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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-21
An Imaginary Cool Room.

Here Is my idea Of a cool room, such rs
mean to have when shall have realized
from some large estates in Spain. The
room, first Of all. is psrallelogram. and the
most noticeable feature therein is the
small windows which are placed in the
centre Of the upper half OF the room; pro-
tected on the outside by awnings. Thus
such light as reaches the apartment Is
toned down, and unless special effort is
made, the occupant has no knowledge Of
the sultry atmosphere without. The win
dows. moreover. are protected on the IN
side by lace curtains Of light gray tint.
upon which airy floral designs are traced.
The drapery falls nearly TO the floor, and
it is suspended by means Of rings TO an
arrow Of pale green color with gilt garb
and feather. The green cords and tassels
ich are fastened below the window
proper draw the curtains back, and are
confined in a gilt quiver. Between the
lace folds thus drawn back are hung sug-
gestively cool pictures Of water, scenes Of
ice and snow, with occasional parian stat.
uettes on bracket. One-third Of the wall
is painted Of the same green tint as the
arrow shaft and cords. while the remain
der is white There Is a vine pictured.
with depending sprays at the corners. A
band OF cool gray. with n slight stripping
OF gold at the edges, marks the point Of
disjunction between the green dado and
white wall. Upon this Is painted the
wandering convolvulus, with here and
there a flower. and an occasional petal
gi,ttering with dew. The light is fur
nished by wax tapers, and the furniture
Tor the most part is rattaL.
Nor must ] fail % mention one window
much larger than the rest and directly OPP
posite the entrance. The window has
genuine glass and curtains, but beyond
the sash appears bosky glen, down
which a mountaid stream dashes, both
over and under ferny rocks and moss
grown logs. Through its cool. misty at.
mosphere one delicate ray OF sunlight
CLEANS upon the foliage. dripping from
| the late Summer showers.
There are some other details which
might be mentioned, but enough has been
written 10 give general id. a, which. Of
course, must needs be modified by means,
tastes and surroundings. The main fea.
lures OF such room should be its light
colors, eool-loJking furniture and furnish
ings, and above all, absence Of oyer-crovd
ing. and often use Of brilliant colon Of
glaring contrasts.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

Marion Center, Has, was the scene OF a
day of festivity and merry-making on the 18th,
on the occasion of the opening of the railroad
80 long hoped for. A special train bringing
thirteen carloads of excursionists arrived ~
IL 90 .. M, and Gov. st. John was escorted to
the grounds by . committee of one hundred
citizens and mounted men, while the roar of
cannon and music from four brass bands ex-
cited the widest enthusiasm from the throng
Of six Thousand persons who had assembled.
Gov. St. Johns Grafton was replete
with recital of Kansas history and progress,
General Davis, Judge Battlefield and Others
also spoke, and were well received. An OK
and . dozen sheep were roasted and . thous-
and feet of tables were spread with ample re-
freshments for all. The occasion was an i'm
portant one. and the day was pleasantly spent
without misfortune. Marion county gets
twenty-five miles of railroad at . cost of seven
tire debt Of the county by this years tax
levy.
The high court OF the Ancient Order of
Foresters convened in At. Louis on the 18th.
The order has over six thousand courts scat
tered over the world and is rapidly increasing
in membership. II has large funds for the
relief of want, and special funds for the bene-
ct of widows and orphans, and through is var
ions agencies does. much for the good of hu-
msnIty. Its sessions are conducted in secret
A special meeting of st. Joe's city coun-
Gil board Of trade, exposition association. etc,
was held to consider the subject of soliciting
President Hayes acceptance of the hospitality
of that city, on the occasion of his visit to
Neosho in September. Gen. Grant and Gen.
Sherman were entertained in 1866 by . St. Joe
mob-but this shows different feeling than
then existed.
Hon. George W. Benson. brother-in-law
Of William Lloyd Garrison, died At Lawrence
on the 18th, aged seventy-one years. He vas
. prominent abolitionist in Massachusetts, in
the early days Of the nti-slaveIy struggle.
but had lived in Kansas for the past twenty
two years
The Terre Haute Express. a Greenback
organ of high standing. has been sold for s1s,-
0O0 The weekly Express will be removed to
Chicago and conducted by o. J. Smith, who
has been its editor for the past seven years
A dispatch from Gen. Miles received at
St. Paul. states that detachment of infantry
under Lieutenant Whistler, captured IS In
dians and 100 ponies from Rosebud agency,
Who were on their way TO join Sitting Bull.
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COMMERCIAL
GRAIN RKvIKv.

