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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-02-10
About Rats.

The rat is one of most interesting ami
mails on the globe. In Europs he marks
historical eFas--diHeFant hordSs ofinyaders
brought their peculiar rat in their train.
Europe has seen the rat of the Goths. the
Vandals, and the Huns. Europe now has
its Norman rat, and its Tartar rat; and the
great rat of the partisan sewer is of recent
date and Muscovite origin.
The brown rat, otherwise known as the
Norman rat, has established itself all over
the world, by the commerce of civilized
time-it has had possession of France for
the last six or seven centuries; but within
the last it has found its master in the Mus
covite and Tartar rat, called in Paris the.
rat of Mountfrucon. These new rats, pre-.
viously unknown to Europe, descended
from the nights of the great central plateau
OF Asia, from which the Hun and Mon
goi horsemen descended, who spread right
and left, and took possession of Rome on the
one hand, and Pekin on the other.
The establishment of the Muscovite rat
in France commenced with the extirpation
of the brown or Norman rat-that has al
most disappeared and is found only in the
cabinets of the curious collectors-while
the Muscovite rat is daily increasing in size,
ferocity, and courage. The Russian rat de-
YOURS the dog, the cat. and attacks the
child asleep. The corpse of a man is
dainty for this beast, and it always COM
mences by eating out the eyes. Its tooth
is most venomous; and the author from
whom we derive most of this article, states
that be has known of ten cases of amputa-
ton of the leg, necessitatsd by the bite of
this rat.
The Cat turns tail upon this rat. in its
most ferocious state. A good rat terrier is
the best destroyer, but fortunately rats are
ratophagus. eat one another, fight duels,
indulge in broils and intense feuds and
grand destructive battles Were it other
wise, they would make this world an I'M
pleasant place for men to live in. We
should have to fight our way, and not un-
frequently, like the Archbishop of May
ence, should be dragged from our beds ct
midnight, by an army of rats, and deVour-
ed upon the spot.
The rat is the emblem of misery, MUIR
der and rapine-a cannibal and q robber-
devoted to the principle of war and spoila-
ton. Will it ever disappear q
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-02-10
work a blessing.

Many young men have fathers that are
we'll off, aud they have no ambition, and no
particular prospect. They scorn a trade
A man that is too well born for trade is
very well born for the gallows
Thousands of parents, who, by industry,
have gained position which enables them
to destroy their children, take the surest
means of accomplishing their destruction BY
encouraging them in idleness, and allowing
them as they grow up to feel that it is dis
graceful to work at manual labor best suit
ed to his talents, no matter if his father is
a minister, or lawyer, or senator, or the
President of the United States. MANY
young men are looking forward upon life
with the general idea that they are going to
enjoy themselves. They are provided with
all needful physical comforts, and they mean
60 li.syz fsvs-T tracie EE1Isiey.
eight their profession. Their whole GOV
erning principle in life is to shirk anything
like work; and they expect to have eni
ment without industry. But no man in this
world will be happy who violates the fund
amental law of industry. You must work
if you are going to be happy man. |
know you think it is hard; but if God had
meant that you should be butterfly, YOU
would have been born butterfly. And as
you were not horn a moth, or a miller, but
a man, you must accept the conditions of
your manhood. And if there is one pin
ciple that is more important at the very
threshold Of life than another, it is that man
IS born to sOork.-R. ". Beecher.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-02-10
BUILDING ON THE SAND.


lis well to woo, tits welisto wed,
For 50 the world has done tE-,f-.
Since the nyrtles grew, and roses blew,
And morning brought the sun.
But have a care, We young a nd fair,
be sure ye pledge with truth;
Be certain that your love will wear
Beyond the days Of youth.
For if give not heart to cart,
As well as hand to hand,
You'll find you've played the unwise part,
And built upon the sand
'Tis we'll TO save, cts we'll to have.
A gOOdly store OF gold,
And hold enough of shining stuff,
For charity is cold.
But place not all your hope and trust, aes.
In what the deep mine brings;
We cannot live on yellow dust,
Unmixed with purer things.
And he who piles up gold alone,
Will often have 10 stand
Beside his coffsr chest; aul own,
IT'S "built upon the sand"
'Tis good to speak in kindly guise
And sooth where'er. we can;
Fair speech should bind the human mind;
And love link man to man.
But stay not at the gentle words; ~.
Let debts with language dwell;
Tie one who pities starving b irds,
Should scatter crumbs as well.
The TeTcy that is warm and true
Must lend helping hand,
For those who talk, yet fail to do,
But "build upon the sand"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-02-10
The Rreeamenis. Bnrsau.

