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The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-27
BURDETTE ON THE PRAIRIES.
He Wants to Go, But win Wait Until Il!
Campaign is Over.

He Wants to Go, But win Wait UndI tho
Campaign is Over.
was lust thinking | would like to be
sent out West Just about now on some
commission for an able and enterpTising
journal, at a large salary, railroad passes,
nothing to do and two or three Of the boys
to help me do it. just feel a little bit prai-
RE hungry. a Western man never loses
his love for the prairies. They call them
''prurries" in Indiana, "peraries" in Hi
nois, "prairs" in Nebraska, 'perars" in
Ke ntucky and ''pararies" in Boston, but
whatev yer you call them they are all the
same. | would like to hear the wind
blowing across the great plains in Kan
sas, over the beautiful treeless bluffs
at Manhattan, or along the great
reaches at Larned. You know the
wind never blows anywhere else as it
does across the prairies. And there it
blows all the time, 365 days a year. 1t
roars in your ears now and then like the
rush of many waters; it signs and sings
and whispers through the tall, swaying
grasses; its song is never mOnOtonOus; it
varies all day long; and as it sings and
whistles it breathes into your soul sense
Of perfect freedom, such as you can eXpe
rience nowhere else. A mountain is
prison compared with the prairie. The
mountain threatens you; it is not loving
and tender; it frOwns upon you with great
gray rocks; it never smiles; it scOWls with
dark ravines and treacherous precipices; it
terrifies you with binding fogs and drift
ing mists; it swathes its stony, gorgon
head in black clouds and speaks to
you in muttering syllables Of thunder
You cannot breathe in the narrow passes,
you cannot run on the steep, rough wind
inc paths, you bend your head back until
your neck aches, TO see a little strip of
blue sky. But the prairie-boundless
immense. a billowy sea Of emerald,
dotted with the rank, bright-colored flow
ers that play with the singing, Whistling,
whispering winds; the prairie that seems
bounded only by the bending sky and
the stars; the resin weed gives you the
compass and the compass gives YOU the
path; go where you will and as you
please, at a foot pace or a head
long gallop, free as the free winds
that make the prairie their only home.
There is no room for them anywhere else.
| don t suppose l will get the commission
| am limiting at, but | would like to go
out to the prairies and cool off for about
ten minutes. True, the walking is good,
but-yes, oh yes, l can walk. can walk.
| can aoalk. Oh, yes, can walk. don't
say | won't. But will say hate to.
want to see the prairies. Yes; but under
the peculiar circumstances attending this
campaign, l believe | will wait until the
prairies come to ArdmOre. That's the
way the mountain did with William II.
Mohamet.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-27
rAYrrrr UonNry soANpAL.
Did Blaine Sleep with Tom scaright

Did Blaine Sleep With Tom Searight?4s
NPittsbnrg Times.
X Col Starlight, who is running for pro
thonotary has opposition in his own party
headed by ex-SherifF Dean, whom Col.
Starlight is quietly alleged to have sold
out at the last shrievality convention.
The voting strength of this opposition
cannot be measured yet, but Colonel
Starlight evidently realizes that his case
is desperate In a public speech some
time ago ha openly declared, and with
unblushing bravado has taken occasion
to repeat it On several public occasions
since, that he (Searight) was at one time
an intimate friend of James G. Blaine's
and that they, (Searight and Blaine)
have 'slept together often. presume
there is no protection against such as
saults as this. A man who runs for
office, evenfor the highest puts his repu
tation at the mercy of every assas-
sin who has o knife to stab it
with. But every fair minded man who
knows Col. Starlight will say that this is
too much. Instead of iniuring Mr.. Blaine
in Fayette, when the truth is all known,
it will react to win him the votes of her
sympathetic people, without regard to
party. 1t is unfair. Why does Col.
Starlight stop with this unsatisfactory
statement like "Tumbling Tom, the
Road Agent of Two States" in the
ChSmney Corner, and yet without adding
ito be continued ?" Why Goes he stop
short Of, leaving it to be inferred that
this occurred night before last, or this
/ summer, or at least since Mr.. Blaine has
been in public life2 lit did, why was
| it kept q secret until now? For twenty
wears Mr.. Blaine has lived in the fierce
blaze of sunlight which illumines public
place. He was not impeached. That is
enoughr If the truth Of this matter were
all frankly told, as even Col. Searight
will perhaps himself confess it when
| the mid-sVmmer heat of the cam
| paign shall have been tempered
| by the frosts Of November
| dare say Mr.. Blaine was very young at
the time, and very sleepy. Perhaps there
was no other bed in the house. Ofcourse
some men would have slept on the floor;
but Mr.. Blaine was a mere boy. Besides
that, it used TO be the custom in the Mo
| nongohe}a Valley, as everybody knows,
| for children to wear a small red flannel
| bag, filled with assofoetida and sulphur,
suspended by string round the neck
as a sort of antidote and djsinfect-
ant, and Jimmy Blaine's mother
was probably as prudent as her neigh
bors. The statement of Col, Starlight
needs only to be read in the full light of
all the facts to lose its point. This last
shaft of malice from the culver of the
| Democratic National committee, (fo1 OF
course Col. Starlight was put up to it, }
will fall as hurtless as the Mulligan letters.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-27
BIG OPERATIONS OF THIEVES.

