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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-10
MOnteZuma's Table.

Herbert Bancroft writes in his "Mon
! tczuma :" The King took his meals alone
! IN one OF the largest halls OF the palace.
| If the weather was cold fire was kin
died with a kind Of charcoal made Of
the bark Of trees, which emitted no
smoke, bu: threw out a delicious per
| fume and that his Majesty might suffer
no inconvenience from the heat, screen
ornamenled with gold and carved with
figures Of the idols was placed between
his person and the fire. He was seated
upon low leather cushion, upon which
were thrown various soft skins, and his
table was of similar description, except
that it was larger and rather higher, and
vas furnished with white cotton cloth
of the finest ware Of Chulula, and many
Of the goblcts were of gold and silver,
or fashioned Of beautiful shells. He is
said to have possessed complete ser
vice of solid gold, but as it was consid-
cred beneath a kings dignity TO use any
thing at the table twice, Montezuma,
with all his extravaganza, was obliged
to keep this costly dinner-sct in the
temple. The bill OF fare comprised
everything edible of fish, flesh and fowl
that could be procured in the empire or
imported from beyond it. Relays of
couriers were cmployedi.n bringing del
icacies from aiar, and as the royal table
was. every day supplied with fresh fish
brought without the modern aids Of ice
and air, tight packing, from 4 sea coast
more than q hundred miles distant, by a
,,,al ,,oeei,rr nIinf,. tkrnngrh frnr,Isal
climate, we may form some idea OF the
speed with which these couriers tray
cled. There were cunning cooks among
the Aztecs, and at these eXtravagant
meals there was almost as'much variety
in the cooking as in the matter cooked.
Sahagun gives most formidable list OF
roast, stewed, and boiled dishes Of meats,
fish, and poultry, seasoned with many
kinds of herbs, of which, however. the
most frequently mentioned is chile. lie
futher describes many kinds Of bread, all
bearing a more or less close resemblance
TO the modern Mexico tor.illa, and all
most tremendously named. Imagine,
for instance, when one wished tor a
piece of bread, having to ask ones
neighbor to be good enough 10 pass the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, then
there were tamaes of all kinds, and
many other curious messes, such as frog
spawn and s;ewed ants cooked with
chile but more loathsome 10 US then
such as these, and strangest of all COM /
pounds that went 10 make up the royal +.
carte, was one highly-savorcd, and,
probably, savory-smelling dish, 50 ex-
quisiicly prepared that lis principal in
gredient vas completely disguiseda, and
yet that ingredient was nothing else than
human flesh"
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-10
Fourth or July If Minneapolis.

Pursuant to a call, a meeting was bel,
at the Office of Messrs. Thompson
Johnson, to take steps in regard to a eel
ebration of the Fourth Of July, 1873
Mr.. b. c. Falconer was called to tht
chair, and Geo. Mckenzie was chosen
Secretary.
1t was moved and carried that we eel
CITRATE on Monday, the 5th day of July
1875, by holding a basket picnic j;
Mark ley's grove, near Minneapolis.
On motion the chairman appointed
the following committees
Committee on Arrangemcnts-Mcs
IL. J. Weckerly, Wm. A. Johnson and
L. Crosby.
Committee on Programme-Messrs.
d. d. Hoag, j. Il. Penniman and Geo.
NJ. King.
Committee on Music-Messrs. Wm. \.
Roberts, A. g. Whitney, L. Hawkins
and ID. Il. Crosby.
Committee on Grounds -Messrs. Geo.
Mackenzie, Jacob Campbell, Israel Mark
iSg, III. a. -h'iiSl penny AZ S"hiSS
MclIenry and +. kiibourne.
Committee on FIreworks-MeSsrs. D..
ID. Slocum, Jacob Well and ID. Il. La
portV.
Committee or prniing-NesSrs H.
IL. Tucker, c. Is. ROirock ani Wm. l..
Harvey.
Committee on Toasts-Mcssrs. Il. f.
Thompson, J. p. Cammins, c. L. Bots
ford, c. G. Olney and David d. Hoag.
Committee on Finance-Aessrs. {. l..
B0tsford, f. NJ, Sexton and JAS. Bassett
On motion, the following gentlemen
were appointed rs officers OF the Day
E. Crosby, President; J. B. Penm-
man, Treasurer; ID. ID. Hoag, Marshal;
ID. ID. Slocum, Assist. Marshal
On motion, the Secretary was instruct
ed 10 furnish the -Ila nedpoliS Imiepsa-
dent, SaliRd Herald, and Siiias County
Journal, with copies or these minutes.
b. c. FALcoNER, Chairman.
GEO. MACKENZIE, Secretary.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-10
An Eyentfui Month,

