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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-10-31
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THE BEST SALvE I'm the world 70,
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Sal
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Char
ped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and
Gil Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures Piles, or no pay required. L,
10 guaranteed 10 give perfect salts.
feetlon, or money refunded. Price
3eents per box. For sale by Hughe.
q Ca
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-10-31
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The Weekly Capital and the
JOURNAL for s2-25. This offer for
cash enables you to have all the
latest news from the capital Of the
state and your own local paper at
the price Of one. The Capital viii
contain the most complete repoYt Of
the legislative proceedings pub
llshed anywhere.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-10-31
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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-10-31

Among the HiBdoos there are
some castles near Ahmedebsd In
which widow marriages are allowed,
pense considered necessary on the
occasion Of q first alliance. The
parents, therefore, marry q girl 10 Q
bunch Of flowers, which n afterwafd
thrown down . well. The husband
is then said 10 be dead, and the girl
as Q widow, can be married at mod
crate cost
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-10-31
RUFFaLOEs N AUSTRALIA.

Comparatively few Australians, /"
remarks Melbourne journal, fare
aware that q part Of their country
the Northern TeFritory-has vast
herds Of Wild buffalo roaming over
its plains and wallowing In Its shady
pools. The animals are massive
and heavy, with splendid horns, and
afford sport Of sufficiently dangerous
q nature to possess charms for the
most daring hunter. The nrst buf-
falOes were landed &C Port Esaing-
ton in lS29. by order Of the Imperial
Government, aud, after sixty years'
uninterrupted increase, their num-
bers are now astonishing"
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-10-31
PULLMAN BUFFET SLEEPING
Cars
Road Notice.
STATE OF KANaAS.l
COUNTY DE SALINE

STATE OF KANSAS.l
COUNTY ~ SALINE
Once of County CLERK. Salina, Oct. %, tssg.
Notice IL hereby Given. that on the lith
day Of Oct, lS0, q petition signed by &.
Crmey ard thirteen Others, was presented
to the Board OF County Commissioners OF
the county snd state aforesaid praying for
the location Of q certain road, dr~cFibed as
follows, via: Commencing NJ the southeast
corner OF section g and the southwest corner
OF section ~, township u. range west Of
9Th principal meridian and thence running
due north ON section line To the north line OF
the right OF gay OF the Union Pacific rail-
way To connect with n county road.
Wherpupon said Board Of County Com
misSloners appointed the following named
persons. viz: j. X. Hamilton, @. M. Rracken
and j. =. Anderson n viewers, with lnatYue-
lions 10 meet nj the house Of David Funk In
Cambria township on Tuesday the SRth day
Of November, A. r., lssp. and proceed 10 view
said road, aud give all parties q hearing
by order Of the Board OF County Commits
sionerS- JOSEPH SARGENT,
sfSI by MINNIE sAE@EST. Deputy.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-03-20
Rucklen,s Arnlca SaIve.

Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter. Chapped Hands, Chilblaines,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay required. It's
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per boy.
For sale by w. A. Allen & Co.. DeLand
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-03-20

