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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-10-13

The TONGUE DEALT WITH.-"The
only edged tool that becomes sharper
By constant use" is the tongue. 1t is
often a sting full of deadly poison. 1t
is both an offensive and defensive weap-
on-a shield and a spear. Some carry
dirks in their pockets, others in their
mouths. The tongue of the malignant
is like a masked battery, which makes
us feel fire when we don't see smoke.
There's never spur for the tongue in
the Bible, but many bit. AS condi-
lion of longevity physicians say ::
keep the head cool and tho feet warm"
This Is Peters receipt for long and
happy life: "He that will love life and
see good days, let him restrain his
tongue from evil and his lips from
speaking guile" Physicians are accus-
toned to Judge of the state of the body
by the condition of the tongue, assam.
ing as settled principle that there Is
an intimate connection between the
state of the tongue and the tone of the
system. The Apostle James adopts a
similar course. To judge of soul-heal;h
he looks at the tongue. If any man Of
fend not in word his moral health Is
perfect. On the other hand, If any one
seem to be religious while the tongue is
unbridled, that mans soul is sick.
Read the third chapter of James. What
q delineation of the soul-sickness of the
racci
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The KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.-Sir Knight
L. G. Palmer has returned from Balti-
more, being the last of the fraternity to
put in his appearance here. He says
The Kansas Knights received twice as
much cheering as those of any other
State. We copy the following from
the st. Louis Evening dispatch:
"The great pageant in Baltimore, for
so many months past the uppermost
theme in the minds of Knights Temp
lar all over the country, is at an end,
and the pilgrims have ere this returned
ty their homes. The grand feature of
the conclave was the immense demon.
stration Thursday, the parade on that
occasion numbering nearly six thous-
and Sir Knights who had assmbled in
Baltimore, and represented every State
and Territory in the Union. The large
attendance from the West was particu-
larly noticeable. Missouri furnished
over two hundred Sir knights for the
great pageant, while far-off Kansas,
nearly thousand miles distant from
Baltimore, had forty men in line, a
larger delegation than that furnished
by the entire New England States, the
leading parts of which are within
twenty -four hours ride of the Monu-
ment City.
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PRICE OF PoETRY.-Col. Knox, in a
letter to Boston paper, says: "You
remember The Diamond Wedding by
Edmund G. Stedman, a poem which
made its author famous from one end
of the country to the other. 1t was
written for the Tribune when Mr..
Dana was managing Editor, and when
Mr.. Stedman called for his pay he was
offered column rates. He declined TO
accept that figure and so The Diamond
Wedding never brought q cent to its
author. When anything is paid for po-
etry, the price varies from five dollars,
for short poem, up to hundred times
that amount, though the latter figure is
exceedingly rare, as might be expected.
Alice Cary used to receive from twenty
dollars upwards for her short poems,
and her sister Phoebe was paid about
the Same rate. Sheppard, and writers
of his class, for the weekly papers, were
generally satisfied at ten or fifteen dol
lars per poem, though they sometimes
received more. John Hay has been
paid various figures, ranging from
twenty to one hundi ed dollars each for
his famous poems, and I am told that
Bret Harte has been paid at about the
same scale"
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HINTS ABOUT THE EARs.-Dr. Hall
says picking the ears" is a most mis-
chievous practice. In attempting to do
this with hard substances an unIucky
motion has many a time pierced the
drum nothing sharper or harder than
the end of the little finger, with the
nail pared, ought ever to be introduced
into the ear unless by a physician.
Persons are often seen cndeavoring to
remove the wax of the ear with the
head of pin. This ought never to be
done; first, because it not only endan-
gers the rupture of the ear by being
pushed too far in, but if not so far il
may CRATE against the drum, excite in
fismmation, and an ulcer which might
finally eat all the parts away, especially
of scrofulous constitution; second,
hard substances have often slipped in
and caused the necessity of painful
operations to fish or cut out; third, the
wax is manufactured by nature to guard
the entrance from dust, insects and I'M
modified cold air, and when it has sub.
served its purpose it becomes dry,
scaly, light, and in this condition is
easily pushed outside by the new for
nations Of wax within.
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The INTERNATIONAL SoCIETY.-The
German Government recently set its
detectives to work to get at the precise
number of the Internationals, and the
return recently made puts the number
at sixty thousand instead of the two
hundred thousand claimed by them.
