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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-06-11

LETTING THE DEMOCRATIC CAT Our
A correspondent of the Cincinnati CONNER
cial writing from Washington says: A
couple Of prominent Democrats-one of
them member of Congress-were talking
about the late speech of Mr.. Long yester-
day, and discussing the effect it would
have on the approaching election. Said
that Congressman ''Long was great fool
to talk about recognition until after the
election. When we have elected our men
it will be time enough to take that ques-
ton into consideration" I mention this,
knowing it to be true, and regarding it as
expressive Of the re 81 intention of the Dem
ocratic leaders in the Presidential contest.
They mean to preach Union and war, know
ing that they can hope for success on no
other platform, but once in power they will
be!ray the confidence of the people and con
sent to disruption of the Government.
Surely "Mr. Long was fool for talking
about recognition until after the election. -
1t remains to be seen whether a factous
demagogue will be allowed to pull the
wool over honest mems eyes in this way
at the polls IN November.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-06-11

WHAT SHE DIDN'T ExpEcT.-Not far
from Central New Jersey lived two young
lawyers, Archy Brown and Thomas Jones.
Both were fond of dropping into Mr..
Smiths an evening and spending an hour
or two with his only daughter, Mary. One
evening when Brown and Mary had dis
cussed almost every topic. Brown sudden
ly, with his sweetest tones, struck out as
follows:
"Do you think, Mary, you could leave
your father and mother, your pleasant home
here, with all its ease and comforts, and go
to the far west with a young lawyer who
bad but little besides his profession to de-
pend upon, and with him find out a new
home which it should be your joint duty to
beantify and make beautiful and happy ike
this 90
Dropping her had softly on his should
er, she answered, II think I could, Archy."
''WelI," said he, ''there's Tom Jones,
who's going West, and wants to get wife
I'll mention it to him"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-06-11
The Rest Scholar.

In every school there is one who is call
ed the best scholar. Teachers and pupils
have no difficulty in deciding who is entitled
to this honorable distinction, and when we
once heard the pupils of school exclaim,
as a bright-eyed boy entered the room,
Here comes Frank; he is the best boy in
school, we thought, ''what good intro
duction to new tescher" After becom-
ing acquainted with the scholars. we found
that they had told the truth. Frank was
the best boy in school, and viii no doubt
become one of the best men in the city.
Think of it. boys. "The best boy in
school" Who would not be proud of such
a title? It is worth more than millions of
dollars. But perhaps some scholars will
say owe cant all be the best" This is
true, but you have right to try, and the
one who will try hardest will succeed, for
there is power in that little word try.
Frank could not be the best in his school
he did not try. Ifyou cannot be the best.
be careful and not be the worst. Every
school has one boy who is worse than any
other scholar. We pity him; we pity his
parents, his brothers and sisters. What a
disgraceful title, "The worst boy in
school" He will no doubt become one
of the worst men in the community. Let
every boy who reads this, resolve to be ''the
best boy in school. "-Er.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-06-11

The most favorable indication of the
present campaign is the evident design of
the Government to send to the front every
veteran capable of bearing a pusket, sup
plying the border garrisons in the meantime
from the Hundred Days Militia. Ohio is
pouring her National Guard into Washing
ton by tens of thousands; Indina and Illi-
nois will furnish forty thousand men to
guard the posts and lines of communication
in Kentucky and Tennessee. New York.
Connecticut, Massachusetts,, Rhode Island
and Maine furnish militia garrisons for the
seacoast defences, and we presume that as
soon as Carney fixes up his Indian bureau,
he will proffer regiment or two for mis-
cellaneous purposes.-EE.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-06-11
Honey Bees.

