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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-11-25
HIS SOLEMN WARNING.

"Yaas, there's money made in
stocks, no doubt" said the old man,
as he removed his hat and ran his fin
gers through his gray locks, "but it's
reesky bizness it's suthin' like bet
ting on whar lightning's going In
strike, with the odds i'm favor of hit
ting the tree you stand under"
''Then you never speculate"
"Never. l dig along on the old
farm, takin one crop with another, and
pulling out stumps when I've nothing
else to do; and ii / don't make any
great shakes. as / haven't anything to
worry over. l had purity solemn
warning during the coal-ile excitment,
and it cured me o spectliatin'.'
''How was that ~
"Waal, I was q widower then wife
fell down the well and was drawed out
stiff as poker. had a big farm, lots
of stock, and was called purity solid.
We all got excited about lie, aud all Of
us dug more or less holes in search Of
the stuff. All of a sudden a widder
livin' about two miles from me found
lie i'm dozen places on her farm. She
was widder with u bad nose, freckles
all over her face, eyes OH squint, and
built up like camel. But when she
struck lie that was u different thing.
Old Deacon SpOOner, who was wild
over, got mashed right away. Our
preacher. who had lost his third wife,
saw the spec. ! thought it over and
concluded she was an angel. | guess
some six or seven of us begun courtin'
that widder within sixteen hours after
the first sight of lie. know the pro-
cessiOn reached from the gate To the
house"
"And you got her."
mot much didn't, and that's what
I'm thankful for. Somehow or other
/ couldn't work up to the pint That
nose kinder stood in the way
every time l was ready to pop the
question. She acted like she wanted
me, but Deacon SpOoner got the best
of us all, and they made a hitch"
"And what"
Nothing. except she had dosed that
farm with barrel of lie, and thus got
q husband for herself and home for
her five children. When the news
came out was so cold along the back
bone that they had to kiver me with
q hOss-blanket, and since that time |
haven't had the nerve to buy eggs at
cents dozen and hold zen for rise
From the Wall Street Daily NcTs.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-11-25

he was assisted by the whole strength
of the company. 1T was poor piece.
1t was indifferently played; so it failed
and he was Kissed and abused by the
audience. But he lies low now, and
blame and praise are to him alike.
The charitable will spare the one, the
judicious will reserve the other. o,
friends, this is not time for jest and
levity, hut a time for Blended forms
and uncovered heads, for we stand in
the near presence of majestic death;
momentous and memorable death; a
grisly and awful death. For it is a
death from which there is no resurrec-
ton. Heaven bless us, one and all!
Heaven temper the blow to the afflict-
ed family. Heaven grant them a
change of heart and better life.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-11-25
st. NICHOLAS FOR 1881.
5000 for England, and lOO, 900
for America.

~. Nicholas. the charming maga-
zine for boys and girls, edited by Ms.
Mary Mapes Dodge. has increased 80
much in size and number Of pages dur
ing the year past that the publishers
have been Obliged TO issue the yearly
vol ume in two parts, instead Of one ~
heretofore. As 10 its circulation, they
report a gain of l0,"0 in the average
monthly edition Of 1850 over 1879.
The announcement Is for the coming
year include capital serial story for
boys, full Of exciting adventure, I'm
Natures Wonderland" or Advent
ures in the American Tropic-; Sto-
ries Of Art and Artists, by Mrs Clara
Erskine Clement. faithful outline of
the history Of European Art, With
many illustrations; "Pheafon Rog-
ers. I" delightful aud humorous serial
by Ro--ite johnson: Mystery in .
Mansion six months serial; The
Trea-ure-Box Of Literature, directing
and encouraging young people In the
best reading; The AgAs>iz As-pcia-
ton. fully explained in the November
number: Two English QUEENS" by
Mr. Olipbanf: The Land Of Nod"
q chikiren' !. olsrefta, with music full
of charming tsbleaux and effects; A
series Of beautifully illustrated Ballad.
for Ycung Folks, beginning With the
Christmas number: \ Special Budget
OF Fairy Stories by Frank X s;octon
til. fir-t Of which IL in the Novem-
ber numtef: An Indian story by
Bright Eyes the Ponca Indian mai
den: a splendid holiday story. "A
Christmas with the Man In the Moon"
by Washington GLADDEN. Open-air
Papers. stories Of sports. and eame>,
will b. continued, with ali the Topo-
lar departments
Subscriptions beginning With the
November issue will include '.the
wonderful Christmas numk<f." of |
which edition will be ). OO In England |
la. ca In America The psice Of this |
number. 10 he issued shout November
1sb. will be ~ ceuts-
Regular price 500 year; . eents
= number, For sale, and subscsipsioos
by al deAless. OF the p9t-
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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-11-25