They are found mostly in the large
manufacturing towns, where they are
sharply watched by an ever vigilaHt 20
lice. They are most numerous in the
little kingdom of Saxony, where the
reigns of government are not drawn so
tightly as in Prussia, and Leipsic and
Dresden are their headquarters. Ber-
lin with its 100000 inhabitants has only
1000 members of the society, the Ber-
nnese workmen being very loyal to the
existing order of things. Recently,
however, there have boon large Access
sions to the International ranks in Ger
many, which even the suppression of
the commune has not stopped. But
little is known of the strength of the
society IN Austria, but 1t can hardly be
as large as In Germany, since new no.
tons have hardly yet gained much
headway In the former country; but
still tho Austrian Government looks
upon the movement with q great deal
of dIstrust, and we have all sorts of ru-
mors that these two powers have agreed
to snppRess the assce1etion.
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Anticipating the early demise of
Queen Victoria, the Chicago Times feels
called upon to give the Prince of Wales
q notice: where this sprig of royalty
ever acquired his present low tastes and
abominable habits Is matter which the
literoti, scientists, heroes and statesmen
of his mothers timo have vainly en-
deavored to determine. A recreant
alike to the memory of g yirtuous father
and the heart pangs of q widowed
mother; false to noble wife, and con.
temptuous of the opinion of an outrag.
ed nation, this princeIY Micawber is
loafng abou: waiting for something to
turn up; that something meaning to
him crown. he is fitting himself for
the duties of q throne by dancing at
tendance upon London brothels; is
preparing to do hIs share in advancing
the interests Of England by counting
the attention Of eockney cabs and third
rate AnoDymas, and Is ftting himself
for the advanced views of the nine
tenth century by msxiHg in pot.housa
NF0aae and SAEfeeif&F0D- OFRtQasNa -
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A DOUGLAS IN THE FIELD.

Col. Robert Douglas recently visited
the polling places of the twenty first
district, simply as a looker-on, to see
the workings of such a meeting in New
York city. Being found out by the
audience, he was received with cheers
for himself, for his distinguished faith
er, and for President Grant. Thus
crowded into service, he made brief
address, full of pith and excellence.
Few in the land can say so much in
equal space, and say it SO well. He
said:
1 may candidly say 1 think your con-
fidence in the administration of Gene
raj Grant, in all its branches, has been
firm, honest, prudent and economical,
protecting the interests of the govern
ment and maintaining the rights of the
citizen. All its acts have been conduc-
i've to the welfare of the country,
while some of them will rank among
the highest in our history. The rapid
payment of the national debt coincident
with the great reduction in taxation, is
unexcelled as q financial achievement,
and the treaty with England, while Civ
ing us honorable redress for our injur-
les, and thus averting the probabilities
of war, commands the admiration of
the world, as one of tho greatest mile
stones in the path of civilization. Last,
but not least, the unf1inching support
given the loyal men of the South, who
are there fighting the battles of the un.
ion, has gained tor the great soldier g
stronghold upon the affections of the
people. He not only deserves our con-
tidence as man, brit is entitled to our
support as the representative of the
principles of our party. The honesty
and economy shown by the national
government is striking contrast to
the corrupt administration of the finan-
ces of New York, but the zeal and har-
mony which you exhibit in endeavor-
ing to rescue your city from the clutch
es Of the unprincipled demagogues
who now control it, give Gattering
prospects of success.
In your able efforts can assure you
of the warm sympathy of the Presi-
dent. President Grant has no private
revenge to gratifying personal enc
mics to punish, but regards every true
republican as his friend. In all his APP
pointments (even if some of you may
think he has been mistakenly he has
sought to promote the welfare OF the
republican party-subordinate,o of course,
to the higher object, the good of the
public service.
No action of his will ever intention
ally interfere with the harmony which
should, and think, does, exist among
You. Select, therefore, true and tried
to represent you in the
coming canvass, and above all, let them
be men whose characters are above sus-
picion. Remember that no one can be
a true republican unless he is an honest
man.
This speech, says the New York
was received with round af-
ter round of applause, and tho young
statesman r ceived the congratulations
and Misunderstanding of the entire au-
1t will be remembered that
Col. Douglas is a son of the late Stephen
A. Douglas, and private secretary of
President Grant. 1t is evident that he
will make his mark in the world
Washington chronicle.
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A TENDER CoNsCIENCE.-After the
close of the late civil war, an Irish vet
eran, rejecting over the various exper-
fences of life in camp, and in the cam
paign, was impressed with the convic-
ton that however faithful he had been
to duty, so far as the fighting was con-
cerned, yet, in the most serious matters
of religion, his record was not altogeth-
er satisfactory.
A visit to the priest was the result.
eyer riverince," says Pat, "I'm thrub-
bled in me conscience, and how will
liver git avin wild it ?"
whats the matter, Pat 2" said his
reverence. "Out with it! What have
YOU been doing? Make clean breast
of it'll"
"And so will, yer reverence. When
/ listed in the war, they stint me where
they liked jist, and so l found myself
In t he sarvice at Fernandina, Florida.
