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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

A very pleasant incident occurred
wheE Mr.. Dickens was returning to
Boston, from Portland. A little girl
about eleven years old, whose parents
reside in Hollis, was on board the train.
Upon being informed that she was rid
ing in the same car with Dickens, she
evinced the most intense curiosity, and
wanted to pay her respects, and q good
opportunity offering soon after, she was
permitted to do so. Dickens always
opens his heart to children, and he re-
ceived his little admirer on this occasion
with great cordially. She was pleased
to express her appreciation of his wrie
tings in fattering terms, saying, have
read all your works, and like them very
much" g All, said Dickens, pleasantly,
ssper1nit me to inquire which you like
best?v David Copperfeld,n promptly
answered the little girl. Good, good,
exclaimed Dickens, SO do / u The In
terview was somewhat prolonged, and
seemed eninently satisfactory to both
parties.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

THE DOMESTIC MAN.-The Domestic
1laa is NV a maskuline and feminine
endency-halfand half-and sometimes
more so.
He can most ginerally be found at
home-when he amt wanted.
lie is a kind nv second lutenant in
hiz family, under half pay, with prom
ISIS of promoshun.
He can beat hiz wife bilin soap, or
nussin the. baby. and she can beat him
in the Fourth Ward, running for police
constable.
He il always ready few do ennything
when hiz wife liz.
He IL kind NV spy in the household
and IL treated az such by the whole fam
lily. The servents lauff at him and the
children don't fear him.
He IL az fierce az an old hen setting
on one egg, and just about as danger
Gus.
Hiz wife married him, not out oy
love, but out ov pity and pity neser
changes into respect, but generally into
disgust.-,Josh Billings.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01
DISSIPATION IN WASHINGTON.

Both friend and foe are finally COM
PEELED to acknowledge the confirmed
degradation of Senator Yates, of Illi-
nois. a man who is by nature and ed
ucation fitted to fill the highest positions
the Republic can bestow. With him
the appetite for drink has become a
disease. The desire has completely mas
tered the man, and he is now but little
above the level of the brute. The Press,
and especially the representative or
gans of the Republican party, We're
slow to recognize the fail OF the gifted
senator, and while any hope remained
of his reformation they were silent as
to his orgies and hopeful of his sue
cess in vindioRting his manhood. But
hope is now gone, and almost with one
accord they demand his resignation as
due alike to the state and the nation.
The Chicago Journal, but lately most
earnest in its support of Mr.. Yates, now
announces that he is Intoxicated nearly
all the time, day and night" The facts
mentioned are almost incredible, and
give proof of a state of things too shock
ing to be endured.
1t will be remembered that about q
year ago Senator Yates turned teetotal-
er, and delivered some rather curious
speeches on the subject. But this did
not last, and recently his conduct was
bad as ever. The temperance party are
calling loudly on him to resign, while
Others demand that the senate shall ex-
pei him at once. 1t is lamentable bust
ness, and most fearful warning.
We have only to take the Senate o.
| the United States for the past few years
/ to discover a fearful list of intellect:
shattered, manhood degraded and char
acter forever lost, through the influences
ofdissiptaion. MeDougal, from Califor
MIA, went but lately to his grave--a con
firmcd<and debauched drunkard. Bay
ard and Salisbury, of Delaware, ar,
both known TO be forever lost to homo
and usefulness, and now Yates, of Hi
nois. appears as another victim to thu
Unsuitable demon of liquor. 1t is sat
la mournful theme-and the example
we refer to. taken from among thehigh
est and most eminent of the land, dem
onstrate, more forcibly than languag
i can, the power and infatuation Of 81
appetite that is not governed and con
i troIled by reason-if indeed reason ca
control an appetite once formed.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01
Agents Wanted to Sell The History Of
The War Between the States.