Five hours after the polls were
closed OH Tuesday last the result of
our Presidential election was known
all over the United States and in every
European capital. Every man who
voted on that day can remember the
time when il would have taken ten or
twelve days to get the news to London,
and at least quarter of those who
voted can remember when il would
have taken pretty near as long 10 get
the news from New Orleans to New
York. There are men now living who
can remember hearing of the death of
Washington one, two, or three weeks
after its occurrence. That was in this
country the great event of the close Of
the last century, and il was unknown
in Boston for eight days after it took
place. The latest news there from
Philadelphia OH the morning of the LIST
Of January. 1900, was six days old,
and from many of the towns of Mas
sachusetts was hardly better. Two
days after the exciting State election
of 1901, but 62 of the 39S incorporated
towns Of Massachusetts, these includ-
ing Maine) had reported, and it was
month later when the Columbian Sem
hnel announced the full result. The
news by sea came still more slowly.
On the 18th of March, $50, there had
been no news from Europe for eighty
three days, and il was not until
week later that sailing-vessel arriv-
ing unexpectedly at New York,
brought news the middle of Deem
ber-more than three months back
Of the election of Bonaparte as First
Consul, and the adoption Of the new
Constitution of the French Republic
The methods of communication did
not seem slow to the men of the time,
and newspaper once n week va. all
that was demanded When, in l.9.;,
the Salem Gazette began To appear
twice a week, q good many people
thought il was foolish undertaking.
at was nonsense" said old John
Pickering. ito disturb the peoples
minds BY sending newspapers To them
twice a week TO take the:I attention
from the duties they had To- perform ~
Boston had no daily paper until the
fall Of 1.9s, and then IL lived only
three or four months. A stage-ooach
was the swiftest vehicle I'm the coun-
try, and New York and Boston were
practically about as far apart A. Chi
cago and Yokohoma are to-day
Whether q constant knowledge OF
evey considerable event that has hap
pened ON the face of the civilized globe
within the proceeding twenty-four
hours is conductive 70 human happi-
ness or not may be question, but the
Of having such knowledge
must remain as . distinguishing
of the middle half Of the
ninets enth century.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-11-25

A woodstove IL not made of wood
Boston Journal Nor Is q coal stove
made of coal Funny, isn't it--Detroit
Free Press. And . snow plow isn't
made Of snow. Awful funny. isn't il.
Bangor Commercial Neither !. .
sponge cake made Of sponges- Te-he
Boston Journal Of Commerce. Nor s
head dress made Of heads All, ha,
Salem Sunbeam. Nor \ belly hand
made Of bellies Yo. ho.-Ashiand
PreA Nor post-cfYice made OF posts
Gallon Enquirer. Neither l. hum
bug made Of bugs Don't IT, Cor;iu-
ed applause Joe Gazette. Meth
er b . cfab-tree made Of cfabsL Set
'em up In another alley.-Sesialia Mo-
Baauo Neither h . boot jack made Of
hoota, nor Q mud-turtle made Of mud.
Rnsh 'emaJoag-Daily NewA Nor b
eatsap no1s q 0es Yoau truly
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-11-25

We collect coupon and registered interest. from
the United States. and for other coupons, Jisi-
dends, notes. debts. Claims, etc
No collection charges are made TO persons having
accounts with
SErrLEnENrs made for HOLDERS Of DEYArIrEp
SECURITIES.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-11-25

p sssstE $50 les 50 tl-us.s ,ss (. "a - go
49, ~ a. 1-a~s sss1-sxs sss s.s~&4ssz<
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ft=zs - Ss5 sa1s iss~ss4s = <.ses
nm0 r~~-s >se.-ss esrl<x s~ss sfe-~ e>-~-
$3.50 essss. - "a skzzs+<t Ms<f
sssv ss-k-ss sszs<s x<ss 80 $1,000
t.~t<S<s - go s-ssz>~s4 l~a-ss sr>ss s>><&
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49,, s-~<y - s1-ss sss = 49, = $50 =
sss <plEmus3 anu6srssu - - e1uuu =
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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-11-25
SPECIAL ATTENTION Is INVITED TO OUR
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.