NEW YORK, Sept. 26-The New York
World to-day contains a statement to the
effect that the great dry goods firm of
Arnold, Constable & Co., of that city,
have discovered that they have been
robbed during the past several years Of
nearly two millions of dollars by Henry
G. Pedder their confidential clerk, and
Herbert Seymour, their cashier, and other
minor employees, and that Pedder's share
of the plumber was nearly $1,000, 900.
Both have turned over to the firm their
property, and have been set at liberty.
The little thieves have simply been dis
charged.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-27
sCHooLBOYs, BEWARE!
Cleveland No Better a Model in CompOs
ton Than in Morals.

Cleveland No Better a Model in Compost
ton Than in Morals.
The following letter was read at Dem
ocratic meeting at Columbus, Ohio, yes
terday
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Albany, n. Y,
Sept. %, 16S4-Ity Dear SIR: [ very
much regret that the pressure Of official
duties will prevent my joining you at
the meeting to be held in Columbus on
the 25th instant l hope the meeting
will be a complete success and that it will
be the means of increasing the enthusi-
asm already aroused for the cause Of good
government. l believe that the voters of
the country are fully alive to the neces-
sity of installing an administration of
public affairs which shall be truly their
own. not only because it is the result Of
their choice, but because its selected in
strumentalities are directly from the body
of the people and impressed with the peo-
ple's thoughts and sentiments. They are
tired, | think, of rule so long continued
that it has bred and fostered class stand
ing between them and their political &C.
ton and whose interests in affairs act
with partizan zeal and advancement Of
personal advantage. Let me remind the
people if they seek to make their puollc
servants feel their direct responsibility 10
them and careful Of their interests their
objects will not be accomplished by
blinded adherence to party which has
grown arrogant with long continued
power. Let me impress upon the people
that issue involved in the pending canvas
in the establishment of pure and honest
administration of their government.
Let me show them a way to this and
warn them against any cunningly de-
signed effort to lead them into other paths
of irrelevant discussion. With these con
siderations before them and with an earn
est presentation of our claims to the con-
fidence Of the people and of their respon-
sibility we need not fear the result OF their
intelligent action. Yours very truly,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
To ALLAN G. THURMAN.
Mr.. Pulprese, Of Merchandising,
spent q few DAYS In the city.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-27

LONDON, Sept. 26.-It is reported that
a well known Journalist, who is a CORE
spondent Of several newspapers in Amer
lea, has eloped with the young wife of an
English nobleman. The detectives have
tracked the fugitives to Brussels, but the
scent was lost in that city, and 1t is be-
lieved that they have taken passage to the
colonies. The lady is stated to be one Of
The most beautiful women in Europe, and
the elopement is considered very incom
prehensible by her relatives and friends.
The journalist is old enough to be the
father of the lady. The names OF the
parties have not yet been made public.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-27
Off to the Electrical Exhibition.