Its Causes, Character, Condu It and Results.
BY HON. ALEXANDER II. STEPHENS.
A book for all sections and all parties. This
Accordingly interesting book by 1.-THE GREAT
STATESMAN Of the South, presents the most
complete and impartial analysis of the causes
Of the war which has ever appeared from a
Southern pen, il treats without partizanship,
and in the utmost moderation of the character
Of the struggle; and in its description Of the
conduct of the war, it gives those interior
| lights and shadows Of the conflict only known
to those high officers who watched thefiood-Side
| of revolution from its fouatain-springs and
which Were so accessible to Mr.. Stephens from
his position second officer of the Confederacv
The results Of the war, present and future
have never been treated by any other author
/ and Mr.. stephens great abilities have here
| found their fullest play.
| The intense desire everywhere manifested {.
obtain this work, its Official Character ant
i ready sale, combined with an increased eann
mission. make il the best silbscrSspion bool
ever published, and offers to Agents the fines
opportunity TO make money ever heard Of 81
Il the history Of books.
Agents. Address.
zEIGLER, sFccURDY 4 CO.
i0-1s-im 5lS Olive Street, St Louis, Nc.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01
TIE Usage LAND SALES.

The following is the official letter of
the Secretary of the Interior postpon-
ing the Usage land sales. Itcontains
some statements which will be ofinter-
est to settlers on that land:
SIR: In accordance with your writ
ten and oral request for a postppnement
of the sale of the Usage 1ndiail lands,
frequently repeated and urged by you,
have ordered postponement of the
sale of all tracts upon which settle
ments have been made, upon the occu--
pant showing by affidavit that he had
in good faith actually settled upon and
improved the land, with view to per-
manent residence thereon.
In expectation Of new Greatly being
negotiated with the Osages, and that
some satisfactory disposition will be
made OF their lands by such treaty, in
the event of one being concluded, l am
inclined to direct a suspension of the
sale in toto, both of the occupied and
unoccupied lands, and am restrained
from doing so only by consideration
of the cost of such proceeding, and
which it would manifestly be unjust to
charge against the Indians. AS the law
now stands, all tire expenses of the sales
are to be paid out of the proceeds of the
lands, diminishing to that extent the
amount to be added to the-funds of tho
tribes.
The postponement is not for theil
] benefit. but for the sole benefit and &c.
commodation of our own citizens, an6
the expenses incident thereto ought t.
be betrayed by the Government.
If can have satisfactory assurance!
that an appropriation will be made II
meet the additional expenditures which
viii be made necessary by a postpone
: ment, I Will direct a suspension of sale
for the present. of all the Usage land
now advertised.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

The Kansas City Advertiser is re-
sponsible for the following:
We were shown q potato by gentle
man, Sunday, which was apparently
petrifed. He informed us that to cure
rheumatism he had put 1t in his pocket
some months ago. The disease had
disappeared, and the potato became as
hard as rock, and presented the appear
ance of a blackstone. The potato worn
about the person is said to be a sure
cure for the rheumatism.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

A USEFUL INvENTIoE.-Afr.P Petersen
of Antioch, says the Contra Casta (Cai.l
Gazette, has perfected piece of mechan-
ism which is likely to prove of great
utility to blacksmiths. It consists Of .
heavy hammar so hung with levers and
springs and worked with foot treadle,
that the smith can do any kind Of forg-
ing wothout the help of Striker
of SO to 500, and has been perfected
after the coursesof much study and ex-
pertinent by Mr.. Petersen, who has now
made application for patent on his in-
Yenfion.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

The sheriff of Dallas county, Alabama,
has received the following business-like
note:
JAMES DEDDEE SHERIFF Dear. SIR /
wish you inforse the law upon Taser
Watkins he has married my Wife / wish
You to look into Is and do according to
law j will be down in few days have
understood that Judge
en- wish to no wat rite he had TO do
so Yours Co ToM TARRAET.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01
SHERIFFS SALE.
SHERIFF,S H4LE.

.SHERIFF'lS SALE,
10y virtue of an order for sale issued from
Dthe District Court of Lyon county, kansas,
and 10 me directed, will offer for sale Mt pub
lie auction, at the Court House door, in the
town of Emporia, in said county, on
Monday, May 18th, A. D.. 1868,
at o'clock, p. M of said day. the following
described real estate 20. wit: The south east
qnarter of section number one / in township
number twenty (20) of range number twelve
Z Il situate in Lyon county Kansas, to be sold
as the property of Stephen III. Pulyer. 10 salts
IL a judg ment In favor of Murray c. Markell.
Dated this Sth day of April, a. ID. 1865.
A. r. BANCROFT.
1918 Sheriff of Lyon county, Kansas.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

