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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-06-10
A SUCCESSFUL HOMEsTEADER.

AS stated some time ago, we propose
to publish few articles containing the
experience of some of the old settlers
of Dickinson county. The present one
relates to Mr.. j. NJ. Sheppard, who
came to this county in JULY 1865. He
started from Illinois by land, with wife
and five children, and only sixteen dol
lars in money-not enough to pay his
way through, and had to sell a horse on
the road in order to defray travelling ex-
penses. When he landed in Dickinson
county he was one dollar in debt. But
nothing daunted he took a homestead
four miles southeast of Abilene, and
went bravely to work. He now has
sixty acres under good fence and in a
high state of cultivation. He has fine
young cottonwood and chestnut grove
started, and one acre planted with
black walnut trees now in their second
years growth, and looking remarkably
fine and thrifty. He also has young
orchard which looks well, and has start
ed mile or more of hedge. Last year
he raised 16 acres of wheat, and 20 acres
of corn, besides oats, etc. On six acres
sown to winter wheat late in the fall
not coming up till spring-the yield was
100 bushels. Twenty acres of corn
yielded 900 bushels, or so bushels to
the acre. On half an acre of ground he
raised I3O bushels of potatoes; "a pota-
toes made q bushel. He planted 4S0
sweet potato plants, many Of them al
most worthless, and the yield was 16
bushels. He also raised beets, carrots,
parsnips, cabbage, onions, etc.; had
beets each of which weighed9 pounds,
and sweet potatoes pounds each. He
says that peas, beans and all kinds of
vegetables do well here.
Mr.. Sheppard has resided here nearly
five years, and says that he would not
sell his land at any price. He is welded
to Dickinson county, says he has lived
in Pennsylvania and Illinois, but beau
tiful Kansas is better than any other
State he has ever seen. He is the owner
of 160 acres of splendid land, close to a
good county seat, is out of debt, has five
head of horses, twenty-six head of cat
tie, eight good milk cows, q lot OF hogs,
one hundred bushels of corn and two
hundred OF. wheat OH han6-and is es-
timated by his neighbors to oe worth at
least five thousand doll1rs.
This is what poor mana home
steader-has accomplished in Dickin-
son county in less than five years. Any
other man with the same amount of in
dustry and good management can do
likewise. Ho! We poor Iaboring home
less people of the East, come to Kansas,
and obtain land without money and
without price. Here is the place for
you.-A6iLene Chronicle.
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Helminthology.

A distinguished Psychologist has declared
that 1t seems 20 be principle Of nature that
every situation capable Of supporting living
organic bodies should be peopled with them.
The huge whale Is often driven to madness by
an almost invisible member Of the great tribe
Of xcrmes. The history OF Helminthology
abounds in illustrations OF the influence OF
worms In the production Of disease and in the
evaporation OF their symptoms. The fire.
qucncy Of worms in the bodies Of men, thei-
oDviousnfss to the senses, together with their
common connection with enfeebled and NOR
bid states Of the animal economy, all tend to
render them an object Of interest from the re-
hottest periods. The very ablest minds have
been devoted to the study Of these entozoa with
the view Of discovering some substance which
was capable Of speedily, safely, and perma-
nently expelling them from the human sys-
tenn. EDwARD WILDER's MoTHER's WORM
SYRUP is true vermicide, q genuine worm
destroyer, \ bona fde vermifuge. Its taste is
delightful, its effects are quick, its results I'M
failing. 1t is free from danger. No intestinal
worm can live in its presence. Mothers! de-
stroy the worms which i9fest your little ones,
with this delightful syrup.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-06-10

SOLDIERS HoMEsfEADs.-Arh hill has
passed the lower House of Congress
amending the homestead acts In the in
terests of the soldiers, which provides
that every private soldier and Officer
who has served ia the army, and every
seaman, marine and officer or other per-
son who served in the navy of the
United States, or in q marine corps or
revenue marine during the rebellion,
for ninety days, and remained loyal to
the government, shall, without the pay
meDt of any fee or commission TO Reg
listers or Receivers of land offices, be
entitled TO enter one quarter section of
land, not mineral, of alternately resery-
ed sections of public lands along the
lines Of ali railroads or other public
works of the United States, wherever
public lands have been or may be grant
ed by acts of Congress, and 70 receive
patent therefor under and by virtue of
the provisions Of the homestead acts. on
the terms and conditions therein pre-
scribed, and all provisions of said acts.
except as herein modified shall extend
and be applicable to the interests under
this act. sfs.f = 81
The bill has not been acted on in the
Senate, but it is believed It viii pass
that body. Should this bill pass IL viii
be taken advantage OF by thousands Of
soInlefs. 90 s5zzssEtfzE
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DR.. Laennec.

