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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-10-28

The railroad men mean to make q
good thing of their operations-there is
no doubt of that. / presume they sell
dom fail to achieve their end. Never
theless, the railroads they build are a
| great, positive, enduring good. But for
those roads, the population of Kan
sas would have been less than half the
| actual amount. The lands of Kgnsas
are worth and would sell for twice the
value of those same lands in the absence
| of her railroads.
Now, it is idle for the anti-railroad
men to say that they are not opposed to
railroads, when they not6riously con-
denim and denounce the only means
whereby these railroads were or could
have been built. Had the Immigrants
and subsidies been withheld, Kansas
would not have had two hundred miles
of railroad, nor two hundred thousand
people, this day.
The squatters desire that others shall
furnish the means and build the rail-
roads across the lands which they ap-
propriate and purpose to sell to sell to
actual settlers at prices largely enhanc-
ed by the vicinity of the railroads,
present and prospective. The railroad
men grasp all the land possible-often
twice what they ought to have. Nei-
ther party makes any bones of victimi-
zing good-natured Uncle Samuel or his
ward, 10! the poor Indianp Hence
the obvious necessity that Uncle Sam
should look sharp for himself and for
Lo.
The political minority in the State,
having nothing to lose and everything
to gain, are busy as bees. They of
course take the side of the squatteEs,
ang are down on ''the monopolists." If
they should thus secure the squatters'
votes, they may make a respectable
though delusive show of strength in the
approaching election. Calling them
selves Labor Reformers" does not
change their character, but will consid-
erably increase their numbers.
The railroads are managed with short
sighted rapacity. Having been gener-
ally aided by the public, they ought to
| carry everything that offers at moderate
| fares will average fully six cents per
mile, with freights in proportion.
Now, it is in vain they plead that there
| is little as yet to carry-that has been
fully considered in their land grants,
etc. They ought to fix their fares uni
| formly at three cents per mile, with
freights in proportion. These rates
would enable them rapidly to sell and
settle their lands; this would provide
them increased traffic and insure their
permanent prosperity. They are kill
ing their goose when they should be
coaxing her to lay.
Having exposed freely the errors, as
1 see them, of all parties, 1 hardly need
restate that Kansas, in spite of them all,
is going ahead magniticently; and l
predict that the child is born who will
see her fifth if not fourth in population
and production among the States of our
Union. II. G..
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A MODEL OLD FOGY.

One of the Oregon papers says: A
few days ago an emigrant train was
making all sail northward up through
our valley, and the wild looking driver
seemed to be laboring under great eX-
element, cracking his "black snake
round the legs of his spawned horses,
and yelling at every jump they made.
'Hallop said we. 'HoOra!" said he,
"Whar's Rooshen America? 2" We ex-
planned that the object of his inquiries
lay about twelve hundred miles north
ward and just as hard to reach as ''Jor-
dan," besides being almost uninhabited
except by Indians and grizzlies. He
gave yell that would have made an
Apache ashamed of himself, and said,
"That's the place I'm hunting for. I've
hearn that the big folks in Washington
have boughten a track where there's
nothing but bars and Injuns, and them's
the only inhabitants 1 want. / lived in
Franklin county, Kansas" he added,
''and I'll be doggoned, stranger, if the
darned railroads haven't cut the coun-
try all to pieces and druv the game all
away. I've hearn 'em talk about max
ing one in Oregon, and I'll just be durn-
ed if want any railroad in mine. Hoo
IA for Rooshen American"
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HOW ENGLISH WOMEN PAINT.

