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r -u 9 "S ; THE JOURNAL. PBBUAH KB BT - M. D SAMPSON AT SAUNA, KAN. ayPICT. Ina ATMKM,lkn 4or chI ol KITES Of StJBBOKIPTIOir TV . ItM aitMMM.... . i oo trt th............... ... M J. W. JENHEY, Homeopathic Phyn(cian ASB RDRGEe.T. (.hi ftiUaSlta Mack, ta rniw. Sa "v mmm. t'luaal artiMatkHi tTra In F. M. SCHNEE, D KM1KT. Partlesi r Mfirttna rirtn " lieiw f hmwi uwttt. All Work Warruteat aadCtiarffea Ben xtnable. A. balUla. im. (inur I Saara Kr Anm Dr. I. E. Luyton Physician and Surgeon, It: , Xarta Naata re AtR, Mr-Vk-ar BuiM lat H.tlwtdUitaK prraaarM-artlT rarall "-liaa. I .kiW t. icil l. data- all m .. i mi-tkl nd hIm rail mi me at ni l.i-w 1VwlMtrlM a trial before In -" -. kaww ( Hr nnn.i a a ta.t.fe-1 .Iwiiu 4arn I m awl) a trial 1 "-w -rlhrmmHttrtHnttn l be Krlee i . -,rf. ...i aleaMeaaM-a.aMr I nar rc-li.-rl. KJ eara. LMht atiewleal ii . a tut 4fc- at(M . DR. R. E. NICKLES, -ItlNTIKT FlMtaUWIan.wnH.lt. A' ArtaVial Ursa ai I rllttkl. HaMrr XVtalHr Wall n. Mtrwa.it.klr ad- i aunMlkFHMnii raeSralaa'IVnn Vt Im KXfe Mtur. (f rtalr.' rtM-r I aaa lra Aaa.. ROWI.KY, M. II. I at "aiai mi In a Ma. Vutwitrrr Cbt- rj . ! rarawWa ami Mwra-rrr M. -awe la laattr Wwli. I) ' V J tVKNiWN I I aramrtly aaawar I- ike Hf. Manlalba t! eva-aant ear-. .I,frt-a. W in l l hhrt. iHimi Kuaal .WII aral MSftaLabhaaai BMaaaWallalt" PaW"a"J nfxmanvl" iSmtMIi "uf. TrMaJlaa.K i. w.m.AiK. W. K. HlH'KTON. Blair & Houston, ATTORNEYS AT LAW SI.IX.. KAS. ('reirprMrrms a specially. II I. tttr. K. A. HrwH Bishop & Burch. Attorneys - At - Law nflW. in Masonic Temide. MOORE & QUINBY, A 1TORNEYS-AT-LAW MBe .w Pint NaMeaal Bask. AMNA. KANSAS. M- J OHN J. GETS, Hotarr Public and Conveyancer I0W Whllrtaraa aaat awm' Hnafc a:rr. laa, Kaw... JJOQH KINO, ArrtHt, SaperintfnJfat ami Oeetraeter. OaVa nm Mr AntFrtran Htata Bank 11-Jni S C. SERVILLE. Hot !:. ten. Vrrapo aad I'.rriw imlnt r MarMhM. sralnlne awl wvr actnc il-ar aria aatar4M ami dvailrh. N.. Unit . Mallaa. Kan. GEIS BROTHERS, Public Auctioneers, iffrr thrtr r lor tn alt ttr who tr-4rr n akln laiMIe aatrfthUi lad. TUt-v cnllt ti" n Ha1 rr aiaril .Tf-iilMti jrrara In Salina. Tk KaslMi. rrm.n arM twalr. Mr. W. I! Uu. .(iiiiWmlhf anrtliHtrrrlnc. I well tmrtail on all a.linl l llr Mnrk. ami Mr. Thn in s wrnt i thr rltriral work, I tbwMMrrtlv pclrl onfuritl-. Nrl tktor to ti.t itffirr. Dallas. KinKia. AlsoUeian&Co. Lumber Dealers. A full Lino at Lowest Prices. Offiei' : 125 South Fifth St. Eborhardt & Sudondorf. tltaarra la AMI I law.rrmrnl. nalT. Etc . Klr SALINA, - - KANSAS. THE B SALINA KANS. i riTt. SI KTLIH MWU IXrOKt'OKATRD 1061. DIKRCTOnS. M. M. Brigw, A. U. Dwlce. T. Wlrter BrswB, M. D. TeaMMi, C. KhrhrMt, K. W. OVer, 0enr Soltc, J. F. Merrill. & W. ak. OFFICKHS. J4h F. Merrill, I'rert. M. M. nrisss. V. Trent. M. D. Teagiie. Caahler. TlHHt. 11. DavV. Au't Cashier. 3 i Ottv T. A WlU!A GEIS & WILLIAMS VtadMrnutoi-0r.9rHl fleer SALINA, KANSAS. REAL ESTATE AND LOANS. AHrPnwMratvtM wafttrtoMM artU do y"?"-" I " aw bewk. grAqS'-'-STTy1 M W. Mutt awsroasriErz to XiO-ir Srw.raXi WSVrrASClMOTa.. ktaO. eai- HardwooQ LumDer First National jrfC f vol. xvni. HoYelty Mills ED. LOTZ, Prop'r. Highest Price paid for Corn, Rye and Oats Flour, Meal and Feed always on hand. THE OLD RELIABLE D.&J.B. WHITEHEAD, Jeirelers. The best line of Watches in the city. The best line of Clocks in the city. The best line of Silverware in the city. The best line of Jewelry in the city. And the best Repairing done in the city. D. & J. B. WHITEHEAD, Salina, Kansas. James J- JOURNAL. 3.XiI2sTJL, 1 f..T) rStfr SAT.Tt 33tT- Drugs, Paints, Oils, Brushes 'Window Glass. Lamps, Etc. Etc. Also kosps a Fins Lino Of CIGHS constantly in StocK Tlie N. A. FERLEN .r--J Ji3f. LSkflL , LS - ZJl2 Now I taellmeorj-fnrto tnVoa pteanretrlnlo Eamiv, r mul watwwrinaaBiil fur all nrl-c'aiMnynvrr thp Atlantic. Includlnr the CHS V AMKHICAN.TniXOVALU.V!UTKKTAIUai:illNanil IXMaN. . inmKvit.nainF.an pptfliir, aixiranmre ytia mnncron your piurlintp. Can jm .niRi imnintm fniinn. rvniinaK. i any port in Kunrrc. Very Hrpm!ulfjr, lew Drua; - Store, Having purchased the corner Drug Store we shall be pleased to meet all our old friends, assur ing them of our best treatment and good goods. Santa Fe Cor and Iron 31. w. $ Und In all its branches. Also a fine and complete 3 line FUKMTOE Woolen and Metalic burial cases in stock W. & M. D. BEEG, No. 113 & 115 West Iron Atc Salina, Sjtnaas ail