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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-04-09

THE "inerease" Of $4,000 In the
national debt last month which the
Democratic papers are calling atten-
ton TO Is a mere matter Of treasury
bookkeeping. The surplus cash
was reduced on account Of the heavy
treasury payments. At the same
time, though, the bonded indebted.
ness Of the government was cut
down to the extent Of almost $780,
600. This IL the item which
''couuts. "-GIObe DsmOcrdt
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-04-09

JoHN DAVIS came to the surface
at Washington, ID. C., last week
long enough to be interviewed as
follows:
"WiIi the farmers alliance he an
element in the next presidential
campaign"
"undOubiedly While we eau mol
elect n farmers alliance ticket, ne
NAV throw the election into the
house think % likely that
Weaver nf Iowa aud Polk Of North
Carolina will he the ticket"
That just a.. II rsn de- no more
than throw the election into the
house Of representatives. The poll
teal complexion uf the house Of
representative u overwhelmingly |
Democratic and totally out Of sym |
pSthy with the farmers "f this
country. Are the farmers Of this
state ready Ia trust their political |
fortunes Ia that house? Are the
Democrats at al likely t. foreign the
chance nt irAtheIing their own nest
Ia order tn throw . sep Ia the ALI
auce? fa.t experience lac shown
that "they are not built that EsS."
ENMINIsTER PHELPS. who rep
resented this country sI the EnglIsil
court under PresIdeB, Cleveland.
has an srlicle In one of the reviews
which carries Consideration iuta tBa
camp Of the Democrats aud Mug.
wumps. lie says 70 IL the duty of
the people stand by IT. government
aud strongly endorses Secretary
Blaine's foreign policy. He is right
On his conclusions and is . trne pat
riot Rs we'll - = Democrat. when
the people sf this country become
broad eHOsght 81 stand By their gov.
eminent, no matter WHO Is PSrsidant
then we can look for thIs country 70
accomplish s0methlng On its relatioosa
with foreign nations. Here re have
large number Of lutelligent persons
Who are picking Aavs and beiiitls-
Ing Secretary Blaine's reeIposity
scheme, for no other reason than be-
cause they happen to be 90 he'd
terms with the Secretary or do not
admire him. Let US put away al
childish actions and 70 10 work 10
make oar great eoanify greater.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-04-09

Just before adjournment, congress
passed an Indian Depreciation law
that will probably put SJO,OO0,OOO In
circulation. This law practically
removes all restrictions aud lImIta-
tions, and every settler OF his heirs
can now get pay In full for all losses
occasiOned by Indians. Henry n.
Copp, the well-known lawyer Of
Washington, ID. C., will send free Of
cost copy Of this law to all who will
apply 10 him for the samr
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-04-09
A Novel Offer

"The Journal may now be had for
sl.5O Year. Try IL.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-04-09

THE dispatches announcing that
DIR. Seheitweiler was a frIul are
not believed here. The Secretary Of
the State Board Of Agrlcultur has
notified him that seed will be
forwarded to him here. The whole
thing seems to be another eK-
hIbitiOn Of the insane Jealousy Of our
little Dickinson county rIvaletts.
The Doctor has decided TO make this
city his headquarters, which Of itself
shows him 10 be = man of discretion
and good sense.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-04-09

The Minnesota senate has passed
q bill requiring every article that
appears Ia any newspaper to be
signed by the party that wrote 10.
II will hardly pass the other house.
-RepWbiicdH.
This il true only In part. The
proposed law requires that all
articles referring to persons or re-.
fiecting upon the character of any
one shall he signed by the author.
such a law n referred to la nur
esteemed con-, would he u great hard
ship to him. Being unable To do
any writing himself he has Ia hire
IL done, aud the signature Of the real
author appended to the RepHGlicoH's
"OrigiuSI" matter would take all
the sunshine out Of newspaper work
for him.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-04-09

