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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-09-09
THE TICKET OF DEATH.

Mark one strange instance instance of
the German practical spirit as proof of
the fashion after which these Teutons
prepare to fight. In recent wars, popu-
lar feeling has demanded that rank and
file, captains and generals, shall be
equally and impartially mentioned in
the lists of slain; but difficulties have
arisen, because the enemy cannot know
the dead mems names, and when the
muster-roll is called after battle the mis-
sing NAV be only wounded or prison
ers. Germany has, in her solid, calm
manner, arranged, in view of this diff
Guilty, that each wife and mother shall
speedily know the best or the worst
about those who go to fight ''with God,
for King and Fatherland." Slips of
parchment, like luggage-labels, have
been prepared, on which the name of
each German soldier is plainly written,
and one of these will be fastened inside
his coat when he goes into action.
After the day is decided, the enemy,
if he be master of the field, will be re-
Quested to collect and return these Ia
bells, of which about million have been
provided. Grim tickets for an I'M
known journey !-6iIlets pour aller Ell
retour-many and many of which will
be COLLECTED" on the deadly road before
the world is week older, each label be-
ing the record of life freely given for
the Rhine. We have signalized the exalt-
ing and purifying effect which national
war exercises, but ali! these little slips
of parchment
Think of the German wife or mother
sewing it on-the battle ticket of her
stake in quarrel-the address of her
particular material of war the awful
travelling label whereOn no loving hand
may write-"With care" seeing that its
bearer goes into the Valley of the Shad-
ow, to come forth again or not, as hea-
ven shall decree. Sown on with Ger
man thread, ripped off, perchance, with
French knife, whole packets and par
cells of these little human memoranda
will surely be returned; but yet every
man who buttons his coat over the la
bel of death has looked his fate full in
the face and made himself ''ready for
the huPial"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-09-09

Curious THINGS TO KNow.-Besides
the fact that the ice is lighter than wa
ter, there is another curious thing about
it which persons do not know perhaps
namely, its purity. A lump of ice,
melted will always become purely dis
titled water. When the early naviga-
tors of the Arctic seas got out: of water,
they melted fragments of those vast
mountains of ice called icebergs, and
were astonished to find that they yield
ed only fresh water. They thought that
they were frozen salt water, not know
ing that they were formed on the land,
and some way launched into the sea.
But, if they had been right, the result
would have been all the same. The
fact is, the water, in freezing, turns out
of it all that is not water-salt, air, col
oring matter, and all impurities. Frozen
sea water makes fresh water ice. II
you freeze a basin of indigo water, it
will make it as pure as that made of
pure rain water. When the cold is very
sudden, those foreign matters have no
time to escape, either by rising or sink
ing, and are thus entangled with the ice,
but do not form any part of it.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-09-09

VoN MoLTKE AND BISMARCK
Moltke inspires as much enthusiasm in
matters military as does Bismarck in
matters diplomatic; even though the
soldier is SO chary of his words that he
is said to be 'tsilent in seven languages. /"
He reminds enc of General Grant. A
gentleman in Berlin lately tried to
pump him: .'How are things going on,
General! The answer was, EThank
you, sir my rye crops are doing nicely,
affairs are, at all events, getting on well
in one respect-the supply of mentor
numbers of eligible recruits are decIin-
ed, owing to a sufficiency in the army.
Every indication shows that the Ger
mans will have plenty of reserves to
fill the gaps made by battle
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-09-09

In Montreal, not long ago, young,
fashionably dressed woman went to
dentist with very bad toothache. The
dentist examined the tooth and advised
its extraction. The lady consented and
offered payment in advance, handing
gave the lady change, wrapped the note
up with roll of bills containing $40,
and proceeded to pull the tooth. The
operation was a severe one, and the
young lady screamed profusely, and al
most as soon as her tooth was out went
away sobbing bitterly. A moment after,
lhe unhappy dentist put his hand into
his pocket, and found that Miss, while
suffering intense pain, had consoled
herself with his $40.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-09-09

