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III. o.ford.camsr,due Boat Rase.



The two University crews have been finally
made up during the week that has Just ended
and unless something unforeseen occurs, II -
most probable that the two crews who's nnii'bHs
rival universities on the 9th Of Aprl. Inc ONtt
ford crew will he Tor some time IN, guests OF
MIR Grenfell. the President Of tho university
Boat cub. at 1aplow. aud will do great part
of their practice between Maidenhead and Mar
low MS they did last year prior To thelr thkihE
nv t6rir quarters at Tutney. 1t is rumored that
tie Cambridge crew will leave their university
about the usunl time, and. instead OF gong
straight TO Putney. will stop for ten days or
more nj Kingston where they will always have
plenty of water, and hecome gradually n orus-
tomrd tothe fast-running stream OH lham's;
The following are the names and weights oil
tho crews taken ON Thursday last:
oUoRp
lin Wharton. Mag s. d. ). T. cro.sy;s pr' 81
a'S;ow.,,. Mazda II q EoS y, R 5t%'{ tu Is
i T.. Disney. lI,r, II " L MOZART r,, !"
II i''' b ,sournvel,, II nS,ep'oo,u
r'"t"' r. beaumont new cos 49,. st
On the whole the crew have made fair prog
ross during the week 9nd they are oy mo 'y4 ths
''. Al 't Caaimbridee. on Thursday Prcst agan
coached bLeRmSnRR 9GnE s PSM result Leh
mann's weight being list I'D
CAMBRIDGE.
. II Standard ST ld G Fatrhairn, Jesus ~ ~
3 SImh" s Bird, FIRST manu- ,'... 70 II
y IH Hmn2io, J..ns Il "a frin ,slrosc ~ l:
| II. Moodhouse TRINITY Hall eoNl.....'dsI 4Ib'
Several Of tho oarsmon have bad faults, and
| they do not uppcar to bo taking as mu'h Qhlh'
| as they were week ago rs there IS n tendency
| To get ragged when they are tired. The oars
mon seem, on tho whole, To be a very strohl
| and heavy lot of men, and with Iudicious tram
Ing and coaching nre tikelyt To make an average l
| crew by the time they arrive on tle lhhll'a
| hut it is doubtful whether they will prove N
| good az some OF their enthusiastic admirers
| believe; and. Hs no possible idea can at prescn
crews tho odds. which nro reported 70 hav'
been laid on Cambridge are by no means war
ranted.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-23

WASHINGTON. March 22.-Tho Smithsonian
Institution reports that Prof Peters of Clinton y an
nounces Vic discovery by himself this morning OF TWO
planets one tie ION magnitude, ~ II hours - nun
utes right ascension, and degrees ~ minutes north
declinAuon; the other OF the ll naSWlhdc, ~ ~ noun
II minutes right ASCENSION, anu degrees Sl minutes
north deelnnLiym. moving north.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-23
Questions and Answers.

Froa N, burlington Hu'keys
MIR. President" did you never keep bar In
connection with the White House,
80. AeYArta
What. NcFartsf
Well hardly Evarts.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-23
Death of a Humorlst.

Luke Edmondson. a hardware merchant n
poueinss Postmaster When tue Joker saw Edmond.on
pot mad he npnlosilcd. telling him was only Joke
However Edmuud-un procured u shotgun anu u'HpeI'
ately blew Douglass brains OUT
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-28
A New System of Potato Growing.

From the Doylostown Democrat.
Comfy H. Wilson, young farmer Of
Buckingham. writes US an account Of the
success Of new system of potato growing,
the substance of which is as follows: Last
spring he noticed an advertisement in the
Doylestown papers setting forth that
Isaiah T. Clymer, Of Quakertown, possessed
the secret Of planting and raising pota-
toes, which, il followed, would yield an
increase Of twenty-five to thirty per cent.
in the product, and that full directions
would be sent tor 81. II attracted his
attention. and more from curiosity than
ANYTHING else he wrote to Mr.. Clymer,
stating that if be would send him the d.
rections he would experiment, and if sue
cessful would send him the dollar. The
offer was accepted, and Mr.. Clymer in
duced him to take the agency for Buck
ingham upon the conditions that the mon.
ey need not be paid until the parties tried
the process and found the increased yield
Mr.. Wilson thereupon circulated hand
bills and canvassed the neighborbood a
couple Of days, but finding that nine out
of ten had their doubts about it, and Is
he only had Clymer's recommendation. he
could not give it a positive Endorsement
without his own experience, be concluded
to await the result before making his
agency a speciality. Last week he pulled
up a potato vine, the seed planted under
the new system, that had twelve potatoes,
four very large ones and eight OF middling
size. and some others that he dug up he
L
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-28
Fall Flowing.

