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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-12-09
OFFICIAL REPORTS
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
1. PRINCIPALS REPORT.

Honorable Board Of Directors:
GENTLEMEN Il have the honor to
present herewith my Sixth Annual Re-
port of the State Normal School for the
year 1870.
Your attention is first invited 10 the
statistics of attendance, which, taken
from the records, are here given in tab
uiar form
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RE.WEsWBER i!

That these medicines have all been tested in
the family circle, by chemical analysis, and at
the dispensaries throughout the country, for
each and every disease for which they are
recommended, and that in no single case has
any of them ever been known to fail in giving
instant relief, followed by certain and. perma-
nent cure. Their medicinal virtue and power
Is attested alike by the ahlest medical men and
the ministry, and all, in word, say of them
that they are truly the
Greatest Medicines of the Age.
And that no family ought to be without them.
They compose the best Family Medicine Chest
that can be made.
Call for edward Wilder's Famous Stomach
Bitters," Edward WIders Sarsaparilla and
Potash,' Edward wilder's Compound Elk.
| tract of Wild Cherry Edward Wilder:
Chill Tonic Edward wilder's Family Pills, y
and edward wilder's Mothers Worm Syr
up,'' and have none other, NJ all others are Sc
cret remedies, while the formula of Edward
Wilders medicines will be shown to any reg
ular graduate of medicine. lIse them aecsrd
ing to directions, and a cure is guaranteed.
For sale 10y all dealers. 81 =
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n RRnNsnN

T W. ,CuMMISS. Proprietor, corner nrSt an,
81 Main streets. Eureka Kansas. Stages leHv
this house daily for all parts of the state
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4 TTORNEY Al LAW AND COLLECTING
IA AGENT EldOrado. Butler County. Kansas
Taxes paid for non-rcsident-. All business en-
truste,l tn me Will be promptly attended to.
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ELIJAH NICHOLS.

INEED, LIVERY AND SALE STABLE on eth
IL Avenue, lately owned by John Bay. A full
supply OF tue best feed kept constantly ON hand
and excellent facilities for sale OF stock afforded.
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= ROBINSON Il son, Proprietors. Corner
LIZ of Merchants street and Sixth Avenue. Thii
house has been refitted and furnished throughout
and is now open to the public. Stages leave daily
and connect with all Eastern Railroads,
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MISCELLANEOUS CARDS.

q. Wv. HUBBELL, F.f
A T'roRNEY Al, LAW aud Notary Public, En-
IN reka, Greenwood county. Kansas. q ~
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EUREKA HOUSE,

CLAIMS NEAR ARKANSAS CITY.
7 + YOU want Ia buy. sell or take claim near Ar
Il kansas City, call on Max Fawcett, at that place
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HOTELS.
RuCKEYIs HOUSE.
ROBINSON HOUSE,

INIFTH AVENUE. Fmporin, Kansas near cor
H OF Commercial Street. Birtisall 4 Franz
Proprietors.
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BUILDERS, ARCHITECTS, &C.

ROBERT 1IILLIKEN.
~ oUNTY SURVEYOR, AND CIVIL ENGI
~ NEER. Emporia, Kansas. 39-tf
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LIVERY STABLES.
Il uEwnAvIs

j. II. 3 w. DAVIS
NEW LIVERY, SALE AND FEED STABLE
IN lou can get your horses fed with good feed, n
low prices also horses and buggcs TO let and teams
for heavy hauling.
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Il. II. sP1sAGUE,

TARPENTER,- Builder and Cabinet Maker
Z Orders len mt Knox's boarding house, on Sixth
avenue, will receive prompt attention.
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W.
A TTORNEY AT LAW and Notary Public, En-
N rcka, Greenwood county, Kansas
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WORM SYRUP

oIOTUIEIs'S
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PHYSICIANS.

