The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-01-15
AL SORTS.

AL SORTS.
II laughter were pursued 80 eager.
~ e. wealth there would be more
laughter In life.
II We had implicit faith In each
other the necessaries Of life would
neither be measured nor weighed.
The indications now are that com.
commercially and financially 1891
will be o marked Improvement over
1880.
II the sun shown all the year
round the fields would be falloW,
hence one Of the purposes OF cloudy,
wlntry skies.
Cattle are getting little fat on the
nutritious buffAlO grass. They are In
good condition, and would be able to
gOthrough . siege Of stormy weather.
Many farmers .hsve little feed for
stock. Only . long continued snow
could deprive stock from living on
the rsngs.-iScOttsUiLI Netcs.
We used 10 think well Of the Kan
sds Farmer, when it was published
~ non-partlsan agricultural jour
nal, but since Judge PETER has con-
verted it into . political organ In
which he has been booming himself
for ONCE, we are not 90 much inter-
sstsd In it.-AiRHeapoIis CONNER
ctai.
An editor in Jefferson county,
Pennsylvania, who has been elected
TO the legislature, observes: 1--WE
shall endeavor to svoid the pitfalls
Of ain and our constant prayer will
be: lord, preserve us from the
Big Head, which IL Of all malAdles,
the worst" II 10 too late for any
such prayer from . Kansas alliance
Legislator.
Sugar cane or sorghum Is more In
demand for feed than ever about
here. Many farmers are keeping
their horses entirely on this feed and
% seems to be much better for horses
than prairie hay. A year ago seed
was sold for IS cents per bushel, now
it is hard TO get for -. What's the
mAttsr7 Who put up the price just |
- the demand was growing Min
neapOlis Messenger.
The Farmers' Alliance, as indI-
ested by stterSnces Of some OF its
conspicuous members IL taking the
sober second thought on the ques-
ton Of putting . national ticket In
the Geld next year. Nothing Of the
Of the sort Is liable to be attempted.
This II sensible. The Alliance, In Q
Presidential canvass, can do more
for lie cause inside the lines Of the
old parties, than 10 can outside
0lObe-Dcmocrdt.
Scientific agriculture IL no doubt
all right, but we notice that the far
mer who lie rich In experience Of
Kansas soils and .sessons-who has
EARNED It" In his own way, and re-
members the kind Of weather we
had each year clear back to "60'-
II the one who IL "hxed," keeps his
takes and other expenses paid up,
and isn't clamorlng for . govern
meat lean Of per cent on his land.
Burlington Republican.
The friends Of Jerry Simpson, re. {
marks the Hutchinson Netrs, have ,
been hearing his discussion Of finan- {
cial questions 10 the exclusion Of all |
others. One Of The faithful wrote q
him to know how he stood on the I
Pnrnell- O'Shea scandal. He replied:
Isl have not given the matter much
thought, but it has always been my
belief that whatever q considerable
portion Of the people want they
ought 10 have, and when I get 10 I
Washington I will look into the 9
matter. "-Del HaIsHtiHe. d
Warden Case, Of the PenItentiary, 4
has settled with the state treasurer.
The rscsIpts Of the Institution for h
the month Of DeceEhber were &c.. Z
sls.42, Of which t2,5sO was from con. I
vlot labor, el.sS9 was for coal sales, =
ssla was for boarding United States :
civil prisoners and tls7 was for e
boarding United States military
prisoners. The expenses Of the I'm. =
stltutlon for the month we're Sl4,. r
l4l.l6, of which "a ,5el.Te was for SAL
AFlss q, OF for boarding prisoners,
ss65 for royalty on coal, tTS7.T0 for
Tor earnings Of eonvicts. and s5Oe. IS r
Tor tobacco furnished to convicts. a
YRs; OF CoURsB; CERTATNLY.-AI q
ocFrespondsnt, who appears to Be an e
Alliance man, writes ne;
"Havs not farmers q right 10 think :,
% political matters, as we'll e. edi- a
loFs or layyeFS3"
Voc are mighty right they have.
And when they think-thas b, when y,
hey do their OWn thinking, . large 81
majority % them are lsvel-hsaded. OF
Bat when they allow somebody eise X
. thlnk for them, - IN the present
'pidsmle, and that somebody else Il
asaally . snall-bors shystsF, and M
llleW him b put them under DATA, 10
silA signs. grips end penalties, 20 ye
- aeeerdsng 70 The way rs thinks, :"
hat b what b playing che mischief.
~ ths ''gig bssk" win huFt the far -
zers were has snybody slse.- "a
Esneas CAiv.l .