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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-08-27


The DOLLAR MARK.-The origin OF
the symbol l$1snsed to indicate dollars
has been a matter of considerable dis
pute. 1t is commonly believed to be an
abbreviation of the letters u, s., which
have in the hurry of business writing
been run into each other until the orig
inal form was lost sight Of 1t is be-
lieVed, however, by some antiqusrians,
to have been contraction of Spanish
word, but those who hold this opinion
differ in their views about the precise
word from which it is derived. Some
pesos, dollars. The dictionary of Amer
icanisms gives, as more probable ex-
PLANTATION, that it is q modification OF
the figure 8, denoting a piece of eight
reals, or as the dollar was formerly call
ed, 3 piece Of eight. 1t was then SYM
bolized So. isss..g.e5f.ssk s{sesf ~ III 49,
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-08-27
BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS OF AN AGED
POET AND PHILOSOPHER.

| William Cullen Bryant has just adj
dressed the Alumni of Williams College
in characteristic Grafton, from which
we extract the following impressive and
poetic words:
1t has occurred to me since /, i'll this
decliue of life, came to visit once more
this seat of learning in which our youth
are trained to succeed us on the stage OF
the world, that am in the situation of
one who, standing on spot desolate
with winter and dim with twilight,
should be permitted by sort of mira
Gle to look upon q neighboring region
glorious with the bloom of spring and
bright with the beams of morning. On
the side where l stand are herbless fields
and leaf1ess woods, pools sheeted with
ice, a frozen soil, and the shadows ef
approaching night. On the side to
which look are emeralded meadows,
fields of springing wheat, orchards in
bloom. transparent streams and a gen.
ial sunshine. With me it is too late for
any further hopeful tillage, and if the
pillow were put in the ground its coulter
would be INSTRUCTED by the ice-bound
sods. On the side to which I look 1 see
the tokens of judicious cultivation and
careful tendance, recompensed by free
and promising growth. | rejoice at the
kindly care thus bestowed, and my hope
and prayer is that under such auspices
all the promise which meets my eyes
may be amply fulfilled, and that from
these luxuriant fields harvest may be
gathered richer and more abundant than
has yet been stored in the granaries of
our land.
The New York Express comments up
on these thoughts in the following earn
est and touching manner:
Were it not true that good poetry new
er dies, and that the human soul lives
forever, there would be deep sorrow in
Thoughts like these. Men no more de-
cay than nature decays. eff a man die
shall he live again ?" is a question an
swered affirmatively in holy writ, in the
promised resurrection, in the bright,
beaming future of all who on earth lives
as becomes those created by God. Ev-
cry year the grass fades, the flowers
bloom and fall, fruits ripen and decay,
but the human mind, IN men like Mr..
Bryant, has lived three score and ten
years, with no mental decay, strong in
intellect, cultivatlng all that is beauti-
full in art, poetry and letters, and GER
tain to leave behind that unfading glory
which knows neither age nor decay,
neither autumn nor winter, nor any
thing that dims the lustre of a well
spent life. As after the rain the bow in
the cloud appears and fades away, so it
is with men of faith, great genius and
true love. They flash upon US at times
like the 'meteor through the troubled
air" but they no more die than does the
genial sunshine. The good men do
whether in the manifestations of great
genius, or in great deeds of mercy
lives after them, and lives forever.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-08-27

