The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-07-26

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aueboeed him ~ the pssulaoas1nl noUp
lnaAioo In 1o1B, ed hee opo0Yovoe1y
With Geo. D. Plsatles viii - ssmeu-
besUd BY the general rsaslss. oho was
born, and With . foW oxoepelous. hos
always lived In this country.
Hon. Joseph Cillsy, Of New Hump
shire, now " yeayS Of 80. b The old.
~ q. United States senator (ln yssral
nov living. He entered the senate In
l8l0, and still rssides On the CiDley
homestead In Nottingham, In the en-.
j0ynens Of good health. The ex SEN
ai0e h Q brother Of Jonathan Cilley,
formerly member u cOngress from
Maine, who waa killed BY Vim. ].
Graves, member from Kentucky, In .
duel near Washington City February,
1855. Ex-senator George w. JOuea,
whO was the second of Mr.. Cilley In
that memorable duel, In still living Ia
Dubuque. Ia. At the age VI ~ years.
Gen. Jones Ut that time was . mem.
her Ut the house ~ delegate frosn the
territory Of wisconsin. The olslest
ex-senator lin servicel In the Non.
John r. King. Of Georgia, who en-
tered the senate In ls4S, nj the early
aye Of - yeas. He was born In lssS.
aud h consequently eight years
younger than Col Ciliey.
Somebody, who professes Ia know,
has sAid the follow Ing about various
public men: President Lincoln did
not use psOfAne language. Andrew
johnson could swear and did swear
roundly and fiu~ntly. 80 did Stanton
and Mr.. seward. so, also. Mr.. Fs~.
sender. Henry Wilson, when his
feelings were wrought up, M they
were when COlfax WAS nominated for
Vice President ut Chicago. would
swear y little oath as though he were
ashamed Of Il. General Grant didn't
swear, neither did General Garfield.
Mr. Randall does occasionally.
Judge Kelley has been known Ia for
get his early religious training. At
tOrney General Brewster can swear
fluently In three different languages
Ell Perkins says that Don Cameron
was never known Ia utter u prOfanc
word, but then Eli Perkins was nevsr
known To tell u word Of truth. Oliver
=. Morton WAS determined In his pro-.
family nj times. Mr. Hayes swore
only In his mind. and then only In the
absence Of his wife. General Arthur
IL too much III n gentleman Ia swear.
David Livingston WAS u Scotchn,ai,
born In Lxnarkshirr Ia 1917, and when
. boy worked In n cotton factory. In
lSlO he landed In Port Natal. Africa.
~ y medical missionary Ut the London
Missionary Society, aud became An as-
sociAte Of the Rev. Robert MOilat.
whose daughter ne afterwaid mar
ried. For sixteen years he lalOred
earnestly In the mission work, and
during that time discovered Lake
Ngxiiii (lsiS) aud crossed the c,nti.
nent from the. Zxmbesia To l.oansio.
journey which occupied eighteen
months. While in England, In 1857,
Livingston published his "M Missionary
Travels and Researches In South Al.
rica." Returning Ia Africa he de-
voted himself Ia exploration, and In
1856 resolved to find the source of the
Nile. During the remainder Of his
life he was often not heard from for
months, and II was during one Of
these prOtracted absences that MIR.
Stanley began his travels to search
for him, and found him la great des-
titution at Ujiji. DIR. Livingston
died while exploring the river system
Of the Chambeze in the belief that
these were the head waters Of the
Nile, having reached Ulala, beyond
Lake Beinba. In 1873. In 1874 his
bOdy was inferred In Westminster
Abbey.
Having noticed In Our Curiosity
Shop what Is said In regard 10 the
surname Of the Queen of England, I |
send you the following extract from
the WhifekdH RevicW on this subject :
AT dinner the ether night the con.
versatiOn lapsed, ~ Il sometimes will
lapse with the best, into questions
hardly distingnishable from cOnun-
drums. a celebrated historian was
present, and ] put n question To him
which ] know has puzzled n great
many people ut different times
What Ii the surname Of the royal
family" Guelph Of course That
is the usual answer and IL WAS the his.
torian's. | ventured to suggest that
although the royal family are Guelphs
by descent. her Majesiy's marriage
with Prince Albert Of Saxe-Cobourg
must have the effect which the nIs--
riage Of lady has In all other cases.
anu thH& Tie surname VI the present
house must he the Prince Consort's.
but what Ii the surname Of the Prince |
family? Simple. tut stag
gering. No one knew. All guessed,
and all were wrong. ! happened to |
have looked up the subject u few
mouths ago, sO knew that the name |
was Victim or course no one had |
heard IL before. Every one smiled nj |
the horrible idea Of the Guelphs being |
reduced to Victims! The point was |
referred to Theodore Martin. You
are quite right said the graceful bi-
Ographer Of the Prince Consort. Wet.
tin Is the family name Of the house Of
SaxOny, to whom the dominion Of
SaxOny in the year l42O The king of
SaxOny and the minor princes Of the
house are, therefore, all Victims or,
GerniaIl. Wettiner.'"