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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-11-29

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Notice to Taxpayers.
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CHlIF CITES o. ghANCE AND ave.

The population Of each Of the prin-
eipai cities Of France aud England Ia
1881 Il given IN the 'iStafesman's Year
Roofft AZ In the table below
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-11-29

JOINS STRATHERN,a rich Australian
met his betr0thed. an English lady on
the transfer platform ct Council Bluffs
the other by appointment. Eaeh had
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meet the Othef They had not met be-
fore Ga ten years
There o. no lead pencill, boldly ex-
claims writer On the ScieRiifc Amer
Sc0a,- and there has been none for
ity years past" The name Of lead
pencil came from the Old notion that
the products Of the Cumberland mines
England, were lead, insiead q being
plumbagO or graphite, carbonate Of
iron, capsule 81 leaving e iead-colpred
marx.
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HARPER's PERIODICALS.

Postage free to all subscribers ia the
United States or Canada.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12

ter being unknown. he Is invited to
pray. the chances are sixteen TO three
that he asks that the congregation may
be 50 guided by divine power as to use
the medicine he sells and thereby
achieve good health. which will keep
them from wanting 10 swear And the
chances are sixteen to one that the dea-
cons will make this commingliug of re-
ligion and business an excuse for taking
the man of enterprise out and jumping
ON him.
Arkansas can now boast of one of
the finest insane aSylums in the country.
This State is entitled 10 an insane asy-
lum. for insanity here develops luNur-
iantlv. The other day gentleman APP
preached the superintendent of the
asylum and said; doctor | wrote TO
YOU some time ago, stating that want
ed place in the asylum for my crazy
son You needn't reserve the place,
however. lis your son improying2'
asked the superintendent. "No, he's
getting worse" Then why don't YOU
send him To the asylum Because |
have Just bought newspaper and |
want him to edit it,
The Last Dodge Out, A man recent
" in Glasgow laid a wager that he
would WOO, win, and marry a young
lady who. with his companions, he had
last seen arrive at the hotel where he
was living He introduced himself to
the damsel, she smiled upon his suit, =
minister was called in, and they were
married within an hour The wager.
of no inconsidersble amount, was hand
ed over to the Bridegroom. who left with
his bride the following day. 1t was af-
terward discovered that the couple had
LONG been man and wife, and that they
had been travelling about playing the
same trick at various hotels
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12
An ACTORS Houss 1000 Feet Up,

j. X. Emmett, when questioned about
his new house, said: II have travelled
all over the world, may say, and have
always had one object in view-to build
a house | could live in when | became
old. 1t is true | have a castle on the
Hudson, about ten miles above Albany.
1t is 900 feet above the river, and there
is no other house in the world like it, l
have had it built after my own ideas
and have adorned it with curiosities col
lected at Rome. Naples, Venice Hong
Kong, Yeddo. and, in fact, every part Of
the world. | have sixteen acres of land
that once formed part of the Van Rens-
saeler estate. and four acres of water
forming a lake on which | propose to
row my gondola and another curious
Chinese boat have, a junk believe it
is called. | always did like sailing in a
gondola. But about the castle. Well,
when You first see it you may not rate
it very highly. But wait till YOU get
inside. There are no halls in the castle
nor one corner. At every turn YOU meet
alcoves and recesses, but no corners
and no halls, The rooms are hung with
curiosities. You cannot imagine what
the house is like and you might not be-
lieve me if | told You what it cost
That's a secret. | will describe my
room to you. When | awake in the
morning look up and see three ceilings
two are circular domes and one is tri-
angular. My bed is ON one floor and
my boots are on another Rocks from
the Colosseum and wood from the Via
Sacra are seen next to helmets which
would delight the heart of Sir Walter
Scott, and antiquities which would give
an antiquarian enough pleasure for
life. -
aHere the reporter asked for q more
detailed description of the two floors
and the three ceilings in one room.
well, he replied, there are steps
connecting the floors in the corner
no, not Heavens! there is
not u corner in the house but in the
recess. really can't describe the cell
ings, but | assure you they exist The
other day my friend John Mccullough
and were there and John took bath.
Here's the way you battle: You 90 into
one room on the first floor, temperature
80 degrees; 20 to the second floor, the
same room, temperature l25 degrees;
third floor, temperature 10 degrees.
We have pipes coming from the middle
Of the roo.n and so get three different
temperatures in one room When
John got through he said he had never
before had such bath. The walks and
gardens, the stables and everything are
as unique and original as The house.
Now, when you ask me when / am go
ing to 30 permanently and be really
Fritz in Albany or Fritz at home, you
ask me too much Probably not fol
some time to come. but when | do 90 |
am sure of going to a comfortable
home
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12
Too Much Dreaming.

