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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-02-23
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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-02-23

Mayor Banks hss gone on busi-
ucss trip O. Indiaua-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-08-18
Plantation Philosophy.

De fool has one gre't vantage in dis
yare life. He amt ap' ter be diser-
p'inted.
DE mos joyable use we's got fur
our frien's is fur EN- ter tell us whut
smart things we hab said.
amt er man ter courage young
men ter come out fur ofice. l has no
ticed dat de earlies' strawberries is
mighty nigh allus bad.
DE folks whut ken do de mos things
amt de folks dat hab vented de gre't
mersheens. DE mockin' bird ken sing
many songs, but dar amt none o en-
dat is his own.
doan sec Why foders an muders is
glad Gaze er chile shows itself ter be
smart airly in life. De sassafras sprOut
grows er heep faster den de oak sap
lin, but it amt hat so straung.
1t do pear dat de mean man ken err
ford carriage an fine hosscs when it il
ez much ez de good man ken do ter o..
ford bread. De runnin' briar grows
wen de honeysuckle dies fur de want
O. rain.-ArkaHsas Traveller.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-08-18

q onion. We do not know how tho
flowers receive their color or perfume.
nor Why it is that while We can catch
the shadow In . camera We can not
also imprison the color. There arc
many things, too, for which We have
not been able to frame laws. We can
not agree as to the cause of earth
quakes, the origin of volcanic fires, or
the birth-throes Of the whirlwind. We
do not even know our own origin. and
the thinking world Is divided between
evolution and creation. We do not
know even the normal color Of man.
whether we are bleached from tho
dark original. or whether the dark
races are sun-burnt editions Of the
early whites. Was the food local or
UNIVERSAL? Did Atlantis existP Were
there giants in those days? These are
few of the many questions that might
be asked and remain unanswered.
But not only is there the impene-
trable mist of blackness about the pre-
historic past-we can not even settle
the questions of moro recent times.
We do not know how this great conti-
nent Of ours was peopled, and we hop
from the idea Of the wandering Aleuts
ferrying across Behrine Sea to that Of
the lost Japanese fishermen drifting to
the Mexican coast without gaining sat-
isfaction from either. We prate Of .
civilization that antedatcd ours, and
cropping backward We come TO the Tol.
tees streaming from the northward
into Mexico. and behind dthem-nOthing.
Like the Gypsies. they are evolved
from one knows not what. Our sur
gcons have become digitally expert.
but they can not cure cancer nor repair
destroyed tissue. Consumption baflles
the cleverest medicos and py;emia is
still fatal. The panacea has not been
discovered. the well OF eternal youth
is still unvisited. Sanitaria are mat
ters of fashion and not of fact: expert
ments are still conducted and grave
yards are still filled that would not be
If the learned attendance "had only
known" Our greatess ignorance o!
all. though. is concerning the mystery
of our being. We know no more ol
our beginning and end, Of what pre-.
ceded the one and will round off tho
other. than King Alfred did. "Our
life." said he to his mobiles one evening.
as they were sitting beside the great
Fireplace. ''is something that is bounds
ed by impenetrable obscurity. A little
bird flies from the darkness Of the
outside night into the brightness ol
this room. fiutters a-MAnnss. or two in
the warmth and light, and then flies
through the opposite window into tho
night once more. A thousand years
have gone by since Alfred delivered
himself of this fable, bu. the centuriea
have brought us no new wisdOm.-Saa
Francisco ChrOnicie.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-08-18
WHAT We DON'T KNOW.
TWO or Three Thin 3 o. which Mankind IL

Sttll Ignorant.
In certain moments of self-congratu-
lation we are in the habit of fearing
lest we are too rapidly approaching
neutrality-suspicious. of knowledge
especially-and to entertain the doubt
whether it is not dangerous to be so
Immensely clever rs we are. We have
improved so wonderfully, we say; we
have obtained such transcendcnt vic
tories In science and philosophy; we
are SO immensely superior to our pre-
decessors; we have solved so many
mysteries and chained so many forces
that We begin TO draw ourselves up
and to calculate that the little" diff
ference between ourselves and the an
gels has been pretty successfully
bridged over. We may come down from
our pedestal for . little while-there
are still two or three things that we do
not know. We do not know, for in
stance. how many Of our kind there
are on this globe. 1t is, after all. but
. very small portion Of the world that
We know any thing about. and the
oeaten path is but rs trail on mount
ain. The interior Of Newfoundland
Is . terra incognita; Manitoba is q COM
Daratively untrodden waste; there are
islands in the Pacific Of which We
know nothing more than that they ex-
;st; China and Thibet are largely
al
portions of this world there is as much
guess-work . there was in the days OF
Marco Polo. We can not tell why OF
two exactly similar bulbs put into pre-
cisely similar soil one should bloom
out - . tulip aDd ths etbse cons upss
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-08-18
French a II is Spoken.

