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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-10-01

WATERING HoRsEs.-Horses should
never be kept so long without water
that they will drink largely when they
get il. Give it to them often, and they
will never injure themselves with it.
Nothing is more common than to hitch
a team to pillow, and make them W ork
q half day without a drop of water.
What man would submit to such treat
ment2 II the plow is started at seven
in the morning, water should be given
again before ten; and again in the after
noon at four o'clock. Even If half an
done in a day. The objection that
with water is not valid. A horse weigh
ing twelve hundred pounds will not be
much encountered additionally by TWEEN
ty pounds of wafer, while the dIstension
will give him additional strength. Ev-
cry farmer knows that when he himself
undertakes to lift large log or heavy
stone, he can do more by first Initiating
himself with air, and, not unfrequently,
he loses q button or two FROM his panta-
looms in the operation. Some degree of
imitation by water will add to the horses
strength In q similar manner. In driv-
ing q horse OH the road, at a natural gait
of nine or ten miles an hour, Ihave fire.
ouently had occasion to observe that he
was laboring under perspiration until
let him drink freely, when he ceased to
sweat, and evidently Travelled more free
ly. Don't be afraid to give your horses
water; the danger is in making them
abstain too long, in which case care Is
needed.-Countyy Gentleman
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-10-01

N. B.-BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITERS
To prevent myself and the public from being
imposed upon by worthless limitations, observe
the signature of the propriet tor upon each pack
age, without which none are genuine.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-10-01

The Two-HEADED GIRL.-The won
derful two-headed girl is still on exhi-
bition in New England. She sings du-
cts by herself. She has a great advan-
tage over the rest of her sex, for she
never has to stop talking to eat, and
when she is not eating she keeps both
tongues going at once. She has a lover,
and this lover is in quandary, because at
one and the same moment she accepted
him with one mouth, and rejected him
with the other. He wishes to sue for
breach of promise, but this is hopeless
experiment, because only one-half of
the girl has been guilty of the breach.
This girl has two heads, four arms and
four legs, but only one body, and she
Cor they) is Cor are) seventeen years old.
Now, is she her own sister? Is she
twins? Or, having but one body, (and
consequently but one hearth is she
strictly but one person? If the above
named young man marries her will he
be guilty of bigamy. This double girl
has only one name. and passes for one
person-but when she talks back and
forth at herself with her two mouths, is
she soliloquiZing? Does she expect to
have one vote, or two? Has she the
same opinion as herself on all subjects,
or does she differ sometimes? Would
she feel insulted if she were to spit
in her own face? Just at this point
we feel compelled to drop this inves-
tigation, for it is rather too tangled
for us.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-10-01


CHEAP LIVING IN GERMANY.-Every-
thing illustrates the cheapness of hu-
man service, and even of skilled labor.
The humble laundress surprises you by
her anxiety to please, by the beauty of
her work, and by the moderation of her
charge. The best tailor in one of the
best cities surprises you by his expendi-
ture of time and care in cutting your
clothes all too large, and then, by re
peated tryings on and cuttings down,
demanding some of your time, as well
as much of his,) making a perfect fit !;
and then astounds you by the smallness
of his charge. Such q one who served
the writer hereof, presented as his claim
for three full suits, a sum equal to only
seventy-six dollars in gold There is a
strange and nearly fabulous luxury, to
an American, in using q cab fifteen min
utes, paying the driver with q sum equal
to eight cents specie, and earning his
profound gratitude by a donation of
half dime additional! Or, in drink
ing half flask of wine, good enough
for anybody, at an expense of twenty
cents! A mug of beer about the size of
your arm above the elbow, is valued at
three cents. AS to your music and your
sightseeing, it is, for the most part, alb
solutely free. Were it possible to live
on wine, beer, music, amusements, cabs
and washing, it could be done for about
the income one would require in res
pectable American poor house.
1t is somewhat like the times of
Aboulcasem, in the Arabian Nights.
He claps his hands, door opens, and
there enter two thousand slaves with
jars of jewels on their heads. The
American, among these foreigners, claps
his hands Ito his pocket,) expends a
dime, and receives a dollars worth liz
exchange Western Monthly for July.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-10-01
WEIGHING THE BABY.


