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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-03-04

AN EXCITING RACE.-The passengers
on the morning train leaving this city
for Cherokee on the Iowa Falls u Sioux
City Railroad were not only spectators
but participators in one of the most eX-
citing races that has come within the
range of our experience.
On last Sunday morning, when be-
tween Lemars and Cherokee, the train
in rounding the curve Numbered down
on a drove of elk, which were quietly
browsing on the open prairie about fifty
yards west of the track. Startled thus
suddenly from their quletude, they i'm
mediately started off on q full run, no
doubt expecting to distance the fright
full and fiery monster that had so sud-
denly broken in upon them while they
were eating their morning meal. For
ward dashed the elk, while closely fol-
lowing in their wake came the fiery To-
connective and attendant cars. Every
person on board the train Immediately
rushed to the windows and the plat
forms and became excited participants
in the race. At first the elk gained on
the train, but engineer Prescott, not
wishing to let muscle distance steam
let on a little more of the latter, and
the engine again commenced to gain.
Occasionally the elk would sheer to-
ward the track with the seeming inten.
ton of crossing it, but 'Etoot" from
the locomotives whistle would deter
them from their purpose. The race
continued for about six miles over the
level prairie. The train, coming to 8
down grade, gained rapidly on the af:
frighted elk. Becoming satisfied thai
further attempts to distance their never
firing pursuer would be useless, they
sheered off into the open prairie, after
having kept the lead for upward of six
miles.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-03-04
THE DO0esTEP.
BY Z. C. srKDNAN.


The conference meeting through stlaSs. u
We boys around the Vestry visited
To see the girls come hitting past,
Like snowbirds willing to be mated.
Not drawer he that leaps wall.
By level musket flashes litten,
Than who stepped before them ALL
Who longed to see nae get the mltten. " &, :
But no-she blushed and took my arm,
We let the old folks have the highway,
And started toward the Maple Farm "
Along kind Of lovers byway.
I can't remember what we said,
Twas nothing worth u song or story,
Yet that rude path by which we sped
Seemed all trAnsformedi IN Rlery.s
The snow was crisp beneath our feet,
The moon was full, the fields were cleaning,
BY hood aud nppet sheltered sweet,
Her face with youth and health was beamIng.
The little hand outside the nufr--
q, sculptor, IL you could but mould it, r.
so lightly touched nv jacket Gun,
To keep IL warm, ! had to hold 80.
To have her with me-there alone y
Twas love and fear and triumph blended:a
At last we reached the foot-worn stone
Where the delicious journey ended. "a
The old folks, too, were almost home
Her dimpled hand the latehes fingered.
We heard the voices nearer come.
Yet on the doorstep still we fingered.
She shook her rinGlets from her hood, ,-
And with .Thank y on, Charles, ''dEsseIn BLEED,
But yet know she Understood
With what darling wish trembled.
A cloud passed kindly overhead, 'iif
The moon was slyly peeping through IL,
Yet hid its face, as If 1t said, -
Come, now or never! do It'll do it, I'D
Ny lips till then had only known
The kiss Of mother and OF sister,
But somehow, full upon her own
Sweet, rosy, darling mouth kissed her.
Perhaps twas boyish love, yet still,
o listless woman, weary lover, a.-
To feel once more that fresh, wild thrill
I'd Kive-but who can live youth oYerf
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-03-04

A young lady, who is pupil at one
of the schools in New York city, has al
ready, it seems, beaten her father at
mathematics. She modestIy proposed
that if he would give her only one cent
on one day, and double the amount on
each successive day for just one month,
she would pledge herself never to ask of
him another cent of money as long as
she lived. Paterfamilias, not stopping
to run over the figures in his head, and
not supposing it would amount to a
large sum, was glad to accept the offer
at once, thinking it also a favorable op-
portunlty to include a possible marriage
dowry in the future. AT the twenty
fifth day he became greatly alarmed, lest
if he complied with his own acceptance
he might be obliged to be declared a
bankrupt on his own petition" But at
the thirteenth day the young girl de-
handed only the pretty sum of $685.
709.I2i The astonished merchant was
only too happy to cancel the claim by
advancing a handsome cash payment for
his folly in allowing himself to give a
bond-Or his word be considered as good
as a bond-without noticing the consid-
Grafton therein expressed, and by prom.
ising to return to the old custom of adj
vancing smaller sums daily until other
wise ordered.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-03-04
CHURCH AND STATE.