What I regard as the most favorable
condition for a stock of bees in the spring
is, first, a populous colony with fertile
young queen; next, abundance Of clean
worker combs, with a suficiency (and not
much more) of stores to feed themselves
and their young, until the flowers viii again
supply them. Such stock is likely to
swarm early, and may swarm often if not
prevented. Let US suppose its first swarm
TO issue on the first of May; the old queen
With, say, three-fourths Of the workers,
have deserted the old hive to form the
swarm, leaving behind newly-hatched
and unimpregnated queen, one-fourth OF
the old bees; and many of the combs nearly
filed with young bees; ten days later another
swarm issues, accompanied by the first
Matched young queer, which probably at the
time of her departure has laid but few, II
any eggs, in the combs, of the old hive, and
leaves behind her young and as yet an IN.
fertile queen, no brood, and but q fourth
part Of swarm of bees, which may become
populous enough for wintering by the time
the honey season has passed. The two
sBarms consume nearly all they gather, du-
ring the first month or six weeks, in build
ing combs and feeding the brood with
which they fill their combs as fast as built);
by the middle or last of June, they are both
populous, but have very little honey stored
in advance; the old stock is perhaps in a
similar condition, except that its population
is smaller; if, at this time, further sWarming
takes place. and the pasturage should be
cut off suddenly By drouth, as has some
times occurred, the whole may perish be-
fore the advent Of another honey season
Country Gentleman.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-06-11
Gen. Heintzelman ON Mcclellan.

Gen. Heintzelman, who is quiet but frank
and determined in his manner of intercourse,
has said many good and pungent things re-
garding the service since this war COM
menced. We think the best that we have
heard of him is srid to have occurred not
long since. A party of gentlemen were
discussing the merits and dement's of Gen.
Mcclellan. He had his admirers in the
group who commended that he had shown
himself brave and capable officer, while,
on the other hand, his merits were treated
lightly, and his demerits shown 10 be the
greater of the two. "Why SOP" inquired
ONE General McClellan has shown STRAIT
egg and courage as a General. His army
fought we'll On the Peninsula" 'No!' re-
sponded the other, che lacks courage"
During this colloquy Gen. HeintZelman had
been an attentive but quiet listener. Turn
ing to the gentleman who was berating the
courage of General Mcclellan, he said in
bis peculiar nasal tone: "How Go you know
sir, that he hasn't courage? Gen. McClel-
Ian has never yet been under fire, and you
can't tell whether a man is brave or not,
until he passes that ordeal" The argument
was closed.-BgGalo Egprees.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-06-11
A Man who works without Pay

The Washington Correspondence of the
Cincinnati Commercial says:
A few weeks since 1 wrote Of man who
did't want an Office. Now I have still
more startling fact to announee-am man who
holds an Office under the Government,
works hard and won't take any pay for it.
The rara avis is Mr. Whiting, Solicitor of
the War department, and the case as related
to me by an intimate friend of his, is as
follows: About two years ago Secretary
Stanton wrote to Mr Whiting. whom he
had known well and faYorably as a lawyer
for many years, at his home in Massachus-
etts, informing him that he was about to
create tie Office of Solicitor for the War
Department, and rendering him The position
at salary of 5000 2 year. believe.
Mr. Whiting replied that he would be glad
TO severe the Government IN the capacity
named, and would accept the Office upon
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-06-11
Secretary Seward rang his little bell, and

Secretary Seward rang his little bell, and
sent for General Dix.
General said William H.. show is
Fort Lafayette?''
"our flag is there" said the General,
with military promptness.
''Is there reliable man to be found in
the Department of the East said VIM. n
eff there isn't" Numbered the General,
cpl shoot him on the spot
"Who is hep" asked the Secretary.
Ellis name is Dead Beat, says the Cen
eral.
"Send him to Fort Lafayette"
So | came
l am still here.
Yours in retirement.
DEAD BEAT.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-06-11

The Paola Kan. Herald has an interest
ing dsquisition upon the origin of the word
jayhawker," which it attributes to Pat.
Devln, who returned 10 Ossawatomie, in
April or May, 1858, from successful TO-
ray across the border, and when asked where
be got his horses. replied: There's bird
in Ireland called the .jayhawk,' which is
always hid in daylight, but as soon as dark
ness comes, it flies among the trees and
captures all the small birds that it finds.
"Well,'' added Pat. ''I suppose you know
now that jayhawked EN- The applica-
ton was easily made, and from that time
forward the word was applied to all of Mont
gomery's band.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-06-11

The editor of the Terre Haute Express
thus expresses his lofty admiration of the
military genius of the commanders Of the
Army of the Potomac:
Hancock has equalled, if not surpassed
the courage and genius of Marshal Ney;
Burnside is greater than was Mcdonald or
Mortier; Warren challenges the lofty cour-
age, splendid genius and indomitable hero
ism of Dessaix; while Grant, in persistent
courage, untlinching purpose. daring valor,
comprehensive strategy, directness of pur-
pose, and splendid combinations, must stand
out on the pages of history as the only sue
cessful rival of the first Napoleon.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-06-11
a man. who lad all Lis lie ser tem-