SHOW many pounds does the baby weigh,
Baby who came but month ago!
How many pounds from the browning curl
To the rosy point OF the restless toe!'
Grandfather ties the 'kerchief's knot,
Tenderly guides the swinging weight,
And carefully over his glasses peers
To read the record, "only eight T"
Softly the echo goes around;
The father laughs mt the tiny girl,
The fair young mother sings the words,
While grandmother smooths the golden curl.
And stopping above the precious thing,
Nestled = kiss within prayer,
Murmuring softly, Little one,
Grandfather did not weigh you fair"
Nobody weighed the baby's smile,
Or the love that came with the helpless one;
Nobody weighed the threads of care,
From which woman's life is spun.
No index tells the mighty worth
or little baby's quiet breath,
4 soft, unceasing metronome,
Patient and faithful unto death.
Nobody weighed the baby's soul,
For here on earth no weight there be
That could avail: God only knows
It's value In eternity.
Only eight pounds to hold a soul
That seeks no angels silver wings,
But shines in IL this human guIse,
Within so small and frail n thing!
oh mother, laugh your merry note;
Be gay and glad, but don't forget
From baby's eyes looks out n soul
That claims n soul in Eden yet.
Lifting Age.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-10-01

In all new ountries we hear of fatal diseas-
es among Fowls, styled Chicken Cholera
Gapes, Blindness, Chambers, Megrims or Giddi-
mes, &c. LEIS POWDER will eradicate tho
above named diseases. In severe attacks. mix
n small quantity with corn meal, moistened
and feed twice a day. While these diseases
prevail, use little in their feed once or twic,
a week, and your poultry will be kept free from
all disease. In severe attacks oftentimes they
do not eat; it will then be necessary to admin
lister the Powder by means of a quill, blowing
the Powder down their throat, or mixing Pow
der with dough to form Pills.
Cows require an abundance of nutritious
food, not to make them fat, but to keep up Il
regular secretion ofmilk. Farmers and dairy
men attest the fact that by judicious use OF
LEIs' CONDITION POWDER the flow of milk i,
greatly increased, and quality vastly improv-
ed. All gross humors and impurities of the
blood are at once removed. For Sore Teats
apply LEiS' CHEMICAL HEALING SALvE-wil'
heal in one application. Your CALVES also re-
quire an alternative aperient and stimulant
Using this Powder will eXpel all grub worms
with which young stock are infested in TIL
spring of the year; promotes fattening, pre-
vents securing. &c.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-10-01

The Library of Congress has within
the last sixty days received an increase
of nearly 1900 volumes, nearly all ele-
CANT foreign standard works, relating
to American affairs, formerly owned by
the unfortunate Macmillan.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-10-01

The Gar has just issued an ukase, de-
claring that parents who are convicted
of compelling their children to marry
shall be sentenced to prison. Russian
parents have generally compelled chill
dren to marry to please, not themselves,
but the parents.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-10-01

The colony of Japanese in California
is doing well. The Japs are expert
menting in tea culture in this country,
with high hopes of success. They are
also raising mulberry trees, and next
wear will plant rice.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-10-01

The reduction of the expenses of the
Post Office Department, owing to the
discontinuance of useless mail service
on Western and Southern routes, is
S773,S64.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-10-01

In Benton County, Ind, belonging to
Adams Earl, Esq, of Lafayette, there
The crop is in good condition and grow
ing splendidly.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-10-01

LEIs' POWDER Is an excellent remedy for
Hogs. The farmer will rejoice to know that a
prompt and efficient remedy for the various
diseases to which these animals are subject, is
found in LEIs' CONDITION POWDER. For Dis
temper, inflammation Of the Brain, Coughs. Fe-
vers, Sore Lungs Measles, Sore Ears, Mango.
Hog Cholera, Sore Teats. Kidney Worms, &C..
a fifty-cent paper added to a tub of swill and
given freely, is certain preventive. 1t pro-
notes digestion, purifes the blood, and is there
fore the BEST ARTICLE for fattening Hogs.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-10-01

Great alarm exists in China, along the
line of the grand canal, at prospect of
another rebellion. The conspirators are
said to number $4,000.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-10-01

The Turkish General Vizier is prepar-
ing a comprehensive and liberal scheme
of popular education for the whole en-
pire.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-04-22
GARDEN sEEDsi