The better the preparation Of the ground
the better the crop. The high average
yield Of the English farms is no doubt
largely due TO the thorough preparation Of
the ground before seeding. Our climate
is superior to that Of England for wheat
growing; yet a yield of sixty-four bushels
per acre is not at all infrequent among
farmers there. while here forty
bushels per acre is an unusual yield. Two
plowings, several harrowisgs, and, in
many cases, rolling or crushing, and the
excellent preparation Of the soil by pre-
vious root crop, must have much better
effect upon the soil than one blowing.
very poorly done, because Of the hardness
and dryness Of our soil in midsummer,
and very imperfect narrowing. II might
be we'll for US to lay out more labor on our
wheat crop. and so prepare the ground
better, and raise our average from twelve
TO at least twenty bushels per acre. The
difference in the amount Of wheat at har-
vest would pay for good deal OF extra
work in blowing. etc, and yet leave a
profit; beside the soil would not forget
the generous treatment in one year nor
two
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-28
New York Ladies' Who Drink.
From the Hartford Courant-

From the Hartford Courant-
A sherry cobbler would be considered a
mildldecoction by great many New York
girls, and not fast girls, either. l have
seen young ladies out shopping stop at
Bigot's or Pursell's or even Delmonico's,
and order hot Scotch with as little hest
tation as Boston lady would order CUP
of tea. Every time this subject is brought
up in the papers there is great hue and
cry raised, and the thing Is denied. But,
nevertheless, it is true. / do not say that
New York ladies drink TO excess, but they
drink great deal Of both wine and spir-
its. I have very seldom seen a woman
intoxicated, except at a Liederkranz or
Arion ball. but have seen women drink
pretty freely. am not talking of drunk
ards now, but simply Of women who drink,
That there are women drunkards there is
no denying. ! know another woman who
will steal bottle Of cologne, if your back
is turned, and have its contents down hor
throat before you have time to look
around. know of still another woman
who has been twice in the inebriate asy-
lum, and who is only kept from drinking
medicinal spirits by their being labelled
poison" in big letters. You may say
that know queer lot Of people, perhaps.
l do, for l know a great many; but you
will find that others know almost as many
drinking women. Beer drinking is not
called drinking" believe. IL it was,
ladies would not do it so publicly. Beer
is the most popular beverage in New York
to-day. and if you 60 to Roster Il Balls,
the Madison Square Gardens, Thiess', OIL
any of the public and private gardens in
this city, you will see as many women as
men enjoying the foaming cup. Again,
am not referring to common women, but
women of respectable position. The other
day l saw a very nice-lookinR middle aged
lady, dressed in widows weeds, enter a
beer garden, sit down at table, call fol
glass Of beer and drink it with relish
should not have noticed the circumstance
if she had been with a party, but it die
look very independent to see her take hel
solitary beer.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-28
FOREIGN

The sons of Erin like thier fun. A DEM
oustration in dublin recently was charac-
terixcd by the presence of four members of
Parliament, and . hall crowded by workmen
among whom fights and riots were rife, and
the unfortunate victim of the playful tenden-
cies Of the Irishman was passed around the
hall for kicks and cuffs until well used up,
then tossed ont to drunken mob below. where
he was warmly received. and took chances
with those who had preceded him. The home
rule league are not wanting in this sort of
patriotism.
The United States consul at Quebec
gives . gloomy account of the situatiou in
that city and vicinity. The failure of the
Consolidated Exchange and Vile Marie banks
resulted in wiping ont some i've and half
millions of capital. and loss 10 depositors
and bill holders Of half million. The not
Of thesl5th was the result Of controversiea
arising frvm the distribution of the limited
amount Of work to be had. Not le.s than scv-
en- thousand men are ont Of employment, with
no prospect
The Irish ship laborers resolved not to
accept any reduction Of wages - askcd by the
French churches; the clergy recommended
| moderation. The magistrates Of the city viii
call . meeting Of interested Peraous and viii
aak the governor tn enforce the Blake oct
Arms of companies Of the Quebec battalion
have been stolen at Larotc by people from
Cape Blanc
A dispatch from Geneva reports that
| . water spout occurred on the 18th II Pays ID
Gexi. canning the river versoor 10 overflow
Buildings ss Divoinne were destroyed 70 thu
extent Of 100000 franco Several Persons
| were killed.
] Nihiliam 10 hsld to b . high crime il
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-28
AN ELEPHANTS DEATH.
1he Result Of Pooling With Some Eleetsi-
cal Apparatus.