Fifieea contestants clad Cor the fray,
AIMED with good steel and IN battle array
etfiTing for Iuere, - brave KNIGHTS for old
etytjse feg tksif honors and medals Of gold.
Drying each shining pen over the proper
seeking 70 sound, A. the mosf proper caper,
fhs pssises Of nesaedies known The void
over
From Paris 10 Calais, nom Calais 70 Dover;
But each Knight yainiy striyes-ianenase
calls In description
Oithe manifold virtses f"Favoriie Prescrip-
tion."
When ill or depressed with that
',saraeging-down" feeling, ecnsegu-
ems HpQp weakness, suffering from
headache, weak Q lame back, and
the many llls eonimon 20 the weaker
sex, take Dr.. Pierce's Prescription,
vhieh % guaranteed 10 give satisfse-
iicn % price ~ WI returned. Bee
pfinted guarnnsss on bottle-wrapper
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-04-09
GERMANY WILL Gave"

which ssutIment do the farmers
Of Saline county sndorse7
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-04-09

New Mexico presents peculiar at
fractions to the home seeking farm
er. What are they? Here II one of
them; CultiyHbie land bears so small
a proportion to total area, that home
demand exceeds supply, aud that
means high prices for farm products,
And another: Development Of mines
and lumber Interests causes a contin-
ually Increasing need for food. For
instance: Corn IN New NJ xiro 10
worth IS cts. per buShel when TO
Kansas 10 only brings 40 cts, and
other thiBgs in like proportion. IT.
rigation, which IL prarticed there
and costs little, insures q full crop
every year.
For full Information, apply to II.
+. GrierSon, immigration aren't, A.
U. d :. Y. II r., $40 Kansas avenue,
Topeka, Kansas.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-04-09
strange Revelation In wumcn's Dress

Il WIZ American hAules ware Adopt Ia
Some predict that the great change
la the fashionlng Of the clothes
which are to be worn by women this
coming season IL the most wonder
ful victory OF the nineteenth century
III fashion leaders can be induced
to adopt IL aud appear Just once In
public so arrayrd.
Men will hold their breath In
wonder nj the marvellous change II
M akes In lovely women. Few Of
the fair sex can help being beauti-
full In these glove fitting costumes"
says n writer In recent number of
the New York and Paris Young
Ladies Fashion BG-dr. This
magazine II the only one in Europe
ar America which makes n speciality
Of giving those inclined To siOutness
an unrlvaled appearance OF seulpt-
ured slimness," said Her Royal
Highness the Princess Of Wales.
Madame Patti has ordered from the
Paris house four magnificent COS
tunes, the designs OF which sppear
In the April humber Of this Fashion
BdEdr-and In this magazine only.
Mrs. Harrison. IL greatly faseInat-
ed with the exquisite gem, costume
No. !, In the April number. II IL
expected she will give an order for
an exact counterpart of u, the whole
front OF which will be- incrusied
with Pin-hrad diamonds. This
gown alone will be worth a kings
IaBsOn.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-04-09
"Doetor's Differ"

Gays Senator PETER:
Take sway the In
terest bearing fune-
lions Of money and
Yo1 eestrDy The power
Tor harm ofthose who
fattsn on The blood Of
the laborer e. Il r.
poured into the nav
Of the great red drag
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-04-09

Says Jerry eimPsoay
Ibelleye In interest.
when capitol has
been aecumuiated, 70
n no more than night
that Il should be al
lowed 10 earn an In
come BY being putout
nj Interest.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-02
MODERN SUPERSTITION.