HGrperS' Weekly, of the 18th, has a
couple of telling cartoons. The one rep
resents the Pope trembling and aghast
at the action of an enraged goddess with
a castellated crown, who is tearing asun-
der a scroll, on which is inscribed
Church and State" This action of the
goddess, who represents Spain, is wit
messed by'a large number of the crown
ed heads of Europe. Some OF them ap-
pear indifferent, other delighted Napo-
leon idly twirls his mustache William,
of Prussia, grimly smiles Victor Eman-
uel looks amazed, but makes no effort at
interference. The supporters of the
Pope are Antonelli and other gowned
dignitaries, and their countenances show
disgust, hate and terror.
The other cartoon represents the Pope,
smiling and happy, extending his hand,
in paternal blessing, over monde
script goddess, representing the Catho-
lie Church in the United States. This
goddess is sewing together the severed
scroll of Church and State, and has al
ready fastened that part of the scroll
marked New Y ork city. The Goddess of
Liberty looks on the scene disdainfully,
but she is chained and helpless. In the
background is n promiscuous mob of
cardinals, plug-uglies, shoulder-hitters,
ballot-box suffers, and rowdies of every
class. The editor says:
Mr.. Nast's powerful and striking car
toon tells its own story too wen to re-
quire much explanation; but it may not
be out of place to set forth some of the
facts that Justify the artists work. A
circular recently issued by the commit
tee of the Union League Club upon the
diversion of the public moneys of New
York city from the legitimate objects OF
| political government to sectarian pur-
poses shows that this evil, which began
a short time ago under the specious form
of begging from the city treasury O
small sum for a deserving charity, has
made such gigantic strides that it now
absorbs half million dollars annually,
and that the greater part of this sum is
used for the purpose of destroying ouI
admirable system of common schools
OF this large sum a single sect receive:
| over four hundred thousand dollars, in
addition to gifts of real estate from the
i city government, for sectarian purposes
| amounting to three million two hundred
thousand dollars. The following list
| shows how this money was distributed
last year Roman Catholic, tS412062.2 6
Protestant Episcopal, SO, 1850; He
brew, $14,404.4 49,. Reformed Dutch
SI2, 630.S6; Presbyterian, So, 1924
Baptist, S2,760.34; Methodist Episcopal
hS073.63; German Evangelical, 50, 027.24
miscellaneous, S44,0S5.12. 3"
CHANGING over this list, we do no
wonder that, as stated in letter from
Rome, the Holy Father has expressed
his qualification at the progress of TIN
Church in America, and declared tina
the Republic of the United States wa
the republic of Intelligence and virtue
But it must be remembered that hi
standard of Intelligence and virtue
not that of America, but that of Spain
Christian Adcocdte.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-03-04

DIAMONDS AND DIAMOND CUTTING
Among the diamonds found in the diff
ferent parts of the world, none are more
beautiful or more valuable than those
which have been taken from the valley of
the Amazon. The crowns of all the Eu-
ropean potentates sparkle with them,
and they are prominent among hejew-
els of nearly every noble house. Queen
Victoria's crown has in it ], 1853 brilliant
diamonds, i,273 rose diamonds. and AT
table diamonds, ali of immense value.
In addition to these jewels there are also
in it one large ruby, which is said to
have been given to Edward the Black
Prince, by Don Pedro, King of Castillo,
after the battle of Najera, A. d. 1867,
seventeen sapphires, eleven emeralds,
four small rIbies, and two hundred and
seventy-seven drop-shaped and other
pearls. In consequence of labor being
so much cheaper In Europe, it does not
pay to cut and polish diamonds in the
States. Forthe few that might be done,
it would not be worth the while for the
lapidaries to charge their wheels with
the description of dust necessary for the
purpose. It takes an eighteen earat dia--
mond to cut one of the same value, and
unless there was considerable work. the
loss would be very great One thousand
dollars worflaof diamond dust, OF pure
quality, makes an exceedingly small
bulk, and the utmost canton has 70 DC
manifested in order to prevent It from
blowing GWay.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-03-04