ne Result Of Pooling With Some Electsi-
eal Apparatus.
Yun the B. LDuh G;sSe Dsnoa,t
Cooper, Bailey & Co. have sustained .
heavy loss in the death of the elephant
Romeo. which took place under peculiarly
horrible circumstances in Boonville, No.,
last Tuesday. Romeo was one of the ten
trained elephants whose performances
have 20 far been one of the most attrac-
tive Of the show, and was valued at
IS. 900. One Of the appurtenances the
show Is an immense electric apparatus
which 10 used In connection with the cleo
tric light that supplies illumination for the
entire canvass Of the circus. This ma
chine consists Of large magnet and an
immense armature, which is made to re:
volve two hundred and fifty times in a
minute by means of thirty-6ve horse
power engine. The apparatus is of in
tense electrical power, knife-blade held
within two feet of it becoming 90 heavily
charged with the current that it can be
used thereafter as a loadstone. Last We'd
nes3ay Professor Sherman was getting his
battery in readiness for the afternoon per
Torrance, had ''fired up" set the machine
in motion, and click, click, went the
lights one after the other, as the cleo
tricity few along the insulated cables.
When all was in working shape the Pro-
fessor sauntered off leisurely, and had not
his attention called to the machine again
until he heard an unearthly roar and
q crash coming from the direction of the
battery. He was startled, as was also the
small army of workmen inside the tents
and the large army of boys and idlers on
the outside. Everybody rushed to the
spot. The roars continued to resound
through the canvas, and for while the
greatest CONSERVATION held the crowd.
On approaching the vicinity of the cleo
tric machine Romeo was found in the
throes of the death agony, and with his
trunk torn away by the roots from its
base. The poor beast lay there shorn Of
its strength, and presenting a horribly
mutilated appearance, Everything was
done that it was possible to do for the dy-
ing animal, but its agonies were terrible,
and when at length it gasped its last there
was a feeling Of relief among those who
surrounded its mountainous corpse. JOS
eph Kinslow, the leader of the band, who
witnessed the accident, says that Romeo,
who was roaming around IN the tent with
his nine giant companions, shambled up
to the machine and was shifting at the
armature when its trunk was caught in
the revolving apparatus, and the animal
was thrown violently to the ground and
the trunk carried away by the whirling
machinery. Professor Sherman righted
his apparatus in short time, and few
necessary repairs were Immediately made.
Romeo was buried within the show
grounds.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-28
CONMERCLA
0RAIN RIYIEN.

Messrs. Lynde. Wrignt & Co., of Kan
so City, furnish m the following reliable re-
view of The grain trade fog the past week:
wheax-The general tone Of Eneiish markets
for the week just closed b. bssa one Of dull
ness, and indicative Of lower valnea. Later
cables report more unfavugahls weather for
the Enghah harvesta, and also tAat holders at
Liverpool were demanding IN advance in
prices. This turn in the situAfion abroad
strenGthened holders on this side Of The water,
and . slight advance vas indicated. Ofden
from France for our winter wheat continne ae-
tive, and vessels ax the seaboazd. though ocean
freights have advanced. are not sufficient 20
meet the export demand.
Financial mattes throughout Great Britain
are improving. and With an easier money mar.
ket there, pruspecta are more favorable for 90
tive trading in our breadssu6s Tie ensuing
crop yeax. 4 healthier busineo feeling in orr
own commercial circles tends 10 indrce more
liberal investment where grain d cheap. and
a decline Of foar 10 Eve censs more ve would
expect to note large purehass % be held till
the spring opens. How jndieio.s IN invest.
ment Of dis hind v0sA Be ct present depend1
largely % ~ fAx1ss' dsaiJGsa ~ sp
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-28
A Novel Sort Of bet.
Hrun the Montreal Star.

We have often heard Of peculiar bets
being made, but the following from a
Listowel exchange takes the cake: Two
young men named Gibbs and Seper Of
Listowel we're matched 10 play a game Of
checkers. Soper wagered ~ against
young Gibbs pants. that he, Soper, could
vanauish him. The game proceeded.
Gibbs lost, and Soper demanded the pants.
Gibbs at first refused TO strp, but under
threats Of bodily harm he says he was
compelled to fork over, and had 10 20
home. distance of nearly mile. without
his garments. Gibbs afterward brought
an action against Soper for robbery Of his
pants, claiming that he had not agreed 20
the terms Of the wager a. above narrated.
Case was dismissed and Gibbs had 600
cost TO provide for.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-28
Mountain RailroailinE.
From the Denver Tribune.

