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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-05-31
ANCIENT eEM-cARvINe.
A WORK Of Art Cut On a beautiful Chal-
radonr 0nvr.

redony 0nyE.
An admirer If antiques: II was
very much pleased 70 read that we are
to have the famous Sommerville col
lection Of gems in New York for a
few years. Il will make a truly won
derful exhibition Of ancient art, and
we should consider Il great privilege
10 he enabled TO study IL.
''Ole Of the most remarkable OBJ
ieels in the collection is a gem from
tho famous D,midoff collection. Il is
a beautiful chalcedOny onyx. Of the ir-
regular oval. which seems TO be the
favorite form Of the cameo. probably
four BY three inches o. the left sits
Minerva on a throne her right hand
extended toward the figure Of \ youth
dressed as Hercules. uho Is being
honOred by her. doubtless for some
yalorous exploit recently achieved.
He appears in the right foreground.
iusl 20 the right Of votive pills
which cuts the picture about evenly in
Two On the pillar hangs garland.
the vntivo ofr ring In NJ ncrva's left
hand is her famous spear. while in the
left foreground By the steps Of the
throne rests an egis. on which a
beautiful picture Of Pegasus is en-
bOSsed Above her 20 e, on the front
other aTmor. Is embossed the Gorgeous
head-Medusa in all her snakv
horror Of hair. From the y.dth's left
side hangs the Pcit og the Nemean
lion and in his lcft hand is the hero's
club Over his head depends the
viCtor's laurel. pendent from the hand
OF Minerals acolyte-a youth VIM
stands behind the candidate. All Of
this is cut with beautiful clearness on
the three-inch face Of a single precious
stone. The pecuniary value OF this
Wonderful stone is never discussed by |
NJ Sommcrville. for it could not be 1
purchased. but he Is believed to have /
paid for & an almost fabulous sum
-fctDelers HeekiH
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-05-31

-She-"Whaf f0oi-killers cigarettes
are. Mr.. De DooL" He-..Weailr. Mis-
Susie. ! eawn'i say ~ 10 that. don Z
you know. never tried them ~ Hasa-
iHgsOn Grille.
-Vlsiior-'' Hour new horse Is very
pretty bur ron win have trouble 70 DO
any thing with the garsen. It's 80
small Country host" Yes. Il Is
small; bat thea I shall pa IN foldine
bsds.s
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-05-31

r. y. Becky, a former teacher at
Bavaria, New Cambria and other
places in this county, is in the city.
lie left Salina eight years ago and
has lately been teaching the gram
mar school at Lawrence. He il n
hrother-in-law Of II. H. Nash, Of
Ohio township.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-05-31

The Saline county Sunday school
convention at Bridgeport yesterday
reelected the old officers, to-wit
4. G.. Hilman, president; Frank
IIohb, secretary; y. T.. Quincy
treasurer. The basket dinner in the
grove was well attended. The con-
ventiun was a very great success.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-05-31

-ColOred F~rty-''Young man. hab
gou got any letter paper an envelopes
wild hesh-colOred borders ?" CLERK
els Il mourning paper you want p
COlOred Party-"You's struck It dis.
acily. Glib me quire P'-Lffe.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-05-31

Grading for the extension Of the
street ear line to Kansas Wesleyan
University has been commenced.
The iron has been received in Salina.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-05-31

-zoOlOgist asks; what Is the
argest diving animal p Dunno;
should think 3 led elephant was the
heaviest though ~ IN = -
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-05-31

President Strong, Vice President
Robinson, Messrs. Burr and sou and
f.. B Purcell, directors, all Of the
santa Fe railway company, arrived
by special train at half-past 4.
Friday aud we're driven over the
city by G.. :. Radclifi, II. =. Gun
niugham and &. =. Martin,
who met them with carriages.
They were pleased and delighted
with Salina, and Mr.. Strong espec
tally expressed his admiration Of
Oak Dale Park. They wereon tour
Of sightseeing aud departed in an
hour.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-05-31

The soda fountain just put i'm at
n. NJ. Curry a Co.'S drug store, is
the handsomest which has made its
appearance in Salina. II isOf reunes-
see marble, has handsome mirror,
a miniature water fountain, statuary
aud other unique decorations. The
nectar which issues from this hcau-
tiful temple is fully equal 10 Inst
which the gods enjoyed in the
Olympian atmosphere.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-05-31