Etwsftw. SALINA, Kans. Puroell's BLOCK SZl3STS S Steal Si Apcy -S&a-;. - s,5 - for ronr frlml It. J N. A. FERLEN. Ayenues. D. Berg, ertaKin 01 & CAEPETS. SAUNA, KANSAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, The Eighth Annual Fair of Saline Count). From Friday' Dally. The third day of the fair and the second day of the races opened upon the people, bright and joyous yes terday morning. At an early honr people began pouring into. the fair grounds. The exhibitions in the halls and stable were the attractions. Many ladles drove around and took a lively Interest in the fine stock. The judges were busy looking over the fine horses and cattle. Among the horses the exhibition of fine stallions would have done credit to tne state lair. Among tue mares the ones under three, over two, were well developed and their own ers manifested pardonable pride in their exhibits. The "flyers" for tho day were upon the track and as they warmed up they presented an attractive ap pearance and served to create an in terest In the afternoon races. The Fourth Keglment band bccupledthe band stand, and regaled the comers and goers with many choice eelect tlous. Here and there seated upon the park benches, couples of young people from the country and city en gaged in speculation as to the prob able winner in the races of the day. The managers were exuberant over the successes of the day before ami Willi renewed lire and energy, wens not slow iu making every prep aratlon for the day's exorcised. The track from the beginning lias been carefully watched, and team, were busy with roller and scraper. Towards dinner hour hncks were coming and going with n regularity that denoted a big ticket sale and fiunnclal success, which was veri fied before the close of the dny. The dinner hour was filled up with lunch and the vociferous calls from the many venders of prize package? and lemonade dealers. About one o'clock the people were rapidly fill ing up space around the grand stand. O, It, Powois trok the posi tion In the judges stand as starter and judge In the place of Harper Cunnlnghnm who was called away on important law business. The bell was tapped and the three-minute trotting class was called. These were quickly brought out upon the track and a lively scene that wrs not to be closed until six o'clock took place. The band played a number o pieces of their best muMe. The crowd was larger than on the day previous, and the number of ladles additional were everywhere to be seen, addlug new Interest to the program. Along the entire llneof the fence upon either side of the grand stand people stood for four hours cheering and otherwise evincing great in terest. THE RACES. The first race called was 3 min ute trotting, best three In five heats, for purse of $300. In this there were six entries, Corunedo, Jack Koth, Volts. Delane, Columbus Maid and Billy Itrown. Fancy Almnnt had also been entered but owing to lame ness was allowed to withdraw. Vol ta went in under protest as having made a better record than was al lowed In the three iniuu'e class. His owner gave nollco that he would contest the protest and appeared con fident that ho would provejils right to the rare. Colunibus Maid led ofTIn making the first half mile Iu 1:19 and win ning the heal in 2:.Tfl'4. In the second heat a foul was claimed by one of the drivers, and the heat was given to Volta after considerable discussion by the Judges. The third and fourth heats were won by Columbus Maid in 2:39t4 and 2:30?.,. Tho following division of money were then made by the Judges. Columbus Maid, first money. Volta, second money. Cornneda, third money. Jack Roth, fourth money. Billy Brown, fifth money. Delane. sixth money The drivers of Volta and Colum bus Maid, became luteusly earnest and it could be seen that they drove their horses for all there was in it. The next called was the 2:30 trot ting elasu, with four entries. Roan Oau was withdrawn, leaving Henry O., Prairie .Star aud Lady Markle on Uie track. The record of these stood, Henry 0. 2:i4 ; Prairie Btar, 2:32; Lady Markle. 