Al to Ed)-AllOw mo 20 introduce
you TO Monsieur. Le Comte Arat0le Do
In Vioille Roche. - f.tt '----.s s
Ed-A-ohi Delighted! To Count
Esserke vous parles Ii Frongzay. nous.
siou?
LIE Comts (ieeling insultedD- No.
sir. ..
Ed-You should learn Il sir. Exit.
Ed (half hour later II club)-Ohs
those Frenchmen! They never were
linguists. Why. / met q man to-day
who didn't speak his own languaSe-
Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-08-18

"A man who has lately become
prominent in Detroit. moro especially
in police circles, Is alleged to have
married twenty-One women at different
periods Of his enterprising career.
1t seems almost incredible that the
Parisians' pet centcnarian has seen
Danton and Robespierre. and that
Washington did not die at Mount Yer
non until thirteen years after n
Chevreul was born!
General B0ulanger goes to the
barber once week. pays the artist
ten francs and gives five francs to the
assistant He never speaks. and the
barber. knowing his preference. does
not presume to open conversation.
The shop is near the Louvre.
Russell Sage II the director Of
three banks, and it is seldom that he
misses q meeting. For each meeting
that he attends he receives ten dollars.
MIR. Sage. it is said. calculates that
the money he earns As q bank director
viii pay his butcher and vegetable
bills.
Miss Minnie Freeman, the Nebraska
school teacher whom the blizzssd made
famous. has decided to make California
her home for the future. She has re-
ceived $2.70O in cash from the sub
scription raised for her benefit, besides
two costly gold watches. three diamond
pins and many pieces Of jewelry.
Mrs. Azubah F. Ryder. Of Orring-
ton, Me-, who is one hundred and four
years old. was one Of sixteen girls to
scatter flowers in the open grave at .
memorial service Of George Washing
ton She has large and interesting
correspondence with young and old
persons all over the United States.
Richard W. Thompson, of Indiana.
.x-Secrotary of the Navy. has probably
oee1 longer in active public life than
any man living. He was an able and
popular Whig speaker over fifty years
ago, and was elected to Congress about
that time. Apparently there are still
many years Of active service in ''Old
Dick"
MIR. Cope Whitehouse. SON Of the
late Bishop Of Illinois, has been made
q Commander of the Order Of the Os-
manli by the Khedive Of Egypt ~ .
recognition of his services to the cOun-
try by showing the practicability Of
the use Of the Fayoum basin and reser-
voir for the surplus waters Of the Milo
and rs q means Of adding largely to
The cultivable area Of the Delta.
One Of the greatest men Georgia
ever produced. says the Baltimcrs
.AmeyicaN. was Governor John Clark
His portrait adOrns the wall Of the
State House. and yet, perhaps, net .
hundred of the present generatior
know any thing Of his history. while
hogs wallow and chickens scratch
above his neglected grave. A century
hence who will remember any thing Of
the local celebrities who now strut
vainly on the stage Of life.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-08-18

An old philosopher sat in his library,
A beautiful maiden entered the room:
"Great man." she said. Il havelcome
10 ask your advice Two men have
made me an offer Of marriage" 80
'Ah, and you do not know which one
to accept" the philosopher replied.
..YOu understand the situation. One
Of the men is handsome, rich and Is a lit
erary genius" ., ~ MI
s.And the other One?" 90 -
He is ugly. poor and regarded = .
TOOL"
MY child" said the philosopher.
''marry the fool. for. should you marry
the genius, you would occupy the Placs
Of fool. 1Soseler.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-08-18