T. X. Beecher believes in pensioning
the families of convicts. He puts it
thus:
"a husband is convicted of crime and
sent to the States Prison. Then he is
shaved, clothed, housed, fed, warmed,
doctored, preached to, good books Civ
en- to him, and extra pay for OyerwOrk.
His wife, with two children under six
years of age, is left without wood, coal,
food, shelter or friends, to shirk for
herself A tinge of infamy settles on
her good name. She loses caste. She
girds herself for unwonted work. Her
back aches. She staggers home from a
days washing, half paid, because as yet
she cannot do full days work. She
becomes an object of charity. She is
dreading the winter. Which one of
these two is now bearing punishment
Which one suffers-the guilty man or
the innocent woman? When the State
shuts up husband and father, the wife
and mother is entitled to compensation.
The law should allow her at least fifty
cents day for herself and twenty-five
cents for each child under twelve years
of age, the pension to begin at the mans
arrest, and continue until he takes his
Mace in his family again.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-03-04

The EVENING STAR.-At this time
Venus is the evening star. She is now
approaching the grand solar centre, and
on the 23d of February she will reach
her inferior Injunction and turn her
darkened side toward us, reappearfng
on the western side of the sun as a
morning and evening star for a period
of 2o2 DAYS. although her annual revo-
luton takes 225 days, but as the earth
moves in the same direction it takes
this additional time for the earth, the
sun and Venus to come into the same
position regarding each other. The ap-
proaehing fransits of Venus lend her
additional interest. The last one oc-
Cured in I769, and the next will occur
in 1874 and 1882 These events are an
ticipated with profound interest by as
tronomers, as they win enable them to
verify the distance OF the sun from our
planet This vast problem Is of the
greatest consequence, ana there IS an
admitted error In the computed distance.
All during this month Venus will be
unusually bright and interesting to star
gazers. and will be seen twinkling
brightly some time before other stars
put in an appearances. - - !"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-03-04
THE CONNECTING LINK BETWEEN
MAN AND FISH.

To believers in the Darwin theory it
will be of interest to know that in the
quiet bays and rivers on the eastern
coast of Central and South America
there lives an animal which might be
rightfully considered as the connecting
link between man and fish. 1t is the
manatee, the water siren, the sea-calf,
or sea-cow, as the strange animal is
sometimes called. It belongs to the Or
der of the Cetacea, and is altogether
herbiferous, living on grass which grows
under water. or on herbs which it seeks
on shore. The body is piciform, and
measures some fourteen or more feet in
length the skin being thick, without
hair, and of dark color. The upper
part of the body, especially of the fe-
males, resembles that of woman, the
breasts being of the same form. In
place of the fins of the ordinary fish,
the manatee has short arm of only one
joint, which terminates in a sort of hand,
on which the nails are distinctly visible,
and which the animal uses with much
dexterity in moving about when on
land, and in carrying its young. This
limb has caused the animal to be called
manatee, from the Latin word Dadnus,
the hand. The writer, who for several
years resided in those countries where
these animals abound, has seen the ami
the natives that the female holde her
cub to suckle as the mother holds her
babe. The tail of the manatee is shaped
like an open fan, and the close observer
will perceive ten divisions, which mark
the ten toes. Manatees swim by the
help of this broad tail, which moves UP
and down, and not from right to left
like that of the fish. This limb, which
! at first appears to be fin or nerve,
melts almost entirely into butter when
fried in pan, and is highly priced by
| the natives for ointments, and for other
medicinal purposes. The animal weighs
from LOCO to 1,5O0 pounds, and the meat
is considered a great relish. 1t looks
and tastes much like pork, and needs a
| good deal of cooking. 1t is a strange
fact that the flesh keeps longer from de-
~cay than any other, and it is, therefore,
sailed and preserved like pork. They
! are caught with harpoons by the Indians
who know their haunts and customs,
and it seems as if they were becoming
more scarce every year Scientific
| American
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-03-04