General Harvey is said to be getting
rather Disguised with the attitude of the
did not sec the point Of fitting out Spot
ted Tails band with the best horses and
weapons at Laramie, and sending them
on cruise after the raiders.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

The Minnesota Legislature has virtu-
ally abolished the gaiIows. Heretofore IN
that State capital punishment can not be
inflicted IN any case without the unani-
nous consent of the jury that conyicfs
the criminal.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

Tt is said the average size of 1,S00
farms in California is 666 acres. Massa-
chusetts has 5000 farms, averaging 81
acres each: New York 10000, aFerag-
ing Il6 acres. Ohio has the next lar
gest number of farms. 10000, averaging
Ia acres. Rhode Island has over 5000
farms, averaging 96 acres. These fig
u1es are gixen IN round numbers.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

a company has just been organized
In Chicago for the purpose Of construct
ing two blast furnaces near that city,
with capacity of fifty tons per day.
The iron ore of the Lake Superior rec
Gently discovered In Central Illinois,
which mas been tested and found 70 be
well adapted TO iron working. s
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

A farm with shade and fruit trees set
around the house, viii sell for from
500 81 900 more than If there were
none; while the girls will have more
beaux. and the boys be less likely to get
the mitten. As for small fruits, the girls
will have their chances to marry increas-
ed ten fold If they can go out and pick
STRAWBERRIES for tea.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

A pamphlet has been published in To-
ledo, Ohio, entitled: 4 presentation of
cases tending to fix the position of the
future Great City of the world in the
central plain of North America" The
object of the essay is to prove that Tole-
do VIII become the commercial metrop-
oils of the world, though Chicago is
admitted to have fair chance OF secu-
ring the honor Of that position.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

Those who have lost an infant, are
never, as it were, without an infant
child. The other children grow up TO
manhood and womanhood, and suffer
all the changes of mortality but this
one alone is rendered an immortal child !;
for death has arrested it with his kindly
harshness, and changed it into an eter-
nal image of youth and innocence.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

If milk be introduced into bottles,
put into a pan with cold water, and
gradually raised to a boiling point and
after being allowed to cool, to be taken
ont. corked, and set away In a cool place
upwards Of half year. The reason is
said to be.that heat deprives the sugar
of its power OF changing into Tactic acid.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

The toll receipts Of the Wyandotte
and Kansas City bridge for the month
of March last were S1002.50. DIVE
dends declared every month. This
stock will be valuable with such divi-
dends, and every year will increase it.
At this rate the stock viii pay ten per
cent the first year Kansas City Jour
zz0I
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

WHAT Is A CocuETTE pa young lady
OF more beauty than sense more accom-
plishments than learning more charms
of person than grace Of mind more ad-
mirers than friends more fools than
wise men for attendants. Unfortunate-
IL there are MANY such.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

In an article IN the Ioscd Homestead
urging the importance of tree planting,
the writer. the Hon. J. 3. Grinnell, says:
s.In our climate fuel costs the prairie
farmer more than his bread. / have
made personal observation in from six
ty to two hundred counties, and exam
ined In the official field notes of Iowa, to
arrive at the conclusion that but one IN
ten of our counties has a snf1ciency of
timber, and even these are losing rather
than increasing their supply.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

Among two millions Of people by
whom Yeddo. In Japan, Is inhabited,
there is not d beggar In the streets, not
q man unable to read, not . drunkard
not rllfFin.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

There are in Congress, House and
Senate, thirteen major generals, ff-
teen brigadier generals and six colonies,
besides cleyen volunteer officers of a
lower grade.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01
EMPORIA LTYERY, SALE
J. II. MADDOX. THos. II. THOMAS.
MADDocK 8 THOMAS,
EMPORIA WATER MILL
w. II. DEN,

Proprietor and Manager.
l. coated on the Cottonwood, south Of town, IS
now in
Successfast Operation,
And is ready to grind for'istoee mers on IL
customary terms, and viii try an please thos
that can be pleased. Win keep dour constantly
ON hand, and will sell as cheap as can be
bought In this part, Of Kansas. Parties buying
20 sell again. q liberal discount will be made,
and all Hour warranted.
Fan and sprEng wheat wanted.
Tho highest cash price paid for prime and
strictly prime wheat.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

Woodstock, vt. has given birth to
Hon. G. r. Marsh, Tllad. Stevens, S. A.
Douglas. Justin S. Morrill,, Judge Col
Iamer. Hiram Powers, Prof Stafford
and several other men who have honor
ed their stock.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01
BIZ A G X S NIT III n G
NEW SHOP
PAUL RECK.