A New Yorker who spent several
weeks in the Black Hills country last
fall met with some rare chances as soon
rs he left Denver The first party took
him aside and began
'Say, stranger, are you after mineP'
"Well, perhaps. p"
DO you want the biggest spec. in the
West?"
Il might take it.
"Then YOU lay low A sick man over
here has dreamed three times running
of finding the richest silver mine in the
world. and I'll get all the directions as
to how to find it for $500 cash down"
The offer was not accepted. and
within a few hours a second party had
"fnd' on hand that his brother had
dreamed out The third man wanted
to sell his fathers dream for $500, and
the fourth had a dream Of his own to
sell for spot cash. When the fifth one
began negotiations the New Yorker cut
him short with:
Say, don't do it; you are the fifth
man who has tried the dream business
on me this week. Don't YOU do any
thing but dream out here?"
"Wel, there's a good deal of dream
inc around this locality" placidly an
gwered the man-''in fact. too much Of
it. If some of the boys don't quit the
business reckon I'll nave to 20 back to
sailing up mines and selling out to Chi
namen.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12
Webster A. the Bar,

Just as Mr.. Webster was about to helr
himself the bartender, happening To look
up, started as ii he had secnq spirit ano
cried;
Stop with great vehemence.
He then took the decanter from
WebSter's hand replaced it ON the shell
from whence it came and disappeared
beneath the counter, Rising from thost
depths, ho bore to the surface an old.
fashioned black bottle, which he Suhsti.
tuted for the decanter MIR Quincy goc,
on TO tell us that Webster poured .
small Cpl quantity into glass. drank il
of with great relish and threw down
half a dollar inpayment. The barkeepei
began 10 tumble in drawer of silver rs
ii selecting some smaller pieces foi
change; whereupon Webster waved hi,
hand with portentous dignity, and ii
rich and authoritative tones pronounced
these words
My good friend, let me offer YOU &
piece of advice Whenever You give
that good brandy from under The
counter never take the trouble TO make
change
AS the travellers turned 10 go out, lhe
dealer in liquors placed one hand npor
the bar, threw himself over it, ant
caught Mr., Quincy 10y the arm.
Tell me who that man isI' he cried
with genuine emotion.
He is Daniel Webster, was the re.
ply.
The man paused as II TO find word'
adequate TO convey the impression made
upon him, and then exclaimed in q
feryent half whisper;
"By Heavens. sir. that man should be
President of the United States!'
Whether il was the iire-watcr in which
we infer from the use of the plura
GLASSES that both travellers indulged
or the dcep-chested voice and malesti,
gesture with which Webster could man
age TO give weight TO platitudes, or the
lavish donation of whole half dollar
Mr.. Quincy was evidently as profoundly
impressed as the barkeeper.
at illustrates, is his sage comment
1.-THE commanding magnetism Of Web
ster No man of mark ever satisfied th'
imagination SO completely"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12

litt9e boyWillie lifted two dollar green.
back out of his vest pocket and vanish
ed with it. and | would bet anything
that if my stranger were to call on that
little boy tomorrow he would make 3
false return of his income.
do You, said |, ''do YOU always
work up the deductions after this fash
ion in your own case, sir?''
"Wen, | should say so, If it weren't
for those eleven saving clauses under
the head of Deductions | should be
beggared every year to support this
hateful and wicked, this eXtortionate
and tyranncal government
This gentleman stands away up
among the very best of the solid men of
the city the men of moral weight, OF
commercial integrity, of uuimpeachable
social spotlessness, and SO ! bowed to
his example. went down to the reve-
nue. office, and under the accusing eve
of my old visitor | stood mp and swore
to lie after lie, fraud after fraud vii
liany after villiany, till my immortal
soul was coated inches and inches thick
with perjury, and my self-respect was
gone forever and ever
But what of it? II is nothing more
than thousands of the highest and rich
est and proudest and most respected
honored and courted men in America
do every year And so don't care. l
am not ashamed. l shall simply, fol
the present, talk little and wear fire
proof gloves, least fall into certain
habits irrevocar4y.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12
How Bismarck Saved a Soldier.