A man, who had all his life been tenn
peTance man, bought some four or FIVE thou
sand barrels of whisky, and came to consult
me as to whether I thought it was wrong.
Says 1. Have you bought it?'' He said
he had. ''Then its too late to come to me,
says I. But" says he, edo you think
that man might be justified in making
money, if aiterward he used it to do good
with 90 Was there ever anything so alb
surd You know that the devil spins silk
as well as hemp or fax; and when be wants
to catch a trout that will not bite where it
can see the line, he spins line so small
that it cannot be seen, and puts the bait up
on it, and the fish is caught. And if there
is ever an invisible line with bait at the end
of it. and with the devil at the end of the
rod, it is when q man is going to make mon
ey for the sake of using it to do good with.
If there is ever time when Satan laughs,
aud says, 81 have caught gudgeon - it is
then. If man is ever drawn into the net
of the Evil One, il is when he gives up his
conscience, his moral sense, and his self re-
spect, cutting his manliness through and
through, that he may have the means of
acting more manly. There are multitudes
of instances in which every man, first
or last, is brought under circumstances
where be is tempted to succeed at the sac
rifce of moral ecrUples, on the ground that
when he has gained success, he will be in a
situation to act in accordance with his moral
scruples again. Now, here is Just the point
where thousands of men are broken down
from manlness and heroism. Here is the
place where, if you stand firmly, you will
become hero!c.-Beecher.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-06-11

RAISE SHEEP.-We have frequently pub
lished statistics in regard to the sheep farm
of Delos NJ. Barnes, near this city. The
sheep on this farm now number 400, and
the feeces recently sheared will amount to
about $4,000.
The fleece of the Spanish Merino buck,
''Dick,' weighs twenty-five pounds, and
viii bring s16, so. This is his fourth
shearing. His first fleece weighed nine
pounds; the second fourteen and half
pounds, aud the third seventeen and a quar-
ter pounds.
Such facts IS these ought to induce eve
~ farmer % keep at least few sheep.
They pay Conservative.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-06-11

"FRoM the portico of my house," says
John NJ. Bots. 81 and my family have
seen nine battles fought on my own fields.
and just before my owu door, between
hostile troops who but yesterday, as it
were, boosted of a common history, a COM
mon nationality, and common destiny"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-06-11

During the battle of Shiloh an officer
hurriedly rode up to an Aid, and inquir-
ed for Grant. "ThaL's him with the field
glass;" said the Aid Wheeling his horse
about. the officer furiously rode up to the
General, and, touching his cap, thus ad
dressed him: "Sheneral, I wants to make
Won report: Schwarts's Battery is took"
Hal says the General, chow was that?"
"Vell, you see, SheneraI, de I'd She
scheshnist come up in de front of US, and
de I'd Shesheshn;sts come up in de rear
of US, and Schwartzs's Battery vas took"
avail, sir" said the General, ''you Of
course spiked the guns" 'Vat!'' exclaim
ed the Dutchman in astonishment, e'schpike
dem guns-schpike dem new guns! No,
it would schpoll dem!' "WeIl, said the
General sharply, "what did you dog"
do! w, we took dem back, again, by
i
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-06-11
.Feaeral PRISONERS at ReIle Isle

Probably history cannot furnish par
allel in the sufferings of our brave boys
who have been dying in the Richmond
prison. If there is a God in Heaven, ret
ribution will surely follow the deeds of the
Southern demons who glory in tormenting
suffering Union men. A correspondent of
the Kansas City journal Of Commerce has
bean visiting the hospital in that city,
and writes as follows:
Better, far better to die in the fight than
to exchange places with the remnants of
humanity recently returned to us from the
prisons of Richmond. No tongue can tell
the horrors ofthis chapter of the rebellion.
The British prison ships of the. Revelation
cease to be cruel compared with the cruelty
of the Southern rebels. Go to Baltimore
and see the emaciated forms of our brave
soldiers; their fingers dropping off joint
after joint, their digestion destroyed and
their intellect fled! Ask them "How long
have you been in prison Don't kuow!'
"Where do you come from 90 Don't
know !" What is your name 90 ''Dor't
talk; we're SO hungry %
Miss Dix says it is piteous to hear their
cries for hearty food. But only small guam
tiles of simple food can be given, except at
the peril OF lmmeufate Qealn. hL IfSI lle
hospital attendants were not aware of the
extreme condition of those able to help
themselves. One Of them was sent to the
bath room; some one stepped on his foot by
accident-it came off at the ankle! One
of the lady nurses in the hospital at Balti-
more, has closed the eyes of fourteen ofthese
Belle Isle prisoners, not one of whom
could give his name or place of residence
So utterly was mind extinguished by their
long suffering, that no clue to their friend
could be won from them, and their friends
in many instances will never know their fate
Happier for their friends, as for them, that
their physical life went cut. Better than to
have been taken prisoners ift they had died
fighting their cruel foe. 1t is not in North
ern human nature to retaliate such wrongs
in kind--the thought would be too horrible.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-06-11