An ANCIENT MANUsCRIPT.-AtU Up
sula, Sweden, there is a curious and re-
nowned old manuscript, commonly
known as the Silver Handwriting. 1t
is a translation of the Bible into Gothic,
and the best authorities claim that it
was written towards the, end of the
fifth or in the commencement of the
sixth century. 1t was discovered in
the sixteenth century at Verden, on the
Ruhr, and its authenticity was at once
established. 1t was taken to Prague.
but the Swedes took it away in 164S,
and carried it to Stockholm thence it
was taken into Holland, and was bought
back for Sweden again by the Chancel-
Tor de la Gardle, for $500. He had it
magnificently bound in a solid silver
cover, and in 1869 presented it to the
University of Upsula. 1t is written in
silver on crimson parchment. The
headings and few principal passages
are in gold. 1t is rich in Byzantine ira
Gerry of symbolical devices. 1t num-
bers $50 leaves, with twenty lines to
each page. Only two punctuation
marks are used throughout, the period
and the colon.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-09-09
THE SHADOW OF LIFE.

We have rarely met with anything
more beautiful than the following,
which we find in an old New York
Mirror:
GAN that live must die,
Passing from nature to eternity
Men seldom think of the great event
of death until the dark shadow falls
across their own path, hiding forever
from ktheir eyes the faces of the loved
ones whose living smile was the sun
light of their existence. Death is the
great antagonism of life, and the cold
thought of the tomb is the skeleton in
all our feasts.
We do not want to go through the
dark valley, although its passage may
lead to paradise; and with Charles
Lamb, we do not wish to lie down in
the mouldy grave, even with Kings and
princes for our bed-fellows.
But the fiat of nature is memorable.
There is no appeal or repeal from the
great law that dooms us all to the dust.
We flourish and fade like the leaves of
the forest, and the frailest flower that
blooms and withers in day, has not a
Trailer hold on life than the mightiest
monarch that ever shook the earth by
his footsteps. Generations of men ap-
pear and vanish like the grass, and the
countless multitude that swarms the
world to-day will tomorrow disappear
like footprints on the shore:
E'Soon as the rising tide shall-beat
Each trace shall vanish from the sand"
In the beautiful drama of Ion, the in
stinct of immortality, SO eloquently ut
tered by. the death devoted Greek, finds q
deep response in every thoughtful soul
1t is natures prophesy of life to come
When about to yield his young exist.
ence as sacrifice to fate, his betrothed
Clemanthe asks if they shall not meet
again. To which he replies, 81
have asked that dreadful question OF
the hills that look eternal; of the
streams that flow forever; of the stars
among whose fields my raised spirit
hath walked in glory. All were dumb
But while gaze upon thy living face,
feel there is something in that love
which mantles through its beauty that
cannot wholly perish. We shall meet
gain, Clemanthe.
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THE BATTLE OF GRAvELorrE. AUG. Is


THE BATTLE OF GRAVELOTTE, AUG. Is.
The tactics of Sadowa were repeated
at Gravelotte. The Prussians began the
engagement with divided army, or
rather two armies moving from differ
ent directions, with orders to form a
junction behind the enemy's position.
Bazaine covered the point which the
Prussians had selected as that upon
which to converge, and actually lay be-
tween the two armies which he had to
fight. 1t was not until after nightfall
that the junction was effected and the
victory won; but it was then complete,
and forced BaZaine into Metz, where it
had all along been the design of the
Prussians to confine him. The battle
was purely defensiveon the part of the
French. None of the several bloody
repulses of Prince Frederick Charles
attacks were signal enough to enable
BaZaine to follow with an offensive
movement to extricate himself from his
great danger. He held the strong posi-
tions of the field. The second line
which he assumed was pronounced in
vulnerable, and the direct attack of
Prince Frederick Charles would doubt
less have failed to dislodge Bazaine, had
not Won Steinmetz struck the right
flank of the French soon after nightfall.
ne IruSSIdu dIthckS were III over
whelming force and persistent; at ev-
cry hour from morning until night, re-
Inducements for them arrived upon the
field; and the French were outnumber-
ed at least two to one. The slaughter
was horrible, the Prussians losing by
far the greatest number of men in con-
sequence of the desperation with which
they attacked.
The attack of Won Steinmetz on the
French right was but the repetition of
Prince Charles famous assault on the
Austrian right at Sadowa-of Butchers
grand charge at Waterloo. 1t was as
decisive of this battle as the others were
of the fates of Benedek and the First
Napoleon. BaZaine could not hope to
resist it, and retired to Metz. Darkness
was his ally; else the attack of Won
Steinmetz must have resulted in the
rout if not the total destruction of his
ARMY. Y. Tribune.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-09-09

