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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-07-24
SwindlinE Farmers.

Fromthe western Hufnl.
Farmers get swindled; there is no
doubt OF that at all. But they are not
alone in the unsatisfactory experience.
This world is divided into two classes.
latter class is great deal the larger one.
There are some swindlers Of which the
farmer is the victim, that he might es-
cape, no doubt, if the press did its duty.
If newspapermen would just stop to con-
slider a moment, and let little common
sense shed its light upon the character OF
certain swindles, instead of quietly and
regretfnlly stating as a matter of news
that so:he farmer had been swindled
through the wiles ola lightning rod or
some other similar impostor. they would
point out the fact that the farmer could
not he held upon many Of these contracts.
A lightning rod man is very apt to blum
der in making his famous contracts, but,
however much he may blunder or what
ever degree of fraud may appear in the
transaction, the papers have been accus-
toned to say: ats too bad; let the dog
loose the next time lightning rod man
sets foot on the premises. If heavy
bill mas been already paid. this advice is
great deal like locking the stable door
after the horse has been stolen. The
time to have let the dog loose was when
the swIndler began to pour forth his ell.
oquence. There is not bit of danger
that the lightning rod man will victimize
the farmer the second time. A burned
child breads the FIRE, and man who has
had his finger burned once. will take care
Of the next live coal that be sees, without
the aid of any dog.
A new swindling scheme has been de
veloped in Iowa. A man goes among the
farmers, and buys eggs, paying good
price and cash for them. Upon paymen,
Of the money he begins 10 write a receipt
with lead pencil, which does good serv.
ice until the last word before the sigma
ture is written. when the point conven
lently breaks off. He then produces a per
and the farmer signs his name in ink
Then the pencil writing is erased and a
promissory note written above the sigma
ture, and the note thrown in bank, and
the deluded farmer is compelled to pay it
we can hardly credit it, but taking il fol
granted a man can be found reckless
enough TO make such prominent bid fol
the penitentiary, it is not a matter O
much concern to the farmer. A valuable
consideration But how many Of such
notes are held by such parties-partics en-
tirely ignorant Of their character? They
are usually sold TO the local banker. TheJ
must be sold 10 some one Who IL acquaint
ed with the alleged maker. for no on.
else would bay them. Nov this loca
banker knows how such notes are secured
in the majority OF cases. He knows thai
they are fraud, still he buys them. Nc
one in a hundred could be collected By
law.
II may be veil to repeat here, the I'D
vice often given TO the farmer: Never
sign your name to any paper presented b,
Follow that advice and il viii save you
Let. Of trouble. But If you have already
signed, then Eight the thing. If IT Is mo-
all right
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-07-24
THE NEWS.
CAPITAL NOTES.

Commissioner Raum has sent a circular
to al the collectors of internal revenue in the
moonshine districts, informing them that. a.
though the usual appropriations for the fees
Of United States marshas have not been made
by Congress, his officers viii not relax the ef-
forts to suppress i-auds by the seizure of il
icit distillefies and the prosection of Offend
en-.
The reduction in the interest bearing
debt from the highest point, August Slst, 1865,
to July LIST, 1879, amounted to 58S,686, 59a,
and the reduction in the annual interest
charge when the lent funding operations
are completed August LIST, 1879, will be co.,
e72s, 2s,2l5.
During the present m onth all outstand-
ing lc-40 and $40 q. 8. bonds which have been
called by the secretary of the Treasury be.
come due, and settlements will have TO be
made. The amount of these bonds il &246,-
100000.
The Secretary of war, upon the recon-
mendation of Gen. 6cho6eld, commanding At
West Point, has dismissed six cadets for hax-
ing.
The returns of crop reports to the Agri-
cultural Department make . fine and fatter-
ing showing.
Ex-senator Ramsey, of Minnesota, is
the Presidents choice for Secretary of War.
Judge Stephens, J. w. Tabor, the fourth
auditor of the treasury has resigned.
President Hayes will spend the month
Of September at his Ohio home.
The President appointed Richard Rutter
postmaster o. Clinton, I'LL
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-07-24