Messrs. Lynde, Wngat & Co., of Kan
80 City, furnish M the following reliable re-
view Of the grain trade for the past week:
wHIAf-Narketa for the week, both home
and foreign, show . lower range Of prices In
spring wheat, quotations in our home markets
show . decline Of 7d3c bushel from Q week
ago, while winter wheat values have under
gone no material change. Liverpool marketa
have declined one penny per cental on both
varieties, and cables report inactive mArketa.
with buyers demanding CONCESSIONS. weaskeY
throughout Great Britain for .ome days past
has been more favorable. and crop repurts
from Russia establish the fact that there Win
be IN average crop of wheat raised in that
country. With Rnssia's supply unimpaired
and . large increase in the product Of this
country. English and French buvers are in no
way disposed to force higher val.ea- Ssasis-
ticiana, uho have estimated the yield Of our
present crop Of Wheat, vary materially in theif
fgureA There seems TO be no doubt bow
ever. that the out-turn exceeds that Of iass
10 fully twenty per cent greater for spring
and ten per cent. fog winter.
This gain. in bread-makinx qualities. cver
last yeaxs crop. 10 n important item 10 he
oooaidered IN estimating our surplus supply.
France and Great Britain are certain 70 Be
large buyers Of wheat for the present. erop
year. their vaess being estimated Il 1N0oo.
90 bus. are required from casside sozrrea
The -carnces aAoas" for the Ceised KirRdou
ss present exoeed 100000 bss.. the -visibls
supply in this country exoeeds NJ0m 0oo
while the eourDoas crops already secured aSs
lust beginning IN nove- Necessity furees Ases
deliveries fro0 oar faxMeu - snpa . IL
EsAin is marketabie; asd hn,ders al vissss
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Prom the Detroit Pre- PrsA

Prom the Detroit Pree Pre-
The man who takes over ten minutes
TO pack trunk is a dolt," said Mr..
Bowerman as he slammed down th. lid
and turned the key. Mrs. Bowerman had
been a. it just seven days and seven nights,
and, when the husband went up stairs at
ten O'Clock. she sat down before the open
trunk with tears in her eyes. "You see
how il Is" she explained as he looked
down upon her in awful contempt. 1--WE
got only part Of my dresses In here. say
ing nothing of a thousand other things.
and even nos the lid won't shut down.
I've got such headache nust lop down
for few minutes" She went away 10
lop. and Mr. Boverman sat down and
unused: Space is space. The use Of
space is IN knowing how 10 utilize IT. "
Removing everything. he began repAek-
ing. He found a silk dress could be rolled
to the size Of a quart jug. A freshly
starched lawn vas made 70 take the place
Of pair of slippers. Her brc~n bunting
fitted into the niche she had reserved for
three han.lkerrhief,, and her best bonnet
vas turned bottom mp in its box and pack
ed full Of underciothirg. He sat there
viewing sufficient empty space 70 pack N
q whole bed when she returned. and said
he was the only real good husband IN
this world. and she kissed him On the Dose
as he turned the key. Its simply the
difference between the seYex." vas his
patronIxine reply - be vent down stair,
TO turn on the burglar alarm When
that wife opened that trunk last fall,
Bat screzras And skrl<ks wczli zyzll
nothing.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-21
THE NEWS.
CAPITAL NOTES.