A LONG TRANsIT.-Who has not heard
of the boy who went out for back
log, and coming back a man, threw down
the log, and said: Father, there's your
backlog" Here is mate to that story
Something over thirty years ago, Mr..
Mason, the father of Col. r. B. Mason,
of this city, kept hotel in Rochester,
n. Y. A letter was written from Da-
rien Center, N. ", by Mr.. Alonzo f.
Eastbrook, dated in 1886, to Joel Ans
den, enclosing .S12, consisting of a ten
dollar note on the old Bank of Roches-
ter, then good as gold, and two dollar
note on the Bank of Windsor, VT,
equally good, with the request that Mr..
Amsden should hand the money to Mr..
e. S. Brooks. The letter was sent to
alderman Manson's" hotel, placed in
the delivery box, and after being knock
ed about for some time without being
called for, got among Mr.. Mason's priv
ate papers, and was laid away and forgot
ten. Recently, upon examining the eff
fects of Mr.. Mason, long since deceased,
the letter was found, and sent to Mr..
Amsden, who Immediately handed the
money to Mr.. Brooks, as he was re-
quested three and thirty years gone by to
do. The bills, though so good in their
day, were as worthless now as two Con-
federate shinplasters. Mr.. Eastbrook,
in his letter, gave directions about the
money, congratulates his correspondent
on the election of Van Buren, to the
Presidency "Littie Van" ran his of
fetal career, and ten other Presidents
were inaugurated before the letter
reached its destined recipient. Mr..
Brooks is an uncle of Mrs. w. X. Ack-
erman, of this city Chicago Post.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-08-27

a good story is told of an amateur ag-
riculturalist, in Berkshire county, Mass,
who was advised by one of his neigh
bors to plant sunfowers with his beans
in order to obviate the task of polling.
He followed the advise in due course of
time beans and sunfiowers came up and
waxed strong, the beans coiling around
the sunfiower stalks beautifully; and he
congratulated himself upon the fact that
he had discovered an effectuaI method
of raising beans without being driven
to the disagreeable necessity of toting
bean poles from the forest But alas
for human expectations, his beans were
raised out of the soil, roots and all, in a
few weeks, by the rapid growth of his
new-fashioned bean poles, and there
they hung whitening between heaven
and earth.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-08-27

Democratic Nominating Convention
was in session. When surrounding OBJ
jects commenced to darken, not little
disgust and anxiety was manifest at the
unexpected and unpleasant Intrusion,
and an ardent g wheel horse of the
Iowa Democracy offered resolution
denouncing it as clearly uReonstitution-
al, and an unwarranted outrage upon a
free people, perpetrated by the d -
tyranical government at Washington.
1t is needless to say that the resolution
was unanimously adopted Champion
and Press.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-08-27
A steamboat Captain on the lakes WIS

A steamboat Captain on the lakes was
recently feeling his way along in the
dark, when the lookout ahead sang ont,
close shave, and, as the steamer passed
the schooner, the Captain sang out !:
'sWhat are you doing with your infer
nal schooner here in the dark without q
light p To his dismay, the skipper, who
was Frenehman, answered: swat ze
diable you do here viz yonr ole steam
boat In three feet water, Ell p and Just
then the steamer landed high and dry
on a sandbank.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-08-27
TIM MonMoSs 10 BE DrowsED On,

TIM MoRMoSs TO BE DROWNED Our.
But singular change seems to be
creeping over all our Western regions
under settlement, in the matter of eli
mate and of rain. Summer rains are
rapidly on the increase, and the neces-
sity OF irrigation is lessening, especial
ly for the grains and slow-groWingv veg
etsbles. When the Mormons first went
to Utah, there was no rain from April
to November; but now summer show
ers are Of frequent occurrence. IL il 80
In Colorado and in Caiifornia-there is
growth in the moisture of the summer
and lessening need of artificial moisture
for the main crops. The phenomena Is
peculiar, and has yet received no satis-
factory explanation. CONTESTED with
this change, it is observed that Salt
Lake is growing in size and freshness,
and that Jordan Is increasing in width
and sluggishness OF movement. la
broader phrase, the whole basin, ence
evidently filed with wateF, is sIoWiyre-
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-08-27

PUNGENT.-Did you ever hear the
story about the Irishman and the
horse-radish
No; how was it?
Well, seeing a dish of horse-radish on
the table where they had stopped for
dinner. each helped themselves largely
to the sauce supposing it to be eaten
as potato or squash and the first put
ting knife full into his mouth, jerked
handkerchief from his>4rowsers and
commenced wiping his eyes.
What troubles We, Jimmy? inqui
red his comrade.
"Sure and was thinking of my poor
old fathers death, when he was hung,
he replied shrewdly.
Presently the other, taking as greediIy
of the pungent vegetable, had sudden
use for the handkerchief, whereat Jim
my as cody inquired:
''And what troubIs ye, Pat p
''Troth,7 he replied, :" that you wal
not hung with your father"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-08-27