FFHHH = N|aNNfaH
MARRIEn-At the Nevada Hotel.
Kansas City, on saturday, MAY 18th.
~ the Rev. Nordgren, Mr. Ernest
cchelberE, of Marquette, to Miss
>eilla SchoIberg, daughter of our
eestee1ned toWRsman, A. a.. Schol-
beFN. We extend our hest wishes.
Ghe newly married couple will make
theiT future home ai Marquette, Mr..
-,-heiberg heing q irember of the
aFm ~ :. ~. Ferlin a 60, 81 that
city.
They say Judge Hinsls Is awful
ulad irecsu-e he failed in his re-
uomiasaiSn for Judge. and all hiz
constituents are mad heenuSe lie
didn q fail in his frst nomination.
lie h waiting mos to l,e ''cnlled OUT
a. become an independent candI-
asle. There j. a little Shafer that
slaRis Ia his path with doubled fiets
-resdy e. kaoek him ont on the first
raund.
TIE scholars of Miss Hume, teach
- az tlr 9th aud 5th grades IN IA.
High Sch0oi building. gave that
lady = sarprise last Thurdav At the
hosne 81 Mrs.. Prof Owen, sister Of
Misc Hunie. Mrs. Owen was IN the
secret aud assisted in the prepare
tioRs. A NEST delightful evening
vas pazsed By the little ones from 9
g so'elOck. The refreshments con-
sisied q ice cream, cake, fruits, etc.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-12-27
About the Gazing Whale.

Few people would guess the etymol-
ogy of "ca'ing" when applied to a
whale Drintnd as ii WAS exactly like
this in the columns of weekly con-
temporary, says the London Globe. It
is really sea ing" the Scotch for call
ing, that name being given to this spe-
cies of whale from the curious bleating
sound they make. A stranded calf
dam which the latter answers in
harsher tone. The name is really
local to the Scottish Islands, the
proper name being the deductor, the
whales being SO called because they
roam about the sea under the guidance
of leader in the shape of an old bull. In
the early spring, just before the breed
ing season, there is a very keen COM
petition for this office, and more than
once the contending bulls have both
been known to die from the effects of
the encounter. The whale is not a
very large one, being only from six
teen to eighteen feet long; it has oc-
casionally been taken in immense
quantities among the shoals and chan
nels of the Hebrides, Orkney, Shet-
lands and Fair Isles. When herd
makes its appearance the natives lose
no time in collecting all the boats,
guns, and harpoons which they can
lay their hands on. They then try all
they can to get to seward of the
shoal, and if they succeed endeavor by
advancing with blowing horns, splash
ing oars, firing guns and shouting, to
drive the terrified cetaceans on shore.
Once they are stranded a terrific attack
is made, and hundreds have been slain
in single battle. The scene is one
of the most picturesque it is possible
to witness in the north of Scotland. 1t
is quite another affair from the occas-
ional grounding of Greenland whale.
the Gazing whale being of an entirely
different and far more gregarious spe-
cies.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-12-27
A Philadelphia Hercules.

Philadelphia can boast of a modern
Hercules in the person of George Sept
man. a giant in muscle and stature. He
stands feet 1-2 inches in his stock
ings, measures so inches around his
chest and weighs 273 pounds, scarcely
an ounce of which is Superf1uOus flesh.
His proportions are admirable, and he
has amazed many an athletic expert by
his displays of strength. Soptman
recently paid a short visit to a
gymnasium on Arch street and gave
an exhibition of what he could do.
The pupils eyed him curiously when
he picked up the 100-pound dumbbell
and twirled it between his fingers as a
dude might do with bamboo cane.
When he stretched out his arms and
asked all who possibly could do so to
jump on his back, arms, shoulders and
head to take a ride, eight sturdy and
strong men complied with the request,
and, holding on to his ears, hair and
collar-button. they bore their weight
upon him. He carried them without
much difficulty. and the gymnasts who
saw the performance were almost in
clined to think CONTEMPORARY of their
own puny physlqueS.
Not satisfied with this the young
giant went to the strengthening
scales and pulled up the 2,0O0-pound
weight with ease. He then wrapped
two straps around his shoulder and
back, and fastening the ends to $500
pounds of iron, he calmly raised the
weight and took a promenade around
the hall with his load. As his last act,
instead of wrestling with a Numean
lion as Hercules, of NEUROLOGICAL fame,
did. he caught hold of a bear. which
friend had expressly brought, and
Rugged the animal so hard that it
grunted for mercy. Soptman has yet
to perform seven more difficult tasks,
and then he will pose himself as a
modern Hercules and the hero of
twelve unparalleled feats of strength.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-12-27
Charles Summers Miserable Mar.
riage.