ordinary amateur may safely calculate
on success with this same eccentric orchid.
AS we have remarked, tropical orchids
require the protection of glass and arti-
fetal heat, but all orchids are nottropical,
not all are even semi-tropicai.
There are many species that are quite
within the reach of ordinary mortals, and
it is in the hope of encouraging these to
undertake their culture that our "Story
OF the Orchids" is written.
There are hardy orchids that refuse to
flourish under glass; in our coldeft t
weather here in Florida all the protection
required would be the shelter of oiled
should receive a partial shade from the
midday sun.
One of the most charming sights in the
horticultural world may be seen in the
orchid house atSt. Adams, England. This
is not only ''cool house" but even frost
occasionally finds it's way inside. It's
manager admits that he would prefer 90
degrees to be it's lowest temperature, but
the small advantage thus gained would
not be equal to the expense of applying
artificial heat in that great building.
But without this, what sight it is
Picture to yourself corridor four hum
dred feet long, six wide, rooted with square
baskets hanging from the glass as close
as they will fit. Suspended to each Of
these (there are thousands of them) one
or more garlands of snowy flowers, a
perfect thicket over your head, such as
might be witnessed in a tropical forest,
where legions upon legions of white but
terfiies were clustering upon the vines.
1t is such scene of dainty floral mag
nificence as can never be forgotten, once
it is looked upon; so you see that here is
one of our possible orchids-the Odon
toglossum citrosmum-an there are
| quantities of Others quite as hardy.
Again, he who will may raise few
choice orchids, even in the wintry North,
at small expense, following the lead OF an
enthusiastic amateur of whom Mr. Castle
| tells us.
He had a fern case outside his window,
six feet long and half as wide, and into
this case he introduced pipes, warmed by
gas; in this little orchid-house, with
liberal supplies Of water, he succeeded in
raising to perfection twenty-five of the
most beautiful and delicate OF their race
A few orchids, carefully selected with a
view to their adaptability to our Florida
climate, would amply repay their owner,
and could be made source of pecuniary
profit as well as pleasure.
Here, also, we could raise the most ten
der kinds, at far less expense than is pos
sible in more northern regions.
ga word to the wise is sufficient
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-03-20
The Story of the Orchids.
BY HELEN HARCoURT.
NUMBER Ill.
Concluded From Page l19.)

when, in 1853, he asserted his belief that
there were possibly 100 species of orchids
in the world he had never seen one of
these exotic orchids, his only source of
knowledge was gained from dried speci-
mems and drawings, and even from this
poor little fountain he deduced great re-
suits.
He was laughed at for his enthusiastic
descriptions of the orchid family, so far as
he knew them, but at the same time the
attention of horticulturists was thus
drawn to the fact that there existed a
large family of plants awaiting their in
vestigation; plants quite new, of strange
shapes, mysterious habits, and of beauty
Incompatible: and the more they looked
into the matter, vague as their knowl-
edge was, the more it's wonders fascinated
them; what manner f-plants were these,
in the name OF all that was eccentric!
AS we have previously noted, their cult
ure wasconsidered difficult, but that they
could be successfully raised in England
was demonstrated by one solitary bulb,
which, about thirty years before Linnaus
wrote Of them, had shown signs OF life on
it's arrival there IN the midst of lot of
dried specimens; this one bulb was care
fully nursed, and at length rewarded the
care bestowed upon it by. growing and
blooming in as sgreatperfection as though
it had unfolded it's flowers beneath it's
native skies.
BY the way, this is one of the innumer-
able claims of the family of orchids to
have and to hold aplace apart, sacred to
themselves, and to themselves only-they
may almost boast of Immortality.
Said Sir Trevor Lawrence, the fame
orchid king Of England, in his speech at
the opening OF the Orchid Congress in
1885: 81 do not see, in the case of most
OF them, the least streason why they should
ever die. The parts of the orchide4 are
annually reproduced in a great many in
they should not live forever, unless, as is
generally the case with those IN captivity,
they be killed by errors in cultivation"
Take the Epiphytal orchid, for instance;
it is body with several limbs, crowned
by one head; it's circulation pulsates
through Che whole, but less and less
vigorously, of course, in the portions
that have fiowered, as the growing head
leaves them behind, precisely as the
human parent, growing older all the
while, and less vigorous, sees his children
leaving him gradually behind as they bat
tie with the world, in all the pristine
strength that once was his.
Some time or other, no doubt, nature
would tire, and circulation cease in the
old limbs of the orchid, but the expert
ence of the Orchidacean doesnot yet point
out the period of natural death in, for in
stance, an Oncidium, orcattleya; no mat
ter how utterly worn out they may be, a
skillful grower does not despair of win
ming back some OF their life principle
They may be cut off when apparently life
less, even partially rotten, but under
proper treatment a tiny green shoot will
come peeping shyly out from some "eye"
that has been hidden away, withered,
shriveled, invisible, and the tiny shoot
will "grow and grow" mot though "till it
reaches the church tony and enter unOn
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-03-20