GENIUS Alexander Hamilton said
to an intimate friend: Men give me
some credit for genius. All the genius
have just lies in this ; when l have a
subject in hand L study it profoundly.
Day and night it is before me. / ex-
plore it in all its bearings. Then the
effort which / make the people are
pleased to call the fruit of genius. 1t is
the fruit of labor and thought. Mr..
Webster once replied to a gentleman
who pressed him to speak on a subject
of great Importance. The subject inter-
ests me deeply, but have not time.
There. sir, pointing at huge pile of
letters on the table, Is pile of unans-
wered letters to which i must reply
before the close of the session-(which
was three days off, have no time to
master the subject so as to do it justice.
But, Mr.. Webster, a few words from
you would do much to awaken public
attention to it. If there is so much
weight in my words as you represent,
it is because do not allow myself to
speak on any subject until my mind is
inbued with it. Demosthenes was once
urged to speak on sudden and great
emergency. l am not prepared, said
he, and obstinately refused. The law
of labor is equally binding on genius
and mediOcrity.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-08-27

Besides the fact that ice is lighter than
water, there is another curious thing
about it which most people do not know
perhaps-namely, its purity. A lump
of ice melted will become pure distilled
water.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-08-27

Mark Twain, writing about Boston TO
the Alta California, says: eYcu must
learn to pronounce Quincy as If It was
Quincy, and FanHeil as if it were Fun
mel. In this way you can palm yourself
on the unsuspecting for native, and
be respected gsesss aaEsf,s.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-08-27

What is the best definition of ..mean
man A man who values every
thing higher than he does his own hon.
or and character, which he values al
nothing
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-08-27
ALMERIN GILLETT,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW,

Practices I'm the Courts of the Fifth and
Ninth Districts. Makes collections, buys and
sells land, attends to conYeyancing, and fur
nishes abstracts of titles to real estate in Lyon
county. OFFICE IN COURT HOUSE.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-08-27
CROSS & MCCARTHY,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,

Prompt attention given to all business In
trusted to US in Lyon and adjoining counties.
Collections made, Conveyancing attended to,
and Acknowledgment OF Deeds and other in
siruments OF writing taken.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-12-03

Gov. SMITH AND Tue LANoILLE RAI-E0AD.-
An important meeting was held IN l. osnurgh
last week. called 10 see if the toSu would bond
iu favor of the N.--is-quai Valley road Speech
e. aere made bv eN-G9V-tncr oiuit1. u n- f. &.
Koycc. Jasper E,uj, AID others Toe S. Al
b.us -Hessc1.sr OF The l1th c1ut.iu, % pretty
ul report Of the remark, OF Go,sruor Smith
aud Air Royce The implttsucs O.! Governor
Smiths speech 20 Us Is, thnt ne. is usual IN his
public suetches d.cAIei hiiase.f ia fagur 0i the
Llmoille Valley road. said that he always had
favored IT, lie dii all he could TO aIi Us to the
charter, he said. and ne solemnly dehel any one
10 show that he hat ever done any thing against
It. Said be had been misrepresented on the
subject. We think this open and public declar-
alton Of the Governor ought 10 Dut to shane
those indiscre,t and IN informed E-lots Of ST Al
bans sho are constantly quoting GoyernOr Smith
= persistent enemy az our roai Unless We
can be made to believe that these people know
the Governor better than ne knows himself, We
shan cling 70 the notion that the Governor Is
our FRIEND or At least is not our enemy. He has
4 keener vision and broader views than the shop
keepers of s.. Albans, and knows full we'll that
the prosperity Of the eastern portion Of his coun
" will not injure but increase the prosperity Of
his own town He says 50 in his speech. When
his constituents all get educated up to the broad
views Of the Ex-Governor, we shall have a hap
pier family.
The result Of the mseting vas not favorable to
the Governors wishes, TO be sure, bat he sp-
pears 70 hsys had respectful hearing, and his
views duly weighed. Probably the people Of
Enosourgh will not bond for the Mississquoi
road, until the completion Of the great road Of
their choice, the Lsmoille Valey road. As Sc.
Adams is now pretty well accommodated she can
afford TO wait.
Meantime, We are happy to know thai all the
interests Of the Lamole valley road are pros
pering g.-lNetrsdsaieT.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-12-03