A full line Of LANDRErh's SEEDS guar
anteed fresh and genuine
BEANs-Six Weeks, China Red-eye, Gran
berry, Lima and Navy Reans. .......... .
BEETS-All kinds Of Beets.
CABBAGE-Early York, early and late
Diamhead Flat Dutch, and Red Dutch,
lGAilROTs--I.OngO Orange.
lCORN-E -Evergre0n, and Extra Early sugar,
ID CUCUMRER-Ilong Green Turkey, Early
France, White Spine and Jersey Pickle,
WATERMELON~-No Mountain Sprout
PARsNTP-Fne sugar 4 Hollow Crowned.
ipFASAIandreth's Extra Early, Tom
Thumb, ROYAL Dwarf Marrowfat Champion
OfEngland Blue Imperial, 4 Danl O'Rourke.
RADISH--rhe approved varieties,
Pumpkin, Squash Tomato, Nurnip, Lettuce,
IN short, all kinds Of Garden Seeds Tor SAFE IN
papers. and in any quantity.
These who have used the Landreth Seeds,
need no further testimony Is 70 their merits
mrl7tf For sale az CEEAVELAND'S
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-04-22

- The La Porte Indiana) Union
n Herald, a familiar Old acquaint-
ance Of ours, has dressed itself up
In new type, and extended its pro-
portions to large ten column pa
per 1t is the largest paper pub
lished in Indiana, and in personal
appearance, editorial talent, and
get up, it is hard to excel the Union
q Herald. YaI lu #8 Haa
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-04-22

Briggs & Palmer, Mills Gardner,
r. A. Harrison, and James Sloan
we're Counsel for Plaintiffs; and
II. B. Maynard, M. J. Williams and
II. H. Hunter appeared as Counsel
for Defendants. r5E
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-04-22
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
HE PREMIUM HORSE,
DIOMEED..
ARDALLAH,

by Norman, ls,a beautiful Bay, years old,
sixteen hands high lne form. and style, OF
wonderful power Sired by " A. AleXanders
Old Norman Of Wood County, Kentucky,
will serve limited number Of Mares At Ten
Dollars 70 insure q Colt Money due when
the mare Is known to be In fold or parted
with 1W ANDERSON DEWlrr
ap9a.69 99smQ
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-04-22
GREAT BARGAINll,J

l - C d
Tha Subscriber offers for sale ct a great
bargain his Residence, a large Furniture
store, together with all the stOck with
which it is filed, and entire trade and
good will Of the establishment. There is
no better location in Southern 0hie for an
active, prosperous business in the
Furniture Trade
than the one now offered. The proprietor
is indueed to cell only frouia desire to en-
gage in q business moi congenial to his
health.
To any one, desirous Of engaging in a
first-rate money making business, this ls-
cation affords rare inducements. Apply
70 the subscriber az his Furniture StoTs,
go8DU ! Z THOMAS BURNETT.
December 81, l966,--6stf.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-04-22

This being the conclusion to
which / have arrived, it is unneces-
sary to pass upon the question
whether the remonstrances were in
terms or effect a revocation OF the
signatures to or authority of the
petition. i liHi.afei 9Al
The question Of the disqualification
Of Jones, one OF the Commission
ers, arises by reason Of his marriage
with one of the petitioners for che
Improvement, prior to the acts Of
1881 and 1865, who was then and
is now the owner of a tract ofH980
acres Of land lying along the pro-
posed Improvement. He is on that
account eutitledtothe heVsufruetofthe
land. motonly during her life, but
after her death, should he survive
hers and to this extent be has an
interest, whether great or smallE-
Does such interest disqualifg him
from acting2 There can be no
doubt as to the general proposition
shat no one ought to be q Judge
in his own case There are, how
ever, some exceptions to this rule,
arising from cases Of necessity,
thsre being no other board or tri.
bunalto act, 10 Johnson R sol. y
In the case at bar no other tribunal
but the Board Of Commissioners
was authorized to act, and without
their action no improvement Of the
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-04-22