81 see," said an old resident of
Washington in the lobby of the Ebbitt
last night, ''that you had something
about Charles Summers marriage in the
Post this morning. know something
about that, and think the Post does
Mrs. Sumner an injustice. Charles
Sumner was great man IL some re-
spects, but he never ought to have
married the woman he did. l doubt
if he ought to have married any woman
at all. Mrs. Sumner was a good
Christian. She was a widow when he
married her, and owing to the terms
of will she surrendered her fortune.
Sumner had no religious faith, and he
insisted on having diplomatic recep-
tons at his house Sunday night. You
know he was Chairman of the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs. This was
terribly painful to Mrs. Sumner, and
considerate husband would have re-
spected her feelings. Then, again,
Sumner cared nothing for going out,
and Mrs. Sumner did. One Of her &C
quaintances was gentleman of one Of
the foreign diplomatic corps, and he
called three or four times to escort her
to places, as is the custom in all
European countries. By and by
Sumner grew insanely jealous and
went to the man and asked him what
his intentions were. He went further,
and through his influence had the man
recalled. This produced an explosion.
1t was too much for Mrs. Sumner, and
she went to Paris to join her brother.
By the purest accident she met the
gentleman in Paris about whom Sum-
ner had grown so violent in Washing
ton. The situation was an awkward
one, and she returned at once to her
friends in Boston. She had given up
her fortune to marry Sumner, and was
without penny, but some one died
about that time and left her a COM
Portable income. She was a noble,
Christian woman of perfectly blame
less life and the greatest mistake she
ever made was to marry Charles Sum-
ner."- Washington Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-12-27

at Athens had been stolen. IL Is said
that evidently systematic thefts had
been carried on for some time, and
some high Greek officials are under
suspicion.
The theory is held by Professor Men
deleef that petroleum is produced by
water, which penetrates the earth's
crust, and comes in contact with the
glowing carbides of metals, especially
those of iron. The water Is decom-
posed into its constituent gases, the
oxygen uniting with the iron, while
the hydrogen takes up the carbon, and
ascends to a higher region, where part
of it is condensed into mineral oil, and
part remains as natural gas, to escape
whenever and wherever it can find an
outlet. If this assumption is correct,
and sufficient store of metallic car
bides is contained in the earth's inte-
rior, petroleum may continue to be
formed almost indefinitely, and yield
a supply of fuel long after coal has be-
come exhausted. Professor Mende-
leef supports his views by producing
artificial petroleum in manner SINH
lar to that by which he believes the
natural product is made
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-12-27
Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt.

Ten years hence n famous belle IN
this city will be Miss Consueio Wander
bilt. All the conditions are favorable.
Miss Vanderbilt will then be just max
ing her formal debut in society. The
wealth of her father, William X. Van
derbilt, may easily have grown to
100000. Fer mother will have
passed over from the ranks of gay
Young wifehood into matronliness, and
therefore be willing to put her daugh-
ter forward into her own former place
as belle. Already the seven-year-oid
Miss Consuelo has begun her career
of genteel yet snowy publicity. There
has been a horse show in the Madison
Square Garden this week, and it has
been so extremely fashionable as to
quite hold its own against such popu-
lar plebeian counter attraction as q
Presidential election. The wealthy
beaux of swelldom proudly drove their
tandem teams around the ring Compel
itiveiv, bellies exhibited their saddle
horses, pretentious families sent their
coach-haulers, and it is difficult to
imagine what would have happened
to common truck horse if he had
ventured into such equine company.
But in all this extra fine aSSemblage OF
owners and horses, the greatest con-
spicuousness was obtained by little
Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt and her tiny
pony. Dumping. The child, pretty
| creature, was in and out of the box
| hired by her father. She was beauti-
| fully dressed. and it was clear that she
was a family pet. The pony was fat,
| handsome little beast, to which the
first prize in its class was awarded.
He was gorgeously caparisoned. and
the addition of the prize decoration
counted only as a bit more of glory
for a mighty lucky brute. The advent
of Consuelo Vanderbilt into social live
illness of a semi-public nature thus be-
gins, beyond a doubt, a career OF I'M
precedented brilliance. What prize
for neutrality-suspicious. Bellies Letter to
! st. Louis Republic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-12-27
nIIiCrICan GusUauus.