are some genera, and many species, it is
true, that refuse to respond to the most
assiduOus woOing of man, but these are
in the great minority, and besides the
mystery of their civilization will yet be
solved.
AS rule their cultivation is simple;
| yOnder oncidium, for example, is placed
in a pot filled in with moss, but this is
only for convenience; the long feathered
stem that rises from it's midst springs
| from bare block of wood, around which
| it's roots entwine; it asks for no care and
gets none, save daily bath.
OF course all orchids are not SO easily
cared for. 1t is not in the scope of this
present article to lay down principles of
cultivation (there are several books on
this subject that may be consulted by
| those desirous of further informatiOn),
but one thing to be noted is that orchids
are Indifferent to detail; secure the gen.
eral conditions necessary for their we'll
being, and they will gratefully reward
you, but neglectthe general conditions,
and no amount of attention to details
will enliven them. The tropical species,
of course, require especial care, and as we
! have seen, great sums have been expended
in houses built for them many of the
epiphytal kinds may be planted in pots
filed with loose peat or moss; the roots
of Others are placed in baskets, or like
the oncidium already mentioned, are
! fastened to blocks OF wood, with a. little
moss around them to keep them from be-
coming too dry and then are hung up on
walls or suspended from the ceiling.
In the lighthouses careful attention to
temperature and also to ventilation is
necessary and although a great deal of
| heat and moisture are requisite, the
atmosphere must not be kept very hot Oh
very moist: The plants have, at home, a
natural period of rest or sleep, and they
must have it here or suffer; in their native
climates there is usually q wet and dry
season; they grow during the former, and
rest during the latter; it is to them as
the winter season of the denizens of the
| temperate zones.
Orchids, likepeople, must beunderstood
il the best they are capable of is desired
from them it can hardly be expected that
among so many thousand species all can
be treated alike; look at the children Of
the same human parents, does the same
| +noo +p,or+ Cuf;o 40 for o119
And so we say that orchids must be
understood to obtain their best qualities;
they follow with obstinate obedience
few most simple laws, and no machine
produces it's results with more absolute
certainty, if these rules are complied with
There is the Phatanopsis-som enthu-
siasts hesitate not to call it the ''queen
OF flowers as surprising the rose-it
gives no trouble in it's cultivation, in the
majority of cases; usually it grows and
fourishes with the calm placidity OF
cabbage; it's general conditions are full
filed in nine out Of ten ordinary glass
houses or Conservatives, but after all,
| this success is in a measure accidental,
and here is the proof OF it,
The Kew Gardens decided to build q
| special house for the culture of the genus,
provided with every Improvement that
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-03-20

life on it's own account with the vigor and
determination that belong to it's race; it
may be months, even year, in peeping
out of it's tiny shell, but ''while there is
life there is hope" and the experienced
orchidacean will wait patiently for It's ap-
pearance.
The orchid is full of caution and fore
sight; it understands that accidents will
happen in the best regulated families" }"
and SO, if not interfered with, it will cheer
fully support one or more apparently
superfuous limbs, SO as to have them on
hand in case of an emergency; it is wise
enough to keep several strings toits bow:
it's tender young head may be SO unfortu-
nate as to be nipped off, but what of
that? 1t at once goes to work to repair
damages, and where the one head grew it
sends up two or more strong, thrifty
shoots.
At the auction rooms where orchids are
offered for sale in lots, sick orchids, neg
lected orchids, half rotten orchids-there
you find the orchidacean of experience in
his glory, for nothing so delights his soul
as the gentle, intellectual excitement of
restoring to health and vigor sick
orchid, or coaxing back to life one that
has to all appearance already departed
this earth.
Some of these S'sick lots'' may be gone
beyond recovery, but most of them are
full OF promise of better things, under
cOngenial treatment, for the majority are
only suffering from the ignorance or neg
lect of their late owners-they always
tell their own story of misery or happi-
ness. Says Mr.. O'Brien, at the famous
Orchid Congress of 1885, in speaking OF
| this latter characteristic OF the orchids:
"Like the domestic animals, they soon
| find out when there is one about them
who is fond of them. With such q guar
dian they seem to behappy and to thrive,
and to establish an understanding, indi-
eating to him their wants in many i'm
portant matters as plainly as though
they could speak
He was speaking to hundreds OF people
versed in orchid lore, and the laugh that
followed this assertion of his was not one
of derision, but full of sympathy and
understanding. Says an experienced or
chidacean: "He who glances at the end
less tricks, methods and contrivances de-
vised by one or other species to serve it's
turn, can hardly resist the impression
that orchids think
Certainly, they are quick to tell their
history to the willing listener, and they
are quick, too, to recover the elasticity
and vigor of health when they fall into
the hands OF friend, no matter how
badly they had been previously treated
That is why they may boast of immor-
tality among their other rare qualities ;
that is why the willy, enthusiastic orchid
acean haunts the auction rooms, and
snatches up with eagerness all the stray
sorry looking specimens he can lay his
hands upon; well he knows that among
these sad, weary looking plants, most of
them without habitation or a name, ;"
he may bring to life gems of beauty, and
treasures almost priceless; few cents
may purchase hidden beauties, rare
species OF neglected orchids that dealer
i L. ~~loI II - Il.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-03
An Agreeable Hair Wash.