The past month of Arri! was the ami
veisary Of many important historical
events, among which The following are
the most important Thomas Jefferson
was born April 2d, 1874; Washlngto or
Irving on the Sd, 1913; the battle OF
Shiloh was fought on the 9Th, III 1862
Gen. Lee surrendered to Gen. Grant Oh
the 9th, in 1865; the bombardment Of
Fort Sumter commenced on the llth, in
1861; Henry Clay was born on the 18th,
in 1777; James Buchanan on the 18th, in
1871; Handel, the musical composer,
died on the 18th, In 1869; Abraham Lin
coin was assassinated on the 18th, in
1865; Jefferson Davis was captured on
the 10Th, same year, Wan. Shaks peare
was born on the 18th, in 1914; Lord
Byron died on the 10Th, in 1924, at Mis-
solonghi; the battle of Lexington lin the
revoiution) was fought on the same day,
l775; Napolen III was born on the 24th,
in 1898; Oliver CrwomWell was born on
the 25th, 1859; the battle OF Camden On
the reyolution) was fought on the 9th,
1880; Gen. Johnston surrendered Oh the
Goth, in 1865; President:Grant was born
on the 9th, in 1922; James Monroe was
born on the 18th, in 1853; Joan Of Arc
entered Orleans on the 10Th, in 1920;
and George Washington was Inaugural
ted first President Of the United States
on the Both, 1889.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-10
Married Couples-HoW TO Tell Them.

If you see lady and gentleman
disagree upon trihing occasions, or cor
rccting each otherin company, ) on may
be assured they have tied the matri
monial moose.
ifyou see q silent pair in car OF
stage, lolling carclcssly, one at each
window, without seeming TO know they
have companions, the sign is iniaIliblc
Ifyou see Il lady drop her glove, and
a gentleman by the side Of her kindly
telling her 10 pick it up, you need not
hesitate in forming your opinion jor,
Ifyou meet a couple in the fields, the
gentleman twenty yards in advance OF
the lady, who, perhaps is getting over
stile with difficulty, or, picking her way
through muddy patch or,
# you see lady whose beauty anu
accomplishment attract the attention
of every gentleman in the room but one,
you can have no difficulty in detcrmin-
ING their relationship to each - the one
is her husband.
If you see a gentleman particularly
courteous, obligIng and good natured,
relaxing into smiles, saying sharp
things, and toying with every pretty
woman in the room excepting one, to
whom he appears particularly cold and
formal, and is unreascnab!y cross-who
that one is, nobody can be at a loss TO
discover.
If You sec an old couple Earring,
checking and thwarting each other,
differing in opinion before the opinion
is expressed, eterually anticipating and
breaking the threads Of each others dis
course, yet using kind words, like honey
bubbles floating on vinegar, which are
soon overwhelmed by prcpouderancc
Of the fluid they are to all intents, man
and wife it is impossible TO be mis-
taken.
The rules above quoted are laid down
as infaIlibIe in Just intcrpretation-they
may he rcsorted TO with confidence; they
are based upon uncrring principles, and
deduced from everyday experience.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-10

Of Gen Sherman's new book the
Globe Democrat says:
"It is magificcnt, but il is not war,
said the Efcnch general who witnessed
the charge Of the Light Brigade at Bala-
klava. And borrowing III idea from
this exclamation, we may say of Cener-
al Sberman's book that tits entertain
ing, but it is not history. Indeed, it is
SO far from being history that it derives
much OF the importance which is attrib-
uted to it from the boldnss with which
it departs from all knownprecedents for
the making of history. There is scarce
" an impartial page between its covers,
and there are whole chapters that are so
full of injustice, both to he living and
the dead, as to make the candid reader
wonder whether the author was too full
of prejudice or too fond Of sensational
ism to deal fairly with the topics OF
which he treats"
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-10
The Sad Story of a forgotten Hero.