J. j. WRIGHT, NJ. ID.
NFFICE 100 Commercial street up. stairs, En-
pOria, Kansas aaaI- W ~ 30-tf
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j. a. MOORE, N. d..
DITY sICIAN AND SURGEON. Oficc at the
l Drug store OF Moore & Weaver
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CARPENTER AND BUILDER. shop ON 9TH
~ Avenue, between Commercial and Mechanics
Street. All calls promptly attended to.
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ENGLISH GRAMMAR: Etymology and Syn
tax reviewed. Analysis and Parsing Of difh-
cult constructions. SynthesiE Of sentences and
elements Of composition. Methods ef teach
Tag the db0ce
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~ ARPENTERS, JOISEHS. AND BUILDERS.
~ Work done by the day contract. cheap,
quick and we'll. Shop IS Exchange ST., Soath Of
Fremont Park. -Arttr
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"OUsE AND SIGN PAINTEsS. CirainInl
H CLOSING and Paper Hanging done neatly
and on short notice. Shop ON 9th avenue between
a aiOn and Market streets. dl5tf-a2-6m
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A RCHITECT AND BUILDER, Is prepared to
IA furnish plans and specifications FOR all kinds
penter and Joiner work. either by the day con :
tract. shop the corner OF 9Th Avenue and Con-
Stitution Street.
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PAINTERS.

FRANCIS A. COOKE,
"OUSE y SIGN FAINTER ON 9th Avenue
i next door west of the Robinson House.
The Republican journal., 1870-07-21

without injury to the wearer; and, as the
savage drew back for a cooler and surer
thrust, l had the inexprcssible pleasure of
lodging bullet in his body, which effectual-
ly prevented any further lance exercise from
him.
Then heard 4 heavy fall in the room be-
low. Dick had thrown his burden clean
through the open window. at the risk of
breaking limb, and turning. found himself
engaged, hand to hand, with q dozen In
dians. He set his back against the wall, and
drew his revolver with his right hand, re-
ceiving as he did so spear thrust through his
LETT arm but his and my revolver, fortunately
reserved until now, played among the attack
ing party, and a man was dropping at every
shot; so they drew off. Dick managed, with
q great effort, to drag himself through the
window, and then tainted away from loss Of
blood and exhaustion and when | ran down
the ladder to make fast the window, | found
him comfortably reclining with his head in
Rosita's lap, the latter having been stunned
by her unceremonious entry. But l could
not stay to help her; my post was on the
roof. l hurried up the ladder, noticing for
the first time that l had myself suffered in
the scrimmage to the extent Of a slight flesh
wound from a bullet The fight was over.
Throughout the remainder of the night the
Indians fingered about, and stole most of the
horses and some sheep, but they hadno pluck
again to encounter the deadly breech-loaders.
Seldom, indeed, had such severe lesson
been taught them; and when the glorious
sun rose (never sight more welcome) we
saw them ride beaten off the field, bearing
with them five of the slain; six other corpses
were lying in front of the window, where
the fercest struggle had been, and two more
were afterwards found, who had crawled in
to the ditch like wild animals to die.
We learned from the pretty Rosita, whose
gratitude was most touching, that she had
been captured while walking in the orange
garden near her fathers house, short time
before we were attacked
You, noble caballcros," she said, ''have
preserved me from death, and from what is
far worse God will reward you, for can
never"
| think Dick, however, was of a different
opinion at all events he has always seemed
remarkably satisfied with the reward he per-
suaded her to take from him.
Some years have passed since that eventful
night Dick and Rosita are living at Don
Ramon's estancia, that worthy old gentle
man having departed this life shortly after
their marriage. |, too, am with them as 4
partner in the land, tlocks and herds, of
which we have 4 goodly quantity, and when
the increasing stock Of little Dicks and Ro-
sitas ask me, as they invariably do of an
evening, to tell them q story, l know that
nothing less will content them than q full,
true and particular account of the night at
tack
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stirring about and | am liable to surprise
after the lights are out, there is no more stir
for the night and if the door was then left
open, might venture in with safety" TAX
ing it for granted that | had solved the
problem correctly, | laid my plans accord
lngly. Attaching one end of a rope to the
handle of the stable door, passed the other
end through the window of the house, which
commanded a view of the situation, and at
the usual hour for retiring had the lights
put out, and everything kept quiet The re-
suit was as l had hoped, The lights had not
been out more than ten or fifteen minutes.
before the horse cautiously approached and
entered the stable. The trap was sprung and
we had him safe. How this affected his rea-
sonng faculties l can't tell but he must evi-
IDENTIFY have considered himself taken in
That the horse would not have gone into the
stable had the lights been left burning don't
pretend to say; give the facts as they oc-
cured. Rut am satisfied, from more than
thirty years close observation, that the horse
observes and makes (mentaD note of a
great deal more than Is generally supposed
[Overland Monthly.
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VOLUME Al.
BOOK FARMING.