Tbs bill to- enlarge the powers of the
Freedman's Bureau, which passed che SEN
ate 90 Thursday by 81 to 10, is in sub
stances as follows:
Seotions1. Original act to continue IN
forces President to establish twelve or less
districts, WithIan Assistant Cotamissionsr
for each, to disappointed, Or 10 his tlisere-
tion. detailed from the army.
Sec 2. The Commissioners TO assign sub
districts, with one agent TO each. Assist.
ant Commissioners may have six clerks.
zgsntsof subsdistriots os.Isssllsszsssy
dictions to extend over al employees OF the
Bureau.
Sec. ). Secretary of War may direct
such issues of provisions, clothing, fuel.
DC, for refugees and freedmen, as he deems
needful
Sec. 4. President may reserve for freed
men and refugees 8. 900, 600 acres of unoe .
cupied land in Florida Mississippi and Ar
kansas, which the Commissioner may alIot
In 40 acre parcels; rent thereof to be based
on valuation of the land, and occupants
may purchase at assessed value.
Sec. 5. Titles to Sea Islands, &c, under
Shsrman's orders, confirmed for three
years. bs:- 500 sE
Sec, 6. Commissioners shall purchase
lands required for support of dependent
freedmen and refugees, and build asylums
and schools; Congress to provide appropri-
atoms for the same, and the lands not to be
sold at less than cost
Sec. 7. Where rights of labor, of inheri-
lance. of property. the equal benefits of
laws. security of persons, etc, are denied
to freedmen, the President shall extend mil
itary jurisdiction and Jurisprudence for their
protection.
Sec. 8. Whoever subjects any freedman
to slavery or involuntary servitude, except
as punishment for crime, or ,discriminates
between white and black in penalties, shall
be punished by 6ue of 81 900 and one
years imprisonment. Officers of the Blu
reau to have Jurisdiction of all such COM
plants, SO long as and wherever such dis
elimination on account of color continues,
and wherever State and United States
Courts are not in full and peaceful opera
ton.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-02-10
A STRAY VAR.


Be not too swift to take effense;
: -. Let it passi
Let it pass
Brood not darklY,sser q wrong
Y hieh VIII disappear ere long;
Rather sing this CHEEKY song
Let Il pass
i = Let it pass
Strife cOrrodss the purest mind;
s, . Let it pass
Az the unregarded wiad.
Let It pass
: bay con denim > ffhout repTieve-
'Tls the noble who forgive.
s Let it pass
Let it pass
Echo not an angry word;
Think how often you have erred.
=. Let it pass
Since ourjoys must pass away
Like the dewdrop on the spray,
Wherefore should our sorrows STAY
Let it pass
Let it pass
If for good you've taken i'll,
Let it pass
Oh be kind and gentle still;
Let it pass
Time at last makes all things straight;
Ket US not resent, but wait.
And our triumph shall he great;
Let it pass!
Let it pass
Bid your anger to depart:
Let it pass
Lay these homely words to heart;
Let it pass
Follow not the giddy throug;
d Better to he wronged than wrong;
Therefore, sing the CHEEKY song
Let it Passl
Let it pass
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-02-10
Important DecIsIon OF enc supreme Court