THE CRowN PRINCE IN ACTIoN.-The
London Times correspondent with the
Prussian headquarters was the acciden-
tai and unseen witness of little scene
which is worth recording. \ country
cart was rumbling down the street with
two wounded officers-young men-on
their way to the station. An officer on
foot beckoned the driver to stop, and
went up to the cart, the officers of
which had tried to salute him, but he
made gesture, and leaning over enter
ed into conversation with them for ten
minutes, evidently inquiring after their
wounds. On parting he shook each of
them by the hand, and continued his
way up the street, accompanied by two
other officers.
He halted at my headquarters and in
quired if there were any wounded in
side-they had been removed, some to
their last resting place-then went on,
and, meeting a cart full of wounded SOL
diers, talked to them each in turn, and
so went on visiting the hospitals and
the wounded in the most unostentatious
manner. 1t was the Crown Prince.
No wonder his men are fond of him.
Many did not know him till he passed
on. He told how the soldiers, one and
all, seem to rejoice in their wounds, and
make light of them for the sake of the
cause, and there was an honest exulta-
ton in his tone at the honor of COM
handing such troops.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-09-09

DEATH OF PRINCE FELIX SALM-SALM.
Prince Felix Salm-Salm, who fell at
the battle of Gravelotte, belonged to
the Austrian house of Salm-Salm, the
head of which is Prince Alfred, who
holds many titles. He is a member of
the Prussian house of Lords, and also
an honorary position among the
knights of Malta. The deceased Prince
was his brother, and was born Decem-
Der %, 1928. He married in this city
the daughter of Col. Leclerq, on the
3Oth of August, 1862, an alliance which
proved distasteful to his family and
caused his exclusion from the Austrian
Court.
The Prince served in our army du-
ring part of the late war, having been
at one time i'll command of regiment
of the Goth corps, and post commander
at Atlanta toward the end of the war.
On the occasion of the accession of
Maximilian to the throne he appointed
him his aid-de-camp and chief of his
household. During the checkered ca
reer of the Emperor, Prince Felix re-
mained devoted to his interests, and
was captured with him at Queretaro.
The Princess was indefatigable in her
exertions on the downfall of the En-
peror to mitigate his fate and arranged
the interview at Queretaro on the 2lst
of May, 1867, in which Macmillan and
Prince Felix conferred with Escobedo.
The offer to abdicate and leave the coun-
try made at that conference was reject
ed, and Prince Felix seemed destined
for the same fate as the Emperor. He
was, however, released soon after the
Emperor's execution, and returned to
Europe, where he entered the Prussian
service as Major of the 4th Regiment of
Grenadiers of the Prussian Royal
Guard.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-09-09
SOLDIERS HOMESTEAD LAW.
rhe Topeka Daily Record says:

The Topeka Daily Record says:
Soon after the adjournment of Con-
gress, we stated, upon the authority of
Mr.. Boynton, Washington correspond
ent of the Cincinnati Gazette, that an
act had passed allowing honorably dis
charged soldiers to enter, free of cost,
l60 acres of land on the sections owned
by government along the lines of rail-
roads. Subsequently,, on the strength
of information coming from the United
States land Office in this city, we contra
dicted Mr.. Boynton's statement, and
asserted that such an act passed the
Senate, but failed in the House. We
are gratified at now being able to state,
on apparently positive evidence, that
Mr.. Boynton was right, after all that
such law was actually passed and
that the general land Office in Washing
ton is busily engaged in preparing the
forms and instructions necessary to
give the benefit thereof to the entitled
parties. The following special dispatch
from Washington to the Chicago TIL
baae, dated the 10th instant, leaves no
room to doubt the passage of such a
law:
''The Commissioner of the general
land office has written an opinion upon
the clause of the Army bill which per-
mits all persons who have served hon
orably for three months in the army or
navy during the late war, to enter free
one hundred and sixty acres of the land
now held along the line of land
granted to railroads at $3.50 per acre.
The course to be pursued by the appli-
cant is the same as under the existing
homestead law, except that a special
form of affidavit, setting forth the mill
tary service, is required. The require
ments of the law regarding settlement
and cultivation are the same in this class
of entries as in all others. The proper
forms to get new applications are to be
forwarded at once to the Registers and
Receivers"
We have written to the Commission
er of the land Office for an official copy
of the law, and when received it will
be published entire in our columns.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-09-09