The novel claim Of Westmoreland
County TO share the doubtful revolution
airy honors of Mecklenburg, reyiVes the
memory of St. Clair, whose melancholy
story is closely interviewer with the 10
cal history of Westmoreland, and whose
neglected bones moulder somewhere or
one OF its most desolate mountain ridges
On the evening of December 10, 1871,
company Of gentlemen were dining al
pleasant country scat In the suburbs
of Philadelphia with Gen. Iarmar, an
officer whose name, like St. Clair's, is
inseparably connected with a great mil
tary disaster in the Northwest. 1t was
late in the evening when they were
startled by the sudden enterance Of a
traveller who bore the marks Of u long
and toilsome journey through the will
derness. The stranger was Major Den
ney, once a d ic-carnp to Harmar, and
now TO St. Clair. He brought the first
news of the defeat, and the story he told
of the surprise and massacre of hope
ful army, and Of conflagratIon along the
frontier, from Lake Erie 20 the Caroiinas,
was the saddest since Braddock 5 bloody
rout in the Monongahela thickets. Maj
or Denney had already delivered his dis
patches to the President and Secretary
of War. The news was an awful shock
to Washington, and, according 10 certain
traditions, threw him into fury, in
which he condescended 10 rave like an
ordinary mortal The father of the late
William NJ. Meredith, then lad Of nine
hnard n do
liyercd 10 the eager party at Gen.
IIarna,'o, ana Inc ueep AMI painful IN,
preston tmade upon those old cam
paigners was the presage of St. Glars
unhappy fate.
Far on in the present century, Arthur
st. Clair, old feeble, and afflicted, kept
wretched log tavern on the Chestnut
Ridge, WeStmoreland County. On the
18th Of February, 1909, old Ephralm
Douglas Of Fayette passed that way, and
gave this illustrious soldier one hun
dred dollars in pity and in charity. Up
on the nOte-for the old man insisted
upon bis taking promise to pay on de-
mand - Douglas wlote the following
"Never to be demanded. !
To save the ceilings of an old friend 1
accepted this receipt, after refusing to
take an obligation.
With Amherst at Louisburg and Wolfe |
at Quebeck, = or general in the Rcvo,
Iutionary army, President Of Congress,
and Governor of the Northwestern |
Territory, this great man OF battles and
affairs spent the las! wears of his life "
a pitiful effort to provide for numerous !
family by keeping this mockcry of a
avcrn on solitary mountain road y
-cw years ago his descendants were
Offering to sell his papers for small
.um, and it would have been just and
| graceful thing had the general govern
nent seen fit to buy them. - Nelc l0rk.
SNn, 18Th.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-10
The Death OF RisleD Polk,

We could plainly see three persons
standing in front OLA line OF breIstw works
and larger group in the back ground
As it WAS evident that they were watch
ing our movements, Stanley suggested
that few shots be fired TO drive them
under cover. Howard suggested that
perhaps Bishop was in the party, when
Stanley turned to Capt. Simonson, his
chief of artillery, with the remark:
"Simonson, can't you uniimber, put a
shot into the group and give the bishop
a morning salutation p
an try" was Simonson's laconic re-
ply and away he galIoped into the rear.
\ few minutes later a section Of the Fifth
Indiana battery Simonson's( was an
limberei bercd within twenty feet
of us. The lieutenant sighted the gun
and the shot exploded over and to
the right of the group. SimonsoD, when
the gun.had been reloaded dismountcd
and said: "Here, lieutenant, let me try
it," He took the range and the mcsson-
ger of death sped on its mission. Our
glasses were bent upon the group and
we observed 4 commotion as the shot
took effect in the group that scattered
10 the rear. While SImouson vas
upon his knees sighting the gun for
another discharge, Capt. Leonard's chiet
of Howards signal corps, sitting on his
horse beside me, road the confederate
signal and caught the words:
"Ien. Polk is killed :" With look
OF amazement Leonard turned to How
ard and Stanley and exclaimed:
Bishop Polk ) killed -
What? p exclaimed Howard, "have
you interpreted tie signal correctly"
"Yes, general Simons0n's last shot
killed him. They arc signalling it a.ong
the line"
The young men Of the staff ~ho were
cracking jokes instantly ceased, and for
a moment none spoke. Then Howard
said:
"WeIl, Christian has fallen. Such
Is war"
Just then Simonson caagh; the words.
Bishop Polk is killed -
lie was sighting the gan, and, lifting
lis eyes, that gIarei ieArfully, exclaimed:
"Wbat Is that, Leonard
"Bishop Polk Is killed YOar last
'hoi dad IT. They are signalling II over
he mountain, | replied
S5monson's bead aroopcI upon the
went" where y rested for . moment
Then. raising BIS eyes, be exclaimed
Thank God . yesterday they killed
ny dear brother hare ki'lea = lIea-
cnsnl general AL aHs rsvce-e4
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Little Daughters Letter.

