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Smyrna times., 1868-10-28

THosE Of who live from the city cannot have that
with Philadelphia business houses which alone
will enable to all possible advantages in making Rur
ehases there sO that going to the city make purchase
suit of clothes instance bewdered and waste
time and patience in looking around and finally do not succeed
finding exactly what wanted Much of this difficulty
could avoided time and patience preserved
would take the trouble glance thB advertising
columns Of this paper before going to town
We receive advertisements only from the reliable houses
For instance In the clothing line the leading advertisement
that OF Wanamaker Brown and need look further but
going to purchase Fall and Winter go
straight sixth Market with the full Of being
clothes
Smyrna times., 1868-10-28

PROGRESs-Columbus sailed 10 the American coast
IN four hundred ton ship, and first landed upon the
island Of ST. Domingo. Last week vessel unloaded
IN New York Ovef four hundred tons of St. CrOix
Kun for II Drake q CO., Of that city THIS is buI
few weeks supply Of this article. which these gen
tlemen use in The manufacture of the celebrated
PLANTATION BITTERS We informed by an ex
change that Messrs. Drake y CS. have not advertised
dollar for year. but that the of this article
continue at the former enormous figure. In 964 the
receipts of the PLANTATION BITTERs were equal tC
those of the New York & New Haven Railroad
MAGNOLIA WATER.-SuperiOr TO the best imported
German Cologne, and sold at half The price. sep9y
Smyrna times., 1868-10-28

Mr.. Lowery, proprietor of the Milford hotel
has been giving his experience in raising pota,
toes. He says:
For manure used No Peruvian Guano and
Whann's Raw Bone taking two bags of Peru
Wan Guano to one of Raw Bone, and mixing
them thoroughly, putting on, as near as can
Judge, about five hundred pounds to the acre,
and then using it lightly on the trench. They
produced as follows ;--Goodrich yielded thirty
Harrison, thirty six; White Peach Blows
enty-three; Red Peach Blows, eighteen
White MERGERS, fourteen-and- a-half. l paid
the following prices for the seed Goodrich
per bushel $500. Monitors $l.75 per bushe
Harrisons $500 per bushel, White Peach
Blows So so per bushel, Mercer 200 bushel
Red Peach Blows 81 Is per bushel.
Smyrna times., 1868-10-28

FIRST MORrGAaE BONDS or THE UNION PACIFIC R. r. Co.
to the of eighteen million dollars have already
sold and they for home Investment
on otegn ACCOUNT hey pay SIX per cent ~ gDla ana run
the investor and the Sold If be-
they will doubtless much higher
first mortgage the longest line of railroad in the
that is already earning than its interest liabilities
business and which cost nearly three times their
the security undOubed Subscriptions will be received
the banking house of John Mcar SON. No COZ Market
where pamphlet, containing description OF the
ad nd its tiegc car he
Smyrna times., 1868-10-28

We respectfully call the attention Of our readers
to the celebrated Wilmington City Soap" which
is giving general .satsfaclIon all the country
One pound will 60 far two pounds of most
other soaps in the market. The people should try
this soap and they will be convinced that it is the
best and most economical they can nse. Sold by
grocers generally. Moore Il Bro, manufacturers
cor Sd and Orange sts.. Wilmington, Del.
Smyrna times., 1868-10-28

Mince Pies every day at Bearnc'S.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-07-10
AN EXPLODED NOTION.

The notion has extensively prevailed,
up to within q year or so, that Kansas
would never be much of farming
country. 1t was good for stock and that
was about all. The last two or three
seasons have been so excellent for crops
that we now hear little said about this
being an exclusive stock country. Un-
less some calamity Overtakes us, this
season will finish such a notion, and con-
vince all that this is to be one of the
BEST farming States, when properly
farmed, in the west. Of course it is as
good for stock as it ever was. Let 3
man who entertains the idea that We
can't raise good crops here take trir
over the county and see them Let
him note the amount of old grain In the
country as he goes along, and the COM
paratively few men who are relying up
on stock-raising as business, and he
win at once get rid of such notions. In
our recent trip in the eastern part of the
county nothing attracted our attention
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-07-10
STATE POLITICS.