Extravaganza is the rule, and economy
the exception in California. Easily got,
easily SPENT say the miners. The San
Francisco Bulletin says that ''there are men
who were poor aud not ashamed of it. with
in FIVE years, in San Francisco, who now
tell. without blush, that they cannot live
on $1,000 year.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-06-11

IT'S a sad thing Wien men have neither
heart enough to speak we'll, nor judgment
enough 20 hold heir tongues this is the
foundation of all impertinenee.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-06-11

Relieve misfortune quickly. a man is
ike an egg-the longSr he j. kept in hot
water the harder be Is when taken out.
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TERxs-Two dollars per annum. in advance.
Clubs of ten, ST.. Clubs of twenty, $50
All papers discontinued at the expiration OF the
Inc for which they are subscribed.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-06-11

OEss-Netos Building, corner Of Commercial street
and Sirth aUeRue
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-08-18
Another Draft Decision.

The following question has been put to
Provost Martial General Fry: is a repre-
sentative recruit (who is an alien. or a
citizen notliable to draft entitled to the foil
Government bounty? and can he lie aredit
ed to any ward Or township he may elect
Or must he be credited to the ward or town
ship where the man is enrolled for whom
he is a substitute
To this the following answer was re-
turned
San alien representative recruit is en-
titled to all Government bounties, the same
as any other recruit He cannot be credi-
ted to any ward or township he NAV elect.
He must be credited to tile ward or town
ship where the man is enrolled for whom
he is substitute
And we presume, the provost Marshal
General means to be understood as deciding
that the representative recruit" must be
credited to the ward or towns in which
the person hiring him, if exempt or not en-
rolled, besides.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-08-18
Rebel Items,
Sc cretary of War.

From late files of Southern papers we
make the following extracts, which present
fuller details Of the news which has already
been telegraphed US by our correspondent
with General Grants army.
General Joseph E. Johnston came down
from Atlanta to Macon on the 10Th instant
The family of General Johnston has been in
Macon for a week or more
The number of Yankee prisoners at An
Jacksonville, Ga, is now over twenty-seven
thousand, and has been almost daily increas-
ing. An addition of five acres has recently
been made to the Enclosure.
General G. H Stevens, ofSouth Carolina. is
at a private house in Macon, Georgia, and
although wounded by musket ball, which
penetrated his head, and is still in there. is
doing well. Strong hopes are entertained
that he will recover.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-08-18
Correspondence of the Telegraph.
NOTES By THE WAY-FRoM BALTIMORE TO
WASHINGTON.