This renowned Frenchman did more per-
haps to clear up the mysteries which before
his time had invested the nature OF chest d.
seases than any other physician who ever lived.
Yet with all his skill in detecting the nature
and form OF the malady before him, he was
sadly deficient in his knowledge of remedies.
He drew vivid picturesof coughs, eatarrh, and
all the affections of the air passages, still he
left but few words concerning their treatment.
The youngest physician to-day knows better
how TO manage any one OF the chest troubles
he knows the value Of the wild cherry; he is
acquainted with its supreme virtues; he is
aware Of the many potent agents which enter
into the combination of Edeodrd WiLdeY's
Compound Extract of Wild Cherry, and knows
that with the use of this truly great medicine
he is fully master'of the situation. he has no
fear in the presence Of Group, no misgivings at
the advance Of bronchitis; he grapples with
consumption, and subdues every cough, cold,
or catarrh. Hence every family should always
have this Invaluable medicine at hand.
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EDWARD WILDER.
ACataplasm of Rhubarb,

Laid upon the pit of the stomach Of child
will cause the bowels TO be empned; and aloes
kept in contact with q raw surface win pro-
duce the same effect rs II the medicine had
been taken into the stomach. So sid thsgreat
Dr. Clnttsrhaek. Very many persons know
the operation Of crotOn oil when placed upon
the tongue; to say the least, IL Is speedy. PuF-
gatiyes In some shape are Indispensable IN the
practice Of medicine. Many diseases are In
durable without them; and all Of the simple
disorders Of the system are benefited by their
use. The great desideratum IN their admins
trAtion has been 70 get one which was either
laxative Or purgative, as was needed-always
mild but always enlcient-and the use Of which
did not make il necessary to continue its use.
This has at last been done. EDWARD WILD
Frs FAMILY PILLS fulfill all the require
ments OF the case. They are 4 laxative, yet
sure; purgatiye, yet mild. In small doses they
meet the first want; in large doses they fulfill
the latter. But in whatever quantity given
they create no necessity for their use: they
creates ne morbid state Of the alimentary tube,
but leave IL eleansed aud urge it 20 renewed
health. They are in brief blessing 70 the in
dividual who suffers from constipation and
needs laxative, and are indispensable TO him
9heis Pzfolled with fever and requires q pur-
gative. Use them, all you who value health.
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GENERAL CAss,s FORTUNE.

It has just been made known to the
public how the late General Lewis Cass
amassed his fortune. Its commence
ment was purely accidental. In 1890
he purchased, fer SIS, 900, farm of 200
acres within the limits Of Detroit, and
only four blocks. from the new City
Hall, paying $4,000 cash, and giving
his note for S2,O00-the only note he
ever gave. Detroit then had on 1900
Of State under Old Hickory, he was of
fered $4,000 for it. But he asked the
advice of an intelligent Eastern bust
ness man who was visiting him in De-
troit. After dinner one day the two
gentlemen walked over the farr1, from
the river bank TO its outermost bounda-
ries observed its noble water front, its
level stretch of land, affording such fs-
vorable street grades, and its proximity
TO the centre of business. q I
Said General Cass's friend to him
eff you wish to sell the farm, / will
give you $4,000 for It"
"Oh, then my mind is made up. l
viii not sell at all, replied the General.
He held on to this choice piece of real
estate, and became very rich through
the industry and enterprise of others
around him. He finally sold, at good
prices, scattering lots, giving ten years
time for most of the purchase money,
with interest at seven per cent, but
STIMULATING always that buildings of com
siderable value shonId be erected on the
lots within short period. He issued
land contracts Of the above nature, but
no deeds until the purchase money was
all paid up. OF course the improve
ment made on part of his lots greatly
enhanced the value of the remainder,
SO that what land he had left wes con-
tinuaIiy getting to be worth more than
the whole at previous periods He left
S2OO0,O 900. ~
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THE NUMBER OF INDIANS IN THE
COUNTRY.