2:41. In the start all broke and run some distance. Henry O. made the half-mile In 1:17 which was the fastest time mnde. The first heat was won by Prairie Star, 2:33,. Henry O. won the next three heats, time 2.32i 2.38 2 32fc, succes sively. Division of money was to Henry O, 1st; Prairie 2nd; Lady Markle 3rd. The trotting in this race was con ceded to bo the best that has been witnessed n several years at Oak- I dale park. Henry O. was the favor ite of many, and when Prairie Star bore down upon him and passed In the first beat, he well merited the prolonged cheering by the populace. The novelty running race had five entric., for best 4' and one- mttarlash. Maude S. made the first 4 in -25. Texas Girl won the race, making the 4, and mile In .52, 1.20 and 1.52. Solomon Girl thietr her rider and quit the track. L. H. Billy and Lucky Boy were dis couraged and made but little effort after the first half mile was ran. Jt was announced from the Judges' stand that some specials bad been arranged for the races to-day in ad dition to the regular program and that this would be the day of the (air. From Saturday' Daily. The last day of 'the fair, as it should be, was by far the best of the week. The attendance was in keep ing with the crowing interest mani fested on Thursday. In agricultural and floral halls, the crowds were bn sy looking at the jrrand display, durlngleUuro boar. Amoag the exciting features ol the forenoonwas a runaway. The team belonged to Amos Flnmmer feltand was used in drawisg the sprinkler. The wagon was demol ished and the ticket office badly torn np. The entire east side of the of fice was torn away, and the inmate narrowly escaped with their lives. The gate money was net so large as on the day previous, although the attendance was much larger- The season tickets having been sold on Wednesday and Thursday. Mr. Cuuningham had returned and at 2 o'clock was In bis place in the judges stand, and promptly called the first race. Tnere were four races on the program, and un til after 0 o'clock a lively scene was witnessed upon; the track. In the first race, which was the 2:40 trot, there were five to start. Capt. Mack owned by D. B. Powers; Belger's Blue Bull, owned by L. L. Relgers; Gray Bashaw, owned by O. Hol cotnb; John A. Logan, owned by C. W. Wright; and Delane, owned by,Ci 8.. Carruth, of Hutchinson. The race was for a purse of 200, best three in five heats. In the start there was runuing for the first half and homestretch, and Delane was set back to fifth place for run ning. The best hair mile was mado by Gray Bashaw, in 1:22. Bashaw Also made a quarter In .42, and won the first heat in 2:40 and second in 2:43'-. Capt. Mack won tho third heat in 2:42Jk.. Delane the fourth in 2:40.U and Capt. Mack the fifth In 2:4S. Under the rules, after the fifth heat, two of the horses were Bent to the barn, not having made a heat In the five. This left the three, Capt. Mack, Delane and Gray Bashaw, to finish. Delane warmed up and won the sixth aud seventh heats in 2.40 2-u2. The race was exciting from the start and great interest was taken Iu the three horses after the first two heats were made. In the sixth heat Bashaw was setback for foul driving, his sulky having run into another and splintered a wheel. The division money stood: Delane, first; Capt. Mack, second; Gray Bashaw, third Beigers Blue Bull, fourth. The free-for-all pace, for purse of Io0, was entered by W. D., owned by Geo. W. 8utlicl; Don Pedro, owned by W. B. Holland, of K. C, Mo , nnd Sam H., owned by C. T Hilton. In this race tlag and weights were waived. W. D. made the first quarter in 3&K and half In l.Iii, which wai the best time made. Ho was closed In by Don Pedro, winning the heat In 2.31 'j. Don Pedro wou the race in the two and fourth heats time 2 344 2.334 2.32. W. D. won the third heat in 2.30, which was the fastest time made. W. D. also made a quarter In the fourth heat in 37 seconds. Tho two-year-old trot wa entered by'Robert Ryan, owned by V. B. Welch, of Salina; Rushtin. owned by S. L. Longwood, aud TIney Rogers, owned by It. A. Rogers & Co., of Solomon City. The race was won by Robert Ryau time 8.10 and 2.59K. This was a two in three race and was nicely driven. All the horses gave evidence of becoming good speeders, and their owners were Justly proud of them. The day closed down before the running race could be called and hence it was, with the foot race, postponed. As a whole the fair was a great surcess and proves that Saline county can and will maintain her supremacy In Central Kansas for a first class fair. The county fair does a work that cannot be done among the people in any other way. Besides showing up the haudlwork of the ladles, the agricultural products and the mechanical and horticultural Interests of the county, it brings the people together in one common interest and the few days spent together