1t is impossible to walk in the Row,
to saunter along the drive, or to attend
any of the various gatherings where fair
faces are supposed to be the chief attrac-
ton, without noticing how many of
them owe their imagined charms to an
other hand than that of nature. During
the last eight years the odious practice
of painting the face has been steadily
growing, until in the most conspicuous
classes of society the practice has ceased
to be the exception, and has become the
rule. Once more, as in the time of
Steele, we have race of Picts amongst
us. Formerly, an old harridan, if she
spread little cautious rouge over the
cheeks that age have spared, had unre-
hitting excitement not been supe rad
ded to years was pointed out with the
finger, and was in a double sense mark
ed woman. Nowadays the youngest
fingers dabble in the pigment. The e.
ease has spread from the cheeks to
cry portion of the face. The moi N,
which one would have thought the last
to catch the infection, has taken it in the
most violent form, and hundreds of
women in London go about with per-
petual lie upon their lips. Pencils for
the eyebrows, and even for the eyelash-
es, are common wares on a toilet table.
Nothing strikes a stranger to Hyde
Park more forcibly than the want of
expression in the countenances which
fash past him during the hours that
carriages coHgregate in that much af-
fected spot. They lack all mobility.
There is no play of features about them ;
they are fixed and set. Moore would
never have compared any of them to the
lake that breaks into dimples and laughs
in the sun. This phenomenon, so often
remarked on, is fully explained when it
is remembered that 3 single injudicious
smile may mar the labor of hours. 1t
is Iamentable to think that the repose
which stamps the caste of We're de We're
is too often to be attributed, not to any
inherent refinement or to any inherited
calm grace, but rather to horrible fear
that moments animation might thwsri
the study Of Ga sntirs nOsniDg.
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COAL.

The coal of this region is of quality
something between Camel and An
thracite. A specimen before us, taken
from the bank of the Verdigris river
on the town site of Parker, is nearly
as solid and heavy as the Anthracite OF
Pennsylvania.
There is no trace of sulphur discerna-
BILE in it. The coal used by the Kansas
Pacific r. r. comes from this part OF
the State, being shipped up the NJ. X
s. T. r. r. to Junction City; and al
Topeka, the Gas Company has been fore
ed to give up the Usage county coal and
get their supplies from the same source
Good judges say that the quality of the
coal of the Southern border of the State
improves as it goes west; that the Che.
topa coal is better than at Fort Scott
and that the coal here near the Verdi
girls is better still.
1t only wants the completion of one
of the railroads here to develop large
trade in this important production, and
in one year from to-day, we shall see
trains leaving daily loaded with coal
Parker is to-day less than one year be-
hind Chetopa in any point that can be
raised, and in some, it is fully equal
Chetopa is nearly three years old, and
Parker is ten months old. Chetopa has
done wonders, and is a beautiful and
prosperous town, but Parker will out
strip it in the race in another year. OF
this we are san0uine.-Pdrker Record
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RAPID INCREASE IN POPULATION.

A man passed through Nevada City,
Mo-, one day last week, who had gone
there to settle, and from the number of
children that were around the wagons,
some of the citizens thought that it was
an Orphan Asylum that was moving,
and commenced talking with the old
gentleman. The old man said that he
was sixty-four years of age, and that he
had with him ninety-four children,
grandchildren and great grand-chil-
dren. In fact, there were enough chill
dren to start two respectable village
schools. The colony were from lndl-
ana, said they liked the country very
well, and would purchase land as soon
as they found location that suited
them. He stated that his brother was
coming out as soon as he settled, and
that he had one hundred and seventeen
children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren. This is the number
that are actually living, and it is almost
incredible to believe that two men have
actually more children and grand-chil-
dren than all the children in Nevada
City, and one of them only sixty-four
years old. A gentleman went to one
wagon that had so many heads sticking
out from under the wagon sheet that it
looked like a coop full of chickens, and
asked the lady how many children she
had. She looked around as if counting
them, and said, 81 had fourteen when l
started, and guess they are all here"
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The free traders apply this pet idea to
such imports as England wants to con-
troll in our market. In speech in Con-
gress last winter, the Hon. Horace May
nard, of Tennessee, put this in the re-
dtctio al d6SaTOfHm light, as follows:
sIf this doctrine is true of these arti-
cles, it is true of all others /; for exam
pie, of butter, cheese, potatoes and
wheat. The duty on butter and cheese
is four cents pound, on potatoes twen-
ty-five cents per pound, and on wheat
twenty cents per bushel. Now, will
any man be bold enough or reckless
enough to assert that the duty of four
cents per pound upon butter enhances
to the consumers by so much the price
not only of the {, $50, 600 pounds import
ed from Canada, but also of the entire
produce of our own diaries or that
the like duty of four cents per pound
on cheese adds four cents per pound to
the consumption prices of American
cheese as well as of the l 10000 pounds
imported from Canada, the 1,175,000
pounds from France, and the 100000
pounds from England; or that the duty
of twenty cents per bushel of wheat adds
that sum or any sum to the price either
of American wheat or of the 1,5OO,OOO
bushels imported from Canada; or last
~, tIldI TIC NulH VI I"SilLg -hhC SCllls
per bushel on potatoes is an addition OF
twenty-five cents bushel to the mar
ket price of our whole potato crop, as
we'll as of the 10000 bushels imported
from Nova Scotia. The folly of such
an assertion would be so apparent as to
impose upon nobody; it would be q
subject of universal ridicule."
Is not the pressing necessity and great
desire of foreigners, especially the Brit
ish, to keep control of our markets fol
their manufactures, at the bottom OF
this agitation? Have not the great i'm
porters in New York finger in this
''revenue reform" pie? Are there not
some crafty politicians, of Democratic
proclivities, quietly pulling free trade
wires to demoraliZe the Republicans
and thus divide and conquer?
The who'd matter reminds one of the
old nursery song. Here are two big
spiders spinning their fine cobwebs all
about-the one decidedly copper col
or, the other sea green, with something
like the Union Jack of old England, and
the importers label figured out on his
notified back, and as simple Republicans
and short-sighted farmers come near
like the flies in that song, we hear the
delusive strain piped out in chorus by
these two fellows in the web:
''Come into my parlor,
Said the spider to the fly.'
Chicago ECeRi91g Journal.
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DEATH OF THE wIcKEDEsr NAN.