This morning about fifty or sixty
pupils of the boys and girls high schools
went to Philadelphia to see the inter
national electrical exhibition. There
were about thirty young ladies, accom-
panied by their teachers, who went by
the Philadelphia and Reading railroad,
leaving at 6:25 o'clock. The boys left at
I o'clock by the Pennsylvania railroad.
They will have a grand time and see an
exhibition worth seeing. They thus
combined pleasure with profit.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-27
CONSTITUTIONAL LAIRD.
He Walks Up and Takes His Extra SEES
sion Pay.

He Walks Up and Takes His Extra Ses-
2 sion Pay.
Yesterday the Treasury Department
was surprised-or startled-to receive
from Senator Laird of Westmoreland
better known as "Old Constitutional, J"
from his repeatedly quoting from that in
strument to support his Democratic posi-
tions-his Speakers warrant for his salary
during the extra session of the Legis]a
ture last year. Mr. Laird is conscientious
and where his warrant calls for 81, 91S, he
only takes 81 $50, turning into the Treas
ury $110 for the eleven days recess, $40
for seven days attendance at Supreme
Court, and $89 his mileage, which he re.
fused to take on the ground that he had
taken mileage once-making $26S in all.
1t is said that since the Democrats OF
Westmoreland sat down upon Laird and
refused to renominate him, he suddenly
discovered he had a claim on the Treas
ury. For the session Of 1880 he drew no
pay until his return to Harrisburg in 1888.
A draft has been sent him by Treasurer
Liysev for 81. $50
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-27
A Banana Stalk.

In the flower plot in Capitol Park, OPP
posite the Senate chamber, is large
stalk, about nine feet high, covered with
wide green leaves, which many have no
doubt mistaken for elephant ears. 1t
is a banana stalk that was transplanted
by Florist Loban this summer from the
hot, house. 1t was but few inches high
when placed in the ground. The stalk
would have blossomed in few weeks if
it had not been necessary to disturb it in
removing it to the more genial warmth OF
the hot hOuSe
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-27
Robbery at SteeIton.

Last night the large general store of A.
u Dunkel, at Steelton, was entered by
.h;aves. who succeeded in getting away
. .nlJ four rolls of carpet-two of Brussels
VIA VIII two of rag. Other articles in the
anu we were tumbled about, but nothing
s, 1oa rss missed. The building extends
S elo,, Front street clear back to the canal,
and it supposed the thieves gained en-
trance by water, rowing their ooat De-
meath the window facing on the canal.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-27
NATURAL GAS COMPANIES.
Argument Before Secretary Stenger This
Morning.

An argument was made before Secre-
tary Stenger this morning in the matter
of the application for charters made by
half dozen companies in Allegheny
county. The granting of the charters was
opposed by the Fuel gas company, of
Pittsburg, which claims monopoly in
the furnishing of natural gas. 1t was
represented by Senator James Gay Cor
don, of Philadelphia, and Lyman D. Gill
bert, Esq, of Harrisburg. The appli-
cants for the charters, the Messrs. West
inghouse, were represented by M. E.
Olmsted, Esq. Secretary Stenger took
the papers and reserved his decision.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-27
Petty Suits.

Kate Zeighenthaller was arrested and
taken before Alderman Jackson for
threatening to "knock the Irish head"
off Winfred Monaghan. The alderman
dismissed the prisoner with the long name
after making her pay the costs.
Mary Richardson was also sued by the
plaintiff in the above case for stealing two
candles which had been used at the
funeral of her husband. The alderman
dismissed the case.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-27

Senator Mylin and Chief Clerk Coch-
ran, of Lancaster, held an extra session
of the Senate to day.
Representative II. X. Boyer, of the
Seventh district, Philadelphia, was in the
city to-day. Mr.. Boyer has been re-
nominated by the Republicans and will
be reelected by large majority.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-27

Third Ward Meeting.

The Republicans of the Third ward will
meet at No. ) South Third street Second
floor 'front.' on Saturday evening, Sep
TENDER 9th, at s O'Clock. to organize a
Third ward Blaine and Logan club. A
full attendance is requested. By order
of the Ward Committed
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-27
Notes to Contributors.

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No communication will be published without
charge, If consisting of more than three pages oil
paper. -
All communications intended for publication
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week.
Correspondents will make their letters short,
pointed and newsy, as long letters crowd others
out. rontod
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The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-27
New Corporation.