Important Decision of the Supreme Court.
! The following decision in the case of
Saml. F. Hubbard vs.. Saml j. Crawford,
Governor, was rendered by Judge Crozier,
recently in the Supreme Court Room, 10
presence Of the legislature and citizens.
The plaintiff sued the Governor for a pat
eRt one HartsE-sestieH sf lsRd:
Held, 1st-AlT legislative power is, BY
the Constitution, deposited in the Senate
and House of Representatives, and when ex
ercised, must be exercised by them alone,
except in cases where they are specially re-
served to the people.
Cd. The Legislature may create muuioip-
al corporations and delegate to them linn
tied portion of the legislative power, not
only because such would be a rightful use
of legislative power, but because it is spe-
cially authorized so to do.
Sd. 10 regard to the creation of banks,
and public debt, the people have express
y reserved to themselves portion of the
legislative power.
4th. Sec. 5 of art. 6, of the Constitution,
limits the general power of the legislature
over the school lands in one particular only;
and that is with reference to the time of
which they may be sold.
9th. When the people have availed them
selves of their reserved right, their power
over the subject is exhausted, and all the
necessary machinery for the consummation
of the sale must be provided by the Legis-
lature.
9th. TIE act of 1864 concerning the sale
of school lands, contains but one subject,
which is clearly expressed in the title
18th. No portion of that act went into
force upon its publication, except those Sec
tons which prescribe the time and manner
of taking, eanvassing and declaring the vote
of the people upon the subject of the SALE
The other sections went into force upon the
canvsssing of that vote.
Sth. The Legislature may not pass an
act and submit it to q vote of the people,
providing that it shall become Law upon
their ratification Of it, except in cases spe-
cially provided for in the Constitution; but
1t may enact law and provide that it shall
not be in force until the happening of flu
ture event
9th. The whole of the act referred to be-
came law upon the approval of the Gov
ernor. Part of it went into force upon its
publication, the remainder upon the can
wasting Of the vote of the people. No pro
vision of the Constitution having been VIC
lated in its enactment, it is a law.
Motion sustained. ~
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-02-10
SOFT AND SOFTER.

One eve, in velvet bravelv arrayed,
As Ed. sat toying with his darling maid,
Her little buxom waists bewitehing charm
The while half folded in his furtive arm
He took her dimpled hand, and with a smile,
Stealing it gently DER the silken pile,
Asked, in a tender silence of loYe-chat.
If palm eer fOndled aught so soft as that
She archly answered.: Might venture. pet,
could press yours on something softer YETI
With sidelong lance of amorous distrust,
Adown the graceful neck and swelling bust,
Whose ern:ine cape, his darling fancy taught
Was the coy ''soLnething" of the maiden's
thought;
He fondIy sighed to fingers ends thrill.
"Ah, dearest, do my hand is at your will l''
Bnt oh. lost rapture for, no sooner said,
She gaily clapped it pat on his own head
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-02-10
TuE LARGEST FARM IN THE WoRLD.-

TaE LARGEST FARM IN THE WoRLD.-
The farm of n. L. Sullivan, Esq, of Cham
paign county, Illinois, formerly of Ohio,
consists of 20, 900 acres, %, 900 of which
a re under fence and in active cultivation. is
said TO be the largest farm in the world.
Much of the work is done by machinery.
He drives his posts by horss power, culti-
Yates his corn by machinery, SO that all his
laborers can ride and perform their duties.
Mr.. S. gives employment to two hundred
farm hands, tWO hundred horses, aud large
number of oxen.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-02-10
Family Courtesies.

Politeness as well as charity, ought to
begin at home. And if "kindness of heart
kindly expressed is the true definition of
the word, where can we find place where
it will be az easy to practice this virtue :?
"Out of the abundance of the heart the
mouth speaketh,'
In the family the law of pleasing ought
to extend from the highest to the lowest.
You are bound to please your children, and
your children are bound to please each 9th
er: and you are bound to please your SER
wants If you expect them to please you
Some men are pleasant in the household
They were good fathers and kind husbands.
If you had seen them in their own house
you would have thought angels almost; but
it you had seen them in the street, In the
store, or anywhere else outside the house,
you would have thought them slmoot DEM
oniac. But the opposite is apt to be the
case. When We are among our neIghbors.
or among strangers. We oldourselves with
selfrespect, aud endeavor to act with pro-
priety; but when we get homs we say TO
ourselves, 81 have played a part long
enough. and am now going to be natural. :"
So we st down, and al ugly and snappish,
aud blunt, and disagreeable. We lay aside
those thousand little eonrtesies that make
the toughest floor smooth, that make the
hardest things like velvet, and that make
life pleasant, We expend all our politeness
in places where it will be proita ble-where
it will bring silver and gold.-Mother's
Journal
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-02-10