me Dali hreI by the assassin VI -f trlahu passed
through the stomach, lodging below the
kidneys, near the spinal column Richardson i,
AT the Astor House, Is very weak, and there are
nut slight hopes Of his recovery.
III the parties 10 this bad piece ei business
are New England people Mr.. Richar!s1u is Of
Eastern Massachusetts origin; AMI is we'll
known 20 the public as a journalist AM author.
lie has been once married, bu; has :or several
years been "a wit0Wer with two or three children.
lie Is @ hne looking mIn Of versatile acquire
ments, OF popular manners, and has e VIDE circle
Of friends IN all parts Of the country.
Mcfarland Is II Irish blood, Of New lsmp-
SHIRE birth, and Boston education and residence.
lie IS n lawyer by profession. lie Wis once
worth from j0OO to : 10000, and while the
world went we'll with him. lyel happily enough
with his wife, although be was t~euty years
her senior But some land and other specula-
tons ia the IS est fuiel. ami Judgments against
him swept away all he WIS worth. lie took to
drink, became iri-cibe, aud made h- wlie's
life iuto rlh.e by his passionate ouiburst.. till
be finally compelled her 90 leave him. he il Of
small stature, and is described a. iufeiio- look
ing
5Irs. Mcfarland was q native OF Man hester,
il. Her maiden name @as Abhe Sacr She
Is a tuc looking woman Of 81. She has written,
given public rrs.i.ns-, aud iaaily fora tiue went
upon the stage, in Orier 90 support hersaif and
h,r family. At that time she aud her husband
were living in Amity street Mr. Richardson
about tle same time went 10 reside in the sane
house ilis Ioom D lining that Of the N-Far-
lands be ws, male acquainted with the fact that
tley were NOS living happily together. One ght.
iu fact. MIR. N.FtrHui's behavior 20 ms wife
w-s cf so violent % character thar She lrtc h'm,
declaring her purpose 70 make the separation
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-12-03

JeFeleI hands, SO sli. sad Thi,''
Dmpling round the coins Of god
Holding friendships clasp So s.ls1t
Thar tne pressure soon grow cold
Busy hands r5a, cr'seiess toll
Fs-lin- ue'er p l5re-clres-,
sbrnEas not from ator's sli
Wsla petty js.ntines'.
Weary hands. th8t trembling dsaap
Duly o. be raised again,
While -le aching heal must st002
With a prayer f.r el-e from pam
QHiet hands that clnly lie
E.ileI iI a ieugtheuei rest,
Catching l.t the n.urs that Lr
Inc -a. agl -.Las % DE- ae
Idle aanis, ye lec5Iy hold
SI-aeu clues 90 p.aistuce fair
Busy hands, ye search fun ac.d
lu work s. con Iueagi lion l4i..
Quiet hands, Iare TCDCse
Chains Sc with its perfect spell
le have touched a thou aud woes
Olive blIzls To grasp as well
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-12-03

STEEL RAILS 1t Is estimated that by The
end OF the year 1863 there will he laid in the
Uuited States. iu round numbers, 1000 'ans
Of steel rails equal to 100 miles Of steel roai
and of this amount about 5000 runs, equal 10
800 NIL :. ail he aiI during the present SEA
son. These rails are in use on more than hiiy
hsrent roads. and are partly Of Amsrican,
principally o' English, aud 70 small extend
Of Prussian msnufseturs.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-12-03