A charter was spilled for at the State
Department this morning to the Morgan
& Headly optical manufacturing com.
pany, of Philadelphia, With capital of
1000.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-27

g. rhe ONCE Of THE JOURNAL PUBLISHING
COMPANY has been removed to the corner of
s outh street and Tanners avenue, where all
business will be transacted. Send In your Job
Printing aud subscriptions.
The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-09-27

Mr.. Pulpress, Of fredericksburg,
spent few days in the city.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-04-10
The Dude i'm Limbo.

A young would-be Englishman, with
eye glass, tight trou ers. wide-brim-
med hat. flowing side whiskers and an
law expression dri ted into the corridor
of the curt of General essions and
fl aeed airily around for few minutes
in a vain a tempt to find the Register
office. His dear tile legs had carried
h N near the northerly entrance of the
corr dor when the doc was thrown open
and several officers entered with num-
Der o. p isoneEs whom they had brought
from the lombs t. plead to the charge
against hem.
In some inexplicab1e manner the
young man got eutangled with them.
and did not dIseoVec the chara Ter of his
associates until he made q frantic efio t
to extri ate himself, when an officers
hand fell heavily upon his houldes and
he was hurled back into their midst
while q grdh voice said to him:
.'Come. now, none of that"
The darling creature tried to explain,
but he vas hustled upstairs and thrust
into the prisoners zen, the ;ran-barred
door of which was clanked TO and
locked
He then became really frightened,
and howled and carried on in such an
extraordinary manner that the officers
concluded to investigate his case The
roll OF p isoners was called and found
to be complete without the young man.
Not satisfied with this, Ward n Finn
was ;elegraphed to for the Number OF
prisoners he had sent down. His an
swer did not include the young man,
and so the door was opened and the
outlaw was ierked out ter
three hours Incarceration and healed
for the street. with the caution uttered
in an in u ed tone:
'.Yer'd better never try that there
little game on aga n, me bucko.-M 7.
journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-04-10

Industry is the philosophers Stone
that turns all metals into stone There
fore, make industry 3 part of the TIRE
side education. Teach it to your chill
dreR rs point of duty. and render i
familiar to them by practice. Caetetand
Leader.
Immense quantities of plates made
from the common gum tree ground uE
In Newbern. NC, are daily shipped
from Norfolk to points all over the
country.
California is said to be the only
State in which the distillation of salt
from sea water is carried on to any
great extent. The production haf risen
from Il. 600 bushels in 1860 to upward
of $50, 900 bushels in 1885,
In order to promote the cultiva-
ton of amber cane in Wayne County
N. Y, it is proposed to erect at Clyde .
large mill for crushing cane. It is
stated that the only obstacle ut present
to large increase in TIE cult walton OF
this crop Is convenient facilities for
crushing.
A fireproof ceiling has been in
vented Il is composed of tiles sup
ported from ioists by hangers, and
hanging facing tiles placed against
the sides of the ioists, and top tiles
placed between the upper joists. The
top tiles and the tons of the joists are
cove. ed by layer of cement, render
ing the ceiling secure against fire
~ r. TSmes.
The bri1Hancy in the eyes of cats Is
caused by a. carpet of gfittering fibers
called the topeum, which lies behind the
retina, and is powerful reflector In
perfect darkness no light is observed In
their eyes, a fact which has been estab-
ished by very careful experiments
Nevertheless very small amount OF
light is sufficient to produce the lumi
nous appearance.-Trog Times.
Lieutenant Dick, of the Russian
army. has discovered 3 new luminous
powder, which has three colors-green,
yellow, and violet, the last-named Civ
ing the most powerful light. Mixed with
water in q glass vessel, an ilium mating
liquid il produced which may prove very
useful In mining and military operations
The Illuminating power last eight
hou s. when fresh powder must be
added.
or JoSeFn FrdyeT, WHO mas DeeH
making extensive researches into the
nature OF snake poison. says in the Lon
don Lancet: .'1he result of my expe-
rience is, that, so far, no physiological
antidote to snake virus is known, and
that when the full effect on the respira-
tory centres is produced, remedies are Of
little, If any, avail, albeit, when the
poison has entered in sm alier quantities,
treatment may be of service on general
principles.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-04-10
An Indians Way to Cure Headache.