The time for the active opening of the
National and State canvass is at hand.
1t promises to be one of the most thor
ough and interesting ones for many
years. The Republican Central COM
mittee meets at Leavenworth next
Wednesday, to issue call for Conven-
ton. The probability is the convention
will be called early in order to give
time for a lengthy political campaign.
The people are already thoroughly wax
ed up on the issues before them.
There is q disposition to talk less
about men and more about principles,
than heretofore. There are fewer men
running about the State in the interest
of this or that man than we have ever
seen before, on the eve of an important
election. And we take this as good
omen. Men are of no importance, and
the sooner we, as people, cease to howl
ourselves hoarse in the interest of men
the better we will be off and the purer
our politics will be. We should rather
seek to make sound platforms, and turn
our special efforts toward seeing that
every man who is nominated stands
squarely upon principle, and is the sort
who cannot be induced to sell US out for
money or contracts. Let the motto be
political death to every man who dares
to turn his back upon the people for
self-aggrandizement. A great deal OF
the dishonesty among politicians is due
to the carelessness and unconcern of the
people. It has become a common opin-
ion among those of our public savants
who desire to act cOrruptly, that they
can, in the course of q short time, worm
themselves back into the affections of
the people, and all must admit that they
too often succeed. When man-worship-
ping ceases and we stick close to the
principles which we hold dear, there
will be better state of things.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-07-10
THE STATE SORsAL school.

8. 8. PrOuty, editor of the Burlington
Patriot, who was in attendance upon
the closing exercises of the State Nor
NAL School last week, has column
article upon the subject in his paper of
the 4th. From it we make the follow
ing extracts:
The Annual Examination Exercises
of the State Normal School took place
at EmpoFia on Monday and Tuesday of
this week. The attendance there of
teachers and friends of education from
all parts of the State, was liberal and
gratifying. The citizens of Emporia
did honor to themselves and an agree
able thing for their guests, by throwing
open their doors to the visitors. We
never saw community more hospita-
BILE and entertaining than were the
Emporians on this occasion. On Tues
day diplomas were awarded to a grad
uating class, consisting of Misses Lizzie
Ella, Alice l.. Norton, Josephine Slocum
and j. L. Patty. Each of the young
ladies read essays of their own compo-
sition. The compositions were excel
lent and the reading admirable. = =
The examination exercises of the
students were exceedingly interesting
to the spectators. During the recita-
| lions questions were allowed TO be
propounded by any of the spectators at
any time, and the answers were always
| prompt and generally correct. 1t was
| clearly demonstrated that the students
had not been merely stuffed by parrot
like answers to give grand effect for
special occasion. In all the examina-
tons wide latitude was covered and
the students never seemed to be abash-
ed or devoid of self-posession at what
ever question was propounded to them,
and the answer was always prompt.
/ whether correct or satisfactory. As
| suredly the system of instruction
practiced at the Normal School makes
| the scholars expert, off hand and full OF
i assurance.
The Normal School is a SPLENDID
success. 1t is one of the best educational
institutions we have III the State. The
people of Kansas may well congratulate
themselves upon their good fortune in
having so valuable an Institution fol
the manufacture of teachers. Student;
from there cannot help filling the bill
as teachers.
We are particularly fortunate in thu
Valley i'll having this school established
i'll our midst. The value of having il
so accessible to us is not yet sufficiently
|. appreciated by all who are so particu
larry favored. 1t is within One-hal
days ride from Burlington. Teacher
. can visit the school at any time anC
have free access to all its departments
, A months attendance at the school viii
!, be of more practical benefit to TIN
Normal training, than years study a
|
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-07-10
CONGRESSMAN.