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-12-03


proximity to him in its fight could ever disturb
his equanimitv.
At Meadow Bridge our nen we're throEn lnto
some confusion by the bursting Of torpedoes IN
der the horses feet Aside from cnjoiuing stead
mess on the rart OF tie men. Sheridan paid no
attention wh9tcyer to 'hc affair. AtCedsr Creek
a solid shot. Passing only % foot above his head,
failol 70 attract from t.u the slightest moi OF
recognition.
never SAW Sheridan more al his element
than 20 AnoamstjoS t.lst House, On the 9.h OF
. April, 1853 In the c.ul.enauce of every sJl-
der I could see the confident expectation that we
were to win % great and decisive victory on that
day; get nome OF u rellzei iSat the eni was SO
near. Sler.dla's features iheTise wore % won
dertu. look Of animation as the long hGts Of
Federal influtry swept over toe hills eneucng
the army Of Lee hundred ulecas oi artillery
in position on the surrounding heights we've
ir1wliug upon the devoted army ci Northern
Virginia, ami everything hetoEelel terrific
struggle; when su4lcH'y the s-r.'ae~s a. thr
Slhhlth succee lea the rotrof artillery ysr3 ri-tle
VI ssetry, and an aii-ls-csap ',de along tlt
Ia gearing the ,ylul ,1yrce of % cessation
.f s'ji:.es, ami of desire N rhe part 0t lee
20 l- for terms uf surrender.
3 ~ then the nieintigab.cc a.ry command
er .ectei that the c'issous and cartridge boxes
pf ,ie meu De ieul, uishtd with Ammunition %, %
con geucy against the "a lure Of the ,ao Gen
era. N coming TO 'erms. illpply, The oc-.-i'u
90 use it never arrived.
That S1eril4n was djih.alt command io
-erve unde~ may be- readig inferred, for fei.z
uE the yulue Of moments of tine. AND ,ie utl.--
-ify Of prompt aud energetic action, De ex4ctot
I from bis su1orliurte- aIl thar human agencies
.oull accomplish; and If any one failed, or t,r-
lily per.ormcl the plrt assig gnei im, hs jill uot
. rafun~4. him auuu4rHi. f.rTl |ilrl-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-12-03

We PAs, Toa Wu,r $50 Ana raoa ps.s-
e for what be Is eorla. Very ii.s IS 40 culr'-
o-tty cone ruinE other peoples estimate ct o.,
aud all f.,r Tor remaining uns'oTn IS rot ie-'
50. II a man knows THAT be- eau d, auy thing
knows that De can do il better than auy one
one slse--he hl- . p.elge of acknowledgment ''
rhtt fact by all p.-soHs. The world is tol' o'
Judgment days, and into eyerv as-embage that
q man enters in every action that he attempts,
he Is etueel and stamped. Ia every troop OF
boys mat vhoop and ruu ia each yard and
square. new conner Is well and accurately
weighed in the course ofa Few days, and STAMPED
With hrs r. Eht number, rs if he had undergone a
formsl tri,l of his -p-el and temper. 4 strin-
ger CONES from q distant school. with better
dress, trInkets in hi- pockets. wi airs and pre-
teutions An Older boy says, rs OF no u-e,
we shall find him OUT tomorrow. '- Ralph
H'1fdO 4 Emerson.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-12-03

5,,c n r,95 stroke o. business here l,-5.r
Mr.. Jsllic,. and / hone Won WON'T or.a.+
. change that there piece rs bought la,t lf.a
dav f.r s9mc-at a trias st-.e-f-. M, a-.
some have been a-lo9kin- at ir. and We d5n.
think it'll wear.n
Oh I'll change it," .asilv au.ucr.i
Jeliiel. Y0u should ruta feF more s.iI.-
ing ol, Airs. Reed better ha9sa good taia-
when you're ah1u. &c. l-'. alaays clerT.-
in the end "
We'll, l suppose f. j.. she said. she
. said, " El- I'u almost frightened at t.a
.c1re Jhatl. De- running uT.
'' rs easily wiped off, answered iHe man,
pleasantly just q shilling or two
week-'
There " more ehaiierinl- ana I'.AIa- :
. and after that came ne c-iAA gl money,
The women had each % ''''-' ana ,'e.'... ..... "
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-12-03

In Marshal Niel's will occurs the following
passage: "a 7 recommend to my dear children,
after the fear and love Of God. honesty aud pro-
bity, which have been always hereditary in our
family"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-12-03

Wiihin three years six hunfrsd families have
settled in one county in Florida under the pro-
visions Of the hsmsstead law