A prominent official connected with the
Dtate department, and who ID known 10 have
the car Of Secretary Evarts, says that the facts
osnnected with the recent Outrage perpetr.xed
upon Colonel Barnete by the Spanish author.
itaea, will be Investigated, and prompt repars-
ton peremptorily demsnded Of that govern
ment. The statement of Col Barnete q re-
Gently Published 10 fully corroborated by
Consui-General Hall, who says all the facts 70
% prove that the outrage was one of the most
nAe..nt and provoked ever perpetrated upon
An American citizen.
Consul Sprague at Gibraltar reports to
the Department of State that he has received
. third anonymous letter from the party try
ing to extort money from him.
The Harper's Ferry land cases have
been decided BY the Solicitor of the treasury
In favor of the plaintiffs.
The President has put 8,259, 600 acres
ofpublic lands, adjoining Grand River Agency,
on the market.
Secretary Evarts, Mormon circular has
been generally misunderstood, - it aims only
ct bigamy.
The Conkling-Sprague melee is the on
ly talk in political circles.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-21

| MA Brosks. tie Sculptures In Butter.
Jennie June" has been hunting up the
sculptures in butter, Mrs. Brooks, and gives
this account Of her to the Baltimore
Amsriean: 1T was told to me the other
day that Caroline s. Brooks. the heroic
'Butterwoman,' whose treatment at the
Paris Exposition by Mr.. Mccormick, after
. place had been promised her BY our
Government, requires explanation, and
ought to have it, was working away in
silence and obscurity. letting NO one know
of her whereabouts, but determined to ex-
ecute work which would justify her ef-
forts and the confidence Of her friends.
found her in little room in Sixth avenue
putting the finishing touches to the clay
model Of bust Of one Of the most distin-
guished Of Americas scientific men. The
likeness was very striking and the recog-
milton instantaneous, though had never
seen him but once IN my life. The room
was very small, the entrance double and
protected additionally by q screen. A lit
tie plaster cast Of Mrs. Brooks MAR
chioness," from Dickens ''Old Curiosity
Shop, was framed In velvet, and served
a. the one finished ornament Of the walls,
and there were some large photographs
Of her ''lolanthe" rs IL was modelled in
butter, full length, and in q reclining po-
sition, for the French Exhibition. and
small cartes Of the head Of the beautiful
wife Of Mr.. Palgrave Simpson, the London
composer, the order for which she received
and executed in England. Mrs. Brooks
acknowledged that she was just now max
ing precarious living by selling photo
graphs of her 'lolanthe" TO tide over the
time in the co npletion Of u work whose
excellence would be acknowledged, and
which would give her place in the ranks
of sculptors. Her face and figure thr,
almost 10 attenuation, told q story OF pr
vation, bat her eyes were bright and her
manner cheerful as she pointed out her
triumph over some Of the difficulties Of
ner subject. A great piece Of good fortune
came TO her. however. during my stay. Il
was the arrival Of 800 check from dis
editor in Philadelphia. who is
a native Of Baltimore, and whose whole
career has been such q signal honor and
credit to any city or country which has the
night to claim HIM rs its son. that a signal
mark o. recognition would not be out OF
place preliminary TO the statue which
ought to adorn one Of the squares OF his
birthplace. A check came in response 70
ana appeal made to him by New York
lady, without the artists knowledge, aud
the generous response WAS so complete a
surprise that il bewildered her and made
the tears come in her eyes. Poor woman,
she has entered upon thorny road. but
she could not help it, and she endured
without complaining"
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-21
CASUAL.