The following letter was found cram.
pied in the hand OF French captain
who died on the field of battle, and was
preserved 10y n sab-otiicer OF the Second
Regiment of Thuringia, on whom de-
volvei the task OF seeing the dead
buried at Woe,h
"MY DEAR PAPA Since you went. !
have done nothing but think of you.
am SO sad that | cannot see you and kiss
you every morning, but | hore God will
preserve YOU in health and safety, and
that you will soon come back TO en-
brace your tle..daughter. | have been
very good in order TO console mamma a
little for your absence. Alden, ms
dearest papa. | send you a thousand
kisses. Your loving daugter,
MARGUERITE
Alas. how many Narcuerites have
written such letters how many locks OF
hair have s,iifened ia he blood of the
beloved h0w many tender memorials
have been torn away by the hands Of
tie sPoiicr. gr t-s'ng!c4 INTO has,y
crave.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-10

IL. The observance OF Washington
example in retiring at the close OF g
second Presidential term, will be in the
future, as it has been IN the past, regard.
cd as the fundamental rule in the un.
written law of the Republic.
IL. The distinguished success of bis
administration, which to the fame of the
patriot and soldier has been added that
Of the capable and judicious statesman,
entities President Grant to the gratitude
Of his countrymen.
Such are two of the planks Of the
platform recently adopted by the Re
publicans of Ohio. The Pennsylvania
platform was similar and other states
will speak just as emphaticaliy. The
Republican party arc proud of the rec
ord and services Of President Grant, but
believe still in the "unwrittcn" law with
reference TO the third term. And tho
chief charge of the Democracy has been
that the Republican party have been dis
posed to ignore the "unwritten law"
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-10
A NEW FERTILIZER.

The absolute tendency of the worlds
economists is to utilize everything,
Nothing must 60 to waste. The ole
bone, the old rag, the old cigar stub, the
lemon peel all have a place in the granc
work of utilization. What our ances
tors regarded as a fit subject for the
most obscure portion of the backyard
is now made a thing of utility and even
beauty. We do not tell fish story when
we say that the risky Frenchman can
make the most savory soup out OF old
and tattered leathern brooches. In that
business the condiments" are every
thing. Bat thelatcst process Qualification,
(wherc condiments are not needed is
making the festive grasshopper which is
gathered from the crippled wheat, corn,
potatoes, etc. fertilizer for the lineal
successors of the same crops. Grasshop-
pers served Ia John the Baptist may
do when famine strides through the land,
but people generally will take more
stock in the hopper as a direct agent of
producing food rather than as food itself.
Fifteen barrels Of the hopper tribe, with
ont reference TO ''color, sex or previous
condition." etc, had a market value at
Independence, Mo-, the other day, as
fertilizer of two hundred dollars. They
are worth as manure from $50 to $50 per
ton. This is the last quotation we have
seen. We have not heard what they are
worth at London and Paris. Then again !
the same identical hopper contains val |
liable oil, which extracted is very valua-
bic, its extraction does not affect the val
ue Of the juicy and tender hopper as a
fertilizer. Thus when We see the armies /
Of locusts marching down upon us and
taking everything green from the face
Of the country, it will be OF some salts
faction to know that grasshoppers do
not live always, and in the end must do
their share in the work Of raising crops
as well as harvesting them.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-10

Judge Morrill,, OF the Uaited States
District Court, in a case brought before
him at Galveston, Texas, found the pro
prietor of the theater guilty of violation
OF the civil rights bill in refusing TO ad.
nit two colored women to the parquette,
and sentenced HIM to pay fine of five
hundred dollars. The Galveston NeSos,
Confederate organ, criticised the action
of the Judge, and now he has issued a
citation for the proprictors Of that jour
nal to show cause why they should not
be punished for contempt.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-10

The President and Mrs. Grant, Mr.
and Mrs. Sartoris, Mrs. f. ID. Grant and
Gen. Babcock, have gone TO Long
Branch TO spend the summer. Now
the New York Sun and other blackruard
papers will set Up howl over that
President Grant is "neglecting the fanc.
tons of his high office, just because he
loves to live rs any other American
gentleman and enjoy himself as well as
possible.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-10