My husband, like many other
Americans, does not Outgrow the little
thoughtful attentions that he paid me
before our marriage. There ere so
many little things which 90 q long way
toward making wOman's life Happy;
they cost nothing and yet they make
such difference. For example, the
morning and evening kiss; the word of
praise, of sympathy, or of apprecia-
ton, the tap at the chamber door be-
fore entering; the helping hand in
getting in or out Of carriage, omni-
bus, or train-these things are ac-
cepted as q matter of course by
thousands of American wives; and it
is only when they go abroad that they
are struck with the contrast, especially
on the Continent, where they hear on
all sides: 'tHOw the Americans do
spoil their wives?' Englishmen have
habit of treating their wives much as
they might treat their younger broth
ers or college chums. But there is
something to be said for the American
theory that the equality of the sexes
ought not to go quite SO far as that
But John Was Birched.
He had been in the habit of playing
truant from schoo' and he had been
moderately luck. IN getting out of the
scrape. But he was caught one day
and brought before the teacher.
You're late. Where have you
beenp"
1--WE been sick"
"Yoa don't look sick"
"Well, I'm better, but I've been sick,
all the same"
You go right home and get note
from your mother, or I'll punish you
severely"
He went off and was gone about ten
minutes. 1t was pretty quick work,
and when he handed the note to the
teacher she thought that the hand
writing did not look altogether like his
mothers. She kept her eyes on him
as she opened the note, but he was as
bland and as innocent as the best boy
in the world. The note read:
Miss -: Please excuse John this
mornin' fur bein' late, cos he broke his
leg.-Mrs. --."-IHe Graphic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-12-27

You ask if I'm goin'. Well, now, I'd like to
Up to the big reunion. but really I don't
know
Whether III feel much like it when the day
comes round.
amt so very spry now; yet VIII hear the
sound
Of fife and drum come foatin' down from the
hilltop grove
wouldn't be surprised if that would just
make me move.
amt no great for music. but when hear
fife
A-squealin' can't keep still-couldn't to save
And drums! Well, now tell you do believe
drum
Would toll me on to marchin' straight up to
'Taint altogether lively, the feelin' I have,
There's ketchin' in my throat-an' I know
Cry. or laugh, or something, and so 1 choose
the laughter;
But that don't show what's inside-nor can't
you know we halter
Cover up the cankers that's eatin' through
our souls,
Most lives are full of cares as an old coats
You see my two boys, Abram and Jim, they
both went out
An listed at the first gun. didn't sit an
pOut
As many woman did, but turned to an
worked,
Packed and filled their knapsaczs, an never
When the day of parting came and my boys
marched away
Out of my sight an hearin' but oh, my hair
turned gray
Before year was over of that worryin'
time
That never's half been told of in story or in
rhymel
They neither of them ever came back TO me
again.
One died in Libby, thankful for deaths relief
from pain,
And ore fell dead in battle. The field was
stoutly fought;
/ was never reconciled; [ can't feel as
ought
by daughter Ruth was readin' out loud the
About Roman mother who lost her sons
but say!
/ can't feel like she did, Them Romans amt
like folks
Never was; blieve their hearts are tough as
old scrub-oaks.
oh, yes, the war is over, an young Fred Blake
We ought to get some new ideas, an not for
ever be
A-harpin' an a-twangin' upon the same old
string
About the war an such things. But 1 can't
learn to sing
New tunes at my time O. life. My days are
An don't know as 1 care-Pm kind o. tired,
for one.
No; you count me out this time, but in a little
while
I'll 60 to a reunion thatu make the angels
smile!
Ada c. Sweet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-12-27
CHEWING UP IRON.
Big Machines That Cut Scrap so That 1t
Can Be Used Again.