The inquest in the case of the collision
on the Atlantic City marrow gauge. 18th inst,
DEVELOPED the fast that the assistant superin-
tendent, ]. & verts, il guilty of criminal care
lessness in employing incompetent persons TO
manage trains, and for neglect Of duty. The
evidence shosed that trains were run by guess
work, and directions were delivered to the op-
orator at Camden orally by the aasistant su-
perntendent, and one Of that description
transmitted caused the loss of Eve lives. The
freight conductor testified that he knew moth
ing about running train. and vas in charge
for the first time.
A tank containing 5000 barrels of oil,
ct Pazkers Landing. Pa. waa struck by light
ming ON the 18th. and after burning all day.
90 heated IN adjoining tank containing 50 ,O6O
barrels that il exploded, iniuring forr Of ten
men Who were on the tank as the time Of The
explosion.
A. South Bend, Ind, on the 18th, a
two-story brick building was destroyed by
FIRE. Nisa Lizzie Collins, sleeping in The
building. vas saffocated. Mr.. Case and wife
escaped BY jumping from an upper window, bat
received serioa> injurieA
The steamer J. ". Steinhoff and Hutch.
ing's warehouse, 1t Detroit Mich, were destroy
ed By 6re on the 18th. The Ere broke cut On
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-21

From the New England Farmer
There is no class of the community that
is more affected by the condition Of high
ways than farmers. Upon them are trans
ported whatever surplus products the farm
affords, and upon them the farmer de-
ponds for his opportunities to pass from
one neighborhOod to another. Now, so
FAR as the transportation of heavy loads is
concerned, the amount that can be trans
ported bears direct proportion to the
condition of the road bed and its decliyity,
both of which may be combined to greatly
reduce the load, or either alone may be
the means of measuring the load that can
easily pass along without serious hind
RANGES. Aside from that class Of obstacles
which may be properly considered as
insurmountable, In all cases roads shou q
be improved in every psssible directio-
and by all practicable means. Other
things being equal, the more firm the
road bed the better it Is for travel, and
also the better for conveying loads. But
very frequently the road passes over such
a variety Of soils. even In moderate dis
tances, as to present IA variable surface;
whenever such cases occur they can be
amended by artificial means; that is, if a
portion should be sandy, by the addition
Of little dry or compact earth its condi-
ton will be so changed as to make it
much harder and better able to sustain a
load. Atmospheric conditions may also
very materially affect temporarily the sur
face OF travelled road. aside from those
changes occasioned by frost; thus a
clayey road which would be rendered ex-
ceedingly muddy after n severe shower
would be very much improved by the use
of sand and gravel. Where the soil is
inclined to moisture a partial system Of
underdrainage will not only prevent mud
at the time OF showers, but will also very
much assist in maintaining good condi-
ton when the frost is coming out in the
spring, which otherwise would render it
impossible.
As general rule, in the repair, saying
nothing of the construction Of roads, too
little regard is paid to the material en-
ployed. II is entirely wrong to make use
Of vegetable matter that is subject to de-
cay and change, for although when in a
dry state it may be passable upon road,
when wet by means Of rain and showers
it occasions slough holes Of mud. 1t is
better for the farmer, and certainly much
better for the road, to have the sods grow
ing in the bitches conveyed to the farm
yard and used for composing, rather than
have them used in any repairs. Where IT
can be obtained under ordinary circum-
stances, 0ravelly loan will make good
average road bed, and will become SC
compacted as TO form comparatively
hard and smooth travelling path, and is
the material which should be used. IL Is
no uncommon thing to see upon much
travelled road at some point short dis.
lance that is extremely bad under nearly
all circumstances and which ramains the
same year after year for want of an appli.
cation Of few common-sense ideas In the
matter Of repairs.
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A ThisGChase n . Crowded City.
Hrncs fAe n<<sos. Eys.inS N>~s


