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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-25

William Moody has been sentenced to
two years in the penitentiary in Balti-
more for attempting to vote illegally.
In sentencing him Judge Brown said:
"The very existence of the Govern
ment depends upon the fairness and pur-
ity of our elections. IT they are carried
by fraud or violence nothing can be
more certain than that the days of our
Government are numbered. We have
had painful experiences in this commu-
nifty of the evils arising from fraud, as
we'll IS actual violence, in the time of
election"
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-25

Archie Williams on Washington Matters.
Ex-Attorney Williams has been to
Washington and got home again. Prem
tbs has been interviewing him with the
result, among other things, the follo~.
ing:
In tho midst of all this, the Kansas
colony holds its own pretty we'll. Gen.
Blunt appears to be the worthy patri-
arch; the Hon. James F. Legate comes
next IN the line Of promotion, and has
already received the degree of o. N. A.
of A.; John r. Goodin is on hand and
working hard George Proper, OF Law
renee, is selling silver mines to oil who
desire such Q convenience Hon. 1ssac
E. Eaton, having enlightened Hon.
Thomas A. Hendricks, and likewise the
public, on tho true Inwardness of Til
den's reform campaign, is cow instruct
ing the Democratic National Commit
tee, OF which be has been for % many
years An ornament. Alex. Banks works
hard all the time; and 20 does Ward
Burlingame, who has Just now taken .
vacation and gone to Cuba The gentle
men We have mentioned may Do said 70
be permanent residents, there ara, how
eyer, many "traasients," who call on
our members Of Congress but these
last are not beeieged By anything like
the drunken, desperate, famished gang
who made the name of kansas hideous,
say, in 1855,
M. wlllams is, We think, about -
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-25

A Gentleman of Holmes county, OHIO,
who has had large experience in raising
fruit writes to the Germantown Tele.
graph letter from which We extract the
following:
While in Kansas made the acquain.
TANGO of number of fruit men, who
said that all kinds of fruits grown in
Kansas were much less subject to dis
ease and the attacks of insects than
when grown in Ohio and the Eastern
States. While in that state visited
several orchards and saw growing tho
trees of many varieties of apples long
discarded in this part of Ohio, loaded
with perfect fruit.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-25

IA man stepped upon woman 3
trailing dress, and apologized." Such
was the little origin Of terrible tragedy
in . Methodist church in Jacksonville,
Illinois, on Sunday last. An alteration
followed, the man who stepped upon the
dress was shot dead, as was also another
man who intertered, and the murderer
will probably be hanged in due time.
Two lives already taken, and one more
likely TO be taken, and oil on account Of
q careless tread on Q woman's drees.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-25

The Atchison Champion applies the
injurious epithet clog Wash" to an ar
ticle on finance which evidently cost the
writing man of the Lawrence Tribune
much time, toll and perspiration. Kan
sas editors had better let tho finance
question alone. In the first place, most
Of US don't know how the word is pro-
nouncej whether 1t is "f-nance," with
your whole weight on the ST." or
whether it is "fee-nance," with the en-
phasis on "nance," and until this i'm
portant preliminary is settled We think
the main question had better be laid over.
Com monwealth.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-25

In order to induce Japan to take a
greater interest in the proposed treaty
with Corea, efforts will DO made to have
returned to Japan million and half
dollars now in the United States Treas
ury, known as the Japanese indemnity
fund, retaining small sum only to COM
pensate for actual loss to American Citi.
zsns resulting from the disturbances
some years ago in that country.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-25

After their experience in the Beecher.
TiI;on case, il 10 to be hoped that the
people of this country will look With
more favor on the double barreIed shot.
gun Is . means Of settling such dispstes-
II Tilton had shown his faith in Eliza
beth's first confession BY taking the
course unually adopted BY Americans in
such cases, be would have been tried for
murder and acquitted, and the long ~
ony Of this ever recurring nasunees
would have been ended years ago.-k.
c. Times
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-25

A demi-mondsine of Washington OBJ
tanned front seat in the Senate gallery
one day last week, and dropped from
her coign OF vantage perfumed billet
doux upon the desk Of digni6ed Sens
tor beneath. He read it, and sent for
the deputy sergeant-as arms, add that
stern official led the fair and trail one
out of the gallery BY her tiny, shell Ike
gton letter.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-25