"A negro once gave the following
toast: ..De late Gubernor oh de State
he come in wild berry little opposition:
he got out wid none 1t all" 81.
Hotel Clcrk-"Front! Show Mr..
Hayseed up to No. Is" Mr.. Hay
ed-.Thirteen is an unlucky number,
Mister!" Hotel Clerk-"Well you may
pay before you retire. II you like. -
Puck.
Young Wifc-'.Yes, father always
gives away expensive things when he
makes presents" Husband-.'So I
discovered when he gave you away"
And then he went to his library to
draw q check for the monthly millinery
bill. y .s,.s-.t...s4 i.-.--7
-..I'm glad salvation's iree!" shout
ed q man. as he jumped up in the con-
gregation. "You may well be. brother, !"
observed an old deacon who knew his
man. "because you'd never get your
consent to pay FOR it!'-Snsithriile
Nescs.
:, beg pahdon. mum. but you
dropped your vail in the-the lift. :"
said the bell-bOy to tho departing
guest, narrowly watching the effect Of
his words. @James,"' !" said the pleased
New York lady 70 her husband, ''give
the boy two shillings. Ho takes Us
for English people. ."-CAieogo Tribune.
Western papers are discussing the
vital question, What makes . mans
trousers bag at the knees?" and no
one has thought to advance the theory
that it is because the man wears the
trousers. We don't know Of any thing
that will make a mans trousers bag at
the knees quicker than wearing them.
-Norrist0En Herald.
II find. madam" said q young
physician. THAT your husband is suf-
iering from ovcrwork." ..And will he
have to give up his place under the
Government?' she asked, anxiOusly.
'What's that? Is he . Government
oiiicial?' "Yes. SIR" ''H-m! I'll
diagnose his case again. He probably
needs exercise. ~ Y. SSn.
Ashamed OF his grandfather.-Fur-
guson-"l say. here is Charlie Cow
ernOr's wedding notice. Ii says he ID
the son Of John GOuvernor, and the
great grandson Of old Gouvernor.
What the deuce did his grandfather do
that left him outr' wiggins-'why,
haven't you heard: Tho grandfather
worked and made the Doodle. Life.
Deacon Denchheld-''Soeh here, Mr..
Oiapason. did you have . steam pump
on the organ this morning: Thought
you were trying to lift the roof OF the
church." Organist-"That's all right.
The pastor is trying to overcome q
quick temper that Il sore trial tc
him. and he told me he'd give me q II
ia drown the choir 80 that he couldn't
hear 'em sing . single squeak. "-6"r'
detts.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-08-18
DRUMMER VS.. CYCLONE.

A little cyclone sprang to life.
Quite early in the mornin';
And mp through Alabama toro
Without . word o warnin'.
1t grew in size and strength and speed
AMI ripped and tore and snorted:
And took to waltzing things around.
And smashing things II courted.
A Boston drummer stood abroad
"a trick or two he'd show 'emD
And spread his whiskers to the breeze;
TO let the same blow through 'em.
II sprang upon him with . roar.
Then suddenly It parted,
One half LIT out for Tennessee.
While one for Georgia started.
A dover towns in ruin lay
With all their churches busted.
The drummer calmly stood unmoved
And one cheek lightly busted.
Hotel Regisfsr.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-08-18

Zone o. my hired men has got . nor.
tioa he wants fddle.n said an agricul-
turist to the dealer. '.What mtght
that secon hand one in the vinder Be
wuth?"
That's q Stradivarius; it's worth
$500" + .s -e a. "a
"I'n speak TO the hired man about
it, shouted the agriculturist rs he
backed out Of the place; ''he may NOT
IKE that make."-N J. Syn,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-08-18

1t was In q Boston private school
Of fashionable repute, and the class OF
young ladies who had been studying
the history and Constitution of the
United States were under examination.
..HOw is law made?" said the instruct.
or. Oh" said a talior-mads dam.
'sel. cheerfully. 1.-THE Senate has to
rasify it. and then the President has 70
veto il"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-08-18

Mistress Ito new girD D.-''I had to
discharge the last girl on account Of
her musical inclination; she would
insist upon using the piano here and
-" Katie Clancy-''O do not ap-
prove av sich conduct in tn parlor.
nor ycrself. mum; so fer me, yez kin
hev tn pianny put in tn kitchen. Oi
must continue me music."-HavTer's
B0zar. '@
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-08-18
WOMEN WHO SHOOT.