Is happy to announce to his old friends and
all the crest of mankind' that he is at his post
again ready to accommodate them with little
the incest blaeksmithing that mas ever been
done in these diggins.
Come along with your work. Bring along
time
ON THE CASH SYSTEM.
Nothing but ready pay will buy iron, steel,
coal, etc, and nothing but ready pay Will get
work done mt my shop. 1 adopt tho cash sys-
TEN because have had bad luck lne - SSsa 10
recuperate my losses. VIII take any kind of
produce or stock for work. Come and see me.
New shop, corner of Mechanics street and
Fifth Avenue, next to the Billiard Saloon.
PAUL BECK
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

Democracy Is looking up.Atchiso''
Patriot.
Tt couidn't look any other way, as il
is fat on its back. 4fchisOa Champion.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

A travelling quack doctor paid 81 ,l65
in advertising during D Inonths stay In
Desmoines, and made 81, 00o clear profit.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

~ hat is system p asked a young la
Ciy OF 4 man Of letters. s1fis, replied
the schoEor, - fagot of ideas, well ar
RANGED and neatly bound together.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

a WELL ninety-fiye feet deep IN Mis-
souri, is Influenced By Che sea, and has
regular twelve feet tides.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

a Pennsylvania miner. has presented
to Ben Wade curiously carved hickory
cane, originally intended for Abraham
Lincoln.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

The new substitute of thick paper fol
Iath and plaster is being used In the
building of a hotel in Kane, Pennsyl
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

Mrs. E. T. Carter has been elected
County Superintendent Of Pubic
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

There s. ) IegIess begger living IN
be worth $4,000
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

IA Peoria hunter claims &c have killed
a,SDoO wild ducks sfnss the 10Th OF Feb
ruary last.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

A Boston match manufacturer paid
the Government, last year, $40ee9 for
cne-cent stamps.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01
BARBER SHOP.
p. HARVEY. J. l.. SEMANS.
NOTICE TO FARMERS !

e, INC uilutfslGltu, prOpTIeIors OF Inc
NEOSHO RAPIDS MILLS,
VIII grind ANY AMOUNT of Grain for farm
ers, at the following rates of toll, to-wit:
Wheat for one-seventh; all other grain for
one-sixth.
We shall endeayor to keep Flour ard mill
feed on hand at all times.
II. S.-A good Steam Engine and Boiler for
sale. HARVEY & SEMANS.
Neosho Rapids Mills, Lyon county, Febru-
airy 18th, 1868. 11-S
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

err Slav. said Scuftles to friends How
50 - 4WeIl, had them half-soEed.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

Mr. Beecher thinks the critics have
ssIet him or easily in their notices of
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

The Asfor estate Is valued by ono
who processes to know, at about 81 IL,
100000,
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

No less than seventeen men ere azx-
fous TO be Vice Preeidezf.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01

HESRY CLAY DEAN IN New HAaJPE
sHIRE.-The Concord, N. H., correspon-
dent of the New York Herald writes :
A few nights since the indomitable
Henry Clay Dean, of Iowa, addressed a
large meeting in one of the towns in the
western part of the State. He pitched
on the Rpublicans with much force and
eloquence, and at the conclusion of one
of his most flowery sentences asked If
there was Republican in the hall. IF
there was he would like to have him
stand up and tell him how he felt. No
one responded, and he repeated the re-
quest two or three times, when at length
venerable farmer announced that he
was member of the party the speaker
had so cloquently abused. EWell, said
Dean, with an air Of triumph, chow do
you feel 2" .'Wel," drawlcd out the
tiller of the soil, loud and clear, 81 don't
zactly know, but it pears as eff 1 felt like
a sound egg in bushel of rotton ones.o
Shouts Of laughter and rounds of APP
plause were willingly awarded, even by
the old mans opponents, and it is hard
ly necessary to add that the meeting
came to an early conclusion.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-01
KANSAS MEN N THE SOUTH.