There was farmer once who hcsitated not to
and those who consulted books for advice. BY
long experience and practical observation, he had
become quite successful in the culture of grapes and
trees. His fields were clean and fair, and highly
productive His trees were vigorous, well adjust
ed, and profitable.
In conversation with friend he related his OK
perience, entering into the mnutest details, some
times becoming quite eloquent when describing
his victories over the enemies which infest them.
"My knowledge,' he said, twas gained by dint
of application, by actual experience and hard labor.
II was none of your book knowledge, written by
men who know nothing about farming"
'Well," said his friend, ''if all this valuable in
formation, gained by assiduous labor and observa-
ton of so many years, and which you have so clear
ly described, We're written out and published.
which would you have young and experienced
man do, take this as he finds it from your pen, or
go through the same tedious process that YOU have
gone through with, including all the veXatons and
losses =,
The question puzzled him, and lie silent for
moment, but was obliged to confess, after all,
there was much that was valuable in books, be-
cause combining and relating the results and eN-
perience of practical cultivatOrs.
Do not condemn book farming You may criti-
else certain books very severely, because written
by ignorant theoretical hands; but there is always
good wheat AS well as abundant chat So there
are many good books well as poor ones. The
time may come when single hint from book or
paper may save your farm or orchard, or add to
your wealth. by telling you how to increase your
CROPS Farmers Club.
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ENTERPRISE IN FARMING.

We are inclined to think that more farmers fail in
being what they wish to be, or in having what they
want to have, through want of enterprise, than for
the want of any other requisite. In industry and
frugality there is probably no class that equals
them. The money gained by honest toll in the
field. is seldom wasted in the wine cup or on the
gaming table. They work hard and long. and
Scrupulously their earnings; still, compare
lively few become wealthy, and with hose few the
wealth acquired is ordinarily the work of life
time.
This comes, we think, chiefly from lack OF
enterprsc-trom being over cautious about enter
ing into any branch of farm ing operations that has
not been thoroughly tried. tested and declared
safe. The old adage, "Nothing yentured. nothing
gained, is eXempliiied in the lives of ninety v-ninc
ont of every hundred farmers.
A certain degree of caution is good thing: but
is quite as bad to have too much of it too little.
For every farmer who loses by showing some en-
tcrprise i'll raising new crops sowing new varieties
of seed, or in branching out into some new line of
farming, there are a hundred who keep themselves
poor by always running in the same old rutS. 1t
is not to be expected that all new things will pay
in farming, any more than they do in other kinds
of business; but some of them will pay, and these
will compensate for what has been lost in expert
mcnting with the others. AS Il rule, a man thinks
better of himself, and his ncghbors think better of
him. if he have the courage and enterprise 10 strike
boldly out into some new undertaking that promises
well, even if he fails in it, than they do if he sits
contente,lly down and only does the things which
his father saw his grandfather do. DR.. True.
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GATHER UP THE FRAGMENTS.

