The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1884-09-11
PERsONs AND THINGS.

Joseph Cook Is leeturing in Mon
treal.
jay Gould Is said 10 be fond Of VA
teFmelOns, but he likes Watered stocks
better.
The manager Of the principal hall
ct Victoria, British Columbia, refused
to let RObt. @. IngersOll lecture In It.
ID. l.. AOOdy, the evangelist, will
preach in Boston this fall under the
auspices Of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association.
In London il is proposed 20 provide
each policeman on duty at night with
big dog. It is g good idea The
dogs will awaken the men.
Nine. Patti has her castle Of
Craig-y-NOs In Wales lighted by
electricity. The lamps are ali covered
with tinted Opalescent ruby and other
shades.
1t Is said that the blind rarely
smoke. Soldiers and sailors who lose
their sight in action continue smok-
ing for short time, but eventually
give Il up.
Sergeant Bralnard, Of the Greeley
Arctic Expedition, does not believe
In the theory Of an open polar sea, but
he Is anxious 20 60 north again and
find out n there is such q thing.
The latest In dress for gentlemen Is
the Father Hubbard" Simply drop
the suspenders and wear the shirt
loose over the top Of your pants, in
stead Of tueking Il In, and you have
the Father Hubbard"
To be sure to reach the pope, q let
ter, it is said, must be enclosed in
three envelopes, all three sealed, and
each one bearing this inscription
To His Holiness, Pope Leo XIII.
Prefect Of the Congregation OF the
Holy Ofiiee at the Vatican.
(PeTsOnal) Rome.
The prelate In charge opens the
first envelope, then the see,,nd, but Ht
the third he Is obliged under penalty
Of exeOiumuhicatiOa. not to open Il
and 10 hand Il 20 the holy father.
Cassius N. Clay Of Kentucky, who
has recently deserted the Democracy,
and Is delivering rOusing speeches Tor
Blaine in the West, earnestly declares:
"The solid South wants remunera
tion for the war. 1 did not believe it
until Il was forced upon me by expert
ienee. My belief Is if the 10 called
Democratic party get possession Of
the government they will never stop
until they get pay for all the slaves
liberated by the war. Why do say
SO? Because have heard avOwals
from them 10 this effect time. and
again" Mr.. Clay ought 70 know
what be Is talking about.
Democratic and free trade orators
are in the habit Of telling the people
that tariff duties are Just that much
added 10 what are fair and legitimate
prices for commodities that we buy.
How can they explain the actual facts
which show the statement 70 be un-
true? For instance: The tariff du-
ty on steel rails Is twenty eight dollars
ton, yet that Is precisely the sum at
which steel rails are now selling at
the mills. They were quoted last
week at less than that. Tariff duty
on cotton goods is to cents q yard
yet cotton goods are selling Rs low as
3 cents at the mills.-Topekd Chpitdi.
Ohicers Of the United States army
on the active list: One lieutenant
general, three major generals, twenty
three aides-de-eamp, one military sec
retary, siXty-siX cOlOnels, aighty-five
lieutenant colonies, 24I majors, 3OI
captains (mounted), 30l captains mot
mOuntedl, thirty-fOuT chaplalns, four
teen stOrekeepers, forty adjutants,
forty regimental quArteFmRsters, ad-
jutant and quaFtermaster Of engineer
battalion, 2lS first lieutenants( mount
ed $50 first lieutenAnts mot mOunted)
l45 second lieuteuauts tmOunted), 800
second lieutenants tnOt mOunted), $50
acting eOmmissRries Of substance.
The government Is about 20 sell Its
property at Harper's Ferry, made "a
nous By the raid Of old John Brown.
1t Is ninety years since the govern
ment purchased this valuable water
power, and with Il 640 acres OF land,
from the State Of Virginia, to be used
for the manufacture Of arms. In
1874, during the administration Of
Gen. Washington, HarDer's Ferry
was chosen as the site Of a national
armOry it Is said that this selection |
was made by the father OF bis eOun-
try, he having visited the place In |
person. This Is q tradition among
the people, and Is so characteristic OF
the man that people find little diff
Guilty In believing &c. The water
power Is Immense, some suppOsing Il |
70 be the finest In the world. In |
1874 congress applied to the general /
assembly Of Virginia for permission to |
buy this property, aud OF course per-
mission was granted, but not to ex-
eeed $40 acres. One hundred and /
twenty acres were purchased from the /
heir OF Harper. This tract was tFi- |
angular, the two rivers forming two |
Of It's sides.
A subsequent purchase was made
Of $40 acres from q Mr.. Rutherford,
where the village Of BOliYer now
stands. The government, desiring 10 |
secure the valuable timber Of London /
Heights, leased In perpetulty ] ,595
acres, from Lord Fairfax, immediate 1
ly adjoining HaTper's Ferry.
Thus prepared, the government at /
once set to work the erection Of shops
and In l796 Mr.. Pernlne, an English /
Moravian, was appointed to supeFin-
tend the work. In lT99 during the /
Of John Adams, 10 an
tieipatiOn Of war with France, the 1
organized q considerable .
army for defense. A portion Of the /
forces was sent under Gen. Piekney 1
into camp ct this place, and the ridge /
on which they were stationed has /
ever since been known as Camp Hin. |