The st. Louis Democrat in noticing
the arrival in that city of Hon. Alexan-
der Mcdonald, Senator elect from
Arkansas, speaks as follows:
1t is noteworthy fact that several of
the successful candidates were former
residents of Kansas. One Of the Sena-
tors elect, Mr.. Mcdonald, was long a
resident of Fort Scott, and is widely
known in that State, and highly esteem-
ed. The new Governor of Arkansas was
formerly Colonel of the fifth Kansas
cavalry, and the Speaker of the House,
the President OF, the State Convention,
and other prominent men were former
" from the same State. Well, time has
her sweet revenges. Fourteen wears
ago. active men from Missouri and Ar
kansas were thronging into the new
Territory of Kansas to force upon its
people the system of slavery with all its
curse and shame, and the rule of De-
moeracy. Their crusade slightly failed
ofsuceess, though they went armed with
revolver and bowie-knife, and moisten-
cd the ground with the blood of many
unofending men, or blackened it with
the ruins of burned dwellings and barns.
But now new crusade is in progress.
Kansas pays the debt with interest.
She sends to Arkansas host of her
most active and energetic men, armed
not with revolvers, but with ideas, des-
tined not to slay and ravage and deyas-
tate, but to rebuild, restore and regener-
ate the State, and lead it back to loyalty,
prosperity and peace. Nobler revenge
no State could wish. And the true
people of Arkansas, as the votes show,
not only welcome this friendly crusade,
but receive the newcomers with open
hearts, and elevate them to places of
honor and trust. Truly, peace hath its
victories even more than war, and victo-
ries more glorious and more enduring.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-07-29
The Charleston Demonstration.

The democratic demonstration in Charles
ton, on the oath, is described as grand and
enthusiastic in the extreme. The attendance
was immense, interspersed with large mum
ber of ladies. The speakers, platform, was
decorated with transpareucies, bearing the
inscriptions, ''The Constitution and the u
nion-ow Beau Ideals" Blair" and "Say.
mpur." The Ward clubs as they arrived,
produced sensation, and headed by music,
bearing every variety of appropriate trans
parency and device. and the discharge of
fireworks, the effect was inspiring. A prov
nineut feature in the procession was band
of four hundred eolored conservatives, who
cheered Justify for Hampton. The speakers
on the occasion were Gen. Hampton, Hon.
J. B. Campbell, Hon. C. II. Simonton. and
others. The platform Of the democratic
party was heartily approved, and a pledge
given 70 an earnest, untiring support.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-07-29

fraud and intimidation at elections; ant
to repeal the capitation laws now in
force. r
July 25.--Senate-The items of inter
est this Acknowledgements favor
ably on memorial Of g.. & G. R. R., anG
recommended the passage of bill, which
was made special order for Monday.
The Judiciary Committee bill. sub
ststute to resolution, provides for the
election of Chief Justice and two Asso
ciate Judges on Wednesday.
Montgomery's resolution as to free
railroad law agreed to.
House-W ooly offered bill to protect
ths.right of suffrage. ,..-
Neagle gave notice of bill to create q
loan0of 81 100000.
.Neagle's capitation tax bill, makes it
misdemeanor to attempt collection Of any
tax or execution due, on any person
heretofore denied the right of suffrage.
The bill to provide for the redemption
of bills receivable by the imposition o.
taxes on cotton and rice, is indefinitely
postponed. the committee deeming it IN
constitutional.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-07-29
Due West College Catalogue.

We are indebted to the Rev. ]. I. Boh-
ner, President of Due West Female Col
lege, for a neatly printed catalogue OF
twenty-four pages, showing the condition,
past and present of the College. The
faculty is an able one. The Catalogue
embraces period dating from 1861 to
1868, and gives the names of all the
graduates in that time, and among the
lists we notice several familiar names Of
young ladies of this district. The de-
psrtments are the Primary and Academ-
ic; First Glass, Sophomore Class, and
Junior Class, and for the sessions of 1867
and 1868, number 1l6 students. The
advantages offered by the Institution are
many and very important ones, first in
healthy location, comprehensive course
of study, and IN point of cheapness. For
further information address the President
at Due West.