After the press of hayin9 is over, after the fields
have been cleared of their hay, do not neglect the
rough places. Now the roads. rank places in
pastures. the unsightly places that We're not mown
ia with the hay. This "rough fodder" will be
gratefully received by your stock, now and then, as
d change; also it will be useful and very profitable,
to bedding. Brakes, tender young bushes of this
years growth, weeds rusheS rank growing road
side pantS-: fill Il useful sphere, when applied to
this use. They not only serve for bedding making
Your stock clean and comfortable, but they add to
manure resources of the farm. Several load, may
bc obtained on each farm, thai, year after year, have
previously fallen down uncarcd for. Gancing
over the country we see many farms on which there
are rows of bushes, brakes and weeds, lining the
walls fences and roa,lsdes This ought not TO be.
Year by year, these now useless, Improbable
things, cncroach more and more upon the cultivated
portions of the field, driving out the grass shading
the crops, and yielding no return for the damage
they DO. Farmers see 10 this, and hcnceforh let
no more such signs of sloycny dealing with your
soil, ery oct against you. Eradicate them; burn
those unit for bedung or the compost heap, and
exercise Vigilance in their utter determination in
future
arhr oaigent hand mukeh rich" Had these
tttH no plhtf Occupation u Nhl'u lhlN bloti
maxim applies. it would have been very appropr-
ate 10 farming. And to no part of the routine of
Agricultural life does il apply with more peculiar
illness than TO the production and securing of the
forage crop. Here diligence, perseverance, and
energy are the all prevailing requisites to success.
Let no opportunity TO get hay, fodder, or bedding
t4,s unimproved. Too little attention is paid to
th> too little effort expended in This direction. An
excellent time 10 apply top dressing 10 grass lands
AMI perhaps the very best, is directly after having.
Whether ii be Old, well deromposed manure, ashes
,uperphosPhatc lime or other ierilizng agent 1t
forms protection 10 the ~haven field, from the rays
of burning SUM- the fall rams carry away TO the
rnotetS; ii forms protection to The grass from ice
and frost.
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OVER AND UNDER.

Over the bridge the wheels whirl fast.
What do you see, my Sister Jane:
81 see two lovers riding past,
Gaily waving silken chain.
Lightly they laugh, and look, and lean;
Two happy lovers are they, wcen,
Riding toward the golden West
And the Evening Star in silver sheen
Under the bridge the river flows;
What do you see. my Sister Jane:
Il see the sunsets opal and rose
Clear shining, as through window-pane
And ever the river-grasses wave
Like the floating hair of a mermaid grave
Striving to break from an unseen chain
And follow her true-love to the man.
Over the bridge the wheels whirl fast;
What DO you hear, my Sister Jane:
Il hear a child's feet patter past,
Following home Il golden chain.
| hear a distant voice that calls
The cattle home, and calls and calls;
And shrily piping with solemn cheer,
The crckets are uShering Summers bier"
Under the bridge the river flows;
What do you hear, my Sister Jane2
Il hear brook that singing goes
To Join the slow stream of the plain.
And ever the rivCr-SraSSes wave.
Like souls the gnomes breath enslave.
Striving to break from an unseen chain
Themselves must forgive with might and main
There's tide auove and Il tide below;
DO they ebb or flow, my Sister Jane:
Il see the river dark and slow.
hear the little brooks refrain,
The riVer-grasseS wave to and fro,
The wheels whirl over the darkening plains
Ever some hearts with JOY o'ertlow,
And some are bound by an unseen chain"
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Farm, Garden, and Household,
For the journal.
r A r M NOT S !.

Nature provides suitably for the different climate.
conditions, and habits of her creatures. At Aneora
he clothes even the eat and dog, with fine 1eecy
hair, rs well as the goat. The European dog,
transported TO India, becomes changed in FORM
And even in instinct; horses kept for a series of
Years in the deep coal mines of Belgium, become
clothed with fine yevety hair, like the mole
Trout culture is receiving increased attention.
Many who have clear gravclly streams small
ponds. or large springs which feed a small brook
could with a little time and outlay, produce many
pounds of this excellent fish annually.
The aim of all scientific and practical know ledge
in agriculture, is to know the exact proportion of
The elements that compose the soil to know those
that should be added for any particular crop; and
the exact proportion of the elements that enter into
the composition OF each crop. To this end is all
-eientic Labor. For this are Agricultural books
.na papers printed, and Agricultural Colleges es-
tlblished.
Slip-shod farming is to be avoided. II indicates
rarlesSness in the persons who practice it, and
an untrust Worthine>s OF character. The slip
~hod farmer is apt to be a slippery fellow every
thing.
More stock is what is needed in the farming sec
lions OF Maine to-day Stock produces manure
and manure j. the urgent need of our farms every
where Where stock is kept largely. all the products
ot the farm consumed AT home, and this ensures
prosperity in Agriculture.
Iu the farmer, promptnes of action is indiSpen-
shl. trust nothing TO luck hat remember that
brains create luck Anything that needs doing
need it now. 10 prevent iar and confusion be
prompt in all your aborS.
II is no excuse for lands 10 grow up with weeds,
lo SAY that there is no ime TO eradicate them. If
thplc is no time, one OF two things is certain,
either the farmer is wanting in energy and enter
Prise, or he cutilates too much ground.
Picl up know ledge, here. there and everywhere.
Always be ON the alert TO learn some thing
pertaining to husbandry. Grains of sand compose
The earth, drops of water the sea. BY adding
luany little, together We nave much. Learn one
thing at Il time, and learn il thoroughly. Try eX-
perimcnta, talk with brother farmers, compare re-
-uts, and hy so doing rich stores Of agricultural
knowledge will hc lmassc ed. y.
The Republican journal., 1870-07-21
THE WONDERS OF SEED.