II. BOURKEs
Dealer in Foreign and Domestic Marble,
MoRumonts, fombstones, &C.. made % order
{ gIinaW WASHINGTON, OHIO aag
Ny shop q North Of King and Leases Gro
cerY, on fayette street, nearly opposite Ham
iitoais Boot and Shoe Store. III yod want to
save from ten 70 fifteen per rcent. YOU will hny
OF me before gong elsewhere. All work in
TIE TofAbslono line urumitf executed. Come
in and see, and be sAtlshed Rpea 22siy
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-20

The IENUAIERABLE VICTIMS OF THE
SLAVE TRADE. Il dare not try to count
the numbers. Nobody dares. Nor
would it makes any difference If I did.
Beyond a very narrow range, dear
reader, numbers do not affect your sem
sbilities nor any mans. I tell you
that 100. 900 people were killed in the
earthquake at Peru, and you are sorry /;
if L tell you that 10000 people were
killed, and can give you some little
account how one Of them suffered, you
are much more sorry if tell you that
100 We're killed, aud that saw them
killed, and heard their cries as they
died, and have here the orphan of one
whom [ brought home with me, you
begin for the first time to feel that it
was indeed terror of terrors ; and if
there were only five killed, if those five
were your own Dick and Fanny and
Frank, and the rest, why there is a
sorrow that you will carry with you to
your grave. So l will not perse-
cute you with the numbers. There
were three hundred years of it the
first three ships that sailed carried, as
we saw, 300 slaves and the last that
sailed carried 1872, Of whom 149 lived to
reach Cuba and to be set free Many
and many ship, in the 5000 years be-
tween, was loaded with thousand and
more of the poor wretches. Buxton's
estimate in 1880 was that the Christian
slave trade-Christian, good God !
that the Christian slave trade then
carried 100000 slaves across every
year. or start ed with them that the
Mahometan slave-trade of Eastern Afri-
ca took $4,000 more. This was long
after the trade had been pronounced
piracy by all the commercial nations,
and even after England and America
had vessels on the African coast to ar
rest it. What it had been before no
statistics pretend to tell In 1853 the
then new town Of Liverpool employed
1O1 vessels in the trade. Those vessels
that year took 10000 slaves to the
British colonies and the estimate of
that year was that London, Bristol, and
Liverpool took 100000 The estimate
on this side was the same-that the
American colonies Of England received
100000 slaves in year, Besides
these, there were the French, Spanish,
Dutch, and Portuguese American col
onies to be supplied. Bonezet's COM
putation is that thirty per cent, of
these died on the passage or in accli-
nation. Then the cruelties of the
system of slavery, and the opening up
of new lands, kept up a steady demand
for them, so that do not see that we
can escape the inference that for much
of the last century the number of ne
groes annually brought across by the
African slave trade was as great as is
now the number Of emigrants from
Europe to North America, namely be
tween 300, 900 and 100000 every year.
In the preceding century the English
alone carried from Africa to America
800, 600 slaves and the Spanish and
Portuguese trade must have been very
lmuch larger. Atlantic Monthly.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-20
8Iisabets 9ailn aonitor,
PUBLISHED AT 155 BROAD STREET, BY
J. MADISON DRAKE.
Friend sIsip.

What a strange commodity ! How
hard to purchase, yet how prodigally
wasted How much the offspring OF
caprice, yet how long in growth How
strong from interest How weak when
divided with many How ardent when
Young in heart How cooled by dis.
lance, and yet how vivid with some,.
when distance drives it from the heart
to the Imagination and memory kindles
the embers that were about expiring
How icy when interests calculates its
degree How consuming when the
pulses of warm heart count the days
and even years Of lis existence as mere
minutes How the soul sickens and
shriuks when it is misplaced How
the heart bounds and the blood cour-
ses, when a long lost, or eStranged
friend re-appears, as if spirit of bles-
sedness from bright world, or re-
covered jewel restored to rified cask-
ct ! lost we know not how, and yet per-
haps more inexplicable than at first OBJ
tanned lost, we know how, but marvel
why, since they who refuse it daily
press to their bosoms, and knit to their
heart strings, or bind to their interests,
less worthy objects in their hearts esti-
mate, less devoted, and less faithful in
the matters which concern the calcula-
tions of the world. they estranged them
selves being judges. Friendship !
which neither time nor distance, no
fault, nor foible, no frailty, nor even
crime can dissolve. Friendship that a
whisper scatters = word cancels, q
minute makes old. Friendship re-
created, new. risen, lasting as life it.
self. The elixir of life to those who
enjoy thee. poison of peace to those
who have lost thee--vagabond angel!
who can tell thy value ? Who coyets
thee not, yet who appreciates Who
will answer? i1.='at
sWhat is friendship but name.
Aeharm that lulls to sleep,
shade that follows wealth and fame
But leaves the wretch to Weep"
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-20
PLAIN SEWING and MACHINE STITCHING
MRS. j. A. WILSON