How is scrap iron utilized? In q city
where are there as many foundries and
manufacturing works as in Pittsburg
an immense quantity of it is sold. But
what do the dealers do with it?
Doubtless this question has puzzled
others besides the Dispatch reporter
who undertook its solution the other
day. In his wanderings about the city
the newspaper man spied sign on Il
building indicating that the latter was
occupied by dealers in iron and steel, :"
and at once sought an interview with
the proprietor.
what do we do with scrap? Cut it
up and sell it to furnaces and mills.
Come out into the works and I'll show
you how tbs done"
And the gentleman led the way
from the office into yard in which
was piled tons upon tons of old iron
and steel. There were all sorts of
utensils, or pieces of them, from wagon
springs to engine-boilers. Old axes,
shoyels, hoes, cooking stoves, piles of
stove pipe, pots and kettles, and a
thousand and one other articles made
up of the miscellaneous assortment.
''The first thing to be done with the
scrap after it is received here is to sort
it, separating the iron from the steel.
Castings that are too big to handle in
bulk are broken up by big machine
called the drop and then the whole is
cut into convenient shape for use in
crucibles. For cutting there are
powerful machines which 1 will show
YOU"
A workman was seated on a bench
with big pile of wagon springs near
him. These he was feeding. one by
one, to a bic machine which kept
huge jaw working upand down, biting
off piece of steel with each move
ment. Near by was larger machine,
which must have been many tons in
weight. The knife that did the cutting
was attached to and apparently part
of a huge iron beam, which worked up
and down propelled by steam power.
This beam resembled in shape the
head and snout of big black hog, and
this appearance was heightened by the
steady opening and shutting of the
ugly iron jaw, which was chewing up
the plates of what had once been
strong engine boiler, into pieces three
or four inches square. When the iron
or steel has been cut or broken into
this shape it is ready for sale in lots of
several tons.
''Where do you get your material?"
From many sources. Some of it
comes from cities as distant as Mil
waukee and Detroit, and some has
been picked up here at home. 1t comes
to us in boat-loads, carloads. and
wagon-loads. The rag men of the city
gather up iron on their rounds, and
when the junk dealers have accumu-
lated several tons of it they sell it to us.
Then the trading boats that ascend the
Allegheny and the Monongahela bring
US large quantities. They take out
glassware, tinware, and other goods,
which their owners exchange with
farmers and others for old iron, and
come back loaded with that material.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-12-27
TWO NOVELTIES,
SHE LOVES ME, SHE LOVES ME NOT.

SHE LOVES ME, SHE LOVES ME NOT.
They were seated on the tete-a-tete,
his left arm encircling her waist and
her right hand nesting in his. while
her sunny head-which in the dimly
lighted parlor offered no suggestion
of the proximity of white horse-re-
posed on his well-padded shoulder.
The CRATE fire threw out a grateful
warmth and as he sat there, OCCASION
ally inhaling the faint tutti-frutti per-
fume of her breath he was very, very
happy.
But the demon of unsatisfed long
ing to have her tell him again
how much she loved him made him
speak
'Claribel." said he, ''are you sure
you would be true to me, even though
my wealth should vanish and l be a
pauper?"
''Oh. Petey." she answered, with a
reproachful look, disengaging herself.
show can you for an instant question
my love when you know refused Tom
Plunger for you-Tom, who was so
handsome and made me so many
beautiful presents?"
But" he persisted, s'but-"
''Why do you hesitate, my own darl-
ing?" she asked, encOuragingIy.
swell, my sweet, you remember it
was only after Tom went broke on the
Futurity that you finally consented to
be mine."
Her eyes now had a far-away look
in them and regretful sigh escaped
her as she murmured, half uncon-
sciously:
That's where l was foxy"
THE LADY OR THE TIGER?
He cashed in his last stack of blues,
and with $1,000 winnings in his pocket
he rose from the faro table and left
the gilded den. As he passed. out into
the cool night air his exultation in
creased.
81 knew was going to make win
ner," he said to himself. Yes" he
added, Il feel in my bones that | could
break the bank ton; ght even though
some kickers say the game isn't
a square one and that no one is ever
allowed to get away with any of it's
money"
Acting on the impulse he turned to
reenter the house when there arose in
his mind a vision of the girl who had
promised to marry him when he would
have $1,000 to start housekeeping with,
and he paused. Should he risk his
future happiness by returning to the
lair and losing the price of that happi-
nessP Then he thought that, as luck
was with him, he would just go back
and win the price of sealskin sacque
and a pair of diamond earrings for his
adored one. And then again he
paused.
But in another instant all doubt and
indecision had vanished. The burly
form of the doorkeeper suddenly
emerged from the hallway of the den
and in the twinkling of an eye our
hero was slugged with brass knuckles,
his pockets were rified, and police
man coming along few minutes later
iran him inn for lying drunk on the
sideWalk.-Nea0 York Sun.