This afternoon. about two O'Clock, a
veIl-krovn thief, named Moses Stone.
seeing the upper sash Of a ~indos in
Mcclellan and Ander.on's blnking oossee.
on Grisvold street cyen. reached over.
scatched 4 pAekAge containing 80 and
ran. Mr.. Anderson rushed IN pursuit,
and the thief led him = chase a eigh;
squares through the toslsss portion Of TIE
city. keeping the crowd who vere follow
ing him AZ bay by the e1hibItson II = pss-
toi, from which be fred three sbots At kss
p1scers. ont hitting no one. He "a
snzlly CAPTURED, taken 10 The Censr2i Po
ice Station and the money fosnd On his
persou- he took desperate chances zad
vo1ld probably have fiI;ed soroe one bad
be had good pistol. The one be bad b.
ing . small four-sbooser. containing osly
three chArres- In his fight he ran roznd
the po<to6oe. CHARGED thro7zh an ID
nense crowd last landed from . Toledo
exru,ioa boat, ru.hed tkrpzsh the sAles-
room Of Goverpg Baldvis's s.c-e-sactosy.
All vas Snaily ea,Acrei By \ lad frur
Toroafo n . shed On the wharf, ubere
the Toledo srcnnsosists we're izn1iny.
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FOREIGN

At Quebec on the 10th the rioters were
quiet during the night except m occasional
random pistol shot. The troops are still in
their barracks. At noon fighting was resum-
from the heights. The attar king party il said
to be in force and we'll armed. The Irish in
Chsmplain and Montcalm wards prepared to
defend their homes and families, and barri-
| caded in some instances their houses. Pas
sengers by the North Shore train from Mon
| treal, state that the cars were stoned on pass
ing through the street, and Biahop Racine. of
Chicaolimi, and other passengers were slightly
wounded by the missiles. An old man named
Crowley was fatally beaten by three men at
Cape Blanc Giroux was killed by boat hooks
and stones, not by . bullet. In st. Roches
several casss of brutal assaults are reported,
and people there have stopped the street cars,
- there are . number OF Engliah speaking
employees.
The Panama canal scheme does not
| seem to meet with the encouragement its pro-
Ijectors anticipated. Eight hundred thousand
shares were placed upon the market, and but
about twenty thousand have been taken,
| those principally through asyndicate support
i ing the enterprise. II il undcrstood that n.
de Lesseps il backed by member Of the
French syndicate, and sill preeevere despite
with American parties 70 take the shares NO,
subscribed in France.
In concluding an address 10 the house
Of commons, the Queen sid: Il have had
i much pleasure in complying with your reques;
70 appoint . commission 10 inquire into the
causes Of the depression of agriculture. I OBJ
serve with satisfaction that you have agreed
10 measures relative to education in Ireland
which affords firm and fitting supplement,
you farewell pray that the blessing Of Prov
/ ,1$u<a ms vou
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-21
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