Every one who has been in British
Guiana has heard of the kenaimas,
human and spiritual powers OF evil.
who are the bane and terror OF the In
dian existence. To counteract the
maietic influence of the kenaimas, each
larger Indian village keeps its peaimaa
or medicine-man. One of Mr.. i'm
Thurp's most interesting adventures
was that in which he placed himself in
the hands of peaiman who undertook
to cure him of headache. and who, to
Judge from the authors description,
had in him the making of an admira-
bic Spiritualist professor or of a
thought-reader. Mr.. i'm Thurn sub
mitted fo- SIX long hours, in a hut OF
the Savannah, to the process of peal
ing" By ventrloquism were produced
the most terrible noises, and an ex-
tremely clever imitation Of the animals
of Guiana in whose bodies the
kenaimas who had bestowed the head
ache were supposed to Turk The patient
describes himself as being all tie while
in sort of mesmeric trance, feeling at
times the air driven over his face, s-as
if some big winged thing came from
afar toward the house, passed through
the roof, and then settled heavily on the
floor. and again. after the interval as
If the same winged thing rose and
passed away as it had come 1t was
interesting, even wonderful. but he was
cured. He rushed at last into the open
savannah on "a wild and pitch-dark
night; and .sbare-headed. bare-footed,
and coatless. with the lightning fash
ing now and then behind the distant
mountains. waited for the dawn The
peaiman insisted that a cure had been
effected. ami demanded payment and
as he produced in proof the kenainla,
caterpillar which had been extracted
from Mr. i'm Thurn's body, his fee, -
looking glass which had cost four
pence" could not be denied. ST.
James Gdzette.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-04-10
Borrowing Rasfcs.

AZ am alwaVs delighted to hear of q
new bany born TO nv friends or &C
quaintances." said = young down town
merchant to caller.
WHIP Have you any spite against
thems'r
None I'm the world: but we have q
little one OF our own, and, as some one
is always borrowing her. feel that
there IS one less family to be aecommo-
dated never go home and ind that
child IN the house; NV wife says
Aunt Sue or Aunt Hattie. or Miss
Somebody OR Mrs. Neutrality-suspicious.
sent for the baby, aud what could | tios
You know taey wouldn't like it If
refused, and they are 50 fond OF her. I
tell my wife it's positive nuisance.
Ii these people haven't any babies of
their own they have no right to borrow
mine. l actually feel sametimes as if
the child belonged to the neighbor-
hood
But it is an easy matter to refuse to
let the child CO.
II hat Is what tell my wife but she
argues differently. She saws these peo-
pie lote tie little one and load it with
presents. and when they ask to have il q
day it seems so Oh ldish to refuse, es-
pecially as they are friends. But the
n ost O. them are not used to Iabies;
they cram ii with cake and sweetmeats
gi, it It's own way in everything. and
thorog ghly spoil it. I cannot under
stand the penchaut some people have
or bo rowing children. or by what right
they expect to be allowed to monopo-
lie child that is not their own"
1T is all in the way of kindness
.4Cr selfishness. For my part, I
wouldn't want to take the responsible
ity Of having child that didn't belong
to me in nv possession. l never know
what moment my little girl may not be
exposed to scarlet-feVer, whooping
cough esdiphtheria, through the mistak-
en- kindness OF the borrowe s, who drag
her W tn them TO see all the rest of the
friends. 1t is much more necessary to
have rules for lending babi than lend
ing books. I would have inscribed
over every nursery, Neither borrow
er nor a lender be- I think [ shall
have our baby 81 stamped claimed wher-
ever found 1 am in dead earnest, u
continued the young man, land you
VIII find plenty to sympathize with me.
It's a crying evil. I know there are
parents wEo have nerve enough to deny
those people when they are impudent
enough to insist on carrying off child
in spite Of the wishes and protests OF its
legitimate owners, and I'm going to
institute tt at rule at home. Let those
who have no children of their own get
u parrot or poodle. A child is too sacred
Il possession to be borrowed and band
led about from hand to hand. DE
troit Free Press.