wedding PoTAToEs.-It is a common
practice, in some of the potato growing
districts, to turn flock of sheep into
the potato field for the purpose of eat
ing down the weeds. The sheep viii
not. touch the potato vine. This pastur-
ing'with sheep is very advantageous
when the crop is a late planted one, so
that the hoeing cannot be completed
until the haying or harvesting is finish
ed. Early planted crops, the cultivation
of which is completed in the early part
of the summer, frequently become
grassy and weedy before the time of
digging, when the size of the tops pre-
cIudes cultivation. In this stage the
sheep are economical weeders. 1t is
hardly necessary to mention that the
feed thus given to the sheep makes q
double profit.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-09-09

THE PoPE DIsPLEAsED.-The Vatican
is at this time in state of intense dis
satisfaction with his sons, the Sover-
eigns of the great States of Europe
The dogma of infallibility, which it has
had the glory of proclaiming, was sup
posed by it to be the keystone of Cath
olicism, and to entitle it 10 be the center
of consideration of the civilized world,
either by the adhesions or the protesta-
tons of the great powers. Instead of
this, Pope Plus TX finds himself ignor-
ed by Europe, and complains bitterly
that he has received on the occasion of
this great triumph of the Catholic par
ty, not a single letter either of felicita-
ton or of reproaeh from the foreign
am bassadors or from the commanders
of the late Army of Occupation.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-09-09

We had thought that human ingenui-
ty was long ago exhausted in making
apt phrases to describe the parsimony
of that class of men who never pretend
to any other service than that of Mann
mon, but the language of friend of
ours applied to old Pinchem outdoes
anything of the kind we ever heard or
read. "The very meanest man in the
city, sir" said he; Eyes, the mesnest
man in the country-in the whole
world! He is perfectly miserable IN
this life because he can't make some
money every minute of it; but he'll
never die, for he's bound TO save his fu-
neral expenses"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-09-09

The congregation of well known
church in the south of Scotland
has recently had under discussion the
question of the proper attitude for
prayer. James M, rather charae-
ter in the town, being asked by lady
in the congregation if he wanted to con-
form to the recommendation of the
minister, that all should kneel, replied
very emPhatically, "Never a bit viii I
kneel. The Bible says, watch and
pray > and hoo can everybody watch on
their knees, VII their cen steelit? Ma,
ma Pll just stand an glover about me.
as hae ave DUNE
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N0fiee of Sale.

A MAN whose name is supposed to be Per-
IA kins, given name and place of residence
unknown, will take notice that he is indebted
to me in the sum of S25, for feed and care and
attention bestowed by me upon one large red
OK, from the z4th day of November, 1869, up to
the first day OF June, 1870, which amount was
due and should have been paid on said first
day of June, and in order to pay said amount
and any further cost or charges that may arise.
will offer for sale at public auction at my
residence In Waterloo, Lyon county, Kansas,
on Saturday, the first day of October, 1870 the
said large red OK, to be sold for cash in hand
to the highest bidder, agreeable to the provi-
sions of the statute. OLIVER PHILLIPS.
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New Boarding Honse.