John Allen, noted two years ago as
the "Wickedest Man in New York %
died on the 18th of last month. at West
Perth, New York, where his father re-
sides. John, it may be remembered.
kept dance house and drinking saloon
in Water street and turned his estab-
lishment into place of daily PRAYER.
under the influence of several GENTLE
men connected with the Howard Mis-
sion. More than year ago he moved
into large brick building, which he
had erected at Roosevelt and Batavia
streets, and kept a grocery on the
ground floor. The upper stories he
rented to families. At first heattended
to business, and prospered but after
the death of his wife his old habit of
drinking overcame him. He lived in
idleness for six months previous to his
death, and his store was without goods.
In August he went to his fathers farm.
and remained there until hts decease.
He leaves S100,000, earned chiefly in his
nefarious Water street pursuit. While
residing in Roosevelt street, he fire.
quently visited the Howard Mission. i'm
his sober moments, and professed re-
igion.-N. 7. Sun.
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ATTACHMENT.

DIX. SPANGLER will take notice that on
II the 2Sth day of September, 1870, +. G..
Hunt, justice Of the Peace of Emporia town
ship. Lyon county, and State of Kansas, issued
an order of attachment against the property of
said Spangler for two hundred and forty-siX
dollars and twelve cents, (S246.12), in a cause
wherein Charles Willemsen was plaintiff and
said Il. X. Spangler was defendant; and that
on the 18th day of October. 1870, said Justice
issued another order of attachment against
said SDangler, in the same above named cause,
for the same above named two hundred and
forty-siX dollars and twelve cents, and that
said cause will be heard by said justice at his
office in the city of Emporia, in said Lyon
county, Kansas, at 10 o'clock Il. M. on the 9th
day of November, 1870.
RUGGLES Il PLUMB,
4l-43 ATTORNEYS for Plaintiff.
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New Boarding House.

TIME old Normal School Boarding House, on
Exchange 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 frst-class
in every respect. Roarders 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. l33-45l A. l.. 4. KEYS.
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NOTICE.