WHISTLES to notify her friends and the public
w that sho has removed from Nor Is Washing
ton street to No. 10 Elizabeth avenue. She is pre-
Sewing Machine Having been at first class work
for number of years, she understands Cutting,
Making and Trimming Ladies' and Children's I'M
derclothing Also, Children's French Dresses and
Mems Shirts, and carries her patterns with her,
BY leaving the name and address at 10 Elizabeth
avenue, Mrs Wilson VIII call on the ladies for their
orders in the evening. ms 3ln
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-06

The President delays sending in the nomi-
nation of Mr.. Ashley as Governor of Mon
tana, having heard stories about him that are
unpleasant.
1t is understood on what seems to be good
authority that the President has recalled the
Hon. H M. Watts from Vienna, and will nom-
mate new minister to Austria at an early
day.
The canvass for U. S. Senator in Iowa, to
succeed Senator Grimes has already begun
The fact that Mr.. Grimes was an anti-im-
peachsr counts against him.
Gen. f. P. Blair, who disappeared some
months ago in company with one HI. Seymour,
has turned up in New Orleans where he is
making speech in which he says that he has
cast his lot with the South.
The Attorney-G General has not, as has been
stated, rendered an opinion reversing the de-
cision of Attorney General Evarts, on the
eight hour law, as the question has not been
referred to him. m
State Constable Jones OF Massachusetts
seized the last issue of the Illustrated paper
called the "Day's Doings' as an indecent pub
lication.
is one of the Directors of the Union Pacific
Railroad Company, was arrested at the Astor
House in New York on Saturday. He was on
the eve of leaving for Europe to join his family.
No order has been issued, as reported, dis
charging all the special agents of the Treasury
Department, although very large number Of
those heretofore holding such positions in the
Treasury Department have received notices
that their services are no longer required.
Congressman Dawes friends are talking Of
him as next Governor of Massachusetts,
A fearful gale prevailed in the English chan
mel on the Doth of March, which is described as
abe most violent that has occurred for thirty
years. A large number of vessels, among
which were eight barques, were lost
The printers strike in New York is now re-
garded as substantially settled by compro-
mise between the Typographical Union and
the employers.
The House committee ON banking refuses to
adopt the Senate bill for the redistribution Of
the currency and is considering certain amend
ments
1t is not expected that any reconstruction
bill can be passed before the adjournment of
Congress.
writ of error has been denied in the case
of Twitchell, the Philadelphia murderer.
Brevet Brig. Gen. Burton, Colonel Of the
9TH Artillery, commanding at Fort Adams
Newport, died at that post Sunday, of apo
plexy, aged 81.
Navigation has opened on Lake Ontario.
The Portland daily press., 1869-04-06


The BARK GEORGIA ANNIE.-The bark
Georgia Annie, of Harrington, Capt. NJ A.
Dyer, arrived at this port Sunday in tow of
the United States Revenue Cutter Mahoning,
totally dismasted. She sailed from st. j Ohm,
N. B., on the LIST of March for Havana. on
the 9th inst, experienced terrific hurricane,
300 miles Sc. Georgie's Banks; on the 7th the
bark was knocked down on her beam ends,
and finding, after a long time, that she would
not right the captain was compelled to cut
away all three of her masts, when she righted.
After the gale abated, succeeded in erecting &
jury masts by treenailing and mailing boards
together (of which the bark had deckload)
and having some spare sails succeeded in get
ting into Townsend Harbor on the 31st, where
she was taken in tow and towed to this port by
the Mahoning. Ca 1T. Dyer takes this oppor-
tunity to tender to Capt Webster, of the Ma
honing, and the officers under him, his sincere
thanks for the assistance rendered ami kind
ness shown him.