A telegram from Alexandria Piedmont,
states that Capt. Dshode, CHARTERED in thai
city, shot Gen. Franzini dead.
Several of the Liberal members of the
German Parliament are agitating the subject
of retiring from public Life.
In consequence Of the depression In
LAncashire large NUMBER Of operatives are
emigrating to America
jackson, Gill & Co.. iron masters, of
Middleborough, failed. The liabilities are e.
timated At $4,000.
Higgins offers to row Boyd on the
Thames on the S0th Of6eptembef for two hun
dred pounds . aide.
The match between Is Canadian and
l6 Liverpool volunteers for . silver cup was
wen BY the former.
Additional lairage has been provided
for one thousand head of cattle and ten thou.
sand bead Of sheep.
Charles Gambetta, claiming to be the
uncle of Gambetta, has Just died in An aims
house in Milan.
The Khedive's firman from the Sultan
docs not empower conclusion of treaties.
The German Government makes num-
Der of important official appointments.
The Irish University bill has passed a
third reading in the House of Lords.
rapidly marching on Nero.
A grand fete given in Paris il aid of the
amnestied Communists.
Warlike preparations on the Greek
frontier continue.
The Chillan feet is still blockading
Iquique.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-07-24
The Successful Farmer

The successful farmer Is he who is al.
ways careful in selecting his stock. keeps
his farm clean from weeds, always has his
fences In order, and takes good care of his
tools; keeps out of debt and has con-
tented mind; sends lis children to school
and takes one or more good papers devoted
to farm and stock interests. A farme,
who never reads is ike a machine that il
never oiled-it wears He wears himself
out, exhausts his land and dies poor. One
good suggestion read In . paper or book
u worth 10 men more than hal. . life oi
trials when not made intelligently. Don't
be afraid to read and acknowledge tia,
you can learn from Others. Nooae know.
It at all. Somebody knows something you
don't Let your aim be TO acquire every.
thing good any one can teach, and il WI
put money IN your pune, brains IN you,
bead and influence n youy presence.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-07-24

6isoo on the 18th and burned LOO feet Of
beds, and detained the trains four hours.
Ill health causes Theodore Newman
creditor of the German Democrat, of eaz
Francisco, to suicide 1t Seattle, Washington
Territory.
The lower mill of the Cleveland, O.,
PADer Company. destoyed by fire, originating
through spontaneous combustion. Loss. 90,
An Indiana farmer suicides near Meran,
Ind, for the reason that rise in the Wabask
river destroyed . field of his grain.
Charles Baxter and Marcellus Bent were
drowned on the 18th of Long Island by thu
capsixing of boat.
Minnie Erhart caught in machinery Of
the wooden mills at South Bend, Ind, and
mangled to death.
David Canine, an old citizen of Ollie
boro, Ind, sEps into eternity through the
agency Of . rope.
John Saudi, tramp suicides at Iona,
Michigan, by cutting his throat with . pen
knife.
Joseph Posey. a brakeman. killed by the
cars while making . coupling at Henderson,
Ky.
Micheal Hickey, telegraph operator at
Erie, Pa, killed by the cars while intoxicated.
Chas. Gibbs, colored, drowned, while
bathing in the river At Terre Haute, Ind.
Fred. Topp drowned in the Maumee
River ut Fort Wayne, Ind, while bathing.
NJ. Mahan, a prominent grocer of Men,
phis, drowned while bathing At that city.
Fred Baiersdorf, brakeman, mangled
to death by the carr ct Rockville, Ind.
Richard Collins drowned while bathing
in Grassy Greek, near Crittenden, Ky.
Ten whites and FIVE negroes die from
the intense heat at Charleston, 8. G.
A number of fatal cases of sunstroke re-
ported throughout the country.
John Hines run over by an engine and
instantly killed 1t Louisville.
Lucien Bates crushed to death by a fall
ing horse 1t Victoria, Texas.
Fire-bugs burning fields of grain in the
vicinity of Carthage, Mo.
Horace Mitchell, conductor, killed by
his train at Colona, ILL
The Belle Evart mills burned at Le-
troy, Ontario.
New York has $25, 900 fire.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-07-24
L0s0 ChSeke0s.