ID X. Spangler will take notice that he has
Il been sued by David Hardsock and w. ID.
GOssett, cOpartners under the firm name OF
Hartsock Gossett, in the district court of Ly-
on county, Kansas, in which court the petition
Of the plaintiffs. said Hartsock Il Gossett, is
filed against said Spangler, defendant; and
that he will be required to answer said petit
ton on or before the 10Th day of November, A.
d., 1870, or IL will be taken as true, and judg-
ment will be rendered against him, and in IA
vor Of said plaintiffs, for $35360, with interest
from September 81, 1870, and appropriating
the following property of said defendant here
tofore attached, at the suit of said plaintiffs
against him, to wit: side saddles, 20 halters,
20 surcingles, II riding brides, 13 blacksnake
whips, 10 COW whips, 81 hitchstraps, pair fly
nets, 10 collars, buggy whips, 81 pair names,
20 saddle trees, 45 lbs. oak leather, 46 lbs.
hemlock leather. Il set black strap harness, 1
single harness, 10 pair martingales,, 3 dozen
trace buckles, IA dozen pad trees, II feet dash
leather, lbs. saddler's thread, II feet patent
leather. dozen ring bits, II dozen " inch
snaps, q dozen Is inch snaps, bell collars, 4
dozen butt chains, heating stove and pipe, 8
cruppers, 1 pair breeching, breast collar, to
the payment of said judgment.
BUCK Il CUNNINGHAM,
Atty's for Hartsock a. GOssett.
Dated October eth, 1870. Alb
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NOTICE
NOTlCE.
TATE Of Kansas, County of Lyon, IS:

STATE Of Kansas, County Of Lyon, IS:
VIC. LOBENSTEIN, Before F. G. Hunt, a
Plaintiff, vs.. Justice of the Peace
p. Il. SPANGLER, of Emporia Town.
Defendant. ship, in said county.
Said z. Il. Spangler will take notice that on the
LIST day of November, 1870, between the hours
of o'clock u. IN. and o'clock p. M, at the Of
flee of w. c. Lobenstein. on the south east
corner of Cherokee and Third streets, in the
City of LeavenwOrth, in the county of Leav-
enworth and State of Kansas, said plaintiff
will proceed TO take the dispositions of divers
persons, to be read in evidence in the trial of
the above entitled cause before said Justice of
the Peace, with authority, If necessary, to adj
journ the taking of the same from day to day,
between said hours until it shall be completed.
Dated this I4th day of October, 1870.
RUGGLES y PLUMB,
ALA ATTORNEYS for Plaintiff.
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NOTICE.

TAMES PENDRY and-Pendry, his
- wife, whose christian name is to the plain
TIM in the cause hereinafter mentioned I'M
known, will take notice that they have been
sued by T.. Ii. Plumb, in the District court OF
Lyon county, Kansas, In which court the petit
ton of said Z. Is. Plumb, the plaintiff, is filed
against said James Pendry and-Pendry, his
wife the defendants, and that they must answer
said petition on or before the 26th day of No
vember, 1870, or said petition will be taken as
true and judgment will be rendered according
ly, declaring said Z. Il. Plumb to be the owner
in fee simple of the following descibed lands,
situate IN Lyon county, Kansas, to wit: The
W Is and the or of sec 80, Is, T II, and
quieting the title of said T.. Il. Plumb to said
lands against said defendants, and forever en-
joining said James Pendry and-Pendry.
his said wife, or either of them, from in any
manner meddlIng with or claiming any estate,
title OF interest in or TO said lands whatever.
RUGGLES Il PLUMB.
Alb Attorneys for Plaintiff.
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ONLY WORD,

A frivolous word, sharp retort,
A parting in angry haste,
The sun that rose on a bower OF bliss,
The loving look and the tender kiss,
Has set on q barren waste,
Where pilgrims tread with weary feet
Paths destined never more to meet
A frivolous word, sharp retort,
moment that blots out years,
Two lives are wrecked on a stormy shore,
Where pillows Of passion surge and roar
To break in spray of tears;
Tears shed to blind the severed pair
Drifting seward and drowning there.
A frivolous word, sharp retort,
4 fash from passing cloud.
Two hearts are scathed to their Utmost core,
Are ashes and dust for eyermore.
Two faces turn to the crowd
Masked by pride with lifelong lie,
To hide the scars Of that agony.
A frivolous word, q sharp retort,
Alas that it should be sol
The petulant speech, the careless tongue,
Have wrought more evil, and done more wrong,
Have brought to the world more woe
Than all the armies age to age
Records in hist'ry's blood stained page
-AHths Year RoSnd.
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Master Mechanics Association