l. there upon earth machine, is there palace
is there even a city, which contains 50 much that is
wonderful as is enclosed in a single little seed-one
grain of corn, one grain of wheat, little brown
apple seed, one small seed of 4 tree, picked up,
perhaps by sparrow for her little ones, the small
est of poppy or buebell or even one Of the seeds
that are SO small that they float about in the air in-
visible to our eyes. All. there is a world Of marvel
and brilliant beauty hidden in each of these tiny
seeds. Botanists suppose that there are some 1O0.-
900 kinds of plants But has the seed of any one
of them ever failed to produce its kind? Has any
ever deceived us! Has Il seed Of wheat ever
yielded barley, or the seed of poppy grown up
into II sunilower? Has a scaymOre tree ever
sprung from an acorn, or Il beech tree from chest
nut: Mass Ploughman.
The Republican journal., 1870-07-21

Mr.. Charles Dickens was uphoding the
theory that whatever trials or difficulties
might stand in q mans path, there is always
something to be thankful for. ''Let me in
proof thereof said Dickens, relate a story.
''Two men were to hang at Ncwgate, for
murder. The morning arrived, the hour ap-
preached; the bell of St. Sepulchre's began
to toll the convicts were pinioned; the pro-
cession was formed; it advanced to the fatal
beam; the rope was adjusted around the
poor mems necks there were thousands of
motley sightscers of both sexes, of all ages,
men, women and children in front of the
scatfold; when, just at that second of time,
a bull, which was being driven to Smithficld
broke its rope, and charged the mob right
and left, scattering people everywhere with
his horns. Whcreupon one of the condemn
ed men turned around to his equally unior-
tunate companion and quietly observed, Il
say Jack, it's Il good thing we amt i'll that
crowd"
The Republican journal., 1870-07-21

jim Fisk rather lied the great lunatc the
other day, when he asked Fisk for free pass.
There was no discount on Prince Ere's firm
ness of speech. Listen:
WHO are you, and what is your business? ?''
''My name is Mcfarland Daniel McFar-
land-l am 4 lawyer by profession. You
have heard Of me of course. | have nation
al reputation now.n
Eyes, you have. | know you now, and
the whole country knows you too, as Id
scoundrel who deserves hanging. A lawyer
by profession and q murderer by practice.
Your impudencc is boundless. Eve heard
of all sorts Of pretexts for begging passes
but never knew a man to ask for u pass be
fore because he was Id assassin. The
Erie road may not run Sunday schools, but
it doesn't chalk mems hats because they muir
der gentlemen in cold blood"
The Republican journal., 1870-07-21
Top DRESSING AND CLOSE CUTTING.

On lands not too wet all will agree with me that
it is best TO top dress We should give more aten-
lion 10 the composing of manures to be applied ;ts
top dressing of our moving fields. Let any
farmer each year make but five or ten cords more
of manure by hauling in muck and leaves into his
hog pens or barn yards to absorb the urine and
apply it as Il top dressing soon after hayng, and
the results will be wonderful. The grass will be-
gin to grow immediately after the first fall of rain
The roots nourished and better protected
against frost in winter, and if fed of in The fall it
u not done so closely il no manure had been ap-
piled.
one reason why grass crops run out is because
they are fed too late in the fall, over fed In the
spring they should not be fed at all. Cutting some
kinds of grass too low is often very injurious
When the top of the root Of herdsgrass is taken up
by moving or feeding too close by sheep, it begins
to fail and the owner is at a loss to know why it
ias run out so soon, little thinking that this close
shaving of the roots is the cause of his loss and
disappointment Maine Farmer