A good Bismarck anccdoto, showing
the prince to have been good conlradt
from his youth up, is the following: "lu
1888 he entered the Potsdam battalion
If 'Garde Jaegcrs' as one-ycar vol.
unteer. and six months later, at his re
quest he was transferred 10 the 'secono
Jaegers' at Greifswald, in order to be
able to profit by the lectures in the agri'
cultural school of Eldena One of his
comrades in the battalion was young
man, who ut the present day still counts
among the great landed proprietors o.
the province OF Pomerania He theL
stood in the second rank Immediately
behind Bismarck. In spite of stringent
orders To the contrary, the Jaegers per
sisted in frequently firing shot at tn,
numerous storks on the meadows nem
Griefswald white on march, drilling, OF
exercising. One day on the march home
to the barracks Bismarcks hindman
brought down bird with bullet Tho
officers. although marching a good way
ahead, heard the report, saw the stork
fall down, ordered the battalion to halt
and forthwith began TO examine the
EHilNs EVIL lHihA was tiN ~ 7liNtA'A w
in the first rank The culprlt in the
second rank began to tremble all the
more for his safety. inasmuch as his
promotion TO lieutcnantcy was at stake
in case he should be found out This
Bismarck realized, and while bis friena
was on hepoint of voluntarily denounc
inc himself in order 20 clear the rest o.
the men from an unjust suspicion. he
whispered to him Look sharp, take
your gun in the left arm, I'll throw yoG
mine No sooner said than done; So
quickly. in fact, that the inspecting of
licer did not notice il, and the case of the
killed stork remained IN unexplained
mystery. Over n mug OF beer that nigh
Private Bismarck declined TO receive tn,
thanks of his comrade for service
(which was not worth talking about;
TO this day the two are pleasant neigh
bors and sworn friends. ~ Parts-AHler
tcan ReqisteF.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12
A JOKE on A STRANGER.
The Trick Played by the Senate Pages Oh
Senator Dawes Friend.

The pages of the Senate and House,
SAYS the Philadelphia Record. are hand
somer and brighter than those Of the
Congressional Recou They are, like
all bright BOYS, fond OF q joke, cspe-
cially practical joke Senator Dawes
brought ON the floor the other day a
very digniiied old gentleman of porily
dcmeanor, gray hair and a pleasant
face They sat down together on one
Of the red leather sJfas near the wall.
After they had talked awhile Dawes le-
turned 10 his seat TO finish a letter, lcav-
ing his stately friend all alone on the
sofa. One Of the brightest Of the pages,
4 smart little Alabama boy, hearing the
distinguished looking old gentleman :
name, rot sheet of official paper and
wrote out neat note addressed 10 the
Massachusetts, Senator'S friends, in
which he remarked that one Of the
Senate rules required al visitors to the
floor to make three profound bows to
the presiding officer out Of respect u
the body. He signed a fictitious name,
sealed the note in an official envelope
marked United States Senate, and
uuTI4lDg up 10 inc Huc-iOOhluB Vih S'h-
tlemau on the red sofa, handed it 20
him rs though it had been sent by old
David Davis himself Then he and the
other pages who we're in the secret got
Off in a corner and awaited results.
The old gentleman put his gold eye
glasses to his nose and slowly and sol
enaly read the little note through. lie
seemed puzzled. and for a moment hes
itated. Then he solemnly and slowly
arose, and with great dignity made
three low bows toward the dais where
the Vice President sits Old Isaac Bas
sctt, the door-keeper Of the Senate and
grand custodian Of the sole surviving
Senatorial snuf-box, as well as one OF
the few men in the United States who
know how every variety Of princes,
potentates, principalites, and powers
should be treated, was simply horrlfled
when he learned the cause Of the pages
elee. His long white hair threatened
10 stand erect, - he fastened around TO
apologize to the distinguished visitor
The latter was mortified when he real
lied how completely he bad been taken
in, but his good nature prompted him
to beg Bassett not to be hard on the
bright little page.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12
Poker in Washington.

"SenatOr Tom Bowen of Colorado,
is the best poker-player we have in
town. Why, the second night he was
here Plumb of Kansas and Jones of Ne
vada sat down with him toa little game,
and am told that he scooped the party
TO the extent Of two or three thousand
in half an hour But Bowen has lost
more than he has won during the last
few years.
Who are the poker-players in Con
gressPn
There are very few who have seats
in the Senate. Old Lapham plays oc-
casoually, aud 50 do Hale and Vest
but as to the others it would disgrace
the game TO say they played at all.
These are not the times we used to have
when Grant was President"
as Arthur much of playerp'
"Well, yes; and guess he is about
as sharp as any Of them. He will sit
up all night over a game Of poker,
when nothing else in the world win
hold his attention Secretary Chandler
is sharp one, too; and understand
that he and Congressman Dick Crow
ley are about the most expert Of that
set
"What set?"
"Why the White House set. They
tell me that they play it blind in de-
ference to Arthurs wishes; ard | un-
derstand this has been the most popular
way Of running the game here this sea-
son. In the draw game there is a
little chance for skill, but blind poker,
in which you don't draw at all, is tbs
most outrageous form Of gambling. But
Of course, you know all about it, F"
who are the best pokerplayers in
the House,
"Joe Blackburn can deal the paste
boards with as much grace and celebrity
AS any man | know Of, and viii back
his hand to almost any limit. Young
Walker, Of Pennsylvania, Is what IS
commonly known as a daisy cutter,
and Springer Of Illinois swears by the
lack Of clubs. The Western men are.
by far the best card-players. think
Tom Young, Of Cincinnati, and ex-Gov-
error Of Ohio, is about as smart one as
ever set foot in Washington, ard the
man who can bluff him out Of hand
has to get up pretty early in the morn
ing. But tho poker-playing here Just
now is nothing 20 what it was at Alba
nv when Boss Tw@d ruled the deck
~ BrOokign E0gfe.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12