works a feeling of common purpose that nothing else can do. The Association for this year have worked untiringly and the director are to be congratulated upon the successful efforts they have made from tho beginning. There was reason to believe that another suc cessful day could have been held today but no ouc could foresee that the races would not be completed until it was too late to advertise the fair for today. The premium list was complete and full and we would like to give our readers the awards in this issue, but the secretary was unable to post bis books in lime for us to get a complete list and know lug that corrections are always to be avoided in reports, we refrrln from attempting to give any of the awards. CLOSE OF THE FAIR. Tlie Saline county annual fair held from the 26th to the SSllt lust, closed last night. Likewise the Kansas Grand Circuit, which has been In progress the three last days, ended at the same time. Taken all in all the fair has proved a very gratifying success. The at tendance the last day was good, the best day being on Thursday when there were fully six thousand per sons on the ground. Yesterday the number was not greatly short of this figure. The agricultural displays were quite nrof use, doing great credit to the farmers and the county For a year that is accounted a poor one, the quality of the articles were sim ply excellent. The corn was fine, the apples superb and aggregated more than fifty in number of the en tries. There weie mammoth beets, potatoes, squashes, melons.etc. Ev ery space or the Agricultural Hall was occupied with the samples. Floral Hall was a magnificent scene. There was handiwork of a very great variety. The ladies out in full forco wlta this and that article of kill of their own bands. Many of onr business men and worklngmen were displaying their goods. KUian it Williams were there with a a No. 1 display of furniture; Vernon 4 Bond and M. Anderson, organ dealers, were present with oigans; the Bnliedge Bros, bad soma good displays from their planing mill, In 1888. the hall; there were carriages front the works of Johns & phelan and S Pearson. And so it went. The side and center were occupied with these departments in c!oe proximity. There was jnt patsage-rnoHi le- tw-en the line. The fair for 1SS5 is voted a stieee by all. A large number ef farmer we are pleaded to say, were In atten dance with their productions awl took a great Interest in the fair. The racing of the circuit associa tion came up to every expeetalkn. As might be expected there were some disappointment, but the out come In more than satisfactory. The number or horses entered for the races was large, aud the time made by them shows high grade and supe rior speed. The Kausas Grand Cir cuit ha proved itceir or vast service to the horse Interests In the first year of existence, aud has been very suc cessful Iu each of the eight counties coniosing it. We congratulate all partle asso ciated with the county fair or the horse association, in an ofilcial or ex hibiting cataelty. The farmer have much to Itirpire them In their exalted avoca.lon from the couut.v falr or 1SN3. Let next year's fair be better and more pretentious and let there be a deejM'r interest In Its wel fare and succeiw by all the farmers of the county. O. A. R. KKUXUIV. The Department reunion of the Grand A r 1117 of the Reii!ilie for Kansas opeus at Topokaon Monday holding six days. A one fare, or ft cent an 4 a half a mile, ha been decletled upon by tho railroads. Vice Department Commander Henry Booth and the Topeka Posts have Issued orders of interest in connection with preivaratlons for the reunl n and It I with that view which w pr-tdiiiH them entire for the iufonuatioi. or our readers as follows: IlKADQfARTRHS DKPAItTMB.VT OF Kansas, Guano Army ok the Kpchmc. Septembers, ISsS. (1KNEKAL ORIIRIt NO. 8. 1. Leave of absence havlntr been granted to the department com mander, a9 the senior vice depart ment commander, I hereby assume command of this department. 