AS candidates for Congress this fall,
SO far, we have the present incumbent,
Hon. Sidney Clarke, Hon. NJ. j. Par
rott, and DR.. John w Scott, of Allen
county. We are free to say we would
like very well to see a change in our
Representative. Mr.. Clarke has been
honored by the Republican party of
Kansas fully up to his deserts. He is
young and can afford to stand back and
let those have chance who have done
fully as much for the party as he has.
The only thing his friends say for him
is that he has been faithful to the prin-
ciples of the party. This we grant, and
give him due credit for. For this he
deserves no more credit than the other
fifteen or twenty thousand voters in the
State who have stood faithful sentinels
at the ballot box for twelve or fifteen
years, and he has received considerable
more pay for his faithfuIness than the
voters have. We could print list Of
at least twenty-five other names who
have been just as faithful, and who are
equally as well qualified for Represen.
tative as Mr.. Clarke. We make these
remarks out of no ill-feeling toward Mr.
Clarke. We have no personal com.
plants to make. We have asked fol
no favOrs and have none to ask. Nei
Their have we any friend to urge. We
simply speak our mind in behalf of the
other men of the State who are seeking
hOnOrs at the hands OF the party. anC
who are worthy to receive them. W.
believe in rotation-in "new deal.
That's all. Towards Mr.. Parrot W.
have the most friendly feelings. w,
know very little of his chances of sue
cess. DR.. Scott is 4 gentleman fol
whom we have the highest regard, anC
we express the belief that Me would
creditably represent us in Congress.
To sum up this Congressional mat
ter, we presume Mr.. Clarke's chance
are the best, although our information
is meager. There is plenty of opposi
ton to him to secure his defeat if i
could only be organized and concen
trated upon any one of his opponents
This we apprehend will not be done, a
those running against him will proba
bly, make stronger point to secur
their own individual success, than the,
will to defeat him. MIR. Clarke is
lucky man-has always secured hi
nomination from lucky circumstance
rather than from popularity OF shrewd
ness. We need but to mention the Ct,
him) lucky Usage treaty coming up il
Congress just in time to save him, if h
is saved. If he is re-nominated he cal
lay it to that pious old fraud, Commits
sioner Taylor, and his associates ia tn
OSaUe treaty sWindIA
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-07-10

You've TIMBER.-Those who travel
about our country cannot help but no
tice the thousands of acres of young
timber that have started up since the
settlement of these vallies in 1857. We
saw, in q trip of four days, hundreds of
acres of young trees from fifteen to
thirty feet high, growing on ground
that was naked prairie when we came
here. The reason is that these places
have been protected from the prairie
fires. There are really more acres OF
timber growing in. this part of the State
now than there was ten years ago, and
the number of young trees will more
than take the places of those which have
been cut down for lumber and fuel.
The acres of timber can be largely in
creased in the next ten years by little
care, economy, and the setting out OF
forests of fast-growing trees. Let ev-
erybody have an eye to this really i'm
portant matter.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-07-10
AMENDMENTS TO TIE Usage
TREATY.

The friends of the Usage treaty are
beginning to back down a little on the
Usage treaty, and it is now understood
that they have cOndescended CD to
entertain the idea of amending it some
what. At first they commenced "dig-
ging political graves" for all who dared
to oppose it, and with much virtuous
indignation "larft to skorn" the idea
that anybody really thought it a fraud.
They announced that everybody was in
favor of it except those who were not
in it, thus saying to the world that they
themselves were highly gratified with
it. The last news is that it will be
amended in many important particulars,
and owing to the probable early ad-
journment of Congress, its ratification
at this session is extremely doubtful
We feel that the "howl" raised over IT,
to use one of the lovely expressions OF
its advocates, has done some good, and
we should like to see it kept up till the
shystering fraud and its shystering
authors are kicked entirely out of the
Senate:
Mr.. Kalloch of Ottawa writes from
Washington to the Conservative that
the proposed notifications are as fol-
| flows:
"They are to the effect that the land
shall be opened to settlement at Gov.
eminent appraisment; that the State
may purchase section in every town.
ship for school purposes on the same
terms as the company pays for it, that
continuous line of road shall be con.
structed and operated forever from
Fort Leavenworth to the southern
terminus; that one-tenth of the land
shall be devoted to the construction OF
the Emporia Branch, and that the road
shall be built at the rate of forty miles
per year"
Gov. Robinson, writing to our CO.
tempOry, the Lawrence Journal, says:
The treaty we are DESTROYS OF
procuring, provides that the Leaven-
worth, Lawrence & Galveston company
may purchase the Usage lands for ST.
100000; permitting all the settlers on
the trnst lands to have their lands at
SLID per acre in one year; opening the
other lands to settlement to be sold
when patents are issued, at price to
be fixed by appraisers to be appointed
by the Government, excluding the
value of the improvements and allow
ing three years for payment at six per
cent. interest. One section in each
township to go for schools; .one-tenth
of the purchase to go to build the
Emporia Branch, provided additional
assistance be furnished within five
years to complete the same to Emporia.
The Leavenworth, Lawrence & Calves
ton road TO be run from Fort Leaven-
worth to the south line of the State, to
be built from Ottawa at the rate of
forty miles year. Such are the main
features of the treaty and amendments
am DESTROYS of procuring. am also
willing, and so are the Directors of the
road, that the lands shall be sold to the
settlers at an average not to exceed
$l.25 per acre"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-07-10