The case of the State of Kansas er rel
Us. The Kansas Insurance Company
was before the Supreme Court, and it
was decided that the Court had jurisdlc-
ton to appoint receiver to take pos
session of its affairs. Judge 1des, of
Leavenworth, was appointed receiver.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-25

The Kansas City Journal Of the 2lst
inst. contained the following news item:
The Fannie Lewis arrived here about
half past one yesterday. She had an
immense cargo of general merchandise
and 2,2l9 ties for the Kansas Pacific
road. One item Of her manifest was a
lot of wooden ware and grocery store
stock for Salina, Kans.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-25
TERMS-Omc Year, $500
Sir Months. SI.W: Three
Months, SO cents.

Henry A. McGlync, the Ascending
President of the first National Bank of
Colorado Springs, and Vice President
of the National Bank of Salt Lake City,
has been arrested and taken back to
Denverpn q requisition from the Gov
ernor of Colorado.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-25

New York Herald: Brown tried to
quarrel with his mother in-law the other
evening. He married the eldest of sew.
en- girls Said she, "Brown, my boy,
I'm not going to ruin my reputation by
quarrelling With you. Wait till all the
girls are married. At present, -
nother-in-law, I'm only An amateur"
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-25

Exchange: The lady who dictates to
all the players on the croquet ground,
and Who insists that you shall 60 through
an arch when you would like to SO for
your opponents ball, has grasped the
mallet more firmly than ever this spring,
and she has tightening in her eye.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-25

Sow mortgages in and sbost yoss
house A summer cottage covered viii
mortgage he's . very stirling sHses
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-25

Ssawsed needs . good deal Of irriga.
ton with salt water.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-30

you had saved the life of my greatest
enemy | should lave admired and loved
you as well.'
She was noble in her surrender, as she
mad been conscious in her doubts.
at last, atlast, he said, and with her
hands in his he g1ided into gentle
slumber.
Afterwards be told her Of his dream
and midnight walk. She was puzzled.
'Ah, Redmond, we can truly say with
Hamlet, that
!" There are more things in heaven and earth,
Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy"
well, we had fire instead off food -
said Blanche, who had been gladdened
by the turn of affairs. II suppose we
shall have to call that the fulfilment.
What did the story mean, anyhow
"Half fiction, half truth, like hundreds
Of other things said Redmond. 81 shall
never regret the weeks spent at Wood
ville--they brought me the happiness of
And his eyes met those of Louisa in a
tender, happy smile.
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esternI Hurricanes.

Inc frequency with which reports
come OF disastrous hurricanes in the
West, like that which proved so de-
structlve in the town of Richmond. O..
suggests the propriety Of choosing nearer
home the scenes to be depicted in the
biographies, in which the effects of fierce
gales are shown. These pictures are
commonly of West Indian landscapes.
put there IS reason to believe that de-
structlve hurricanes are as common in
some parts OF our own country as in the
border lands Of the tropics. The Westfrom
central Indiana to the great Rocky
Mountain chain, is in effect one vast
;wind-swept plain, broken here and there
to the eye but in the main nearly as level
as the sea. The wind sweeps over it
without let or hindrance, acquiring
tremendous force and velocity, and when
sudden changes OF temperature and of
barometric pressure occur in any part OF
the vast area of the plain, the rush of
wind is irresistible. The writer of this
paragraph has seen the sudden bursting
OF these western storms on more than one
occasion, and certainly only personal ac-
quaantance with them can give one an
adequate notion of their character.
A cloud shows Itself sharply outlined
against the sky, just above the horizon,
usually when there are no other clouds to
be seen. As it rises ,. strong sea-
green tint mingles with its blackness. A
lew minutes suffice for its passage from
horizon to horizon, amid the profounder
stiffness OF the atmosphere. Then come
little whiting gusts, striking suddenly
ana suddenly ceasing their
titful disturbance. Then in the
midst Of the stiffness the storm strikes
straight out from the shoulder. It's onset
resembles nothing so much as the sudden
resistless blow of a yugilist delivered
without warning. 1t hits the earth, and
the earth trembles. Houses, trees, fences
go down before it--not blown over, but
knocked down. They do not sway and
totter, but fall PROSTATE at once to be
whirled forward like leaves. They have
been hit suddenly as by solid bolt, not
blown upon by an increasing wind.
They have been crushed by hurricane,
not topped over by gale. There is
great darkness, too over all the Landscape
whatever the time of day may be, and it's
blackness adds to the terror of the de-
structlon which it conceas. One sees
nothing but the shriehing of the gale. Hs
is alone with the giant forces of nature
and is utterly at their mercy.
The hurricane lasts only few minutes
ending as suddenly as il began, but when
the sun appears again it IS to shine upon
landscape so changed by the maligant
! forces that have been playing upon it
that one may scarcely know whether he
is still living Or has passed into the land
of shadows.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-30