CHEERFULLY announce to the public that
they have affected their organization, and
are now prepared, Sin union" TO furnish ma
terial and complete any frst-class work, defy
ing competition In quality.
Plans and Specifications furnished, and par
ticular attention given business houses and
= suburban residences. All are cordially invited
20 call on us before maturing plans and effect
ing contracts, and note our inducements.
5. BENT MILLER, Director.
F.J. WORIDICK, Architect.
Office with Bachelor & Frederick, Real Es-
tate Agents, No. 1913 Commercial street.
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A lot of fifty-one Indians of the Win
nebago tribe were naturalized in ST.
Paul on the 1lth inst. Their object is
to obtain title under the. Homestead law,
IN severalty, to lands they now occupy
IN common. One of the Indians, nam
ed David Twiggs, is SON of Gen. Da-
vid Twiggs, formerly of the United
States army.
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STRAYED.

ENROM the subscriber in May last, one brown
IL flly, two years old last spring, and of
good size; had small stripe in face and prob
ably some white feet. Any one returning the
above descfibed animal. or giving information
leading to- her recovery, will be literally re-
warded. II. II. GRAY.
42-tf Three miles southeast of Emporia.
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ON SOME RECENT SERMONS.
By J. R. LOWELL.

"His death eelipsed the gayety of nations. anG
impoverished the public stock Of harmless pleas
ure."-Johnson of Garrick.
A man of genius, simple, warm, sincere.
He ieft q world grown kindlier that he came;
His hand the needy knew but not his name;
Dumb creatures snuffed friend when he drew near
And the strange dog pricked one suspicious ear
Then couched his head secure. Safe be his fame
From critics, measured praise or clOse-pickeC
blame
He loved Gods gentler face al d made it dear
Was then Sty1ite's post the better way,
Or mingling with his kind. q man with men,
Like him that was and was not such they?
Judge ye not, bnt, to my simple ken,
If on your guideboards the right name be kept,
Some foe hath changed their places while ye slept
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The night of the steamboat explosion
at Oswego, guest at one of the hotels
had requested to be called at O'Clock
in the morning, and, on being aroused
by the explosion with rafting of win
dows and wash pitchers, he sprang out
of bed promptly, calling out to the sup
posed porter, tsThat will do, you need
not make such a laundering noise about
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ATTACHMENT.

ID X. sPANGLER is hereby notified that on
II the 2Sth day of September, 1870, an order OF
attachment was issued against his property for
fifty-four dollars and ninety cents, by +. G.
Hunt, Justice of the Peace of Emporia town.
ship, Lyon county, Kansas, in a cause wherein
w. q. Lobenstein was plaintiff and said T.. X.
Spangler was defendant and that said cause
will be heard at 10 o'clock a. m, on the 9TH
day of November. A. D., 1870, before said JUS
tice, ut his office in said county.
RUGGLES Il PLUMB.
4l-43 Attorneys for Plaintiff.
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The late Baron j. Rothschiid hardly
anticipated that his princely palace at
Ferrieres would be cavalierfy occupied
a few years after his death as the head
quarters OF the King of Prussia It was
in this chateau that the Rothsehilds
genie, and give hunting parties in their
hQnor.
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LOST.

A draft on New York Bank, for S4S. 60,
N payable TO A. NJ. Averill. The finder will
confer favor by leaving il at the EmpOria
Bank A. NJ. ANERILL.
42-44
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Dissolution.

TIME partnership heretofore existing between
Il the unders gned under the firm name of Grif-
nth, Parkman Co., is this day dissolved by mutu-
al consent. All debts and accounts Will be settled
mess at the old stand.
j. NJ. GRIFFITH,
ii. PARKMAN,
q. w. GRIFFITH.
Oct list 1870, 1913
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WANTED,

ITO know the whereabouts of one William
i Perrigo, formerly OF Lathrop, Clinton
county, Missouri. By calling at this office, or
ut the post office, he can learn something to his
advantage. AZ
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MARBLE WORKS
w. Ii. SMITH 4 co.

TWILL open Marble Shop In Emporia
w about the first of November. A full as
sortment of grayestones, manufactured from
hand 3:l-tf