more than the extensive farming opera
tons and the preparations to extend
them, and the comparatively small num-
beers of horses, cattle and sheep Two
years ago stock raising was all the rage
to the neglect of the farming interests
A change has taken place, and we must
say, while we hope no one viii neglect
the stock interest we are glad to see
much more attention than ever paid to
grain and fruit growing. Let the cOuR-
try be thoroughly tried in these most i'm
portant respects, and we believe the re-
suit will be entirely satisfactory. The
Creatorsnever made all our beautiful
prairies for anything else than rich
farms.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-07-10
HON. T. H. WALKER.

We understand that Hon. Thaddeus
III. Walker will be q candidate before
the approaching Republican Convention
for Governor. He is one of the purest
and best men in the State, and his nom
ination would be popular with the peo-
pie, at least where he is best known
Mr.. Walkers ability is of the first rank
and politically he is sound as a man car
be and is incOrruptible. He has large
interests in Kansas, and has been an ar.
dent worker for the State for years. IL
our humble opinion the Governors of
flee could not be in better hands thar
hia .. ...-..
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-07-10

the Topeka Record says gentleman
who has lately been out in the country
reports large fields of white beans, and
ali promising large yields. Hereto
fore very few beans have been raised
in Kansas, and the result is they are
now retailing in fifteen cents pound.
Beans have been up to twenty cents
in Lawrence, but are now selling at ten
cents per pound. We believe there has
been large crop put in this season in
this county, and the prospects are fiat
tering for heavy yield.-LaDrence
Republican.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-07-10

The ladies don't seem to fare very
well amongst the Democrats. At their
great Convention on Saturday last, Miss
Susan 3. Anthony was unceremonious-
ly snuffed out. Her letter asking to be
heard before the Convention was re.
ceived with great laughter, and on Gov.
Seymour proposing to refer it to the
Platform Committee, the Convention
unanimously demanded its reading.
The cries were so long continued that
Seymour had to yield. Its reading was
accompanied by uproarious laughter
and cheering, therefore Susan, instead
of being invited to the platform, was
refereed to the Platform Committee,
and so was suppressed.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-07-10

The Democratic convention, which
had been in session four days, at last &C
counts had not made a nomination.
Eighteen ballots had been cast. Pen
dleton ran ahead up to the eighth bal
lot. The highest vote received by him
was 1861. After the eighth vote, Han
cock gained on him, and when they
quit baIloting Hancock had 14415 votes
and Pendleton 561k.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-07-10
LABOR.

Labor makes wealth. 1t does this by
adding value to crude material. The
soil may be fertile, the hills may con-
tain, the richest fores, and the forests
may abound in the most valuable tim
Der. But the farmer must plough and
SOW before he can reap, the ore must
be dug from the mine and melted in
the furnace before we can use the metal,
and the timber must be felled and shap-
ed by labor ere it is ut for mans use.
Labor is the standard of value. That
is worth the most which costs the most
labor to produce. And where no labor
has been applied to the raw material,
that is worth the most on which labor
can be applied to the best advantage.
The field which can be made to produce
forty bushels of wheat is worth much
more than the field from which the
same labor will only be rewarded with
twenty bushels.
| Skillful labor is the most valuable
because it produces the best results
with the least expenditure. Consequent
ly the laborer who can direct himself,
or in other words, who is capable of
doing his own thinking, is worth far
more than he who needs an oyerseer.
The misapplication of labor is waste.
The production of useless or pernicious
articles are as truly waste as the de-
struction of that which is valuable.
| Labor is of two fundamental and
physical. As the former produces the
best results it is the most valuable but
it is the most severe. 1t may be con-
sidered as an axiom that "There is no
excellence without great labor" Yet
just here thousands of young men
make fatal mistake. They think that
a professional or mercantile life is one
where the divine command to earn the
bread by the sweat of the brow can be
evaded. They start out with no pre-
paration and with no intention to work
and make miserable futures in life
Our cities and towns are full of such
nuisances to themselves and to society.
Let labor be accepted as the lot OF
man i'll life, but while it is the symbol
of punishment it is also the secret o.
happiness. If the brow shall sweat yet
the bread shall be earned.
Our broad fields offer to those who
are willing to work the most inviting
,, prospects. Come then from the crow.
ded cities and towns, be your owl
masters, till your soil, feed your herd
and prosperity and happiness will
surely reward you for your labor.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-07-10
r Or s ALE-