Two cases, one in Belgium and the
other in California, have shown that men
do not always give up all hope, even
when brought into court and guarded
for serious crimes. The former was being
examined for forgery recently, and be-
coming enraged at some statement made
by the prosecution, he drew a revolver
and aimed at the opposing counsel, who
at once took flight He then aimed at
the Judge, who alsofed incontinently and
by fourishing his weapon udiciously, the
court was soon cleared -whereupon he
followed its example and cleared out too.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-30

moment. Then her voice rang out.
loud and clear, 8: Here Jim, GEORGE
Henry John, Bill Don't YOU hear?
Blll, stand by that hole! Jim, you take
that gun!''
Two guns were fred. and then the
voice called out e George. shoot that
chief Two more bullets went whizzino
among the Indians.
They were taken aback. They had
supposed the fort deserted, save by the
woman. But it was full of men. Anoth-
Ell shout, another bullet, and this time it
hit one of them. They hesitated to ad-
vance. Bullet after bullet whizzed, and
two more men were wounded
Then they turned an fed, and when
the men came running to the fort,
the brave woman had scarcely
strength to unbar the door u
A long time after this brave defence,
farmer, living near the fort, started one
morning to NOW. As was usual in those
days. he carried his musket with him He
had special reason for being on his
guard. Tor certain Indian had become
his personal enemy. a
On arriving at the hay field, he leaned
his gun against tree, threw off his coat.
sharPened his scythe, and began moving,
as swinging his scythe, he drew near
the lower end of the field, he saw an In
dian crouching behind row of bushes.
The farmer was cool man, and swung
his scythe as steadily as if he had seen
nothing.
Looking again, he saw that the Indian
was his enemy. In one hand he held
q tomahawk, while a scalping knife was
stuch in his belt The farmer knew that
lfhe attempted to run for his gun, the
swift-footed Indian would be upon him
before he had gone a hundred feet. Self
possession was his protection.
!; He moved up to the bushes, and then
turned, swinging his scythe as If anxious
reach the end of his swarth.
| Waiting until the mower had departed
two or three rods from the bushes, the
Indian moved noiselessly through the
bushes and crept after the farmer.
But with every swing of the scythe, the
farmer, glancing cautiously over his
shoulder, had taken in the position of his
catlike enemy.
| Nearer crept the stealthy savage. One
step more, and he1 would be upon the
mower. Raising his tomahawk, he braced
himself for the spring, and-fell on the
ground dead.
The farmer, with all his strength, had
swung his scythe, with its point inclined
up, completely around. It wounded the
Indian so that he fell dead.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-30
A Bold Defense.