The address, "the World School, de
livered before the Agricultural College
ut the commencement exercises, by Noble
l.. Prentis, Of the Topeka Commonwealth,
has been published by the Manhattan
Nationalist and the InduStridliSt. Prem
It's address is the best of the kind we
have seen for many day. He ignores
the old, beaten path of commencement
lecturers and strikes out in n vein entire
ly new. The orator gave the students
10 understand first, that not all of them
could bo Prcsdents-which statement is
an infracton Of the rule laid down by
most college lecturers. He proved con
clusively that college learning is not
the scytho which mows down all the OBJ
stacles thrown in the pathway of life.
The great school is the world. His ad-
dress was fraught with sound, practi-
cal advice, and was made most attract
I'VE by Prentis' humor. The faculty Of the
Agricultural college did well in choosing
Prcntis for their orator.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-10

Spotted Tail, Red Cloud, Big Thun
der, Sitting Bull, Conquering Bear, Paw
nee Killer, and other dignitaries OF the
tomahawk and scalping knife race, have
returned TO their hunting grounds, the
Washington conference haviaga mount.
edto simply nothing Undoubtedly
the best way to "treat" with them is
from behind a spencer rifs.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-10

Without discharging the piece Simon
son arose, remoGnted, and Joined the
staff. The enemy was so dcmoralIzed
that he evacuted the mountain, and half
an hour afterward we stood on the spot
where Polk fell, and saw the ground
stained with his blood. A day or two
after, poor Simonson fell, shot on the
skirmish line in Ackworth woods.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-10
Pay For Slaves.

A friend in Texas sends US n copy o.
the San Antonio Herald of May %, 1879,
from which we extract the following ar
tIcle, which we commend to the atten-
ton Of our readers. The Southern pa.
pers are filled with just such suggestions
as that embodied in the closing extract :
"EX PRESIDENT JEFFERSON DAVIS. 1t
must be exceedingly gratifying to every
true Southerner 10 learn of the continued
ovation rendered TO this distinguished
and patriotic statesman. From the mo-
ment he touched the soil of Texas, at
Galveston, at Houston, at Austin, at
Dallas, at Brenham, crowds Of people Of
all classes and conditions made the wei
kin ring with their acciamations. JEFF.
Davis has become the representative
man Of Southern feeling and Of Southern
ideas. lie is capable yet, of accomplish
ing vast amount of good. No Southern
man doubts that the people possessed
the innate and the Constitutional right to
do what they did, in their attempt TO
resist oppression, and in appealing to the
arbitrament of the sword, success would
have only given US the physical ability
to have maintained them-whercas dis
comfture entailed upon liz tho loss -
of the right OF secession and the right to
hold negroes as slaves, but it did not
abrogaic our right to indemnify from
the government tor depnving us Of our
property, Our political rights are now
distinctly defined and recognized, the
day is not far distant when the govern.
ment will pay US for our slave property
of which we were forribly despoilcd. =
AtcbjS0R Champion.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-10

If you have great talents, industry
will improve them if moderate abili-
ties, industry will supply the defcicn-
cies. Nothing is denied to well-direct-
ed labor; nothing is ever to be attained
without it.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-10

An cntomoIogiat publishes his opinion
that there need be do alarm over an in.
vasion of the "foreign" grasshoppers in
the fall, as they do not leave their ma
tive parks in the mountains, except
when prevailing drouth deprivcs them
of food.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-10

The Editor Of the Ellsworth Rep0rfer
is writing up the large farmers and
stock men of Ellsworth county. An
excellent idea.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-10

No paper in the State furnishes better
selections OF "outside" reading matter
than the Troy Ckig. We find it very
convenient, quite often, TO use our sciS-
sers GA Soils trout page.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-10

A game Of base ball played at St.Loui'
on the Sd, between the Boston Reds auI
the ST. Louis Reds, stood: Boston, 10 ;
st. Louis, s. The Boston Reds have a
chance now to challenge the Smoky Val
ley club of Salina.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-10

A disesse known as the black tooth
has broken out among the swine in Up.
per Ottawa river, and has proved fataI
to large number OF herds.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-10

Kicking Bird, of the kiowa tribe who
donnod his angel piumage aud spnrned
the earth behind him few days since,
has been succeeded BY anv'Acr kioaa
named Hcid>,ck.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-10

The United States treasury has been
robbed Of 81, 900, and Spinner mourn
that such catastrophe should have hap
pened just as he is about ready to step
out of office. The public money is man
aged with such system and security that
it Is the belief that the guilty parties
must be employees of the treasury de-
partment.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-10

The Abilene Chronicle blows a fearful
bugle blast over the proposed removal
of the X. p. eating house to that place.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-10

The President bias appointed three of
the six members who will compose the
commission 10 treat with the Sioux for
the Black Hills, and will within few
days appoint the others. The commits
sion will at once proceed TO the Sioux
agencies and enter upon their duties.