At Dunstable, Mass, in 1861, dane
ing at weddings was forbidden; in 1850,
Williams Walker was imprisoned one
month for courting maid without
the leave of heR parents; in 1765, be-
cause 'fthere is manifest pride appear
ing in our streets, the wearing of long
hair or periwigs, and "superstitious rib
bons," was forbidden; also, men were
forbidden to ''keep Christmas, as it was
a Popish CUSTOM" In 1877, ''cage"
was erected near the meeting house for
the confinement of Sabbath-breekers,
and John Atherton, a soldier, was fined
forty shilIings for wetting piece of an
old hat to put in his shoes, which chafed
his feet while marching.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-03-04

The FIRST PIANO IN THE JAPANESE
EMPIRE.-Letters from Yokohama, ia
pan, received in England, state that the
chief officers of the naval expedition
sent by the Austrian Government to the
East, had an audience of the MikadO,
who expressed great admiration at the
presents, chiefly of Hungarian manu-
facture, which had been sent him by the
Emperor. One of them is piano, and
an attdche of the Austrian Embassy
having played several pieces on this in
strument before the Mikado, who had
never seen a piano before, the latter was
so pleased that he at once directed his
wife to take lessons. Her Majesty is
to be instructed in the use of the instru-
ment by Lady Parkes, wife of the Brit
ish Ambassador at Jeddo.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-03-04

MRS. Fremont UPON CoRBIN.-T The
hardest thing yet said by anybody
against Corbin, the Presidents specu-
lating brother-in-law, is credited to
Mrs Fremont, and is elected by n re-
port that Corbin was formerly Private
Secretary to her father, the late Senator
Benton
Col. Benton never kept any amanu-
ensis; the most he allowed to be done
for him was aid in directing speeches
and public documents; but his own in
dustry and patience were so great that
he could accomplish for himself all 9th
err work. Mr.. Corbin, if he is a rather
elderly person named Abel Rathbone
Corbin, was often at Col. Benton's house,
not as an amanuensis, but, as Dir. Ben
ton himself said to some one who OBJ
jected to his Uriah Heep style of man
ner, every public man must have his
ferret, and Corbin is mine"
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VOLUME ID.



---AlAs POOR YorrIck.9I knew him well, Ho-
The Printer leads happy life -
He works both night and day,
And spends his hours I'm usefulness
while other people play
As cheerful rs \ galley slave
He tolls his life away.
His pockets always are well lined
With nothing much" inside,
And - he's not = millionaire,
He has not my pride;
He needs but little here below,
And Titles not denied.
From sunny morn till dewy rye,"
He walketh not astray;
Rebuns he takes foF compliIpents,
N And aim9st nin for pay:
On which the pIblie prey.
To love HIS neiyhbors As himself =.
Has always been his plan, e
And when he's socially Inclined
He goes 10 'fsee q man."
And, In = phtlanthropic way,
Shakes '-Old Tom'' by the hand.
When age creeps ON him, and he fnds
q His brow VITA furEDws bent, -
{ lie meets With troops Of sorSOwang friends
That doesn't care q cent,
In what way his ealistenee ends.
Or which way he has went.
HIS life he spent for Other.' good;
! HeiivsS on sibItt e.. Ii Il Is dSSs ia
Instead OF milk and honey,
And died beloved by every man
That ever owed him money .1All
To get his NE insured, in life q 80
Z He very 5often tried, 2 II ssh EAEAN
But, as he couldn't raise the ~Etamps,"
he ne'er was gratided.
HIS epitaph was Written thus: 50 a. Nst. q.
ale lived, aHd moved, and-dIed."
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-03-04

Lake Bigier was named after one of
the early governors or California. Bay
ard Taylor did not like the name, and
in his .sYiews Afoot7 re-christened it
Lake 'sTahoe, after an old Indian whom
he interviewed" in fine neighboFhood.
Tahoe" came to be accepted, because it
was Indian, and more musical. But the
music is taken out of Tahoe by the
recent discovery that it is a vulgar cpl
thet bestowed upon the old Indian by
his tribe in defision and contempt. Ia
hoe is very dirty, even for an Indian,
and he is notoriously thiefand drunk
ard
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-03-04
1SS

a plan for fdRiform railroad gauge
is now under consideration by railroad
men all members of Congress. Five
sixths OF the. roads already have the
ehes. To bring the other sixth to this,
as the easiest and cheapest plan, it is pro-
posed that after given day mo road shall
be post road that does not conform to
this gauge. The expense of changing
five feet gauge to conform to this plan
will not exceed $50 per mile, and it is
believed that most of the roads could
make the change at a less expense. As
there are less than eight thousand miles
of road requiring alteration, the whole
cost of the work would not exceed 81
100000 This sum would, perhaps, be
saved TO the country, by the change, in
one year. - -
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JOHN WESLEY AND HIS WIFE.