TINE old Normal School Boarding House, on
Cottonwood street, neal the Christian
Church, has been repaired, thoroughly reno
waited, neatly papered and literally furnished
throughout and 1 have opened a boarding
house in IL which purpose making first-class
in every respect. Boarders can be accommo-
dated with meals alone or with both meals and
lodging. Prices reasonable. For further par
ticulars inquire OF the undersigned on the
premises. A. l.. A. KEYS. 33-40
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Josh Billings has been at Long Branch,
and thereof writes: ''The biggest thing
they hev got here for the present IL the
pool of water in front of the hotels
The pool is said by good judges tew be
900 miles in length and in some places
five miles thick. Into this pool, every
day at 10 o'clock, the folks all retire
males and females, and widers, promis-
kuss. The water in this pool has stood
so long it haz got salty, and ought to be
changed
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-09-09

A talented young African, of the
boot-black persuasion, observed neigh
boz porting wisely over newspaper,
whereupon ne addressed him thus "Ju-
Illus, what you lookin' at dat paper for
You can't read .tGo way, feliah,
cried the other, Indignantly; sguess
huff, retorted the other, seornfnlly,
''dat amt muffin. A cows big nuf to
cotch mice, but she can't.
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StraYed.

M, 10 LII .ne IN s uay ol
premises Of the undersigned, two miles south
of Emporia. Descriptions: Color, brown;
height, 10 hands; long tail and name; no har-
ness marks; aged four years. Any person
giving information leading TO her recovery
will be largely rewarded.
32-6t ELLIS OWEN.
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Notices, Strays, Etc.
Strayed or Stolen,

ENROM the subscriber, south of the Cotton
y wood, two large Mares, one black, the
other bay. The black is sway backed, with
rather crooked fore legs. Any one returning
these animals or leaving Information at Hail.
berg's store, in Emporia, that will lead to their
recovery will be literally rewarded.
1896 j. p. TOLBERT.
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A pair of precocious little damsels at
Troy, New York, were overheard the
other night, on the sidewalk, exehang-
ing notes on the Franco-Prussian war !:
al know" said No. L, stthat France will
beat, because the little prince is with
him" $50 away with you," chimed in
No. 2, 81 know a mighty sight better.
The Dutch will whip; for my pa is
Frenchman and my ma is Dutchrnan.
They fight every night, and ma always
ticks.
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Lime! LimeN

"AVING erected n Lime Kiln near Council
II Grove, and having secured q switch from
the railroad company, in order to facilitate the
shipping, am prepared to furnish the best
quality OF pure Magnetism Lime, almost chalk
white, ut very low rates. To parties wishing
Lime, near the line OF the railroad, I offer spe-
ctal Inducements. For further particulars, ad-
dress the undersigned, at Council Grove. Kas-
17-6mos W. BRADFORD.
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sheen for Sale

T OFFER for sale 100 head of good Sheep.
Il A credit will be given on most of the pur-
chase money. Will trade the Sheep for good
cattle. MRS. SARAH NORTON,
35-43 Madison, Kansas.
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$40 Reward.

CTOLEN, three weeks ago, from my resi-
- dence in Greenwood county, Lone town.
ship, one sorrel mare, with three white feet,
the white extending up to her gamble joints;
her right ankle is white, and has an enlarge
seven years old next spring. will give $40
to any person who will deliver said mare TO
me, or I will give $40 for information that shall
lead to her recovery.
1886 RANDALL BROWN
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SHERIDAN IN AT THE DEATH.-If there
is one happy American at this moment
that one is little Phil. Sheridan, who is
now with King William somewhere be-
tween Metz and Verdun- An honored
guest in the tent of victorious COM
mander, representing at once an army
whose deeds are known and honored
throughout Europe, and a people whose
sympathy is to-day the strong support
of King William, surrounded by vast
bodies of such dashing cavalry as he has
dreamed of commanding, it is appar-
ent to every one who knows the mate
rial of which Sheridan is made, that he
is now in his choicest element. The
nonchalance of those Prussian troops
who rode into town within mile of
Metz, ordered breakfast and rode off af-
ter eating ii, taking with them a couple
of French officers, smacks of the doings
of Sheridan's men during our own war,
and the bold, sharp movements by which
the German horsemen have cut railroads
and destroyed bridges around and in the
rear of the astonished Bazaine, is in
Sheridan's own best style. The only
draw back which he is likely to find in
it ali is the restraint which prevents
him from taking q little hand in the
splendid warfare going on around him.
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COAL YARD.

TlHE undersigned has opened Coal Yard on
Il the corner OF Mechanics street and Third
avenue, near Aid. A. Bakers wholesale ware
house. He will keep constantly on hand a
large supply Of the finest quality Of coal, which
he will sell at reasonable rates. The patron
30-n JOHN C. JONES.