From the Denver Tribune.
The railroad accident which occurred on
Meta Mountain Friday, by which Pat
McCool lost his life, and which resulted
in the demolition of several freight cars
and a caboose, was verv singular one.
As stated in the Tribune by special dis
patch the following morning, the train
vas cut at the little station at Sangre de
Cristo Creek, on the west side of the San
gre de Cristo Range, being to heavy for
the engine to take up the grade. The
first half was switched on the summit and
the engine started to return for the pur-
pose Of bringing up the rear cars. As the
engine started back, the forward gear &C.
centric broke, totally Disabling the left
side, while the strain of the machinery
threw the litter on the right side out Of
shape, thus putting the locomotive en-
tirely beyond the control Of the engineer.
There was nothing to control it by. Real
izing at once the impending danger, the
engineer told the fireman and brakemen
to jump of, and began to whistle off.
brakes to the ccrdrctc: aud brakemen on
the train down the mountain. The engine
was then about three-quarters Of mile
from the rear part of the train, its rate Of
speed in descending increasing every mo-
ment. The men below did not understand
the signal, and it was not till the engine
was within one quarter Of a mile from the
cars that the danger was observed. The
conductor hurried the passengers out OF
the caboose and let off the brakes. All
the persons on the tram got off except a
drunken laborer named Pat McCool. He
refused to move, and there was no time
to use force, 80 the caboose and cars,
the brakes being let loose, darted down
the mountain, pursued by the flying en-
CINE. Behind the caboose. and Of course
in front of the train as it shot down the
mountain, were two hand-cars. Going
around the curve at Sangre de Cristo tank,
the grade being 2l7 feet to the mile and
the momentum very rapid, the hand-cars
left the track and ditched the caboose, the
freight cars pushing hard behind, swing.
ing the caboose around and passing by
going into the ditch beyond and on the
other side. This left the caboose half on
the track and only partly on its side. The
engine came tearing along at terrible
speed, and, when about forty yards from
the caboose, the engineer jumped of. fol-
lowed by the fireman and brakemen, who
until then refused to leave HIM. Just al
this moment the drunken laborer came
staggering out on the rear platform Of the
2boose and was crushed between the
engine and the caboose into an almost
unacceptable mass. There does not ap
pear any reason why the engineer or othel
men on the train should be held in an,
wise responsible for the accident.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-28
Experimental School.

Washington special says: There is
every probability of an early reoccupation
of the old barracks at Carlisle, Pa. by a
branch Of public service in the interests
of peace. Capt. Henry G. Pratt, Of the
Thirteenth United States infantry, who
has been detailed by the war department
for Indian service in educational matters.
has left for Carlisle TO examine the build
ings and surroundings of that once famous
military station, with view TO the estab-
lishment of school there for the instruc-
ton of Indian boys. The proposition to
utilize the barracks IS an industrial In
dian school, similar to the colored school
at Hamden, in Virginia, meets with favor,
and should Capt. Pratt find the place
suitable school for the instruction Of
Indian boys in the mechanic arts will at
once be established. There are now sixty
eight Indian boys at Hamden and Carlisle
would be expected to accommodate 100.
The boys who have thus far consented TO
learn the arts Of civilized life belong to
the Arrickares. Yanktonnaise. Sioux.
Cheyennes and Kiowas, and are reported
as learning readily and well. Gen. Arm
strong. in charge ef the Hamden colored
normal school, says that the Indian boys
do not readily take TO carpentry or ma
chinist's work. but In leather are very e1-
pert, and especially IN making shoes. II
Is proposed, after starting the Carlisle
school, to examine different points in the
West. where government barracks are
not otherwise used, and thus gradually
extend the present efforts Of the govern
ment 70 bring up . class Of young men
Who WILDE the leaders Of their people IN
bringing them away from the chase and
war as the sole ~orthy occupation for the
tser schools, bat can. and will. persistent
~ refuse any such Suggestion. The in
struction Of Indians viii also be kept I'M
der the immediate direction Of the de
partment charged WITH IAdiaa sdriais'
trafscn,
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-28