Conducted on the plan Of Savings Ranks at the
East, Deposits Of one dollar and upw ard received
and SAVINGS BANK BOOKS GIVEN. Interest
at the rate Of SIX PER CENT. and eompou nied
every six months, and an extra dividend OF one
per cent given on all sums remaining one year
making il equal TO SEVEN PER CENT and COM
FOUND INTEREST IL icft year. Money
commences to draw interest from the 6rsi OF each
month.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-11-25
MORTGAGE LOANS

We negotiate loans on Real Estate Of every char
acter, in any amount. ON any time required. and
repay able in any manner TO sui; applicants. at
seven, eight or nine per cent per annum with
moderate charges and delay in negotiating
and make settlements As soon Is papers are ON Sic
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-11-25

We receive accounts from merchants. msnufsc.
turers and Others, and a..ON interest daily bal
znees.
We allow interest on deposits from Farmers and
others, subject to check st sight
We allow interest ON deposits 70, = specified
time.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-11-25

BoNDs, PAPERs and VALuAyLys Of every DIS
eription received and held deposit in our a, e.
proof and burglar proof safes. Bonds received nj
si.0 per q ono per annum and other parcels AT
81 - per 81 900. or less, on estimated value.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-11-25

We execute orders for the purchase of securiiie.
Of any Kind.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-11-25
BANKING DEPARTMENT.

We transact q general bsnsin. business huy
and sell exchange all prominent cities Of Amer.
lea and Europe, and max rri.Itanc-s in payment
of railroad lands. debts. notr>, Coupons aud mort
cages.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-11-25

$40 J. 4. J. !. !. =. J. J. J. J.
~ 4 - Dstt- t4r~3st.~s to- ga fsst -.
Srtfts-.4 - fe-.Earrslsss So 49,
sf-9e-a-sT s--t.s=as strz $500 90.
tstsEs ~ tssstsz-s = - 500
- sssss- so -srf iss=ssssrs sru.s So -
all ~s.sAs go festS fs.ef sssasss go
~ nsss 49, $3.50 fs.szs as s-sr
SGT - 49, -. a. .lss a s.sass - s.ss
. sn-ss s<s Hs-=--ssss a-ss H--s ssf ssF,s
rss rsFs asr4s ssss 49, $3.50 - O.
ssstess~ s<<s kssss.sf lesssF. - SEQ 80
--sazass .zts = s<se $3.50 s1ses@ ~ S.s -.
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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-11-25

help q. !. / :. !. ]. J.
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Escfar -kx1 a ssssfe.
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esstr.f :, '.sis = peFsstf Ne -ssf $50. &C.,
$500 49, 49, Ef1r - "a - 49, = 49,
80 - AAissss ~ Ns-asra~ N f.sy aa-< fsss
. siss,s~ sssisssffssHsee - tes.sss - .ss.-.-
go 4sss't $50 Al de- - $50 fs<s So.
= - saftss- t.4ts - sssks ses1zf sssf ess4fs*
v - 80 esssef fa-aF 49, f-a-s - "a. --ss -
ssif fs-ss $3.50 ru-.ssse.s F.is $3.50. -
- tAsf = $1,000 -<sis IT,
s4ss--s .ssssss q rzs4ssss s.ss.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-11-25

And negotiate loans for School Boards, Tow nship
Trustees, Counties. Towns Cities or Corporf tions
Our ciiantage is larger. not only in the 'nitssl
States but in England and France than that of any
other WESTERN HOUSE dealing In the above
class Of securities We therefore able u float
all good loans On the most favorable terms.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-11-25
BROKERAGE DEPARTMENT.
WE FIND BUYERS FOR:

SCHOOL BONDS, T.. 3. BONDS,
BRIDGE BONDS. STATE BONDS
COUNTY BONDS, RAILROAD BONDS
TOWNSHIP BONDS, MUNICIPAL BoNps
REAL ESTATE MoRrGAsKs
and other
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-01
Intelligence Items.

