, gaunt, and fierce. He has nc
sympathies, and will give none.
Yet there is one droll incident with
which my boyhOod is familiar, which
seems to Indicate in the wolf certain
susceptibility to softer emotions, and ]
will relate il here:
In tho early dDys Of the settlement oi
South Kentucky, there was great trouble
in midwinter with the wolves. Old
Dick was colored fiddler. He was q
very important old gentleman, for nc
merry.making could take place without
his presence.
Now Old Dick had very strongly dc.
yeloped the most marked traits OF the
fiddler the world oyer-namely, pune.
tiliousness and punctaality. Upon
either Of these points he was peculiarly
irritable, nay, even ierocious. Nothing
caused him to so far forget "he pro-
prieties in his own person as the in
teryention Of any unusual or accidental
causes OF delay.
On the occasion Of q grand wedding
festival among the colored gentlemen
OF the neighboring plantation, some six
miles distant, Old Dick was, Of course,
expected to- oiflcinte as master OF the
ceremonies. II had been an unusually
severe winter, and heavy snow lay
upon the ground on the eventful even
ing, when, having donued his "long'
tailed blue" with its glittering gill
buttons, and mounted the immense
shirt-collar by which the dignity Of bis
official character was 10 be maintained
the ancient Apollo sailed forth, fiddle
in hand, 10 dare the perils Of the dis
tant wny alone for the younger darkiel
had all gone to the frolic hours ago
with haste and eagerness altogether
unbecoming his importance. The moor
was out and the stars twinkled over
head, rs the old man trudged away oyel
the crisp and cracking snow. Tht
path, which was q very narrow one, led
ior the greater part Of the way, through
the dirk shadows Of heavy forest
which yet remained as wild as when I'll,
Indiansroamedi init, and was untraverset
by q wagon.road for many miles.
The profound and dreary solitude o.
the way could not have failed to impress
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The Infant Hlppopotamus.

The Popular Science Monthly, for
May, contains Frank Buckland's article
on 'The HippopOtamus and her Baby.
This is an account OF the habits OF the
young hippopotamus that was born last
November at the Geological Gardens,
London, and called "Gny Fawkes" from
the date of his birth. This is the third
infant hippo born in Europe. Mr. Buck
land says:
"a few days after the birth OF the
young one, Mr.. Bartlett was watching
1t swimming about the tank. It then
suddenly diyed, but did not reappear
for such long time that he thought it
had fit, and was lying drowned at the
bottom OF the tank. He, therefore,
made arrangements to have the large
plug pulled out-this plug had been
fixed expressly for this purpose-and to
run of the tank quickly, so as to resus-
citato the little beast, il possible. They
were just going to do this, when Master
Guy Fawkes' suddenly reappeared,
shaking his funny little horse.like ears,
from the bottom Of his tank, with q
hippopotamic grin on his face, MS much
us to say: Don't be frightened, I am all
right you don't know all about me yeti
The little beast had remained, without
blowingor taking breath, actually under
water for nearly twenty minutes. The
parents have never been known to be
under much over three minutes. Isus-
pect Nature has given this wonderful
power Of remaining so long under water
to the young hippopotamus, first Of all,
TO enable it to suck-when the water
has been clear, Mr.. Bartlett has fire.
quently seen it suck under water-and,
secondly, in order that it may be con-
cealcd from its enemies, though nm
not ut all certain but that large croc-
odilc would seize and swallow n young
hippopotamus US jack would n roach.
1t would bo superiluous in me to at
tempt to describe this little animal, be-
cause every one ought to 60 aud see it.
II is about the size and shape OF IN or
binary bacon pig, but the color is some
thing of pinkish-slate. He knows his
keeper very we'll, and when he has had
his dinner is us playful rs kitten, pop
ping and jumping about his den, and
throwing up mouthfuls Of hay, like n
young calf. When first born he was
small enough to come through the bars
on to the straw outside his den, but
soon lio had grown SO much that he
could not get through. He used to put
his head through the bars and allow
Prescott. the keeper, to rub his gums.
The tusks Of the lower jaw were Just
beginning to cut tho gum. His back
teeth have not come yet, but they nre
obliged to bo very careful about his
diet, for he has already (when l write,
in january begun to pick bit at the
food prepared for him."