"A Oe3lee IN fofe.Afm1 C0oto RIG0oo0ylY
About Ills Female Customers.
DO We sell many pistols to wOmenf
Well. l should say we do" said n
Broadway firearms dealer. "Why, a
pretty girl came in only a half hour
ago and bought a seven-chamber re-
volvcr for fifteen dollars. guess she
knows how to handle it, too, judging
from her talk. She is going to camp
out in the woods with some friends
from the seminary she attends this
summer. and il will 60 hard with the
tramp who intrudes on their company.
Young ladies, however, do not buy pis-
tolls every day. As rule we sell fire.
arms to women who live in localities
where the houses are scattered and far
apart. Of course they are either Wild
Ows or spinsters who run their own
farms and have no man about the house
to protect them from burglars and
tramps. Many Long Island woman
has pcppered tramp with buckshOt
from my store. A few city women car
ry revolvers. We can usually tell
from a wOman's manner whether she
wants weapon for a legitimate pur-
pose. Not few Of the poor unfOrtu-
mates who parade the streets at night
have q revolver about their person,
and the first time they use it the news
papers have to report a murder caused
by jealousy. This class Of female cue
toners we do not encourage. d.
In. tho last few years enough pis-
tolls have been sold in this city to arm
all the people in the United States.
regret to say, however. that the do.
mand is decreasing, especially in tho
wild Southwest, where gentlemen
used to take pleasure in shooting upon
the slightest provOcatiOn. Public
sentiment is against the indiscriminato
use of the gum A law was recently
passed in Texas making it a misdc-
meanor to carry pistol The penalty
was Imprisonment for six menths and
a fine Of $3.50.
I'm Tennessee, Georgia and Ala
bama, as we'll rs Arkansas, the salo
was entirely prohibited. In some
places dealers are obliged to keep a
list OF their sales. and the name and
address OF each person 10 whom they
make sale must be reported to the
authorities. A good revolver can not
be bought for much less than ten dol
lars. But most Of those sold arc
much cheaper. They arc not liable to
burst, but they can not be depended
upon for accurate shooting. Shot-guns
and other sporting weapons are all tho
rage just now."-N y telegram.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-08-18

-"Lingua' il . new language which
threatens to drive out vQlapuk. It \
bssrd on Latin roots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-31
KILLED BY A CAB.
Mrs. Annie McCarty Knocked Down
and Fatally Injured.

Mrs. Annie Mcoarty, aged nfty-fve wears. who
lived at No. ass 9th street southwest was
knocked down and fatally injured abou. $50
O'Clock last night by one OF the Union Transfer
Company's cabs, AZ the corner OF 7sh ana 4
streets southwest The old lady was crossing
eth street, and while attempting 10 get out Of
the way Of q st-eet-car she was struck by the
cab and knocked down. Her head was so badly
injured that she died in a few minutes. The
driver of the cab, Mr.. W. @. Cornell, was ar
rested TO await the action OF the coroner's Jury.
Council stated that the affair was entirely acci-
dental; that he was driving along eth street al
the ordinary rate of speed. He saw Mrs. Nc
Carly crossing the street When she saw the
cab coming she stopped He then continued
driving and the old lady started again and Vas
knocked down. As soon as he discovered tina,
she had been knocked down he pulled his horse
around 20 keep the vehicle from passing over
her. He then assisted her 20 the drug store.
The accident. he said. could not possibly have
been avoided. Cornell lives with his wife and
two children at No. 10 G street He was for.
merly in the employ Of the Baltimore and Ohio
express company, and was driver of the cat
that was detailed az Gen. Sheridan's residence
during his last illness Coroner Patterson wa.
notified and will hold an inquest AZ O'CLOCK
tins afternoon at the house Of deceased
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-31
IsrAxrnE SKN DISEASES.

Our Oldest child six years of ase when infant
six months old attacked with virulent malignant
skin disease All ordinary remedies failing, called
our family physician who attempted TO IT. but it
spread with almost incredible rspdty until the lower
portion Of the little fellows person. from the middle
of his back down 10 his knees, solid rash ugly,
psinful blotched and malicious. We had no rest at
night no peace by day Finally, advised to try
the CUTICURA REMEDIES. The effect was simply
marvellous In three or four weeks complete cure
was wrought leaving the little fellows person white
and healthy as though he had never been attacked.
In my opinion your valuable remedies saved his life,
and to-day be a strong healthy child, perfectly WELL
no repetition of the disease having ever occurred.
GEO B. SMITH, Elk Pros Atty, Ashland. Ohio.
Igratefully acknowledge a cure Of Eczema, or Salt
Rheum on head neck face, arms and legs for seven
teen years able to walk except hands and knees
for one year able to help myself for eight years
tried hundreds Of remedies doctors pronounced my
case hopeless; permanently cured by the CUTICURA
REMEDIES.
WILL MCDONALD. 2s42 Dearborn St., Chicago.
Sold everywhere. Price, CUTICURA, 50o.; SOAP,
25c; RESOLvENT, 81. Prepared by the POTTER
DRUG AND CHEMICAL Co, Boston, Mas.
Baby's Skin and Scalp preserved and besutifed by
CUTICURA INDICATED SOAP. oc30.31no2.3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-31
SENSATION IN INDIANA.