I6o acres bottom land in Pike Township.
80 acres on Cole Greek.
164 acres, 30 acres under cultivation frame
house, barn, and two good wells.
l6O acres, 81 miles west Of Emporia, also 10
acres Of tim Der.
50 acres on Dry Creek.
80 acres on Badger Creek.
20 acres onFaylor Greek.
$50 lots in Emporia.
$40 acres on Eagle Creek.
160 acres on Verdigris. bottom land and good
timber.
) dwelling houses in Emporia.
50 acres on Cottonwood, 20 acres of timber
80 acres on Dow Greek improved.
T. BORTON,
21-6. Real Estate Agent
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-07-10


NEW YORK AGENT FOR KANSAS
His Excellency, Gov. Crawford, has APP
pointed Mr.. Cyrus N. Pratt General
Agent of the National Land Company,
Immigration Commissioner for the State
OF Kansas. His office has already been
opened at No. 2 Astor house, New Y DIRK,
and from which all the publications of
our State Board of Immigration will be
distributed throughout the Eatern
States and Europe, and where informa-
ton will be given to, and assistance
rendered immigrants i'll their move
ment to Kansas.
1t is represented to US that Mr.. Pratt is
a gentleman eminently qualified for the
work in which he has engaged, and
that, through his labOrs, our State will
be materially benefited. We sincerely
trust these representations may prove
correct.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-07-10

It is said that both our Senators favor
the Usage treaty in any form. We don't
know whether this is true or not, but
should not be the least surprised if it is.
They have had so much practice in In
dian frauds that they can hardly resist a
temptation in that direction at this late
Iau
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-07-10

The SUPREME JUDGEsHIP.-We clip
the following deserved complimentary
notice of Judge L. d. Bailey from the
We observe several of our Kansas CO.
tempOraries, in discussing the question
of electing an Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court, next fall-or rather in
bringing forward their peculiar favo-
rites for the position, for that is about
all the ''discussion" amounts to-take it
for granted that Judge Bailey, whose
term is about to expire, does not desire
reelection. Whether this arises from
misunderstanding of Judge Bailey's
wishes, or whether it is merely the usu-
al dodge of politicians to shelye a can-
didate, we are not able to say. Iii due
to Judge Bailey, however, as well as to
the people, to state that, while, as here
tOfore, he will make no active canvass
for the nomination, deeming the Office
one that shonld seek the candidate, rath-
err than be sought, he has no desire at
the present time to retire from the
bench.
The Office, we may add, is one of the
most important ones in the State, and
should be filled by man of capacity
and experience. Judge Bailey is now
the most experienced jurist we have in
the State, having occupied continuously
seat OIL the Supreme bench from the
admission of the State down to the pres
ent time. During all that time we have
heard no fault found with him, either as
an officer or as man. His experience
and his thorough acquaintance with the
course of judicial proceedings in the Su-
preme Court are such as no new man
could have, and are advantages which
the State has right to avail itself OF, if
possible.
II Judge Bailey is willing to stay on
the bench, the people should command
| his services.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-07-10

Judge Brewer, of Leavenworth, is
mentioned in connection with the Office
Of Attorney General. The State, we be-
lieve, would be fortunate to secure his
services in that position.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-07-10

The Burlington Patriot says that
Judge Bent of Burlington, and Hon.
James Rogers, of Burlingame, are can
didates for Judge of this Judicial dis
trict. at the coming election.