and EakirS.
SIN spite of our boast that we live in
a scientific age" said well-lznown
philanthropist the other day, "supersti-
around us. For all proof of this fact we
tions and folly of a kinds are flourishing
have only to consider the immense num-
ber of fortune-tellers, spiritualists and
fakirs of all kinds, who are feeding upon
the credulity of the public. There are
hundreds of women in New York city
making fat livings by their so-called
clairvoyance. They are consulted chief
ly by women and girls, who want to
know all about the future of their love
affairs and the sincerity of their lovers;
but are there also many men who go to
them for advice about their business. /
know one man who never makes an i'm
portant move in his mercantile affairs
without consulting trance medium, "
and who has unlimited faith in her
power to help him through. She has
often induced him to make unfortunate
speculations.
Theatrical people, you know, are
provcrbiaily superstitious and they are
among the fortune-tellers best patrons.
| know a popular theatrical manager
who consults an astrologer every week
to arrange his plans. He claims that he
always learns from those consultations
just what luck he is going to have dur
ing the coming week. Whenever the
astrologer makes a mistake in his pre-
dictions he always has some plausible
excuse about the false position of the
stars or about some misleading calcula-
tion to the effect upon the life of the
subject.
The influence which all these readers
of the future have upon those who con-
suit is very strong, and may be exerted
Cor good or evil. know of cases where
1T has done serious harm. For instance,
a wcll-known fortunc-teller in large
city in this country was consulted one
day n few years ago by a young girl,
apparently in the full bloom of health.
AS soon as the girl entered her presence
the woman exclaimed eXcitedly: 80.
go home, go right home; you'll be dead
in two hours" The girl almost tainted
from terror at these words. She man
aged, however, to get out of the house,
but she was so weak from fright that
she had to call cab When she arrived
home she was utterly prost rated and
had to be carried into the house and up
to her room. Doctors were summoned,
and they declared that she was suffer
ing from heart disease. In half an hour
after returning home she WAS dead
This story, of course. leaked out and
was great advertisement for the for
tune teller, whose business doomed at
once Now, in my opinion, she ought
to have been arrested Tor murder, She
excited that poor girl so that the attack
of heart disease was due direct to her
She never has been arrested, however,
and she is now doing hourishing bust,
ness. There is no doubt about IL, char
latans thrive in this country as much Us
they ever did. Detroit FREQ Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-02
BEHRING TEST CASE

Postponement of the Sayward Suit Until
Next October-Brlefs of Counsel Filed.
The suit brought into the U. S. su.
preme court at the suggestion of the
government of Great Britain on behalf
of the owner of the schooner Sayward,
to test the question of the jurisdiction
of the United States over the seal fish.
cries in Behring Sea and their right to
seize vessels unlawfully taking seal
more than three miles from land, an
issue that has been pending between
the two governments during several
administrations, has been postponed
by the supreme court on account of
the illness of Justice Bradley until Oc-
tober 10, when argument will begin.
The case is before the court in the form
of petition to prohibit the u. S. au-
thorities selling the Sayward under a
decree of forfeiture for violating the
law against taking seal in the Behring.
The briefs of counsel on both sides
have been fled. They divide their
argument under two heads: First, as
to the right to bring the case before the
court in the rather unusual form of a
writ of prohibition; second, as to the
relations between the Legislative, exec
utive and judicial departmentsro the
government, and the binding force upon
the judiciary of decision by the ex-
ecutive as to the jurisdiction appertain-
ing to the United States.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-02
BX-CONFEDBRATES

Summoned to Attend the dwelling of tho
Monument at jackson, Miss.
Adjt. Gen. Henry, of Mississippi re-
ceived the following letter Sunday:
REYNOLDS, GA, April 23, 1891.
GENERAL-Your cordial invitation to
the United Confederate Veterans, ex-
tended in behalf of the Ladies' Monu-
ment Association, the National Guard
of Mississippi and the city of jackson
to participate in the unveiling of
the Confederate monument at jack
son June 8, has been forwarded
to me from Atlanta, and finds me on
my plantation. 1t gives me much pleas
ure to accept, and l will at once have
the necessary orders issued calling the
annual meeting of confederate veterans
at jackson, Miss, on June 8 next
With the thanks of the brotherhood
throughout the south, and with the as
surance of my personal and official ap-
probation, l am, fraternally yours, J..
b. GORDON, commanding United Con-
federate Veterans
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-02
sUCCUMBED TO THE GRIP.
Death of n Colored Woman, Aged On
Hundred and Twenty-Eight.

Death of n CoIored Woman, Aged One
Hundred and Twenty-Eight.
Mrs. Susannah Nelson, a colored
woman, died in Washington city, Thurs
day night, of la grippe, at the advanced
age of one hundred and twenty-eight
years. The age of this remarkable
woman seems to be fairly well
authenticated. Her ninth child,
now over eighty years, is
still living in Washington Mrs.
Nelson was born slave, near Fred
ericksburg, Va, and long before the
war was released from hard labor on
account of her age. She claimed to
have been twelve years old at the time
of the revolution. She has had sixteen
children. The old lady enjoyed remark
able health up to lask week, when she
was taken with la grippe, which de-
veloped into pneumonia and caused her
death. The funeral took place Mon
day.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-02
CHINESE PIRATES.
Their Murderous Attacks on Ships in Chi
nese Waters.