From the Youth g Companion
In the Olden time Indians did not, as
they sometimes do not now, take kindly
to immigrants who settled upon their
hunting grounds. Like the Anglo-Saxon,
they loved broad acres, revered ssvested
rights" and defended both against the
encroachment of white men who held to
"The good old rule and simple plan.
That he should take who has the power
| And he should keep who CAM
The relation between the two was not
such as ought to exist between landlord
and tenant. The Indian looked upon the
settler as a "s4uatter,' whom it was right
| to eject. not only from the land, but from
the earth. The bold "tenant at wi.r' had
to be constantly on his guard for sum
mary 'snotice Of ejectment" might be
served at any moment by posse of paint
ed savages.
About the first thing done by band
of immigrants locating in an Indian
Then, within mile or less Of this refuge,
they scattered their log huts. One Of
these old forts now remains, though in
ruined condition, and associated with it
is a romantic story of frontier life.
In those Indian days to which the
story refers the tort was substantial
building, with brick sides in a wooden
casing. It would have been taken for
the large dwelling house of prosperous
settler but for the many loopholes cut in
each side.
7 One bright morning, when not cloud
was to be seen the man left early to work
in the fields, leaving Betty, the woman, to
attend to the fort. For several hours
nothing disturbed the monotony of her
work, save her own singing or cheerful
thoughts as she went to and fro on her
household duties.
When serubbing and washing of dish
cs had emptied the tcr.pail, she went
to the well to fill it. Looking down the
road she saw afar off dark object NOV
ing toward the settlement. Thinking it
the loaded team of some farmer, she re-
sumed her work and singing.
In the course Of a few minutes, moved
by natural impulse, she poked her
head out of the door to see how far the
team had progressed. To her horror she
saw band Of Indians only short dis
ance off making straight for the fort.
Not a white man was in sight, for ey-
cry one, together with the woman and
children of the settlement, had been
lured by the beautiful day into the
fields.
In an instant she took in the situa-
ton. IF she attempted fight, she would
be captured before she could run a hun
dred rods. To be captured was death
the surrender of the fort. She would
stay in the fort, and and alone fight the
sayages until the men, alarmed by the
firing guns, came to her aid.
With a bang the oaken. door swung
shut and down went the heavy wooden
bar. Gong from loop.hole to loop hole,
she placed a loaded musket by each one. |
The terrible war-whoop startled her for
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-30
A R0maunt Medieval.
BY JOHN ANTROBUS.

He threw on her neck chain of gold,
She gave him trcss of her yellow hair;
These were the days Of the bitter feud.
He told her the story 50 often told,
And the moon, as Of old was the witness there;
Love was gentle, as times were rude
He gave her kiss at the abbey gate,
he whispered vow, ay,sweeter than this:
The wood is filled with spearsmen tall!
He gave her heart in an amulet,
And he gave her again parting kiss;
Louder, louder the bugle calls!
The flint fires flash under hoofs of steel;
His FURNISHED armor CLEANS in the wood;
Fair and brave! but he rides alone
The maiden kneels at st. Mary's shrine,
Where the altar windows, stained like blood,
Stream on martyr, wrought in stone.
The rattle of spears is heard in strife,
And the swords Outnumber one breast of steel;
~ There are twenty halbreds ride tonight!
A thrust for love, and a thrust for life,
And shower OF blows on the casQueS that
: reel; 1884 .l'.. 10y s.']--
4a Woe! alas, tits the fair young knight!
The nuns chant low at st. Mary's shrine
The chain of gold on the altar lies;
s.., A heart Of gold lies likewise there.
Fashion with lilies the holy sign,
Over the lips and over the eyes, a
f. Bosom of snow and soul as fair!
The holy monks are carrying slow
A cuirass and casque with bloody greaves;
And he therein the brave, the fair,
The mailed hand that broke the blow,
With the grasp of death, still sternly cleaYes
= I. To q blood-stained tress of golden hair! +
A double tomb by St. Mary's shrine,
In stone and wonderful tracery,
800 Lies where the blood-red windows stream.
Above on shield is a chain of gold 5@1 a.5.
And tress of hair, that silently 3ss
&"s Waves, while the lovers 81 eep and dream
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-30

a Chinaman who recently sailed from
san francisco to the Flowery Kingdom,
accumulated wealth by persistent theft.
and when detected, would mildly remark
You savy, me leper2" whereupon he was
instantly dropped like hot potato. In
TINS ingenious way he accumulated a for
tune estimated at 100000, and sailed for
home In the enjoyment of excellent
health.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-30
Urged to Go Into Bankruptcy.