Dumpsey went hunting the other day
and sook Johnny with him. They saw
rabbit, and Dumpsey drew up and
shot The cap exploded, and there vas
along splutter; finally, just as Dumpsey
took the gun down, the charge went off
When they got home the folks asked
johnny what luck they had had. ooh, "
said johnny, papa saw rabbit but his
gun stammered so lie couldn't bit it, =
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12

1T may be news to you since you
have invited me to smile, said Mr..
..Bob" Burdette. the humorist, to a
Pittsburg Post reporter the other day,
..that | have become total abstainer.
| reduced the matter to figures and
found out that to each man is allotted
one barrel of whisky. and by close cal
culation discovered that had drank a
barrel and half: in other words, ! had
drank nv own and half Of some other
mans barrel ! am too honest to rob
ANYBODY. especially Of the whisky we
ret nowadays. and therefore have quit
drinking whisky entirely.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12
Ths Poor Success Of the silent Barber.

4 ~ 4 WI ~NNNN'e Va VIZ 'SAAN'+e 01ss AfA'
"Silence is not golden in a barber
shop" remarked Jim Bass, the barber
and colored philosopher Of Twenty-sec-
ond street and Clark avenue. ''Men
like to be talked towhen they're getting
shaved or having their hair cut, fused
to have n barber named jackson, the
quietest fellow you ever saw. He
wouldn't open his mouth to speak UNI
less spoken to first, Why, my custom
ers, after he'd got through with en-
would come over to me and ask if that
barber was mad or felt bad about any
thing They didn't like it at all: You
see most Of en- had been used to beipg
shaved by me, and if they said one
word to me I'd say seven. Yes, sir,
there's nothing like knowing how to
talk. OF course you've got to have a
little discretion about you and know just
when to buz q man. / can always tell
by the first thing man says after he
gets into my chair whether he'll stand
talking to or not. If he answers me
pleasantly ! lay nyself out and cover
the subjects Of public interest; but If be
simply grunts. | shut my mouth and let
him alone. - 81. L0uis Post Disputch.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12

1t is easy enough to figure that in
so. 600 years more the world won't hold
It's population, but are not the doctors
going to Keep right on reducing the
population Detroit Free Press.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12

The 81. Gothard Railway has stinu-
lated many lines Of Italian export
trade. but none Of them more surpris-
ingly than the egg trade. Last year
Italy exported eggs to the value Of
81. 900. 600, whereas few years ago
that trade did not exist at all
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-05-05
LOCO 90
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

The recent legislature passed the following
act regarding the submission Of constitutional
amendments.
"Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
the State of Missouri, follows Section /.
Amend section one "a Of an act entitled 'sAn
act to provide for the manner ofsubmissiOn Of
constitutional amendments to vote of the
people," appro, ed March l4th, 1881, by add
ing thereto the following: "Ald two or
more copies of such amendments, printed in
great primer poster type, shall be po-;ed at
each voting place for the Information of
voters; such copies shall be furnished by the
secretary of stat: to the county clerks Of each
county, who shall have the same duly posted
at each voting place in his county on the
morning Of the election day on which said
| amendments are to be voted on" SO that said
| section, when amended, shall read as f ollws !:
Section !. All amendments proposed TO the
constitution OF the state of Missouri by the
general assembly shall be published with the
| laws of the session at which they are propos-
F, ed, and so i'll some newspaper, if such there
| be, in each county in the state for four con-
| sccutiTe weeks neat preceding the general
| election then next ensuing, and two or more
| copies OF such amendments. printed in great
primer poster type, shall be posted at each
| voting place for the Information Of voters
such copies shall be furnished by the secre
| tary OF state 10 the county clerks OF each
comfy, who shall have the same duly posted
at each voting place i'll their county on the
morning OF the election day on which said
amendments are to be voted on. Sec. 2
Amend section (2) two by inserting after the
word qualification, in the third line Of said
section, the following words: "And the cost!
Of publishing the copies oi amendments here
inbef0re provided tor,' SO that said section
whom aIsendeh shall rand follows: Sec
tion2. The secretary of state shall designate
i'll wha: newspaper in each county said pro
posed amendments shall be published and th'
claim due the publisher OF such newspape
for such publication and the costs Of publish
ing the copies Of the amendments herein
before proyiIed for, shall be certified by th
secretary Of state to the state auditor. VIII
shall draw his warrant OH the staie treasure
therefor, payable out of any money In In
treasury no; otherwise appropriated. Ap
proved March 10. 1888" -'