Late chickens may be made more profit
able than early ones Chickens from egg,
Sc. in Angus. and sepss%bsr may e
fed 20 tia. they ell grow Continually
through the Winf,r. and If they come
later all the bitter, If they are vel ke,x
and ted. The earlier broods vii be szla-
Die at good prices, vben the market 10
b.re Of chickens, and TIRE later opes vii
furnish sp,ine chickens. long before the
usual supply comes 10 hand Spring
chickens Matched IN the Fall OF even N
winter are rare, bot not entirely unknown
to fev persons. Who have made The dir
oorery. tbAs, with good feed. vsm quar-
ters. . warm mess st lat once . day.
warm drink and cieanliness. there u %
diEse1ity 1t al ai,os; rais,ns tsesa. and .;
z good prosf-
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-07-24
FOREIGN

In the contest for the Armounors prize,
in which the American marksmen distinguish
ed themselves, four others besides those pre-
viously mentioned succeeded in making the
American, made the highest score for single
barrelled sporting rifles in the contest for the
Martin Smith prize.
After The statute of the late prince i'm
perial has been placed in Westminster Abbey
and some other memorials erected with the
fund contributed by the British army, it has
been resolved to devote the surplus of the
fund to the establishment Of benevolent in
stitution commemorative of the prince.
Two persons, giving their names a.
Ambrose Fortescue and William Baughsn, have
been apprehended endeavoring to pass An al.
tered check on the Bank Of England. They
are supposed to belong to . strong gang a
American forgers operating here and in France
and America
The cholera has made its appearance in
Smolensh, Russia. The terrible epidemic
diphtheria, continues its ravages in Bessarabia
ordering the universal fumigation Of dwell.
ings and the clothing of the pcasautry.
At Brussels former clerical election
agent named Van HaAme was arrested for post.
ing placard threatening the life Of the King
In consequence Of . confession made by Var
Haame, the police made . descent on q Jesuit
COLLEGE,.
DeLesseps in a speech recently, declared
that the friendship between France and thu
United States would facilitate the construction
of the Darien canal. He believed the cana
would be completed in i've or six year,
The grand vizier persists in his resigna
ton. The sultan still declines to accept it
but, to avoid dead lock, has appointed
D'Jevedet Pasha president of the council
pending the settlement Of the criais.
A meeting of the members Of the Roman
Catholic church appointed . committee r
prepare An address of congratu'ation, and r
make . memorial for presentation to Cardina
Newman on his recent elevation.
The entries for the great three year ole
races Of 1880. lust published, shov numerous
American nominations. p. Lorillard has nom
mated horses; J. c. Keene, S, and NJ. h. San
ford 2 for the Derby.
The porte has rejected the proposal O
the British ambassador that England may ac
| - the intermediary with the powers in th,
settlement Of the Greek frontier question.
The contractors who have undertaken {,
raise the German ireaciad Grosser Kurfef,
have placed eiehty-seven pontoous in the aid
| of the vessel and shield over the breach.
Tenant, the liberal, has been elected {,
the house Of commons, from Glaaeow. with
out opposition in place Of Alexander White
law, . conservative, recently deceased.
Edward Thickpenny, sentenced to b
hanged in Toronto, fog the murder Of Catha
| rine Thompson. 1t Markham has his seutenc,
committed TO imprisonment for life.
The Harlan club will hold a regatta .
Toronto from August 18th to 3Oth, EiRh
thousand dollars viii be given in prizes. II
lott and Boyd viii be invited.
An argentine cruiser captured Gen
0odoy, Of Paraguay. IN insurgent leader. N
~ Pa.Nguayan tzuops rscaPtufsd TIE tow1 Q
lBHAaisa.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-07-24
YELLOW FEVER.