That portion of the China sea lying
between the Sunda Archipelago and the
city of Shanghai is a region of coast
trade which is carried on mainly by
native junks. Two evils menace foreign
sailing vessels in these waters, the ty-
phoon and the pirate. And in no quar-
ter of the globe is the passage for sail
ing vessels more beset with dangers.
The prevailing winds are from the coast
and the pirates have the advantage in
making I'm attack, and in case they are
defeated, being well acquainted with
the waters. find safe hiding places
whittier large vessels dare not pursue
them, The methods o attack of the
pirGtes are vnriad. Often an entire
band of marauders will ship ~ passen-
gers and seizing favorable opportu-
nifty nuke themselves masters of the
ship. When they make attacks from
the shore in their junks upon merchant
ships, they use IA sort OF hand grenade
flied with pitch, cutlasses, hntchets.
pixies and pistols as weapons. The
presence of European and American
men-of-war in Chinese waters of late
years has done much to check the depre-
dations of these sea robbers. but occa-
sional outrages still occur.-Chicago
Graphic.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-02
CURIOUS CEREMONIES.
What Was Done When the Crown Prince
of Siam Became of Age,

of Siam Became of Age,
The crown prince of STAN became of
age the other day, and in accordance
with the custom of the country he had
his hair cut with great ceremony. The
hair in question was in the shape of a
top-knot, which had been sedulously
cultivated since he was baby. Every
Simease boy or girl is subjected to this
process, the boy when he is supposed to
be old enough to be withdrawn from
the control of the women of the harem
and the girl when the marriageable age
draws near. 1t is a time of great re-
ioicing even with the humblest, and in
the case of a scion of royalty there is as
much preparation almost as there is for
coronation. The heir-apparent is
fourteen years old and for three days
there We're professions to and from and
invocations at the principal temples of
the capital.
The principal feature of these process
lions consisted of battalions of Young
men and women in the costumes of the
different provinces of the kingdom. Five
hundred girls keeping exact time in
their marching, formed the van, the
officers armed with baby swords and
the rank and file with toy rifles. "At
the sides of the procession" writes n
correspondent, went lictors clad in
green and blue, soothsayers of all ages
and sizes wearing their tall pink and
white conical caps, pages in gaudy ap-
parel, apparitors clothed from head tc
foot in Mephistophelian scarlet. Then,
in the main contingent, were dark
skinned Highlanders in kits and plaids,
diminutive sheiks and stumpy grenada
ers, Goorkhas and Sepoys, and a score
of other mimic warriors. John China
man was there in azure pantaloons, wei!
pig-tailed, well-fnttcd, Northumberland.
and well-fanned; nor was Japan nor
any part of India left without represen-
tatives in the march. Behind the royal
pAlanquin came white-clad angels
crowned with the ringed and pointed
crown, and bearing II sort of thyrsus
meant for gold and silver flowers.
Countless drummers, pipers. and trum-
peters encouraged the processionists on
their way. nrd brass bands thundcrrd
forth European Mrs ut the seusonable
moment"
The cutting OF the top-lSnot took place
in the palace yard with consecru%ed Scis-
sors. and then the hoy was taken up to
the summit of mountain that had
been constructed specially for the occa.
sion. llcre, in an artificial lake, he un-
derwent the ordeal of bath, and then
wns invested with the five insignia OF
royalty-thc crown, the sword, the fan,
the slippers and the five-storied um
Srella. Chicago Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-02
PREHISTORIC VAULT.
A Mass of Masonry Unearthed at
Huntington, Ind.
10 is Thought to BE the Work OF MounS
builders.