An INK MIEE.-The Santa Fe Mining
Press says party has recently arrived at
Los Angeles, from the vicinity of Buena
Vista Lake and the oil springs there, having
in his possession a bottle containing ''a
mineral substance very much resembling
crude petroleum but without any smell, and
possessing all the qualities of fine writing
fuid. Several experiments we're made by
different persons. and all pronounced il q
good quality of ink, or fluid, for writing.
We dipped our pen in the fluid and wrote
several lines, and could not distinguish the
difference betwee it and the best writing hu-
id now IN use. When fret used, the color
is deep rich black, but after exposure to
the air the color modeTates little, still re-
tang good, and to all appearances. durable
color. A company is being formed for the
purpose of testing the above discovery"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-02-10

Word was sent by Mr.. K, defeated
candidate that married lady, who was sup
posed to have changed the expected vote Of
her husband on election day, TO the oppo.
site party, to the following effect; $50 and
tell Mrs. w, that / will send Der. by the
first opportunity, q pair of psntAlOOns for
her political services Her reply Was,
$50 aud tell Mr.. Z. to send them along al
once, aud don't forget to tell him that ]
want new psir--and not pair that his
wife has half worn OUT
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-02-10

On one occasion, the late Thomas Cor
win. while delivering a stump speech in
Indiana, assiduously struggled at the re-
quest of the managers Of the party. 10
avoid the negro question. He was going
on descanting on the misdeeds of James K
Polk, and eulogizing Henry Clay, when a
voice exclaimed-stHoW about abolition?''
Mr.. Corwin for moment was nonplussed,
but recovering. he CALCULATED: Il submit,
Mr. President, if that is fair question 70
ask aman of my complexion" The null
titude burst into-s roar of laughter.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-02-10

An Apothecsry's boy was lately sent TO
leave at one house box of pills. and st
another six live fowls. Confused on the
way, be left the pills where the fowls should
have gone, and the fowls where the pills
had been destined. The people who re-
csived the fowls were astonished at the ac-
companying diFection-''SWsllow one every
two houra."
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-02-10

0EIoNs AND PoULTRY.-Scarcsly too
much can be said in praise of onions for
fowls. They seem to be preventive and
remedy for various diseases to uhich do
mestic fowls are liable. For gapss and in
hamation of the throat, eyes and head, on
ions are almost a specific. They should
be finely chopped. A small addition OF
corn meal is an improvement.-G snsses
Farmer.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-02-10

A wag says Of =. woman; To her virtue
We give love to her beauty, admiration /.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-02-10

A Yankee being asked by Southerner
why Yankees always cay Il guess while
the southern people say al reckon, . gave the
following explanatioh: THAT q Yankee
could guess as well as 3 Southerner could
reckon"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-02-10

Conc TO BosToE.--A sweet little girl in
New Haven, only three years old was prom
ised one evening that she should accompa-
ny her parents 20 Boston the next morning.
She was elevated at the prospect of the
journey. aud when she had finished repeat
ing her little prayer. as she laid down 10
sleep, she said, Good bye, God-good bye,
Jesus Christ am going to Boston in the
morning.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-02-10

In ihS city Of New York during the past
year, lie pefssas we're killed by being run
over by street ears, 16S were drowned. and
sc were kiiled-most of the last cases we're
murders outright.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-02-10

Our devil says, .'the reason Why pFin-
tiers ste 80 agreeable to nice young ladies'. is
because their words are always cbaste,
(chased.)
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-02-10

Why is the Secretary of the Navy Ike q
crazy petroleum Spectator Becanss he's
Giddy on Wells.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-02-10

He does not say he killed the rebel, but
simply that his shot was cheered by the
Wisconsin boys, and that afterwards the
horse the rebel rode was seen gallopingwith
an empty saddle 'sThat's all I know about
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-06-13
Live Cattle weight by Measure.

The only instrument necessary is g
measure with feet and inch marks
upon it. The girth is the circumfer-
ence of the animal just behind the
shoulder-blades. The length is the dis
lance from the shoulder-blades. The
superficial feet are obtained by multi
plying the girth and length. The fol-
lowing table contains the rule to ascer-
tain the weight of the animal:
If less than ore foot in girth, multi
ply superficial feet by eleven.
If less than FIVE and more than three,
multiply superficial feet by sixteen.
If less than seven and more than five
multiply superficial feet by twenty
three
If less than nine and more than sew
en-, multiply superficial feet by thirty
three.
If less than eleven and more than
nine, multiply superficial feet by forty
two
Example Suppose the girth Of bull
lock to be six feet three inches length,
FIVE feet six inches; the superficial area
will then be thirty-four, and in accord
ance with the preceding table, the
weight will be seven hundred and
eighty two pounds.
Example; Suppose pig to measure
in girth two feet, and length one foot
and nine inches. There would then be
three and half feet which, multiplied
by eleven, gives thirty eight and a half
pounds as the weight of the animal
when dressed. In this way, the weight
of the four quarters can be substan-
TALLY ascertained during life
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-06-13
Radicals Comfortable,