2. The statement having been heretofore published to the etfect that a one cent rate would probably be given to comrades who desire to attend the Fifth Annual Reunion at Topeka, more than ordinary efforts have been need by the council of ad ministration and the committee on transportation, to secure such a rate, but the Kansas Passenger assoela tlou has up to this date tailed to give it, and has fixed tho rate at one tare for the round trip from all points Iu Kansas to Topeka and return. This makes the fare I1 cents per mile. Instead or 1 centaa heretofore stated, and it Is the very best rate which the department ha been able to secure up tn the preent time. The committee of thlrty-eiisht, and the citizens of Topeka generally, have interested theuis'lve in inax Ing all necessary arrangement for the largest and grandest reunion of old soldiers that ha ever taken place in Kansa. Accommodation have been secured for all who will come. Knilnent speakers, elocution ists and prominent Union soldiers have been invited to, and will, at tend, and a programme for each day of the reunion has been prepared, which has never been surpassed at any gathering of veterans. General A. Sic. II. M-'t'ook, or the regular army, who Is also a comrade of the Grand Army, Is now en-route from Fort Leavenworth with foureompan iesof lurantry,rourtroops of calvary, one battery of light artillery, and the Oth United States Infantry band to participate In the exercise dur ing the reuuion. A sham battle hm been arranged for, and a grand Pyrotechnic display by Lincoln Post 'lambeau club. Xumerou bands and drum corps throughout the de partment have signified their in tention of attending and a large number of pots will come in a body. It Is therefore hoped that notwithstanding we have been uuable to procure a lower rate than m cent a mile, that every comrade In tills department who ean do so will be present at the reunion. By command of Henry Booth, Senior Vice Department Com mander, Commanding Depart ment. Official: O. H. Coulter. Assistant Adjutant General. I.INCOI.X post flambeau club. Attention, Lincoln Post Flambeau club and Drum corps: Every mem ber of the club and drum eorps is commanded to be at post head quarters to-night, Thursday, at 7:30 sharp, to arrange for a display dur ing the reunion week. A. M. Fuller, Captain. N. D. McGinley, Adjutant. ATTENTION, LINCOLN POST. Theie will be a special meeting of the post at headquarters Saturday night, September 29, at 7:30 o'clock, to make arrangement for the re union. Every member is requested to be present, and all members who are not supplied with uniform are requested to procure them to wear during the reunion. This is the largest post In Kansas and on this occasion It is desirable that the post appear in parade In a manner bene fiting the position it occupies in the department. L. J. Webb. Post Commander. W. D. McGinley. Adjutaut. TheTrarbera Choir. Editor News: As we see our fa vorite teacher and examiner, J. W. Armstrong, has announced his can didacy for the ofilee of County Su perintendent, will you allow an old teacher to add a word of praise. Though still quite young, he has bad a state certificate for several years, and done excellent work In our Nor mal Institutes, as our teachers ean testify. But we praise him most emphatically for the strietly Impar tial manner, in which he has filled the ofilee of one of Saline county's examining board. He dares to do right regardless of friend or foe. All honor to J. W. Armstrong, our next Superintendent of public in struction. Teacher. At the trial of James W. Brown, which waa concluded at Detroit, Michigan, on the 26th inst-,flfteen of the thirty-three women he mar ried were present. What a seene that must have been ! lf e was sentenced to the penitentiary for fourteen years and six months and will now have a full period for re flection and to properly value his past matrimonial felicities. The Jury took Jut four .minutes to decide his ease. NO. 40. THE RED SCUOOtHOCSE. There He steeped in the golden haze of youthful memory a wide valley along whose picturesque sIojh-s the sunshine injured In un broken rays. Its wealth of mornlnp piendor broke in effulgent floods over the eastern end of the valley, and at duk lingered long and lovingly amtd't the arborescent inner that shut In it western hnrlson. An iuland sea undoubted ly onee lapped the crumbling shores of Silurian slate that rim the valley In, but ages ago the waters must have retreated, leaving a wide stretch of intervale, and, at last turned to an Inconsequent stream, worn a narrow channel through the foslltaed dead of the Trenton llme toue, where, to-day, It still pulses. A little hamlet lies midway In tblt valley, and near Is God's Acre, in whieli tlie dead so sleep that when they waken at the resurrection they will faee the morning suu. A highway, on either side, sweet ened iu June with scraggy orchards, whose