"Boggs,' said Mrs. B., suddenly, the
other evening, looks up from the paper
she was reading, "why don't you 90 into
bankruptcy and have some style about
you?"
60 into bankruptcys" repeated Boggs.
"what for!'
Because it is the fashion," replied
Mrs. B. "Every body who is any body
goes into bankruptcy nowadays Our
neighbors are all getting the start OF US.
Here's Soggs, who lives across the street,
he is in the list to-day. now we have
lived in this town a great deal longer
than Soggs has. Why couldn't you have
got your name in the paper as well as
he2"
Il don't want my name in the papers
in that way said Boggs-
"Thats the way; always behind every
body else. We could hold our own
along with the neighbors."
"But we couldn't hold our own if we
went into bankruptcy" persisted boggs-
"Nonsense," cried Mrs. B. "Don't the
Squiggses, who went into bankruptcy
last summer, live just as well if not lit
tie better than before? Now, Boggs, do
oblige me by buying file"
"Buying file2 What for?''
$50 that you can file your petition
Do 1t this very day, and it VIII be in the
morning papers. Then your wife and
children can hold their heads up with the
rest of 'em. Somehow feel that we are
under a sort of cloud now People look
at us as much as to say, There's something
the matter with the Boggses.'
"Mrs. Boggs, l never take advantage of
nothing"
81 know it. And that's what keeps us
under. But couldn't you put in a peti-
tion2 You know there is a petition up
stairs that we don't need. You could
take it down and"
Woman, how foolish you talk. You
don't know anything about the business -
''But / do know that we are getting
left, and it won't be long, you will find,
before folks give up inviting us any
where. Haven't you any liabilities2''
. 81 have liabilities" replied Boggs,
''but haven't any ability to lle.''
20, you're too nice for anything where
the welfare of your family is concerned.
Tell me about your assets"
CT wouldn't have any if did as neigh
Dor soggs does across the street"
''How is that?" asked Mrs. B.
"Why, the assets around all day doing
noting, and it is no wonder that he had
to apply to the bankrupt court for
lief" Then Boggs laughed low con-
tented laugh at his little joke.
Said Mrs. B.. tartly, "You'll bankrupt
yourstock af wit if you keep drawing on it
after that fashion. Then you won't be-
come a bankrupt to maintain our social
position?"
"No, won't" said Boggs bluntly,"
'sThen I give you due notice that I
shall receive or make no more calls. I
shall give up. our pew in church and take
the children out of school. I shall
clouse up the house, give out that
we have gone into the country, and we
will all live in the kitchen. IF we can't
40 like the rest Of folksand be somebody,
there is no use trying to llve.''
The court martial which re-opened the
IS Tohu -; M
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-30
who Did It..

! I Z =
Who tracked the mud across the floor
And through the hall, and up the stair?
And left it clnging to the chair?
Whose finger prints deface the door?
Whose crumbs beneath the table lie ?
~ Who smeared the butter on the cloth?
Who spilled the gravy, stopped the broth,
And dropped pickle in the pie?
Who pulled the curtain with jerk, e.4
And left it hanging all askew, IN. 3a Y
s. And broke the cord 2-'twas nearly new;
| wonder if twas mothers work. q
Whose knife is this. with handle stained. i
Il And open blade with rust so marreds
4. Twas found this morning il the yard,
Upon the grass-last night it rained
Just now slipped and nearly fell
A marble rolled rod or more,
And then crushed an apple core,
Whose was it, mother? Can you tell?
Face downward on the slab, a book =
Lies open leaves dog eared and thumbed;
And neAr, a handkerchief, be-gummcd
And stiff with tafy-only, look! %
Upon the door-knob hangs hat
Tis passing strang it hangs at all;
s -
And on the sofa rests a bat. &
missed the hammer. Yesterday;
The Ratchet vanished long ago;
All winter underneath the snow,
Behind the house the shovel lay.
Are these bewitched? Do genii hide
Within my closets and my drawers,
And skulk behind the chamber doors, II
And through the darkned attics glide?
l often go from room to room,
And sweep the floating cobwebs down,
And wonder when the spiders brown
Departed with their dainty loom
But then-who knows ?-those films so fine
May once have lain upon my shelf
Beneath the little bowl of delft;
Twas there used to keep my Irvine.
The tiny tacks lost last spring.
A paper full, with polished heads
AS black as jet and round as beads,
But deader than mummied king
What do you think they did TODAY.
My sugar.bucket sides they stormed,
And in the sugar fairly swarmed,
Who turned tacks into ants, tell me nr,vS
The elves are in the house, It's clear:
I'd like to catch that one who took
The clothes brush down from off the b %
And left it on the ctagere.
Who was it, little johnny Bell?
Why do you stand so shamefaced there,
And blush from chin to forehead fair p
think you know the culprit well.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-30

The court martial which re-opened the
case Of Fitz John Porter is in progress at West
Pointl