Publication of a Letter Alleged to have
Been Sent by Gen. w. w. Dudley,
Giving Instructions for the Purchase
of Floating Votes.
Special Dispatch to The EVENING star.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Oct Sl.-A startling
political sensation was sprung to-day by the
Sentinel which published the fac simile of a
letter from republican national headquarters
bearing the signature of w. w. Dudley.
1t calls for list Of floating voters, and d.
reefs the person to whom the letter Is addressed
to see that the purchable voters are divided
into focks of five, under the charge Of trusted
republicans, whose duty it must be to see that
none OF the voters get away.
TIE FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF THESE VOTERS,
the letter states, will be furnished by the state
committee. The letter was sent to the chair
man of the democratic state committee by a
Republican who received it, after first tax
ing the precaution to cut of the heading con-
tanning the name Of the man to whom it is ad-
dressed.
Bankers and others who have examined the
letter say that the signature u genuine. Re-
publicans, however, say that 1t
FORGERY FOR CAMPAIGN IFFHCT
and the republican state committee has pre-
pared statement repudiating it. The demo-
Gratis have already placed the matter in the
hands Of Judge Clay Pool, who says that he
will institute prosecution against Dudley.
II its authenticity ID established sufficiently
to convince the public that Dudley really sent
out such a letter, IL is generally believed that
it viii be very damaging TO the republicans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-31
SWORD AND PISTOL.
Charles Foster on Trial for an At
tempt TO Kill.

Charles Foster, colored man, was placed on
trial in the Criminal Court to-day for an as
sault with intent TO kill Charles Coates on the
2sth of July last near Brightwood Mr..
Lipscomb appeared for the Government. and
Mr.. Hewlett for the prisoner. Coates
testified that he had rented a room
in the building which was occupied by
Fosters family and a family named Davis;
that he went TO the room when Foster ordered
him out and grabbing a sword cut him across
the shoulder; witness then threw stone at him.
and Foster then shot witness, and he (witness)
threw another stone at him. The ball entered
witness breast and was in there yet They
had had dispute at the 0-street market on
the night before
On cross-examination witness said he lived in
jail now; was there for misconduct, assaulting
an officer, and was held for robbery
Joseph Davis corroborated the above testi-
mony, as did Georgiana Coates
The defendant testified that he found Coates
in his yard and he accosted him as 20 renting
the house; Coates had threatened him and
dared him of the porch. Mr.. Davis told Coates
to go away and witness TO go in the house
Coates came back TO his door and threw two
stones in his house, and he seized the sword
and pistol to save his life.
VERDICT OF GUILTY.
The jury, after a short absence, found YER
dict of guilty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-31
THE PARNELL INQUIRY.
Capt. O'Shea Testifies that Parnell Said
He Had the Power to Stop Outrages.

LONDON, Oct 31.-The Parnell Commission
resumed its investigation to-day. Attorney
General Webster, for the Times, asked leave to
interpose Capt. O'Shea as a witness.
O'Shea testified that he had been on good
terms with MIR. Parnell until June, 1886. At
Mr. Parnelrs request in June, 1881, he had COM
municated with Mr.. Gladstone. The commu-
nications were made without the knowledge Of
Mr. Parnell's colleagues.
The negotiations then ceased until 1882. when
Mr.. Parnell and Mr.. Dillon were in Kilmainham
Jail. The first proposals that witness made
to the government in 1882 were offered
WITHOUT THE AUTHORITY OF NIB. PARNELL.
He received communications from certain
members Of the govermentreplyingt to the pro-
posals. When Mr.. Parnell was released from
Kilmainham witness told him of the position
Of the negotiations. He had written
to Mr. Gladstone, and it was arranged that any
answer that he might make should be sent to
Mr., Parnell at Paris. Mr.. Gladstone's reply
was sent to Mr.. Parnell, who responded in
April, 1882.
Mr.. Parnell, on returning from Paris,
saw Mr.. Gladstone. Mr.. Parnell under
took to do his utmest for the suppression of boy
cotting and outrages. He promises that il the
government would settle the arrears-of-rent
question satisfactorily he would advise tenants
to pay their rents, and would de-
nounce outrages, resistance to the
law, and all kinds of intimidation.
Witness asked Mr.. Parnell if he was sure he
was able to carry out his guarantee to suppress
outrages, and Mr.. Parnen gave him assurance
that he had the power.