Some rude masonry was disclosed to
view while cutting the lot of ID. A.
Purviance, on North jefferson street,
Huntington, Ind, to proper
level, Saturday. About six feet
below the natural surface of the
earth n pile of stones was encountered
which seemed to have been laid with
purpose. They formed an irregular
hemispherical mass about six feet in
diameter and three feet high beneath
which were formed layers of tagging,
each layer formed by hagstone six
inches thick, six feet wide and eight
feet long. Below the mass of masonry
and the hagstone was an empty vault.
The stones were of the limestone va
riety, and kind that is never found in
that vicinity unless they have been
brought there. What the structure had
been intended for is a mystery, but it is
thought to have been the work of the
mound builders.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-02
WARM weather in ths Esrthweat.

Reports from all over Minnesota and
the Dakotas indicate that Saturday was
the warmest April day in the history OF
the country. The highest point reached
was % degrees, at Aberdeen, s. d
Gem fear is expressed that the ex.
oessi i will be followed by tor
nado, p happened at Rochester In 1883
and st Cloud in 1886.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-02
Invited to Ascend pths's Peak.

The Manitou and Pilse's Peak Rail
way Co., through its general manager,
j. P. Hubert, has sent President Harri-
son an invitation to stop over there and
take one day for a trip over their rail-
road to the top of Pixies Peak, the high
est point in the world reached by rail
road line,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-02

Gov. Hogg, of Texas, has appointed
Hon. Horace Chiffon, of Tyler, to fill the
vacancy in the United States Senate
caused by Mr. Reagan's retirement. Mr.
Chiffon is considered one of the finest
lawyers in the state, and he stands high
in the estimation of the people.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-02
New Tabernaolo pedlosted.

Rev. I. Dewitt Talmnge's new
tabernacle, in Brooklyn, was dedicated
Sunday. 1t has already cost $40, 900,
and will require $4,000 more to com
plete it. There remains a debt of $780,
900 on the building.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-02
YOUNG PhvaioIan suioidea.

DIR. Samuel $. Fleming; prominent
young physician of Catlin, H., commit
ted suicide by hanging while visiting
his parents in Indiana.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-02
Ingersoll Has the Grinna.

Col. Robert G. Ingersoll is confined TO
his bed in New York seriously i'll with
the grippe. He arrived there from
Rochester on Tuesday, and has been
unable to leave his bed since.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-02

7. S. Stout, II theatrical man, was
cowhided by Miss George Lingard, an
an actress, at st. Louis Stout had sent
Miss Lingnrd an insulting note.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-02
Injured An a Railway Wreor.

An east.bound express on the Indian
spolis and St Louis division of the Big
Four was derailed near Indianapolis
Six persons were sesiOualy injured.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-05-02

"A Cosmopolitan.-"What is the ma
tionality of this person you refer to?'
"That is what we don't know" whats
his name?" "Smith. Yankee Blade
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-15

he ranked among the very best Of pantcmim-
lists. Tbs scenic effects aud changes are really
beautiful. the idol room in the Jainish temple,
Beelzebub's cave, the floral bower, and Electra's
house. are marvels of the scenic artists skill.
and are worthy of more than q passing notice.
The costumes of the ladies are simply gorgeous,
and have a freshness and newness that IS very
pleasing to the eye. The transformation scene
in the last act is magnificent, and the audience
seemed to know q good thing when 1t loudly
applauded as the curtain fell, shutting OF from
view one of the most beautiful and striking
Iableaux that have been presented in this city
for a number of years.
''Mr. Barnes, of New York" will follow
"Kajanka" at the Bijou. Burton n. Barnes,
ana the character on the stage is even more
literally Amerlcanized than in the work. This
takes with the audience, however, and SO far
as that goes is q point gained. All the acts OF
the piece have striking features-the fourth
and fifth beng equally vivid with the rest.
Amid the lurid fire of Corsican Vengeance, the
milder light of the love 10 trust shines steadily
between Ma ind PdoH and EdWtD Gerard
Anstruther, the avenger and her proposed VIC
tim, but both are ignorant of their relative
positions. The denouement Id the bridal
apartments of DdneHd's Villa Bocagano is well
managed. The company Is said to be equal to
the one seen here last season, which was a most
competent one. Although this play does not
depend largely upon scenic effects for its sue
cess, yet they are of a high order and some are
ingenious and novel, others very beautiful. The
engagement will be for one week, and the sale
OF seats commences next Thursday.