What suggests itself as being an agree
able hair wash has recently been highly
recommended by a German journal. 1t is
said to keep the scalp cool and the hair dry
and free from oil, also to prevent dandruff,
besides being most agreeable toilet prepa-
ration 1t is composed of the following in
gradients: Spirits CT ether, one and one
half ounces; tincture Of benzoin, two
drachms; vanile, one minim; heliotrope,
three minims; geranium oil, one drop.
Mix well. Keep well corked and do not
expose to flame. as the mixture is highly
inhammable. To prescribe perfect treat
ment for the hair it is really necessary to
understand each individual necessity; but
there are certain rules and methods which
can apply to any woman, at least to the re-
suit of bringing about an appearance of
neatness and care. Very fine, silky hair,
though indicating certain delicacy, is
not, as popularity supposed, always result
of a refined or sensitive temperament,
since some of the most hardened, unscupu-
lous and scheming characters have been
noted for the sickness and soft fibre of
their ticks. while some of the noblest and
truest of characters have had the reverse.
Rough, ill-kept hair, of course, suggests
and is the result of a lack Of refinement
since it is produced only by negligence if
not actual uncleanliness and that disregard
for personal appearance due to lack Of pro-
per self-respect. Brush the hair daily, but
while overbrushing is bad for the hair a
certain amount is absolutely necessary to
keep it in good order. One hundred
strokes of the brush daily is good rule,
the strands being divided and the brush
pressed into the scalp and quickly outward.
If bangs or wavy locks are worn these
should be kept up thickly by means of
judicious cutting, and at least once a month
the long hair should be clipped, while once
a week is by no means too often to thor
oughly shampoo the head. Ammonia and
water certainly strengthens the hair, but
it is apt to deaden the hue.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-03

The best covering for poultice or mus
tard plaster is tissue paper.
The long autumn coats are especially be
coming and graceful this season.
Cloaks of figured cloth are worn in the
carriage, but the material itself and the
silk lining is Of light quality.
The best and most convenient cover for
a jelly tumbler is thin paper fastened over
the top of the glass with a rubber band.
Mrs Amelie Rives Chandler is so pas
sionately fond of the violin that she will
arise in the dead of the night and play a
time.
The satin cloth coats are long, full in the
skirt, and lit the figure closely, with often
a number of coachman capes over the
shoulders.
The best way to straighten out the fringe
Of towels, doilies, etc, before ironing, is TO
comb it. while damp, with an inch length of
coarsest toilet comb.
Deep cuffs turn back at the wrist, and
the wide side pockets are covered either
with the be-buttoned flaps of the directoire
jacket or finished with stitching.
Essence of peppermint, applied with the
tips of the fingers over the seat Of pain,
gives relief in headache, toothache or neu-
ralgic pain in any part Of the body.
Miss Huntington's wedding dress was
made in Paris. Prince Hatzfeldt is a
blonde of medium height, of square and
symmetrical figure His hair parts in the
middle and rolls back in the typical German
style.
Pleasant "rainy day. work for the older
children is to be found in the making of a
scrap book of the portraits of noted men
and women; these portraits to be obtained
from publishers catalogues, magazines and
newspapers.
A neat device for the setting of table
for small parties is to have the table round,
with a low basket of flowers in the centre,
and decorations of smilax reaching out to
the edge in each direction, like spokes of a
wheel Each guest has the space between
the outer edge of the spokes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-03
An Odd Kissing Game.

