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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-12

The apportionment of the State into
Congressional districts, as well IS dis
tricts for State Senators and Represent
atives, will take place in 1880. The ap-
portionment law will not 60 into effect
before 1882. Hence the Congressional
Districts will stand % they arc until 1882.
In the Same way the State representa-
tive districts will remain as they are I'M
til that year, and the Senatorial districts
the same until 1884. We cannot, there.
fore, get any benefit from the new ap-
port,onment until after 1882. At that
time Saline county will probably be en-
titled to three representatives, and in
1884 to . State Senator.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-12
THE SENATORIAL FIGHT.


A greater part of the members-elect
of the Legislature wisely refrain from
expressing their preferences upon the
Senatorial question but that does not
prevent certain people from "guessing"
what the result may be. Speculations
upon the subject are being made, and
undoubtedly these specuIations arc not
oil of them sway off," 1t is conceded
that to start with, Senator Ingalls, leads
in the race. Men, whose opinions VIC
respect, make B. F. Simpson the second
man. Then como Gov. Anthony and
Col. Phillips-about equal in strength.
Col. Phillips is the second choice Of
many representatives, and is the only
candidate thus far from the West. After
many of the western members who are
not already for tho Colonel have voted
once or twice for their FIRST choice, and
find there is no chance for their men,
they will undoubtedly flock in q solid
body around the Phillips banner. Should
John A. Anderson DO candidate, (as
has been intimately. he will pro badly
divide the Western vote somewhat, as
he is Western man. 1t is generally
thought that those having the most votes
at tho beginning of the contest will be-
come targets for their opponents At
once. and soon fall to the rear.
From present indications 1t is quito cor
tain that no man will be chosen upon
tho first few ballots.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-12
A WESTERN CAPITAL.

WES1EhN CAHIlAL.
Ten years hence the bulk of our pop.
ulation will be West of the division Of
the State made by the Republican and
Neosho rivers. 1t is very reasonable
that it should be 90, because it is West
of that line that those great, wide andfsr-
tile valleys Qor which Kansas 10 % f.
mous) are found. Those valleys will
be covered with . perfect net work of
railways, and cites will spring up which
will reach q supremacy and splendor
that the eastern cities of Leavenworth,
Lawrence, Fl. Scott, Atchison and To.
peka never dreampt of. The Populs-
ton will then be dense, compared with
that Of the Eastern portions of the State.
The "Garden" of Kansas is just being
developed. Its capabilities, resources
and possibilities are not yet one-half
known. All that has been published Of
wonderful Kansas is not . 1.-THE of that
yet to be published of tho Western
half of the State. The grandeur, the
wealth, the attractiveness and beauty
of this country "yet to be" cannot now
hardly be comprehended. The political
power which has long sat enthroned in
the East of Kansas is fast giving away
to the demands of the growth and i'm.
portancs of the West, and its supremacy
will in decade have been transported
to our Western valleys. And then will
come the demand that some progressive,
wide-awake city-the offspring of .
vast fertile district, shall become the
capitol of our great State. 1t is only Q
matter of few years before the capt.
tol will be removed very few short
years at that. The great, magnificent
capitol building which has existed
only as picture-the product of the
architects brain, will never be COM
pieted at Topeka. If it is ever built
in the form planned it will be erected
at least one hundred miles west of To.
peka. No more "wings" or portions
of wings will be added to the present
structure. As it is, so will it exist un.
Ill it shall have stepped from its dignity
as capitol building, and have become
the resort of the insane, tho blind, the
deaf-or have been purchased by the
Topekans for city hall, hospital, or
some other city institution. 1t behooves
our western members to vote such up.
preparations as shall be needed to keep
the present building in good repairs
and sustain its dignity for the purpose
intended but never q cent should they
vote for its completion as originally in
tended, at the place intended, nor for
the building of any addition thereto,
whatever. The capitol must come West.
"You hear me JOSEPH"
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-12

Secretary Devens will retire from the
Cabinet within . few days, certainly by
the end Of the month. It has been
known for some time that the position
was distasteful to him, but he has re-
manned on account of the urgent request
of tho President and some of his fellow
Cabinet Ministers.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-12
THE DEMOCRATIC NORTH AND THE SOL.
lid SOUTH.