Five new cases of fever were reported
ut Memphis on the 18th. The cases consist Of
the members of two families, named Hester, re
siding under one roof, At No. "a and 86 Clay
street, in the southern portion of the city
Another exodus of citizens commenced i'm
mediately after the second alarm.
The big Shasta, of New York, from Port-au
Paix, San Domingo, bound to Chester. Penn
sylvania, arrived in great distress, IL milel
below philsdelphia on the 18th. Of nine mer
on board seven were down with the yellow
fever. Four deaths occurred, the captain being
among the number.
At Chattanooga the city council refused t.
raise the quarantine against Memphis
Through passengers from Memphis are trans
ferred ct Waxhatchie, six miles from the city
and trains pass through At the rate Of ten milea
An hour.
The total number of deaths by fever al
was almost entirely suspended, especially
Wholesale merchants. The Manhattan and
Emmett banks closed their doom leaving theil
collections and deposits to the care of Othel
banks.
There is a regular stampede from Mem
phis, over 5000 people left in one day. The
desire of all who can go is to go At once. Of
ficers of the Hebrew Hospital association fur.
nished means of transportation to 100 Jewish
fAmlnes. Inc city eutnOr1tlee SEM AL WlOoWi
and children out of the city.
The New Orleans Auxiliary Sanitary associs'
ton sent dispatch to the governor of Texa,
and to the board of health At Galveston, sug
costing rescindine of the quarantine against
New Orleans, and declaring there has not beer
. case Of yellow fever in New Orleans this sea
son.
In st. Louis the merchants held meeting
to adopt such precautionary measures - will
g, L. ID h
threatened quarantine against that city.
At Memphis on the 2lst, thirty-six cases
reported for the day. This large increase il
the accumulation Of several days, - most Of
the persons have been i'll from three TO 6vt
days. The city begins to present . deserted
appearance. Many of the most prominent re
tail merchants have followed the example Of
the wholesalers and closed their places of bus
iness. Nashville sent the following TO Mem
phis: The State board of health has declared
quarantine against Memphis for the whole
State, and it il now being enforced. Add
tional rules will be put into operation to-mOr
row. At the request of Representative CASEY
Young. of Memphis, Tenn, the secretary o.
war forwarded to Memphis !, 500 tents and n
tons for 10000 people for twenty days, to b,
uaed in aid of the sufferers from yellow fever
In New Orleans the authorities are worried
over Eve suspicious cases Of fever which hav'
occurred.
Two or three deaths have occurred from
fever aboard ship in New York.
Louisville has . limited quarantine.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-07-24
An Old Statute Against Profanity.
Prom the Baltimore Sun.

From the Baltimore Sun.
The old Maryland statutes Of 1923,
chapter 16, to which reference was made
by Attorney General Gwin in his argu-
ment before Judge Brown in the drunk
and disorderly" cases, was really and more
particularly an act to punish blasphemy.
It is the re-enactment of an older statute,
which must have been enacted originally
at st. Mary's, and while Father White
was still in the colony. The second sec
ton provides for the punishment of all
who profanely swear lin the presence and
hearing of any magistrate, minister, the
Commissary General, Secretary. Sheriff,
Coroners Provincial or County Clerk, YES
tryman, church warden or Constable. or
be convicted thereof before any magistrate
| by the oath Of one lawful witness or con-
fesslon of the party" The third section
enacts that every person that should be
drunk in the presence Of any Of the persons
aforesaid, or shall be thereof convicted in
manner aforesaid before any magistrate,
shall be fined for every offense ) shillings
current money, 10 be applied as aforesaid. "
The statute is Of more ancient origin still.
The first section, relating to blasphemy,
is no other than the first section Of the
Maryland act of federation, passed 2lst
April, 1649. chapter l of first Assembly
under Coy. Stones Administration, and
called IAN act concerning religion" The
fourth section embodies the substance
the several sections of the act Of l723 in
regard to the punishment of breaking the
Sabbath Day, drunkenness and profane
swearing. The fifth section was the ever
memorable one concerning liberty Of con-
science, ''the better to preserve mutual
love and unity amongst the inhabitants.
This act was confirmed and made perpet-
ual by the act Of June Is. 1866. passed
when the news of the restoration Of Chas.
II was received II was repealed by the
act for the establishment Of the Church OF
England, 1892, chapter 2, Of the first Leg
islature under William and Mary, and
the other sections erected into separate
laws.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-07-24

The sea>cn'. trade N vsrtesn cattle has
nov oyened. II y expected that the '.rzn
vii be lArrz than erT hr1ose. EIney< N
portions Il Colombo, TIE cattle On ths
plans vinteed IN good ooadsfsos. ssd an
.sady fx DaEtsk = ensiy . - season.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-07-24

Pbo~ykorss dss-olses n vsrn sve<s
cd Hthn pSsyArr,zed al be rubbed %
The faoe 10 Tie DAFT Tie feakarss aanune .
ghsssly sppsss.soe. 90 ~ espsriDss2ss
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-07-24
COMMERCIAL
GRAIN REVIEW.