the steamer and spread % rapidly that tn
crew were :caroelv able to eseapei injury. Lnss
about e30y000.
Detroit was again visited by a fire
which destroyed ten buildings, including five
dwellings and three store buildings in . por-
ton Of the city where there was NO available
water supply.
| Five persons killed by a collision be-
tween an excursion AID freight train on the
Atlantic City Narrow Gauge railway, near
Clementown, New Jesey.
Miss Laura Marsh, a beautiful young
lady, suicides with revolver from some un-
known cause at Marshall, Texas.
Leander H. Kelso struck by a water
spout and dashed to death from . freight
train At Shoals, Ind.
Henry Moeller seventv-one years of
age, suicides through the agency of strychnins
at Rock Island. III
William Dempsey, farm laborer, kill
ed by train Of cars while intoxicated, At
Peru, Ind.
Chas. B. Slauson committed suicide in
81. Paul ON the 18th. by shooting himself in
the head.
Robert Crystal, firing of life, suicides
by leaping into the Ohio river at Ironton, o.
A miller suicides at Rockdale, Texas,
BY blowing out his brains with . revolver.
A destructive wind storm does great
violence throughout Central Illinois.
Henry Metzler killed by falling from a
wagon on to . stake. at Alton, Ill
John Dunn. tramp from Columbus,
o., killed by the cars at Xenia, O.
The fremont Temple destroyed by FIRE
at Boston at loss of 100000.
A number of tanks of petroleum burned
by lightning 1t Oil City, Pa
Michael Mahoney killed by a caving
bank Of earth 1t Hsmden, o.
George Copley suffocated by FIRE damp
in . well at Durham, N. G.
A Miss Grant thrown from a wagon and
killed At Ada, o.
Charles Fox, young student, drowned
in Lake Chautauqus.
Libbie Collins, suffocated during a FIRE
1t South Bend, Ind.
James Orr and Anna Fleish burned to
death at Detroit.
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vhsa4 must be aware that before this month
closes the spring wheat sections of the North
west viii begin to pour their grain upon thu
MARKET.
With the present outlook therefore We can
zee no signs Of any early appreciation. The
export demand il very active but one weeks
receipts 1t the seaboard have exceeded 1000, :
900 bushels. Exports for the week ending
August It'll, were l,sl6,s27 buahela Receipts
1t interior markets have fallen of for the week
but after the present week large deliveries are
looked for.
Cosx-There has been no material change
in corn for the week, though prices are ruling
in buyen' favor. Receipts continue liberal
and visible supply" has increased 100000
bus.
OAIs-values show slight improvement.
though offerings have been large. In our local
market the demand is active At . steady appre-
ciafion.
Rn-Receipts are increasing. and exports
for the week ending 9Th inst show IN improve
ment in foreign demand. The demand in this
market il good, and requirements cannot be
supplied.
FaEIaRfs-No change in the situation since
the late advance from leading interior markets
to the ssaboard.
KANsAs CIT MARKKIp
0lAN-No. 2, winter wheat, S6ISc; No. 8.
do. 64e: No. do. 90. Spring wheat No. 4
TIC; No. 8, 75c. Bye, No. 2. l0c. Oata, No. q
20c. Corn, No. 2 mixed, 28c-
P1oDu0-Butter, good to choice, l2@l6c.
Egg, 7@8c per do.. Chickens per dos, eL50@
AIS Cheese, 5@6c for prime Kansas. Hides,
4@51<c for Green. Potatoes per bushel. SOC.
Sweet potatoes, el.00@l.75. Peaches, 75c@
el.25 per box. Broom corn. 1x@Sc per b. 90
cording to quality. Bay, e6.50@7.50 per ton,
baled.
LIVE 6rocx-C Choice native steers, l,400 De.
and upward, e4.25@445; guod de-, loo to
LOO Da. average, e3.75@l.00; butcher steers,
500 to LOO. ss25@a7s; feeder. es.oo@a2s;
common, do, e2.0o@250: bulls and stag,
el.50@250; mich cows, s20@s5: calves, $500
@l2.00. Hogn, choice light. t3459350; med
ium to heavy grades, e3.2s@340; stockes $2.25
Q275. Sheep, extra natives, e2.75@290;
medium TO common el-25020Q
New York-Wheat, firm; No. Chicago.
e1.Q0; No. 2 Milwaukee,. el.0o; red winter, el.o0
@lO6x; No. red winter, el0S1&; No. 2
amber, clos. Corn, steady; No 46J1.
St LOuis-Wheat, Aug A1sc; Sept, 94Ec;
Oct, 94l4c. Corn, dull aisle; Sept, 3l1Sc; Oct,
SlK@32c.
Chicago-wheat, Aug. s4ssc; Sept, sas<c;
Oct, S45Sc. Corn. Aug, 3s7sc: Sept s4cIs bid
Oct, Al4c bid. Oats, Aug, 2Sx@23Xc; Sept,
do; Oct, 24@2alSc.
Baltimore-Wheat western quiet and firm at
el.071t Aug; Slots Sept; sl.07A Oct. Corn.
mixed western dull At A5Hc; Aug- 46c5sc; Oct,
l7ssc.
Toledo-Wheat dull; No. red Wabash, cash,
371Sc. Corn quiet; high mixed, cash, SS14c;
Nc. 2, cash, sec.
Milwaukee Wheat, Aug. 8511sc; Sept, S5Isc;
No. s, TIC; Oct, S5Tc.
Liverpool Breadstuffs unchanged; winter
wheat, 9s@9s ID; spring, Is lodges. Corn.
new, n l0d.
LOndon-COnsols, 81 GIG.