George Dawson, in a late lecture de-
livered in London, on the great founder
of Methodism, gave the following de-
tails When Wesley settled he said, lit
would be more useful to marry" There
is nothing like giving that sort of pref
ty facing to your wishes. 1have known
a friend, when he was going to move
from little living to a large one, say
that it was because he was going to "a
larger sphere of usefulness A certain
witty man used TO say that whenever
a clergyman went from a little living to
q large one, he did so because he had
got a call, but that he would want "a
"good loud halloa to take him from a
large to little living" Wesley mar
ried a widow, who, through her jeal-
ousy, led him life of wretchedness and
misery. At last his spirit was up, and
he wrote her:
''Know me and know yourself. Sus-
pect me no more; do not any longer
contend for mastery, for power, money,
or praise; be content to be private, i'll
significant person, known and loved by
God and me-.
1t was not likely that woman would
be pleased at being recommended to be
an insignificant person. After twenty
years of disquietude she one day lef
him. He bore it philosophically. HI
went even beyond it; he took his diary
and put the most pithy entry into 1t
ever met with in a diary; Non cam re
| Lqui; non dentist, non recOcabO, which
may be translated thus: 81 did no
leave her; l did not send her away;
shan't send for her back" And so end
ed the married life of ohm Wesley.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-03-04

a REMEDY FOR SMALL PoN.-The
Stockton California; Herald publishes
the following:
81 herewith append a recipe, which
has been used, to my knowledge, in hun
dreds of cases. 1t will prevent or cure
the small pox, though the pittings are
filling. When Jenner discovered cow
pox, in England, the world of science
hurled an avalanche of fame upon his
head; but when the most scientific
school of medicine in the wOrld-that
of Paris-published this recipeas pan
acea for small pox, it passed UNDECIDED /;
it is as unfailing as fate, and conquers in
every instance. 1t is harmless when
taken by well person. It will also cure
scerlet fever. Here is the recipe as
have used it to cure small pox; when
learned physicians said the patient must
die, it cured: Sulphate of zinc, one
grain; fox glove (digitalis,) one grain !;
half teaspoonfIIl of water. When thor
oughly mixed, add four ounces of wa
ter. Take a spoonful every hour. Either
disease will disappear in twelve hours.
For child, smaller doses, according to
age. If counties would compel their
physicians to use this, there would be
no need of pest-houses. If you value
advice and experience, use this for that
terrible disease
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-03-04

a lawyer IN certain city, not re-
markable for his cleanliness ef person,
appeared at party while ago with a
rose in his button hole. "Where do
you suppose it came from said he
to a brother lawyer who was admiring
it. The latter looked up and down the
entire length ofthe questioner, and with
great deliberation responded, "Why, 1
suppose it grew there"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-03-04

s.Mynheer, do you know what for we.
call our boy Hans p
81 do NOT, really -''i s.
"WelI, I tell you. Der reason vat We
sa1l our boy Hans is-it ish bish name >
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EMAIPORIA NEWS
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

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ment for cards OF ten lines less and 81 80 line
for one eighth or one fourth Of n column.
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Half a column three months. 500 six months SO
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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-03-04

In Europe women can now receive the
degree of Md, in France, Russia, Swift
zerIand, Sweden and Scotland.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-03-04
Miscellaneous Business Cards.


ID EAL EsT ATE AND CoLLEcrrNG AGENTS.
III, and Notaries Public, Eureka, Crossword Co.,
Kansas. Collections made In any part Of the State
COnVeyancinR done and AcknowledRnents 81
Deeds. Mortgages, &C., taken. Winastsnd prompt
~ % tracing titles 70 land and paying sAxss Tor
PeR5's'aacnaaS 4 ~ skSG L.
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TO persons in diflculties-Get outl