blosoms are as lovely as the fruit is crabbed, runs down a long, sloping niiisiiie into tins nappy valley .and Just beyond the hillside's foot vtocd the red school house, to which many a boy crept like a snail unwilling. It stood fronting the higlirrny, its three remaining sides inttiug into a meadow, whosn sum mer grasses rubbed against Its clap board. Within a double row of licks, tho back one a step higher than the first, ran around three sides ot the room, the fourth side containing the door, the blackboard and the teacher's desk. Low nar row cents were built against the inner row of desks, on which the small fry flgeted away the long. Irk some school hours. In the center of the room there stood a great, red stove, which burned "three-foot" wood, aud which glowed and roared throughout the winter terms. How rrwy the little boys and girls grew as the twinkling waves of heat struck them 'till in the face, threatening, but for the frequent Intermissions, to nmst them to a turn that would hive suited Dean Swift. But if the wintry days were long and full of discomfort, when the Huniuier came aud made such lovely pictui out-of-doors, how ilnger nigly crept the hours away; hours that held the boy a in a lash from the wild freedom of tho open air; a freedom as essential to Ills well-being as It was to the feral life that sported A-B-C-less In forest and field. How the bobolinks used to come to the meadow, whose lush June grasses buttressed waist deep the back and sides of the school house, and send the Indescribable thrill of their song Into the open windows; how the song sparrows, perched on the rail fence that ran flush with the school house front, would repeat, time after time, their joyou crescendoes; how the gold finches went by In undulating flight, shaming their prisoned brothers, the canaries, with their full-throated song; how the brown thrashers crooned over their aria, the very perfume of melody. What hints of poppy and mandragora were faintly wafted by great gold-hooped bumble lice, as with drowsy wines they smotu the air; how tantaiizini-ly free aud unconcerned the butterflies sailed hither and thither iu the sun kissed air, aud shot through all this brilliant woof of sight and sound; what undertones of the great mother, the soft mjurmurings of grass-hid tilings, the slllibant touch of leaf and wind, the scarcely audible tlr of glowing vegetation, as clear to the boy's ear as to the ear of Ilelmdel himelf, tho utterly be yond the boy's comprehension. Other attraction a hundred times more potent united to make more dreary the hated prison and the in tolerable printed page. He knew that the swallows with their sharp wings were touehlng Into whirup ling eddies the smooth surface of tlie iKJiul whose untraeked pathways he longed to explore. He knew of tops, aud hoops, and kites and balls awaiting his coming; of foaming stream that could make small water-wheels fairly hum; of mead ows where great dusters of straw berriex hid their searlet heads. But the school had still its compensa tions, for there were the recesses and the short hour at noon. What an uubottling of noise came with these brief moments of respite; the clamorous rout that poured out Into the open air came with unthrottled throat. It seemed as impossible for such small bodies to hold such volumes ot sounds as for the bottle which the fisherman drew from the en to hold the Imprisoned Afrite whose head touched the heaven. Thin, shrill, piercing, the discordant sounds seemed to fill all space. It wa the savage instinct of the ani mal lite asserting itself. And after all the Autocrat's talk of Brahman blood, how mueh of culture is really transmissible? Born Into a bookish atmosphere, the boy develop book ish tastes, but the same boy trans ferred at birth to a wigwam would hardly acknowledge the claims of long descent. All the Instincts of the average boy seem to be feral; he is a berserker by nature; he loves to slay. He feels himself pitted against tlie untamed life which sur round him, and pitted unto death. He is aggressive ; a born fighter who knows his rizhtsand knowing, dares maintain. At any rate, such were the majority of the boys who forty years ago, made a Joyou Valhalla of the red school bouse aud the highway that formed Its playground. Hardly a day passed without iome skirmish; all disputes were settled at once with physieal give and lake, after wbleh vietor and vanquished drew the spoaz over all enmities. And then