We arc indebted to Messrs. Lynde
Wright 4 Co., of Kansas City, Mo-, for the fol
lowing reliable review of the grain trade:
Wbe.t-Furtber cables from Great Britain
drr;ne ~. vseL have not imnroved The .itn..
t;.n .s IN IRE vhe.t cron Add there +. noth;ro
70 he ernect.S INT f.iiure NOV :. the mosi
fs,or.hia cI;m.te condition.. hencsforv.rJ
iii Mt ,.tr;eve The d;.a.ter .Ire.dv don.
So,ne Cancellation come. In the Enplisb fsrme,
in improved root crops which enter 20 Isreely
into *. 6;et NJ the .ver.oe EnoI;.hmar E,om
Frsnce the sdviees "a To the crops ave ouiet ~
d;.con,s.;ro And ths shortsoe n m. nresent
.ro,, fro,,, .etr,I Int. for cor.nmrtinn Iii
- !. h.I;eveS r.ce..;t.t. the nnrchs.. If
s;.htv 20 nne hnrd,ed m;Ii;on hus. If for.;or
~s.st
49,. NJ ,,,o.r..t. f,o,, th. o,..t wh..%
o,o-;na .sc,inu. ~ Rn..;. .-s 1ot .rt;rsIv
5.rnor;or. Pr;v.t. .Tv;c.. tbronoh : Lad.
inc Ge-m.n hon.. :.v The rero-ts ~ d;.s.t.r
in southern Russia are not reliable and that
vh;Ie mt f.irlv mn In the .ver,0r of former
v..,s . i.,e. .n,rip. v;Ii he .v.;ishIe for d;s.
tr;hn.;on sSronahon, -..tern Fnrore A.
home The v;ntsr -be.. croo .ecn-sd 1. i.roe
th.n ,rs.;on. ve.. I'D ~ on.I;tx -;th ths
s-.s,t;o, - K.n... woEth go .un.,;or
Ths f.te e., ~ -r.t I'D ch;nch hu~ = IN:
.,,r;no -he.. ....;o,. NV. ~ . 800 gs..nrs
S;.ne5isd snd ~;thon. .ome ;n;u,v na~ NM
go. 49, .h.-. LII -. =, .Snrd.~t v;.,a
OF average quahty. Onul IneieIore me spfng
wness nAves0 are secure9 our mArAess arc
APs 70 oe IN nefvous cSnoiIlon'
onlPments % EngnAn P0ls ron IoLelen
sources are olminisning. ctoc.s throughout
uieat 5rit1.n ana rance are 1eipg constantiy
reduced. values u Laseipooi ior the week
nave been unchanged WITH ieehng reported
strong. The policy OF Engish buyers app:-
rentiy Il 70 take rom Gay TO dsy what Il
simply necessary 70 supply wants OF consum-
en-; tney are sccumulaung no s1ocH ana seem
conndent OF outsice resources 70 ofsw from.
Liberal resources from ootn England ana tne
Comment are tAking our wintet wheat pre-,
venting any accumulation y tne seaooafd ana
promises 10 continue 90. FROM our interior
markets supplies are beginning to arrlve nee.
~ ana wnetner the enormous movement OF
Last year Is 70 oe repeated early IN the season
OF not II matter tnA1 wiu pear strongly upon
futnre prices. ffesens low rates OF freight
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Surprising any remedy that / know of for
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-03-25
High Priced Butter.


Mr.. A. w. CnEEvER, Editor N. E.
Farmer, owns a fine dairy and gets a
high price for fancy prints. In an edi-
torial Nov 81, he said, 1.-The Perfected
Butter Color made by Wells, Richard
son & Co, we have used for several
years, and have found nothing equaling
it, although we have tested about every
thing of the kind made in this or the
Ola country. 1t is the strongest, clean
est, purest and cheapest butter coloring
we have ever found, and for all we can
ses, it is absolutely perfect It should
entirely supercede carrots fer coloring
butter, and also all the preparations of
Annatto" Farmers, if ycur butter is
white, do not fail to try this splendid
preparation For full particulars in
quire of BERKELEY & Co, 2l Main ST.,
Staunton. Va, who have it for sale.
mar25 -2meow.