The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-12-20
PERSONS AND THINGS.

PERSONS AND THINGS.
Baker Pasha, the man who was dis
missed frUm the English army Tor in
shifting q woman on the ears, and who
nfterward took service with the khe
dive. ls TO be plaeed IN command TO
operate against the false prophet. He
q regarded a. splendid officer.
The Washington monument has
been completed 10 q height 81 4lO feet.
Work on it has been discontinued till
epring. when the remaining $50 feet OF
the monument viii be added, CON-
pleling the highest structure OF the
world. St.sPeteFs az Rome q As feet
and the Cologne Cathedral 81 feet.
The Post OGee Department Il going
20 Improve the postal notes which
have not proved - popular a. expect
ID. Heavier paper Of a BLUSH tint IL
10 be used. the design IL 20 be changed
and the note made narrower. The
notes are convenient tut will never
be 90 acceptable as the old fractional
currency.
The Supreme Court Of The United
States protects jefferson Davis In the
possession Of the property which was
CONVEYED to him by Mrs. Dorsey as q
legacy. II h somewhat Of q colnei-
denes that Davis should be compelled
70 appeal 70 the judiciary Of the gov
eminent he tried to destroy 70 secure
10 him the money that was given to
support his declining years
General Sherman writes TO John
Ewiuton. Of New York, that he did
not give utterance 10 an expression
credited 10 him. to the effect that an
armed eoufict was imminent between
IsboF aud capital and that the better
oiaeees were tired OF and meant ~
atom the howiinEs Of the lover strata =.
The General says the remarks quoteu
are inventions Of the "smart boys OF
the press:ithat there was never less
reason 20 fear danger, Internal or eN-
ternai. and that OF the questions 81
feeling labor and capital ne knows
nothing.
Helen, according to tradition was
the daughter Of Zeus and Leila the
wife OfSTyndareus, King OF sparta,
and was SO extremely beautllul lhAi
81 the age Of 10 abe was stolen by two
mighty Greeks. from whom her 0roth-
en-, Castor aud POllux, rescued her.
Later TyndaFeus bound her suitors Ia
the number Of about thirty 10 save
her, In case Of another abduction. she
became tie wife Of Menelaus, King Of
I,acedRmOn, but, during bis absence
from home, Paris, a prince from Troy
IN Asia Minor, induced her 70 elope
with him. TheFeupOn Menelaus
called upon the thirty to fulfill their
oath. and with q large army they
sailed against Troy, laid siege TO IL,
end were victorious after ten wears.
There are conflicting stories OF her
fate. ~
The Chicago sHerald publishes q
very readable sketch OF the lie OF
Gen. JOHN A. LOGAN. Among the
incidents OF bis life Is mentioned the
following:
While living wounded AZ Fort Don
nelson his devoted wife literally
forced her way to his bedside and
nurspd him through Il all. On the
cot tadtoinins his, their toes almost
fouchfnR. lax Colonel William X.
Morrison. present congressman. who
while Ieasliug the FOrty-ninth Illinois
"a the same battle got an ugly wound
Mra Logan divided her attention be-
tween the two men, and her nursing
soon put Them both in the saddle. To
this dav Morrison sud Logan are bos-
ON friends, and both enthusiastic ad-
mIFers Of the lady who forced her way
through q baTFicade Of red tape Ia
their cots at Fl. DOnelsOn.
The remarkable red sunsets were
seen in England as early as the 9TH or
10th OF last month, aud they were
seen In San Francisco Ne early as the
10th. Ocean vOyagers now arriving
report the same unparalleled phe-
noniena both al sunset and sunrise all
the way over. Whatever the cause OF
the singuiaF appearance Il Is evidently
widespread. In the course OF dts
cussion at the meeting Of the Ameri-
can Astronomical society, Packard In
elltuta. Brooklyn, last Monday night,
the idea was given out That the green
SUM- reported from South America,
while ago, was due to the same cause
whatever that may be. And. az TO
that. there was q theory that there
might be a cloud Of meteOrle dust out
eide our atmosphere and through
which We are passing. At all events,
sDd whatever the cause, the sight h.
one o. the most remarkable and finest
ever afforded, and Il Il s0Ine thing To
Be long remembered.
Al one time aTtiehOkes were sup
posed to be very wateFy and Injurious
food for swine, but q careful analysis
has proved that they are not less nu-
tritlous than potatoes. 10 the West
eFn States they grow Wild In great
quantities, and the roots are greedily
devOured BY the hogs. TIE RTa1il va
fisty should be extensively cultivated
"A Z weIl-drained soil, as it Is hardy
and easily raised. The American En-
cvelOpedia Of Agriculture gives the
following instructions for eultivatlng
them HFurr0w the GROUND four feet
abart and plant the tubers an inch be-
low the surface aud about ten inches
apart. covering about two inches.
Keen free from weeds with the ordi-
nary tWo-h0Fse-cultivatnT. Dig In the
fall and leave the tubens to be ruOted
cut by the hogs In autumn, winter and
spring. They bear great heat and
dfanEht. and are excellent food for
horses, cows and sheep iu winter if
used IN connection with food aud salt.
The birth o. the Democratic party.
or "Jaeksonian Democracy" a. Il
used to be called. dates from the dis
FnDfiou Of the old DeIuocrutie Hepub-
lean rsrty, consequent upon the cleo
ton OF John Quincy Adams as Presi-
dent. Soon after the Inauguration Of
Adams IN 1875. the Adams and Clay
factions % the Democratic Republican
party separated from t. The Jackson
and Calhoun factions rallied arnund
these men, and the Presidential cleo
ton contest Of ls28 was fought on al
most purely personal issues. Jackson
vas elected President over Adams by
us electoral votes 90 So, although the
popular vote stood 64T 81 for Jackson
and sos, U91 for Adams. At the same
time Calhoun was elected Vice Presi-
dent BY IN electoral votes 90 s. for
Richard Rush, Of Pennsylvania. Be
fore the next Presidential canvass.
Jackson and Calhoun bad become
iulinical 20 each other the jackson
men, carried the day, and. through
she frsf National Democratic Canven-
tio1-beld IN Baltimore in May .18S2-
nominated Jackson for reelection.
and Van Buren, in place Of Calhoun
for Wise President Dating ffom
gaeke0uia FIRST term, she Democrats
held unbroken cOntrnl % The Execil-
tive ONCE until the cad % Nan niir-
ems term. 90 ell twelve yearR, whiCl.
a the longest period 81 consecutive
Democratic ndnllnislratiou four Fed.
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