Ano DouocTatic pOIticianS Oh tn<
North are in q very festive mood Oyer
the strides which their party has made
towards power within the last few years
They feel that the good time is coming
and near ut hand when their opponents
shall be relieved of their "official bur
dens," which will be rcimposed upon
Democratic backs. The "spoils," Of
which they have SO long been deprived,
will again be theirs; and then will they
feast and rcvel as in the good days Of
yore. Thus the hopes of the Demo.
cratic North are conferred upon the bril-.
liant prospects OF the future, and crush.
ing would be the blow and blighting the
effect to be disappointed in this. Blind
IN their devotion to party and hopes
for the "blessed future" they regard
the Solid South as a united, devoted,
inseparable part and parcel of the "great
WHOLE" which is to heap so many emol.
uments and honors upon them, and
that it will do their bidding when the
occasion is ripe.
But herein they arc sadly mistaken.
IL is tho Solid South which is the Demo.
cratic dog And the Democratic North
is the tail to that dog. 1t is the Solid
South which has been calculating upon
these emoluments and honors Just %
long and increasingly as tho Democrat.
&c North. 1t is tho Solid South which
looks just as greedily after the spo,ls.
Should the Democratic party be sue
cossful in 1880, it will be the Solid
South to demand, and have the
power to enforce its demands. A con.
scientious, honest President has en-.
deavored to conciliate those Southern
men, and help them on to that forget
fulness of the past which they profess.
ed to long for; but his kindly efforts
have only been met with rebuff, and
they still persist in hating with the old
hate. By this feeling in their hearts which
they make no effort to uproot, and which
they entertain for all those who favor.
cd the prosecution of tho war at the
North, they propose to square their
actions on and after 1880, should the
Democrats be successful. 1t will be .
grand struggle with them then to re-
gain what they hoped to gain by the
war. 1t will be struggle IN and out
of Congress for that supremacy they
contended for just before the guns Of
Sumpter commenced booming over the
water, and men of the Douglas stamp
will find themselves Is they did in 1901,
the tail of the Democratic dog. II the
Democratic North desire to work in
unison with tho Southern Democrats,
they can do 90 with the knowledge that
they must eat of the crumbs of the t.
BILE, DO their base and subseevient tools,
and blast their names for all time to
como with infamy snd reprosch.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-12

Gen. Grant is making arrangements
for . tour in Asia. He has probably
pricked the Bulgarian bubble. He will
return to America in about ono year
from now.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-12

All the signs indicate that the Repub-
licans in Congress arc beginning to show
better feeling toward the President.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-12
Notice.

COMPLAINT having been entered ut this once BY
~ frsnk !. Todd AGAINST James Cole. for abandon
ing his Homestead Eatry No. 1881. dated February
l4h. ISIS, upon the swQr Sectsoa ls. Township Is,
Range AZ, in Saline County, Kansas, with . view a
the cancellation OF said entry the sad parties
hereby summoned to appear 1t this once the 9Th
day Of January. ls's, si II O'Clock . m to respond
and hupish testimony concerning sad alleged aban-
donme8. 7. l.. BOND,
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-12

Eastern Kansas and Western Missouri
have been favored with . good, solid
snow storm. Perhaps We shall get ours
in . day or 90.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-12

A majority of tho Cabinet are said to
be in favor of transferring the Indian
Bureau TO the War Department.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-12
FISH CULTURE IN KANSAS.
Our State has taken proper initiatory

Our State has taken proper initiatory
steps to stock our streams with fish. and
we hope that she will continue to in
sugurate necessary measures, and BY
practical Legislation protect the work al
ready done Fresh supplies of fish
should be placed in the streams each
year, until they are sufficiently pIen.i-
full to supply ct least the sanitary de-
mands of the people. Fish mako an
important item Of food for those who
hope to be perfectly healthy. As near
- We can learn that our present Fish
Commissioners is doing his work we'll,
and Ne hope the Legislature this winter
will provide every means necessary for
him to carry on his good work.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-12

In order 70 facilitate the deliveries Of
grain, the grain board Of the produce
exchange Of New York City have dec:
ded to change the grade OF No. amber
wheat to correspond to No.2 Chicago
RI. =. stsss
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-12

Wade Hampton 10 unfortunate in ono
respect and fortunate in another. He
has had . leg amputsted-All because Of
that despicable Wule, and has been elect
Cd United States Senator, with only two
votes in the Legislature against him.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-12

Mr.. A. D. Brown, of the Burlington
Patriot, has been;appointed post master
of bis city. A merited appointment.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-12
Notice.