WASHING ON, June 9, 1866 The Rad
icals are feeling comfortable over the
result of the work in the Senate yes
terday upon the reconstruction plan.
1t is matter of wonder to some, what
the Radicals find in the present status
of the reconstruction plan to be jubi-
liant over. But, as explained by those
of the party who are in the secret, it
appears that they deem this, as they
term it, conciliatory action of the Sen.
ate, a great step toward reconciliation
with the President They expect him
to approve of the plan, though he is not
required, officially, to take any notice
of it until after the proposed amend
ment shall have been acted upon by
the several States. The programme
now is to pass the resolution; then ad-
nit the Tennessee and Arkansas Rep
resentatives; then sdjourn and go be-
fore the people with this seemingly
unbroken front of the whole party, and
where plausible and polite, argue that
the President approves the amend
ment
So far I am sure Mr.. johnson has not
authorized any one to say he either
approved or disapproved of the amend
ment, and when told that there was a
better feeling growing toward him
among the Radical members of Con
gress, and that they now had great
hopes of a compromise with him, he
invariably answered, swell, am glad
TO hear of thst better feeling, | am
ready. They can easily compromise
with me. There is the Constitution
and the laws springing from it. This
is my platform, and these my terms of
compromise
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-06-13

FESTIVAL OF THE CENTRAL BApTIsr CHUacH.
The Sabbath School ofthe Central Baptist
Church on Polk Avenue, will hold a festival
this "wednesday evening at the church.
We trust that the festival will be numer-
oasiy attended, as the object for which it is
gotten up cannot fail to elicit the consider
alton and sympalhies Of all. There are
numbers Of little children attending this
school who lack the means necessary to
supply them with the requisite clothing
that they may be able 70 occupy their seats
regularly every Sabbath in the Church.
To this end this festival hes been gotten up;
and to this end the means realized are to be
applied. Some Of our best citizens are en-
gagged in it, and the occasion will no doubt
be to all who attend a source of pure delight.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-06-13

THE SoUTHERN TELEGRkPH.-Theb book for
subscription to stock 10 the Southern Tele-
grsph Company, viii, we learn, be closed
amer this week. SO excellent an opportu-
nifty has rarely ever been presented to our
people TO secure stock in what must be one
% She best paying institutions in the coun-
t.y besides making them independent of
one Of the most stupenious monoPolies Of
The age. We have repeatedly cited facts
aljdguros show ng the enormous profits ac-
o-glng from telegri ph stock. No one who
l-s been tue least observant Of the opera
Noa Of telegraph enterprises, can point 20
aaug'o line in the whole country that has
30. been handsomely remuuerative. This
A., cd Itself should suffice for volumes Of
argument The amount Of stock Nashville
s desired to take is small compared to the
great interest she has at stake in the prem
aesi and DC che allows the books TO be clos
,-r as they viii be in few days, without
''-uns herlefofs chance to invest in good
paying stock, we cannot but feel that she
has let golden opportunity clip. that will
.. regretted but once and that always.
come other locality viii reap the benefits.
--e JlJss are in the Second National
lauk.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-06-13
Self Abuse.

This vice, which is never pTacticed in
the presence Of any one, has proved tha
everlasting ruin Of Thousands Of the noblest
and most talented young men that ever
gave tongue 70 eloquenee OF pen 70 song.
tuition, and reduced the miserable victim V
q living skeleton. Nor are these lis inal
and fatal effects in its pains are scattered
the ruins Of reason, the most melancholy
sight that can meet mortal eyes. To be
cured permanently Of this afaiction, call on
DR.. Coleman, No. 81 North Cherry street.
or address aim By letter, Box Se2, Essh
vile, Tenn. feb7s-H