Col. E. S. Parker, Commissioner OF
Indian Affairs, has recently made re-
port of the number and condition of In
dian tribes in the country, from which
we copy such facts as will be of interest
TO our readers.
The Indians in Nebraska are the SAM
tee Sioux, the Winnebagos, the Omahas,
the Sacs and Foxes of the Missouri, and
Iowas, the Ottoes, and Missourias, and
the Pawnees. They number 9,483.
In Kansas we have the Kickapoos,
who emigrated from what is now ILL
nois. They now number 265. During
the war a number of them went into
Mexico, and remained there. The Kaws
or Kansas Indians are indigenous to the
country, and number us. They are
poor, lazy and improvident. The Potta-
watomies, north of Topeka, came from
Michigan and Indiana, and number
2,025. They are moving. to the Indian
Territory. The Osages are indigenous
to the country they now occupy. Their
diminished reserve extends along the
southern boundary of Kansas, COM
mencing fifty-fiye miles west of the
eastern boundary of the State and ex-
tending to the one hundredth meridian
west. They number 4, 400. They will
soon be removed to new home. The
nally occupied large tract of country
in Missouri, Iowa and Wisconsin. Most
Of them have now removed 70 new
reservation, south of the Cherokee
lands. They. number 957. The Chip
pewa and Munsee, or Christian Indians,
number IS. The Ottawas, of Blanch-
ards Fork, Roche de Beuf, are from
Ohio and Michigan. "A reservation has
been assigned them in the Indian Terri
tory, but none of them have left. They
number Ill. The Wyandottes are from
Northwestern Ohio, and have been in
Kansas since 1912. Population 200.
The Shawnees are from Missouri, Ohio,
and Pennsylvania. They number $50.
They are soon to be mixed with the
Cherokees. The Miamies came from
Indiana. They number 95, and will
soon remove south. The Peorias, Kas-
kaskias, Weas, and Piankeshaws num-
Der 200, and majority have already
gone south. The whole number of In
dams in Kansas is 9,237, but very few
will remain here. In the Indian country
there are 54,65S. In the whole country
there are 378,577, counting the 5000 in
Alaska.
Col. Parker's statement is very valu-
able. OF our Kaws he says !: "The at
tempts to educate them and induce them
to engage in agriculture has proved
failures" Ofthe Osages he says: .'They
have often suffered for want of food.
White men get all they want to eat and
amass riches on these lands, and the fact
that the Indians will not or cannot do it
is proof of their incapacity and worth
lessness, and sufficient reason for fill
ing their places with civilized races who
need the land and will make it into
homes.-LedUenSrort Conservative.
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PRESIDENT MADIsoN's WIFE.-At
dinner Mrs. Madison always took the
head of the table, Mr.. Madison the mid
die, and one of his secretaries the bot
tom. Her memory was so good that
she never forgot name, and would ad-
dress each of her guests, though just
introduced with twenty others, as if she
had Known them for years. She was a
magnificent looking woman in the
drawing-room. Her stately and Juno
like figure lowered above the rest OF
the ladies. When she found q timid
young girl, she would attend to her
most assiduously, conduct her to the
piano, and remain with her till she be.
came more at ease. At one of her re-
ceptions, tall, dangling youth, fresh
from the backwoods, made his appear
anee and took his stand against a parti.
ton wall. He stood in that position
ike fixture for half an hour, and final.
~ yentured to take cup of coffee,
hand around. Mrs. Madison's keen eve
had noticed his embarrassment. and she
wished to relieve it. She walked up
and addressed him. The poor youth.
astonfshed, dropped the saucer on the
floor, and unconsciously thrust the Gun
into his breeches pocket. .sThe crowd
is so great, remarked the gentle lady.
that no one can avoid being jostIed.
The servant win bring you another cup
Of coffee. Pray. how did You leave
your excellent mother? had once the
homer of knowing her, but have not
seen her for some years. Thus she
continued till the poor youth felt as
though he were in the company of an
Old acquaintance. He took care secret
~ and soon to dislodge the protuber-
anee IN his pocket.
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ROAD NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that a petition will
IN be presented 70 the Board Of County
Commissioners OF Lyon county, Kansas. ON the
18th day OF July, A. D. 1870, at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon Of said day, at the County Clerks
ria In said county, praying for the establish
ment OF 4 county road as follows: Commenc-
ing ut the center stone OF the north line Of sec
ton seven e., } township nineteen (f9,) range
twelve (12, and running thence south along
the north and south center line Of said section,
to the center stone Of the south line Of the said
section; said road to extend from north %
south through and on the established line OF
said section seven IL
= Dated, EmPoria, june ID. A. d. 1870.
.lfAL i-fo ttn itiN IRA HINSHAW,
9a-23 and Is other.
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An ALLEGoRY.-An old man was
toiling through the burden aud heat OF
the day, in cultivating his fields with his
own hands. and depositing the promis-
ing seeds in the fruitful lap of the yield
Ing earth. Suddenly there stood before
him under the shade of q huge linden
tree, vision. The old man was struck
with amaZement.
am Solomon spoke the phantom.
in a pleasant voice. What are you do
ing here, old man?
If you are Solomon" replied the
venerable laborer, how can you ask
me this /? In my youth you sent me &c
the ant saw its occupation and from
that insect learned TO be industrious
and to gather. What then learned
have followed out to this hour"
"You have only learned half your
iesson,n resumed the spirit Go you
again to the ant, and learn TO rest In the
winter of your life, and to enjoy Whai
You haye.gathered up
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NuMBER %.
USES OF STUPIDITY.