the games we played with such unwearied zest and ardor, from whence did they come; from whom did we learn them? One ot which we never tired, "Hi Spy the Wolf." undoubtedly had IU origin before the dispersion or the Aryan race from Its disputed cradle land. Homer played It under the name of "Arodtepaokirda," Siegfried called It ' Verterhrrpi'l," Charlemagne, "Cligne Jftueiu" and Dante. "Cri evfde,eh'." Another game Indulg ed in by Greek boys In ancient Athens, was played by two boys fronting each other with clasped hands, tn oaeh of whom was linked a long row ot opposing boys stand ing spoon shape and held together by eneircllng arms and pulling with united strength to see which party would give way. "Hornaway," known as "Fox-In-the-wall,""Pora-pom-pull-away" and "Babylon," was always a favorite game. One boy stood in the middle of the road and eried Hornaway to bis com panions who are groaned against the feBce aud who, as they rushed across, were successively caught and held long enough to proneuaee,wIth suitable action, the words: "One, two, three, spit over thee!" another eurious Illustration of the wide spread folk-lore of spitting. An other noisy game was "risen." played by thrusting a stake into the ground, and farming a ring ot boys around it, and trying to pull each other against the stake. "Gool" was played by placing flat atones at short distances in a eircle, each stone oeoa pied by a boy who was only subjeet to capture when be ventared away from It. In the winter "Fox-and-Geese." took the place ef "Geel," played by means of an immense ean-wneei iracxea in the anew, with a fox at the bub and! and "Duck-OH-the-reck' were other boisterous games. In nU these gaaea tne leaders were chosen by a mystic foranla of coasting ont. Into a nasally tetter ed straw bat if tn rammer or a cap if In winter the dexter finger ef every boy was placed, then eneef the boys, successfully touching a finger with each word snoken. f sand the leader In the but word ef his gibberish rhyme. Of these formn laswehadtwo. The first ran: "Err, Irr. tcktrr, aaa. Fluwr.folloT.KIehotuJhn, Qscrer. qaaver. BagHib, unr, BtrtBgBnun, straacnlara, bsea." TheSeraad: "Eatra. maatrm, entra, corn. A epte seed, sad anol t pi mora. Wire, briar. Umber. kdr. HU -mm In a flock. Oat oat, OM rotton dUh cleat, Yoa taait to oat. The books we used were few In number and rarely changed. 'Rlth- Hietic, reading and 'riling, witb a changed chlrography with every new teacber.witb Olney'a G'ography and KIrkhatn's grammar comprised the entire curriculum. Not one of the text-books was attractive In its contents or mechanical make sn. There were no calendered pagee ef taper, no dainty Illustrations, so large clear type. The Arithmetic we used, full of problems In.f. was Ruger's, of local fame, written and printed In anelghboringvlllage, and the youngest and the oldest sllkeusedit; and when I think ef the long days I spent over Its multi plication table, I feel a tender glow in my heart for darling little Mar jorie Fleming, for to quote her diary, "The most d b thing Is 8 times 8 and 7 times 7 Is what natare itself can't enduie." But Ruger had Its redeeming feature in rhymed problem of the tinker's kettle, tho I am sure not one of the school chil dren, one red-beaded girl excepted, ever ciphered aa far as that. But the most unsuitable of all booka to be put in the bands ot a child was Llndley Murray's En glish Reader. I see It now, in my minds' eye, a little sheepbonad, niarginless, plctureless volume, printed on dinar paper in solid bre vier, its contents made up from the onee popular but now forgotten ser mons of the Rev. Dr. Blair, with a faint sprinkling from the writings of Hume, Addison, Johnson, Aiken, Young and others, in which the om niscience and omnipresence of the Deity, the dignity of virtue, the comforts of religion and the im mortality ot the soul were dlsoussed, In sonorous and long-winded sen tences from the subtlest standpoints of logic, and as intelligible to a boy who could express hla age with a single figure as so much Choctaw. A constant succession of teachers, young men for the winter, young women for the summer terms, came to beat the contents ot these booka iuttt the young minds, and a serious and laborous task they found It, foT when not hearing a recitation or doi ng a hard sum, they were making or mending quill pens; and they needed the thousand eyes of India, for mischief was eternally on tap, aud swopping the order