Dear Telegraph
| l wonder who first commenced taking ''notes by
the way Whoever he was, he has a number
less train of tol lowers, as every newspaper viii
attest: anu lew are the ways that have not Lad
notes. taken 10y them and OF them
And in no probability, has the Baltimore !,
Ohio Railway been omitted yet as new points
of interest connected with The war. have arisen
l trust that IN ~ tie pardoned for Offering a few
''uotes by the way, nom Baltimore to wash
ingtou.
AT z o clock the train st arts from Baltimore.
Ii is a cool bright morning, and ali nature. re-
! freshed by recent show is looking glad and
/ beautiful and us We borne swiftly along, by
| groves OF forest trees, large orchards OF fruit
| II ees aud heIds OF corn, lhat only yesterday
were thisty, paIched up, and ready to ie,noH
looking fresh and green enc Iull of hope, we
can but thank the Father OF all melcles tor the
pleasant rain that has fallen like blessing up
on the earth.
a soldiers camp Is passed every few miles.
showing that she ROAD !s well guarded from reb-
81 RAIDS, &c, Near Annapolis Junction. is
miles from Baltimore. is Font DIX baIt. am
not able to Tell what point, during Tie present
rebellion Tor the protection Of the hoad.
BelGsviAe. II miles tro II w ashngteu, has grown
be quite noted, on account Ut being enter ed b;
a small reOel force. during the recent raid into
Nary and, also Bladensbnrg, sti!lnearer Wash
ington place of former note is indebted The
rebels, tor addition to its fame, received a
few weeks since.
Not far from this place. upon the left hand |
can be seen the former residence of Lord Balt- |
more, and from its associations with the Foun>
der of Mar and it will receive an attentive look |
t!om the The passer by.
Just beyond and also a. the lett is a SINAI
building, ali open but the roof, 10 which, it is
said, Henry Clay, used to come out from Wash
ingt"n t" reGcrsc his speeches. in presence of the
grand old ness Of the toest having only the
WARRIORS thai foaled near for listeners, giving
10 the fee cir of heaven he noble thoughts tina,
mad had blrth within his soul before they fell up
oil til ears.aDd haer's OF men in the Senace Cham,
her. SO the iitle old house will always have aui
Inhabitantt to me, ana whenever l pass il / shall
hear voice. such as [ imagine belon ged 10 the
great Statesman
Whoever passes from Baitimo toiWashingron
en- pleasant morning, under charge of the
gentlemanly conductor who seems to have
.atherly care of all the changing occupants Of
MS train, can but allow that it is delight flu
rip.
But Fort Lincoln is in sight and we are lso
in sight of tie Capitol So good bye until next
week when you win receive additional "notes"
taken i'll washington.
F.A B
Aug 1861.
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Tux AnIe.
KENosHA COUNTY TREASURES OFFICE,
WISCONSIN, August End, 1864.

l. p. H Wood, Trea surer of the county of Kenoaha,
do hereby give notice that on tn Cd Tuesday being
the 18th day of September next, 1864 shall sell
public auction vendue at the Court House, in the
county aforesaid the following described lots, pieces
or parcels of land much thereof as may be nec>
to pay the taxes interest and charges thereon
for the year 1868, to wit:
sale to commence at 10 O'Clock A. M.
Toaon Of Pleasant Prairie.
Bond and Hale, 2 NV IA except SO rods in sw
and "a rods Sec 6 %, 70 acres.
Henry Thurn, sc rods in IL of NV Ia sec
1r 90
7Oaon of Parts
Palmer and Moe 10 IF or II Or 81 50 acres.
CITY Of Kenosha- First Yard.
S Fisk pit lot blk so "a # offs end sd lo Sc or
sec 81 Or %
oomsrock, pit lot 10 blk 43 shf Of W 81 # as per
plat OF 1858 Sc or sec II I 2 %
Lot block A Sc Or sec 81 I 2R23.
city Of KenoSha-Thi,d Word.
Albert King lot 10 blk NV or sec 5t1r23
Holmes and Nichols addition
Orvis, ii hf lot biz ne or sec 6t1r2S
CITY Of EenoSha-F0Wrta Yard.
Henry Stanten,n 13 of or blk 50 Or 81 to rs
Hugunin lot 81 blk NV or sec 80 2 %, Wash
ington Island, 1--WE
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-08-18
I'm memory of Minnie Dewey.

Sleep little Minnie, sleep,
-Ea Not in thy cradle bed,
But the pale stars keep
Their vigils o'el thy head.
Thy mothers voice no more
Shall hush thy feeble cry,
Or soothe thee to rest
With her sweet lullaby.
The gentle breath offspring,
Will wake the flowers and birds,
But never, never more,
VIII Mnnie's voice be heard
Earth's fair and lovely things
Will blush with beauty's bloom,
While thou, so cold and still,
Art sleeping in the tomb
Thy little life's exalted.
AS fade the shades of even,
Or stars of NOR ming melt
Into the light of heaven;
Ere sins bitter pangs felt
Or sorrow mast dimed thine eye.
Thou hast with angels found,
glorious home on high.
Thy Minnies voice is tuned,
To Seraph music now,
golden harp is in her hand,
A crown upon her brow;
Within her radiant home
No sin or sorrow dwells,
And she said to her sweet mother fare thee
well.
Paris July oath, 1894. MRS 4. a. l.