COMPLAINT having been entered 1t this Once by
SChust Bieber Against II. Reimleg, for abansiouinx
his Homestead Entry No. 1870, dassi April o. lsss
upon the shf sw9r section 6. fbWnsAip II. Range
5w. IN Saline County, Kansas. win ysew 10 the
January. 1873. q II O'Clock o. ~. 70 respond and
furnish testimony coacerning said 0leeed ebesdsu-
ment- r. l. BOND.
S-4w Resisser.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-12
Bridge Notice.

NOTICE 10 hereby given Of the insentoa Soee Board
~ ofCoasty Conn rssio0ers TO build bfylRe acruas
Mulberry Creek, IN Eln Crsek ToWp<aip. Rseimasesi
cost u aid bridge % the eoanty 70 BE- d 80
By order Of The Board a Coonfy Commiasiuo<ys-
" C. SLOAN. County Clerk
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-12

1t is thought that Congress will take
a recess from December 2lst to January
9Th.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-12
NE " ADVERTISEMENTS.
A GREAT OFFER FoR
H0llOAYS!!

We will during the HOLIDAYS disp,ss Of 100 Pianos
AID Organs, NJ extraordinary Low prices for cash
splendid organs SIS sets Of reeds 665, sets with
SUB bass and coupler ~. eeo $50, set 80, set
tS- Octave al Rosewood Pianoe $3.50, ~ do $780,
warranted for six years. AGENTS WANTED. H.
Illustrated Catalogues Nailed. Music 1t half price,
Dealers. 70 4. 18th ST., Y.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-12

L. Q. LAND GrFICR,
Salina, Kansas.
December sth, ls.s. J
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-12

Salina Machine Shops.
WILLIAM PUTSCH. Prom.
beilrss rspaiFp1. - I'll kisAs e veus srsa cd
saeei wcsk d,se - IL m po-sskl< naass~ - -
sADrt sssscs- shsp - Pin asss. s.isss. Ksssas
. 00l1aA0 Kanaaa.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-12
81. G. STANLEY,
Contractor and Builder.

D0es eli kinds Of yesbiag asd rpairsss Win sesa-
eese nd dsfafcA- Hoo~e moving . spsctaisy. -
pUpafed 70 raise OF move azy had Of hnase e anv
tn SOP % s<vesfh ssrces. sess frss Avesse.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-12

~Hiscellaneoas Books not found on 90
shelves viii be ordered sf Publishers prices
GA application
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-30
Mothers as Doctors,

Practical mothers learn much of their
experience with the little bodies in
trusted to their care. Some of the most
common sense facts in the physical cul-
ture of these little ones known to the
more experienced mothers may not come
amiss to those who have had but little
care of children. The foundations must
be well laid to insure healthy and happy
children. The child must be we'll
nursed, well aired, we'll fed and we'll
bathed. By a thorough understanding
and practice of these four simple rules,
much of the physical, mental and moral
suffering in life would be avoided by
parent as we'll as child. If a healthy
child (and delicate one proportionately)
is regularly put to bed about dark, in a
quiet, well-ventilated. or even cold room,
after a supper Of plain food, it will
naturally awake at daybreak, good ma
tured, with keen appetite for whole
some breakfast. Nutritious, plain food,
at regular hours, with no candy or stimu-
lant,, and free bathing, help the system
to ward off many prevalent children's
ailments, and to bear with much less
danger the few that must neces-
sarily come to the majority of little ones
The child that is just given tile con
fectionery, or any unsuitable food, and
then rocked to sleep, should cause nc
surprise at waking peevish and feverish
1t is simply the result of imaginary af
fection and want of knowledge on tn,
part of the one in charge. 1t will Ger
tainly pay in the end to search diligently
for the cause when little child il
proverbially cross.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-30