of the hour. Another of their discomforts was "boarding around," every family entertaining tne teacner a certain number of days for every child that It sent to school. It .was the house wife's crucial test, for here was the guest who had sampled the skill of every cook in the district. Rarely did the winter term close without a dramatic entertainment at the villlage meeting-bouse. A platform, screened with curtains of homespun linen check, hid the pul pit; and here, year after year, a succession ot youthful orators beg ged the audience to "view them not with critic eye." Here "Loohlel," and "Hohenlinden," and "Marco Bozzaris." and Byron's "Waterloo" were rendered with thrilling effect. Once Monk Lcma'a "The Maniac" waa enacted in costume by the mas ter himself, tall, cadaverous.and the author of a spelllng-book.wbo.ln the ardor of his delivery, tumbled over, disarranging his feminine garments, and displaying to the audience, to the utter banishment ot all tragic emotions, a pair ot long legs incased in-black trousers. Here, too, Tell was wont to shoot the apple from bis sou's head, the son discreetly hidden from the audience by the clieok curtains, and, notwithstand ing the wonderful parabolic curve of the missile, having an unerring aim, if clrcumstancial evidence In the shape ot a big apple cleft through the center with an arrow and dis played to the audience be con vincing. What a glamour of beauty sur rounds that far-off morning-land ef youth! How bright it seems, bath ed In eternal light, tho' hedged away by many a grave! And of those who belonged to It for whom the green turf Is a yet unrounded, where are they? I go back into the once happy valley, happier than any In the Kingdom of Ambara: lite hills are unchanged, the little river goes on and on foreyer; but the stranger's foot is on every threshold, and the names I lov ed to hear are spoken no longer the llohened stones alone con tain then. Tba Kum Swede Loyal. BETHANr College, Linos horo. Kansas, September J J, 139. To the editor ojtht Commonwratth. The article on "The Scandinavian vote," in the Kansas City Sunday Time, commenting on a leader In the Commonwealth, ought not to ge unchallenged, aa it Is either aa In tentional misrepresentation or a dis play of ignorance aa to facta calcu lated to do Injustice to Kansas Swedes. The article in question makes the assertion that the Scandinavians In Minnesota are under the leadership ofKnute Nelson, leaving the Re publican ranks and identifying themselves with the democracy. As a consequence be would have us believe that the 15,000 Swede voters in Kansas are following snit. Be it remembered that the Scandi navians of Kansas are! npt Nor wegians, aa are the followers of Knute Nelson, but come from that other part of the Scandinavian peninsula called Sweden, and have no soc'.al, church or political connec tions with the Norwegians In this country. The statement that the latter, in Minnesota, are affiliating with the Bourbons must be taken with a great deal of latitude, but, however that may be, certain it hi that the 1S.000 Swede voters (la Mc pherson, Saline, Clay, Pottawatomie and Riley counties) are loyal Re publicans. The exceptions are rare, indeed. The experience of the Swedes, many of whom have been'frozen out of their landboldlngs la Swede h by the ruinous free trade systsm, is not calculated to make Democrats ont of tbem. In the SeTenty-nintbldlstriet C A. Swensson, the prince ef Swedish orators, baa been nomi nated by the Repbllcaes for the legislature and no one doubts that he will be elected. The fanciful allusion of the Time' correspondent to Professors Srede rupand Canfield joining hands la free trade fallacies baa no signifi cance to the Swede, who by painful experience know what are the re sults of the system. The Swedes in Kansas are still loyal to the Repnb lican party and will vote for Harri son and protection, Professors Svedernp, Canfield, et hoc genna omne, to the contrary notwithstand ing. E. Nelander, President Bethany College. Yesterday, dnago, in Pottawato mie county, was the scene of both a Republican and Democratic Coa Tetsional convention. Tharsday evening 236 ballots had been east by the Republican convention. The Democratic convention assembled yesterday for the first- The district U composed of the counties of Pot tawatomie and Nemaha, and eaeh has the same number of delegate. Tr- aajitria faahlnnatila tnr- VtanafcllLkan r.i,i.i n.n.i. .utia deadlocks. &