Rsssia Five men vere sentenced to be hang
ID It OdensA, and one woman, bat 6fteez
years Old, vas senteneed 70 exile in 6iberia
A Berlin dispatch reports that Monseig
ne1r Roncetti, papal nuneio, il expected d
Munich in few days to settle the dispute b
tween Germany and the Vatican.
Maj. Cavagnari has advised the Emil
Of Afghanistan to receive communication
from the Russian General Kaufman only
through the Indian Government
N. Parron. sub-lieutenant of hussars,
and II. Rviere, editor Of the Progyess de Lyoss
fought duel with swords 1t Lyons. The lat
ter vas wounded in the lungs.
The khedive has informed the English
and French consuls he will not answer for the
eonsequencesd RivenWilson and DeBlignierea
return to Egypt
The rapid decline of Bonapartism in
the provinces is shown by the fact that three
imperiaist Newspaper have stopped foE
want Of friends.
It is stated that King Alfonso will 60 to
Bossin D'Arcachon, 0ironde, France, Thursday
next, to visit Arch duchess Maria. of Austria.
Herr Won Forchekenbeck, late president
Of the reiehstag, has been nominated life
member of the Prussian upper chamber.
The Project of the Bulgarian police at
6OpQ1B 0A8 O0cu 8kke8boQ ~ Ie8tu luz mA4Lkc8t-
ing the Austrian Consul 1t Widdin.
The report that Vienna has issued a
circular note demanding the removal of Aleko
Pasha il regarded - doubtful.
The sultan has yielded to the demands
of Great Britain for reforms in the admins
tration of Asia Minor.
Cholera has appeared among the Eng
lish regiments recently in Herat. It is still
prevalent in Csbul
The U. S. ship Ticonderoga has suffer.
ed severely from sickness on the west coast Of
Africa
The Indian corn crop in Bulgaria is al
most total failure from drought.
The ex-Khedive's place of residence
has not yet been determined upon.
The Italian papers believe that An
Grassy will not resign.
Eight thousand Albanians threaten the
Servian frontier.
The Bulgarian frontier is yet undesign-
atcd.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-28

peoaching autumn. Reeeips f0e IL voek
hsve increased, and ct leading spring whaA
markets samples Of nev spring Of excsalset
quality are beginning 70 arrive. Supplies IN
si9ht continue unpreoedentsdly lar9e, and our
Visible Supply" like The nagiciane vallst.
made 70 reduce il
Producer. ought NOT 70 overlook the fact.
that While the to.eien demand soc oar w1eee
and 6oar = certain 70 Be greater than the Last
crop year BY many millions Of bushelA Ne
have inst secured the largest What harvest
ever known in this country, and have carried
over from the harvest Of 70 oee-eenth Of 2.
year nov closed TO The srove1s Of H.n..s
wheat the advantages Of The PRESENT inoedi-
nately low freight: from the Aiasosn kiver
east are gain Of fully ten per cent ovef Pc
vious years, and this condition u LIKELY 70 Be
adjusted to the former basis any day.
Gofn-Expcrts OF this cereal chow shens
fsuing on, vnile feoe,Pea nave 1eeo noeG
and N our own markets an easaef feehng Pre-
vailed.
Bye and Osts-In both these cereals there
= nothing OF any maternal change 10 nose.
Stocks continue about the same. and values
are h!m without any appreoiasao.- ON
fre,shfs-A further advance OF &C PEI IO0
pounds on gram nom n. Louie ana Cm S
20 the ss.Sosrd t.nes snecs nom ne sotn
inst. No change from Aissoun nv1 PoanA.
KAxaAs ofi HAa3k1c
0aAN-No. =, winter vheAs, eoc; 70. >
do. &c: No. do. u. Spring wneas, NO
1Sc; No. j. 7Vc. BYE, No. &c oesss no.
nc. Corn, No. mixed, &c.
temperatures, GOOD TO cnoece, i1gasc
Egg, lZe per doc. Cmckens PEI doe, tlsS00
zX. Cheese, t@6c for prime AAnsaa: h,deA
l4S1<c for green. Potatoes Per buahei, Se.
Sweet potatoes. Sl1O@l.7o. feechea, oVc@
IS per box. Broom corn, l5f@Se PEI ID. 70
oording to quality. Hay, $65O@5.oO PEI TON,
baled.
LIVE SrocK-Choiee native steefs, l.4Ug "a.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-28
A Lamp Lighted By Lishtisisx-
on the Cha, ,ps,s. y. c. G...,

Prom the Graz btss- y T. 0a10s-
During the prevalence Of storm few
evenings since the telegraph operator at
Kings Mountain went 10 his Office a.
usual after tea and turned on the key Of
the instrument. HIS lamp, a glAss one,
vas sitting within a few inches Of the
plug. and a. be turned 10 ge; match 10
light il there came a brilliant AAsh Of
lightning fame bdrst all over the IN
strunent and the lamp va hghsed In az
infant. The occurrence uas witnessed
by two other persons besides the operator
himself. The lamp vas not injured IN the
slightest degree Had If mot been entirely
Of eiars, non-oondnctor, the result would
doubtless have been different, ~ the opeT-
ator vouId have had ooczsion 70 know.