IT is well known that the British Mu-
scum contains some magnificent remains
of Greek art called the Elgin Marbles,
on account of their having been brought
to England through the instrumentality
of the then Earl of that ilk, who OBJ
tanned from the Sultan frman per-
mitting him to remove any antiquities of
sculptured stones he might require. The
work was given to contractors, who un-
dertook the job for fixed sum, and did
the dismantling in a reckless way, ut
terly shocking to classical antiquaries,
one of whom stigmatized Lord Elgin as
&C. the person who defaced the Parthe-
non." Mr.. Mahsffy in his recent
Rambles and Studies in Greece" says
that on his return from that country to
England he went to visit these Marbles
at the Museum, and found that they
lost so terribly by being separated from
their place, looked SO unmeaning in an
English room, away from their temple
and their lovely atmosphere, that /
earnestly wished they had never been
taken from their places, even at the risk
of being made target by the Greeks or
Turks"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-30
FOREIGN SUMMARY.

The Bennett Polar ship will soon sail for
Havre, where temporary crew will be
shipped, when she will leave for San Fran
cisco. Bennett hopes the expedition will
sail for the North in June, 1872 1t will go
by the route through Behring's Straits
AMERICAN cotton is now being shipped
from England for consumption in the mills
of Bombay. 1t is intended with this mate
rial to commence the manufacture of shirt.
ing and other medium classes of cloth in
India. This cotton will pass into India
duty free, while goods made from the same
kind of cotton in England will pay an i'm.
port duty of five per cent.
LONDON special says there is rumol
in diplomatic circles that the British Gov
ernment has sent instructions to Lord
LOTUS, ambassador at st. Petersburg, to re
quest categorical explanation from the Rus
sian Foreign Office concerning reported
armament of Russian privateers in tn,
United States. 1t is also understood Lore
Lotus is to make inquiries especially abou
the mission of the Cimbria.
UNITED STATES Minister Seward writes o
the famine in China, that actual famine il
pressing upon fifteen millions of people
while sixty millions are suffering more OF
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-30

less distress. The crops, he says, have been
good Immediately around the stricken dis
tricts, but as food can be transported only
on pack wagons or pack animals, it can not
De taken thither in suficiedt quantities to
save the lives of the people. In Sientzin,
house made of mats, for the accommodation
of the suffering women and children. from
the famine districts, was burned, and one
hundred and fifty lives lost
AN American gentleman, who has just re-
turned from an extended tour in Russia,
says that two hundred thousand Russians
are moving toward the Galician frontier of
Austria. The garrisons throughout Poland
are moving southwark. Camps of troops
and recruits were noticed at many points
along the railways. Moscow and st. Peters
burg are full of troops, and new lines are
constantly coming forward. The Commits
sary department is purchasing heavily all
kinds of supplies. There is great bitterness
among the people against England. Bnsi.
ness is active, but the foreign trade is un-
settled by the decline in exchange.
PECULIAR and alarming movements have
been made by the Russians before Constan-
tinople. Though these are stated to have
been for sanitary reasons, they came near
precipitating a collision. The Russian line
at one time pushed near the Turkish
works that the latter we're manned and
ammunition was served out, and General
| Baker valentine Baker, sent an Abide
camp to notify the Russian commander that
he would fire on him if he did not withdraw.
| The effect has been to direct the attention of
the Turks to the comparatively weak state
of that portion of their line which covers
the Black Sea entrance TO the Bosphorus,
which the Russians naturally desire to Sc
cure in case of hostilities. The Turks are
therefore taking precautions in that di-
| rection
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-30
A Delicate Question.