A gentleman who has just returned from
a visit at Sheperdstown, Va, tells Of a
novelty in the way of amusements. The
people have what they call soups" A
''soup'' is a sort of an outdoor picnic.
Each person invited brings a dressed
chicken. The host provides the vegetables.
The chickens and vegetables are put into
huge kettles holding ten TO twenty gallons,
and cooked over open fires for several
hours until the whole combination is re-
duced to almost jelly. Pepper and other
seasoning are introduced. The young folks
stir the soup with long handled iron
spoons, walking around the kettle as they
stir. When a girls spoon clicks against
the spoon of a young man he is bound to
catch her and kiss her. As you can imag-
inc, there are some pretty lively Skin
mishes around the kettle. When the soup
is done it is ladled out into plates and
eaten, and is delicious The custom is an
old one, but am unable to find the origin.
A company of Stonewall Jackson's com
mand was recruited around Sheperdstown
and it still keeps up the organization. 1t
has a reunion every year aud celebrates
the occasion with a grand soup" party.
A ''soup'' of that company to be properly
gotten up should be made of stolen chick
ems, but the veterans have had to give up
foraging since the war.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-03

blood warm, and your hand, which is much
less susceptible than his tender body, is no
test Plunge your elbow in; but a safe
rule is one part boiling water to five of cold.
A half teaspoonful of borax will make
him clean and sweet, and in hot weather
small handful of sea salt, which comes in
boxes ready prepared for the bath, will
strengthen him. A silk sponge, a piece OF
scentess soap, towels, and all his little
clean clothes must be in readiness, also lay
a large piece Of old blanket with piece of
rubber cloth under it on your lap, disrobe
his baby majesty, lay him on his stomach
and sponge him all over quickly, being
very careful not to get the soap and water
in his ears or eyes. Wet and soap the
sponge, and wash carefully in the creases
of his neck and arms and under the arms,
lathering the stomach well to keep up cir
culation. Now lower him gently into the
tub, and amuse him by letting him splash
the water with his hands while you sponge
him rapidly all over the body four or five
minutes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-03
1000 REWARD! 1000.

A suitable reward will be paid for the
return Of the Russell Cyclone Separator
and the Celebrated Mitchell Wagon which
were lost to us on the Fair Grounds at
Salt Lake City, Saturday, October S. It is
not presumptious on cur part to say that
had we not been so busy operating the
New Era Road Grader, The Reversible
Township Grader, Russell Traction Engine,
and the Austin Well Drilling Machinery,
we should have watched our personal in
terests more closely and perhaps secured
a PRIZE. We are, however, compelled to
be content with the display we made,
which responsible parties claim to be THE
BEST, and also with the many words of
praise bestowed upon our goods. They
are worth THOUSANDS of DOLLARS.
E. w. KING, ALLAN ~. RUSSELL.
7. @. CHAPMAN. Of Russell & Co.
Off. c. Austin Manufacturing Co.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-03
Bathing the First Baby.

Chose the time in the morning when he is
the most wakeful for the first bath under
tbie now regime, and afterward always
give the bath at that same hour. After a
few days he will naturally keep awake
until the same hour. Most babies take an
early morning nap; the bath should come
after this, and at least an hour after he has
taken his breakfast. Get everything in
readiness before you begin, in order not to
make him nervous by delays. Fill the tub
1Tothirds full, and be careful that the
water Is the right temperature. fit is too
hot or too cold he will shrink from it ever
aftorgard. II should be a little more than
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-03
Feminine Secrets.

Remember that when your skin has that
depressed, worn out look, that comes from
setting up too late at night, nothing will
evaporate it like few drops of Jamica
rum put into water with which you wash
your face. 1t has been recently recon-
mended to wash the face in hot and cold
water alternately. In drying rub the face
upward, and then give the entire face d
gentle massage with the dry palm, always
remembering to rub upward. During the
day let the face have perfect repose for
half an hour, all the muscles relaxed.