Our stupidity, in short, preserves a
convenient twilight; it hangs like fog
over contendfng armies, which enables
rival commanders to shift their positions
and gradually occupy more important
ones without giving the alarm. Before
we are aware that any change has been
made we have undergone q complete
revelation, and wonder when we look
back like man who has been walking
in mist, under the impression that he
was following q straight line, when he
was really describing a complete circle.
But this service, great as it is, is only
one that we owe to stupidity. 1t is
generally said, and with q certain de-
gree of truth, that men are great in pro-
portion as they are in advance of their
age, and catch distinct glimpses of the
goal to which things are tending. But
it is also to be observed that fools are
frequently in advance of their age, and
that fools often make the best refofmers
of the age. Great thinkers have for the
most part the weakness that they can
see two sides to q Question they see
that a change will lead to certain bless
ings !; but they cannot overlook the evils
with which those blessings will be &C.
companied. Now, a good thick-head-
ed, one-idead fool is, on such occasions,
of inestimable value. We are not un-
accustomed to boast that as a nation W.
do not know when we are beaten liter
ally, that amounts like many other ma
tional Qualifications, TO Boosting of stu-
pidity, and If the facts be true it is a
very Legitimate boast. The Duke of
Wellington, who is supposed to have
profited by this quality, is in some re-
spects an excellent example of the prin-
ciple. He was not precisely stupid, but
no man who can fairly be called great,
ever had q narrower escape from stu
pidity. With certain great talents, he
had one characteristic popularity of
fools-that of being provided with a
pair of natura. blinkers, which COM
PEELED him to see only that which was
straight before him, and to take the mar
rowest possible view of his task. The
stupidest of men could hardly have
been more blind to the real nature of
the vast revolution IN regard to which
he played such conspicuous part
CoTnhiu Magazine. B..
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The MARsEILLAIsE.-Wh there
is ssstrike" of dissatisfied woYkmel in
any city of France, the strikers give ex-
pression 10 their feelings by marching
drought he streets, singing the Marseil-
laise. Whenever an individual in any
part of France suffers wrong at the
hands of Judge or public functionary,
he takes revenge by singing, or attempt
ing to sing, the Marseiilaise. When the
students of medical school in Paris
quarrel with Professor, they indicate
their feelings ia the premises by driving
him from the chair and singing the Mar
seiilaise. In short, whenever French
man, anywhere in France, is subjected
TO any indignity or outrage. or feels
discontinued, CT gets highly excited, he
befakes himself to q public highway or
private apartment, where he sings, or
thinks about singing. the Marseiliaise.
1t is happy thing for Frenchmen that
Rouget de Lille composed for them such
, stirriEg revolutionary hymn as the
Mafseillaise.
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Dissolution.

TINE co-partnership heretofore existing be-
Il tween A. S. Tandy and j. w. Trueworthy,
under the firm name OF Tandy & Trueworthy,
druggists, is this day dissolved by mutual con-
sent.
The business hereafter will be conducted ny
A. s. Tandy, who will pay all the debts Of the
late firm, and to whom all debts due the firm
must be paid. A. S. TANDY,
j. w. TRUEWORTHY.
Emporia, Ras., June LIST, 1870. 22-23
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NOTICE

rs hereby given to Eli B. Rogers that he has
i been sued. rs defendant, by Almerin Gillett,
as plaintiff; that his petition IL filed against
him In the office of the Clerk Of the District
Court, for Lyon county, Kas.; that he must an
swer said petition on or before July 9Th, 1870,
or said petition will be taken as true, and
Judgment rendered against him accordingly.
Quieting the title OF said AImerin Gillett in and
TO the south half of the southwest quarter o.
section (S5l. township (19), range (1O), in Ly-
on county. Kansas, against any claim or claims
Of said defendant therein, and for costs.
ALMERIN GILLETT.
21-23 Plaintiffs Attorney.
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Lime!Lime!!