The delicate question, "When wo-
man becomes an old maid," has lately
been discuscussed in a number of peri
odicals all of whom skirmish vaguely
around among the twenties, thirties and
forties, without fixing upon any precise
rule when a woman may determine when
to "take down her shingle and shut up
shop" for good and all. 1t is a great
pity, but true, nevertheless, that woman,
no matter how conscientious and truth
full they may be in other matters, are
seldom to be trusted in regard to their
own age. When Coker edited " Boswell S
Life Of Johnson" he took the pains to
examine the register of the town where
Miss Burney was born, to determine how
old she was when her book "Evalina
WAS published; and when it turned out
to be twenty-six instead of sixteen, as
she represented, Lord Macauley's ire
was greatly excited; he despised Coker,
and sneered at him as if he had been
guilty of an ungentlemanly action.
AS the question concerns only herself,
woman may ju-tly refuse to make her
age public. Yet, at a certain age-we
venture to suggest ttwenty-five-it would
be to her own advantage to settle the
matter privately with herself. Many
women go on, ridiculously enough
fancying they are quite young and giddy
things, even when they have passed the
boundaries of that young woman's hor
or-thirty-which is unfortunate, as il
is never becoming to a woman to act
younger than she looks. She need not
say, now I am an old maid," if the
epithet is obnoxious to her fastidioul
ears, but she might square the matter
with herself in somewhat of the follow
ing Hamlet.soliloquy style: al am NJ
longer a girl. l am a woman, with the
serious duty of living before me. A
husband, very possibly, is valuable
property, but, since he is not included il
the inventory of my belongings, it il
ju,t as probable that he is, after all, ,
very inferior sort of possession, ane
one as we'll calculated to prove a frauc
and cheat as the reverse" Havin,
settled this great question quite beyont
further agitation, she may plunge int,
the actual fact of living, and find good
reliable, steadfast friends much NOR
satisfactory than lovers, who are usual,
selfish, unreasonable, exaggerated sort o
creatures, whom it is impossible to ge
along with in any peace.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-30

A RUSSIAN man-of-war saluted the
Irish flag in the harbor of San Francisco
not long ago. The Knights of the Red
Branch had been having picnic down
the bay, and the excursion steamer on
her return trip passed Russian
corvette. The green flag was run up,
the band played a Russian anthem, and
the Irishmen cheered Justify. Quite
unexpectedly the corvette dipped its
flag and fred a salute of twenty-one
guns, while the crew rushed to the side
and heartily cheered the picnic party
The Irishmen, overcome with enthusi
asm, fairly cracked their throats in re
turning this compliment.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-30

A coRREsPoNDENT of the New York
Herald has made the discovery that the
manufacturing Of steel in this country
is a most important industry, and that
the American goods are pressing the
English in most vigorous manner. AS
an evidence of this, he cites the rapid
growth of the manufacture of steel rails.
in 1873, I29, 900 tons were made; in 1877,
i20, 900 tons. This year it is expected
the mills will turn out at least 500, 1000
tons. But it is not in rails alone that
progress has been made. In all grades
of goods there is steady advancement,
and the day does not seem to be distant
when American steel and cutlery will
hold its own in all markets beside the
manufactures of England.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-30

ALASKA is wonderful place for
thieves. A correspondent of the San
Francisco Chronicle says one merchant in
Sitka hires Indians to steal for him, and
recently shipped away ton of copper
that they had taken from the flooring
and walls Of Government building for
storing furs. The candlesticks and
other silver articles we're long ago stolen
from the church, and even metal crosses
have been taken from graves in the
cemetery. There is not constable or a
justice in the Territory, and there is
no atte mpt to enforce any law.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-30

A SINGULAR duel occurred in Boston,
England, recently. An ass had been ac-
customed to visit one of his own kind
which grazed on neighbor's land, an
action looked upon with much disfavor
by an old black ram, which pastured in
the same field. Accordingly, he at
tackled the ass, goring him grievously,
but the ass met his assaults with great
courage, sprang about with astonishing
agility, and kicked him with great force.
At last he seized the ram by the nose
and shook him as dog worries a rat,
bit him about the neck repeatedly, and
left him weltering in his blood. The
combat lasted for nearly half an hour,
and the ram died soon after it ended.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-30

Mr.. CHARLES DEAN, of Cambridge,
Mass, has just presented a report to the
American Antiquarian Society on the
question whether Gen. Burgoyne re-
ceived proper treatment from Congress;
Mr.. Deane's conclusion, which is based
on the examination of documents not
heretofore consulted, is adverse to Con-
gress. being to the effect that Congress
was not justified in refusing to carry
out the Convention of Saratoga, and
that it was quite as blameworthy for
ordering that Burgoyne she uld pay in
coin at the full value for rations which
had been bought in deprecated paper
and supplied to his troops.