Mount Holyoke Seminary has 247
pupils this year.
The old Catholic Synod, which met
at Bonn last June, by vote of Is to %,
decided to abolish celibacy.
Paris has contributed 10000 francs
for the yellow fever sufferers. of which
sum Marshal MacMahon gave one
fourth.
About 500 English, Irish and Ameri-
can Protestants have joined the Catho-
lie Church in Paris during the past
twelve years.
Two colored missionaries named
Richardson and johnson, who were
formerly slaves in the Southern States,
have Just left London for work il Cen
trail Africa.
With the exception of few towns on
the coast of China there are in all that
Empire scarcely dozen Hebrew fami-
lies. The Jews are hardly known in
China, and only tho learned are aware
of their existence.
Seven Protestant denominations now
have an organization in Rome The
Waldensian, the Methodist, the Episco-
pal, the Presbyterian, the Plymouth
Brethren. the American Baptists. and
the Apostolic Baptists. They number
in all about 700 Italian adherents.
At the Paris Exhibition, among the
pathological curiosities is the famed
Papal Bull of the Immaculate Concep-
ton, translated into ITO languages.
Originally it was intended for a gift to
Plus TX, as a testimonial from France,
and when the Exhibition closes ii will
be presented to the present Pope, and
deposited in the Library of the Nati-
can.
Teachers salaries ought to be the
very last expenses to be cut down, says
Superintendent Eliot, of Boston. I'VE
can get on" he adds, without vast
buildings or materials; we can wait for
better times to ill our libraries or our
collections; we can part forever with
drills. exhibitions, and festivals, or
with all that is expensive about them;
but we must have men and women
whom nature as we'll as training has
made teachers; We must have the heads
and the hearts that are not found where.
ever We seek them; we must have the
personal force which is beyond all other
forces, in earth as we'll AS in heaven.
If everything else were sold that we
might have these treasures, they would
not cost too dear. Economy beginning
with them is not economy, but waste
fulness."
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vince her of the impossibility of her
assertion. She persists to this moment
that she saw you and was with you on
the 18th of October--or rather on the
morning of the 18th. Where and how
she cannot tell, but we think it must
have been some dream. She is better
now, and wish you could see how fast
she is improving
This is my plain, unvarnished tale. l
do not pretend to explain or account
for its mysteries. simply relate facts.
Let psychologists unravel the labyrinth
ical skein. l am not superstitious,
neither do I believe in ghosts, wraiths
or apparitions: but this thing L do
know-that, although my wife was in
England in body on the morning of the
18th of October, her spirit surely stood
before me in New York in the moment
of the deadly peril that menaced me.
1t may be that to the subtle instinct and
strength of wife's holy love all things
are possible; but Alice surely saved my
life
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-01

WATCHING DEATH APPROACHING -
None of us know how we would act in
a supreme moment of revealed fate.
Edgar Poe or Victor Hugo could not
have imagined form of death more
completely calculated to test the vic
Tins fortitude than the terrible scene
which terminated the life of one John
Conlon, at Norwich, last Friday night.
Conlon, who was pistol maker in that
city, was walking on the railway track
at Norwich Falls, at a point where
there is double switch, and accident
ly had one foot caught in frog" in
such way that he was unable to ex-
tricate it. A northern bound train was
coming at full speed, aid Conlon, find
ing himself unable to escape his doom,
half turned, in his chained position,
and faced the engine Literally an en-
CINE of death) in defiant way, and
almost smiled as it struck him. His
body was frightfully mangled-almost
literally torn to pieces under the re-
morseless wheels-and when picked up
it presented q horrible sight. A part
Of his clothing, in which was his revol-
yer, was torn from him by the engine
and carried to Williamantic before it
was discovered. Hartford (Ct.) Times.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-01

els the doctor in ?" asked an anxious
looking young man, as he paused hall
way up the stairway leading to DR..
Stones Office, yesterday. mo, / guess
not" replied the person addressed,
but you can leave an order on the
slate" The young man hesitated mo
ment. "Well, I guess I would hardly
have time to watt" he said. "Is it a
very urgent case?" "Well, yes the
young man said, 'rather urgent, /
think. just Is started away from
home my youngest brother was falling
oat of second story window"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-01
Wit and HumOI',
Parts of speech-The lips.
Best time on record-Lunch