"AVING erected Lime Kiln near Council
II Grove, and having secured q switch from
the railroad company, in order 70 facilitate the
shipping, ] am prepared to furnish the best
quality Of pure Magnetism Lime, almost chalk
white, at very low rates. To parties wishing
Lime, near the-line Of the railroad, offer spe-
acknowledgements. For further particulars, ad-
dress the undersigned, at Council Grove. Kas.
17-6mos W. BRADFORD.
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NOTICE.

DAVID BUCKLEY will take notice that on
l. the 23d day of May, A. d. 1870, +. G.
Hunt, Justice OF the Peace OF Emporia town.
ship, Lyon county; Kansas, issued an order Of
Buckley, in n cause pending before said Justice,
wherein f. A. Ingleson is plaintiff, and said
cause will be heard on the I'd day OF July, A.
ID. 1870, at . o'clock =. m. of said day.
~ PEYTON & SANDERS,
PAGE Attorneys for Plaintiff.
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NOTICE

rs hereby given to John Lamb that he has
i been sued by Almerin Gillett; that his Pc
Htion Il fled against him in the ONCE OF the
Clerk Of the District Court Of Lyon county,
Kansas that be must answer said petition on
or before July Sth, 1870, or said petition will
be taken as true, and judgment rendered
against him, quieting the title of said Almerin
Gillett in and 10 the east half OF the southwest
quarter Of section (3l }. township (l9), range
(i2), in Lyon county, Kansas, against any and
all claims of said defendant therein. and for
costs OF suit. ALMERIN GILLETT.
2I-23 Attorney for Plaintiff.
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NOTICE

rs hereby given to j. o. Carter that he, as
i defendant, has been sued by Almerin Gil
ietf, as plaintiff; that his petition was filed
against him IN the Office OF the Clerk OF the
District Court Of Lyon county, Kansas, ON the
25th day OF May, 1870; that he must answer
said petition on or before July 8, 1870, or said
petition Will be taken as true, and Judgment
rendered accordingly, quieting said plaintiffs
title In and to the northeast quarter OF the
(20), range (I3). in Lyon county, Kansas
against any claim or claims of said defendant
herein, and FOR costs of suit.
ALMERIN GILLETT, p
2l-93 e Attorney for Plaintiff.
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Ton CoRwIN on SNoRING.-D. p.
tells the following snoring anecdote of
Tom Corwin, in DAYTON:
He had arrived in Dayton, Ohio, late
one night, very tired from a long stage
ride during the day. The great humor-
ist and statesman retired to bed, OBJ
serving as he did so that some one oc-
cupied another bed in the opposite cor
ner. The Honorable Tom was soon fast
asleep, and snoring tremendously. The
other traveller bore this infiction long
ss human endurance could 60, and then
sang out:
'.Ohi sir, sir, SIR"
"Hello, hello" cried Ton, sitting up
wildly in bed ''w hat is the matter2"
snore, sir"
= esDid snore ~ demanded Corwin.
Els it possible? I really beg your par
don, SIR"
And so saying, he dropped asleep
The poor man in the next bed again
complained.
F'Sir, sir, oh! sir"
81 say, what is it ?" responded Cor
win.
"You are snoring again, SIR"
'Why really, sir, / am ashamed OF
myself, 1 beg thousand pardons for
my impoliteness."
And again the Senator sought repose
bat the snoring was worse than ever,
and the sufferer once more called atten-
ton to the offense.
"Look here, SIR" cried the Senator,
"you have wakened me up three times,
and twice have apo1ogized, what more
can gentleman ask? Now / am tired
and sleepy, and if you disturb me again
why, damn it, I'll brain you with bool
jack"
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&traY Cow.

GTRAYED from thesubscriber, in Emporia,
- large brindle Cow, lined back, the ends
part OF her tail was OF. She Is about Z years
old, and probably has a young calf Any one
giving me Information where she Is, or deliver
Ing her TO me, will receive at least S5 reward.
22-A e. b. BACHELLER.