lest time on recOrd-Lunch time.
He had brought her the very things
she wanted from the supper table to
her safe retreat on the stairs, and she
was moved to say, half laughingly,
You are man after my own heart. Mr..
b" Just what | am after, lie au-
swered. quick as flash, covering her
with confusion.
Sound said the schoolmaster, SIS
what you hear. For instance, you can
not feel a sound. "Oh, yes. YOU can"
said smart boy. John Wilson," re-
torted the pedagogue, "how do You
make that ont? What sound can YOU
feel?" "A sound thrashing,' quickly
replied the smart boy.--Ne,c Ioik Y,i-
June.
The unhappiest visitor in the White
Mountains is New Jersey man. who
has come up to look at some land--35O
acres, for which he traded last spring
very fine colt. The trade was made on
the Jersey flats, and the Jerseyman had
never been to the mountains. PIE tells
the story pathetically and ends with.
stranger, that $50 acres is little more
than perpendicular" - Boston Traa-
script.
Just before the public schools in
New Haven closed for the vacation.
lady teacher in one of the departments
gave out the word "fob" for her class
to spell. After it was spelled, as was
her custom, she asked the meaning of
it. No one knew. The teacher then
told the class she had one, and was the
n1v <1,n
ter little while hand went hest
tatingly up. Teacher-"Well, what is
it?.' please, ma'am, it's beau Dan-
bury Ne,rs.
A HARD CAsE.--Enter young hus-
band, who throws himself into a chair.
and exclaims: "What! toothache again,
Maria! do call that hard upon a fell
Ter! Why, you had toothache when
left this morning! And here have |
been at EPSON all day, with the jolliest
lot o fellers ever get together in one
drag, and won pot O money, and had
no end OF jolly time, and did think
l should find something cheerful and
jolly to greet Teller when got home!
And there you are!--toothache againl
l do call it hard upon afeller-precious
hsrd!-Punch.
HYGIENE ExcEssEs. 80
you've given up wine and bacca,
BROWNE" Brown: Eyes, horses and
dogs do very well without stimulants;
and why shouldn't we?" Jones (fat
MANI: "Ah!-I go farther. I've given
up everything but rice. Look at ths
hippopotamus! How healthy he is, in
spite of its size' Robinson: Matter
of taste! Lions and tigers are more in
my line! I've given up everything but
raw meat once every twenty-four hours,
and kill it myself. Tn going to give
mp clothes next month-so's my wife! =!
Smith: "Tell you what it is, Brownl
I've good mind to go in for that kind
Of thing myself, and give up every
thing but skittles!'--Punch.
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WOlnan's Inconsistency.

We do not assert that woman is abso-
lutely fixed in her love loyalty; but she
is such compared to men. Were she a
hundred times less stable than she is,
he might we'll honor her in that as his
infinite superior. Love to her means
loyalty, dedication. She is liable to
deceive herself-she is far more liable to
be deceived. But when she gives with
out reserve or stint the wealth of her
affection, she plays the prodigal to the
last, unless his conduct stirs her to
count the cost. The law Of her h.,ng
is not to swerve where her heart leads
the way, nor will she, save except an
ally. Too often, however, her faithful
heart is driven back by him who sum
moned it from the first-driven back by
neglect and indifference, rejection
and to shield himself, he calls his
GOODNESS or his cruelty her in
constancy. He is industrious in
finding faults in her that will excuse
his own. He says she is tickle--incon-
slant. She cannot comprehend no" or
why she is so, though she has not the
holiness to dissent from what she hears
on every hand. She discovers in him
extraordinary lapses from loyalty, vio-
lated pledges, sundered ties. These are
not natural to her; but as she, her teach
ers say, was born inconstant, he cannot
be 80, surely. Her divergence from
him helps her in her uprighteous self
condemnation. Her looking at herself
through his eyes draws his defects
and exaggerates her own. He is
her CONSIDER and casuist. He always
puts her in the wrong, and graciously
pardops her for the sin he has himself
committed. No marvel her logic is
perplexed, and her ethics are bewil-
dered. For such is mans power over
woman.-Ladys Journal.
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The Fifth Avenue Presby terrain
Church last year gave OK, 260 for home
missions, or $500 more than WAS given
by all the Presby terians in Ohio, Indi.
ana. Illinois and Iowa.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-01
Scarce One.
IRON THE GERMAN OF ALFRED FRIEDMAN
BY W. L. SHOEMAKER.


The plough tears up the tawny land,
And burrows follow where it goes;
The sewer at the seed-time strows
The grain therein with lavish hand.
Thick springs the golden wheat, and like
Stand in the field each haum and spike,
As dismal days that know no change.
Yet in the midst Il strange, fair flower is
blooming.
An alien seed was in the grain
The sower sowed, and thrive amain
Leaf, thorn, and tlower'cup fair and
strange.
OF life, Time burrows up the land;
We follow-eacli his own path goes;
Scarce one finds in the grain he strows
One seed of love from Gods own hand.