And behowld the haythun naygurs
had plundered the howly Catholic
Church that's there; and SO one day
saw in the strate q naygur that had on
him-the spalpeen--one of the sacred
vistments of the Church, naygurI yer
reverence, wearin the sacred vistment
stolen from the Church.
81 wanted to kill him on the spot,
yer reverence, savin that me duty as a
soldier forbid me takin vingince. But
by and by, me Christianity got the bet
Their ov me, and shot him dead"
"That was an awful thing to do, Pat,
and l don't wonder that you are dis
tressed."
''Sure and its not that's thrubbling
me at all, at all, yer reverence" replied
the distressed penitent, ''It's not that,
It's the hole I made in the sacred visit
ment. It's that, your reverence, that's
weighing on me conscience"
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resses, and its wine suppers, leads the
the giddy young man and maiden to
the verge. The next step is-over the
precipice. And young people ought to
know that it takes but ono step TO go
down Niagara! The poor, pitiable
girls whose names have been dragged
before a horror-stricken public took
but that single step. When and how
they did it is known only to Him into
whose presence their sad fatal sins have
moved them.
We are tempted TO add still other
fruitful causes of the sins against chas-
tity that terminate IN disgrace and self
destruction. But we have said enough
to warn those who are most in danger.
We have written these plain words
mainly for the eyes and consciousness
of parents. Blessed be that household
that has no serpents in the nest "Bless-
ed are the pure in heart, for they shall
see God" This whole subject is one
of infinite moment to our whole peo-
pie; for no nation has yet survived
widespread unchastity.
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THE NEW ROUTE FOR TEA.

Accounts have been coming for some
time of the large importStions of tea by
way of San Francisco, and this evident
tendency of the tea business to find new
channels for transportation has called
Oat considerable discussion in CONNER
cial circles. New York claimed her
old supremacy in this respect, while St.
Louis, and of course Chicago, put in
their claims. In the meantime, says
the San francisco Bulletin, "cargo after
cargo was being landed in this city,
and dispatched across the continent by
rail. 1t is said that 800 tons took this
direction last week, and that in q few
days ], 200 tons will follow. These may
be over estimates. But reducing the
figures to facts, they show what is the
present drift of the tea trade The ex-
ports by way of the Suez Cana. have
not been satisfactory to New York i'm
porters. Importatious in sailing yes
sells by way of Cape Horn are nearly at
an end. There is now q bonden trans
portation line which will probably con-
meet with all the chief cities OF the coun-
try. The complaints at the Now York
Custom House in the delay of goods,
&C.. charges in getting goods through
with dispatch, which, it is said amount.
ed to five per cent. on the value of In.
voices, have all operated In favor of
sending tea across the country by rail.
While Eastern papers are busily engag-
ed in writing the project down, it rip
ems to an accomplished fact. Hereafter
tea trains will be so frequent as hardly
to attract attention. Merchants in New
York receive invoices of tea from forty
to sixty days sooner than in the old
way. The great inland cities are not
Vexpd with extra Cust0m Houae char.
ges; time and money are saved, and
these things being the controlling con-
siderations, the new drift cannot be
turned aside. The great receiving de-
pot hereafter for tea will be San Fran
cisco.
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A NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Sur
Under this head the st. Louis Demo.

A FIFTY-THoUsAND-D DOLLAR SUR
Under this head the st. Louis Demo.
cTat says:
progressing in the United States Cir
cult Court, is exciting much interest in
legal circles.
''About three years ago, Perry Fuller,
Collector of Customs in New Orleans,
shipped a large quantity of goods to
this city, in care OF William Hays. 1t
seems that Mr.. Fuller had had some
financial trouble, and, indeed, it was
estimated at the time that the manner
in which he had obtained the goods was
not altogether son the square, Under
the impression that there was some
thing wrong in the transaction, the
United States authorities caused the
goods to be siezed here by the sheriff.
They were valued at twenty-five thous-
and dollars, and before the seizure
could be made, the officer was obliged
to give bond for double the value of
the merchandise. The securities were
Z. d. Jones and Geo. III. Rea. The
goods were sold and the matter rested
for a year or two, when suit was
brought against Geo. Fl. Res, one of the
sheriff bondsmen, for $4,000, one-half
of which was claimed for the goods,
and the other half for damage sustain
ed by what is called the Illegal seizure.
"An excellent array of legal talent is
engaged on both sides, the attorneys
for the plaintiff being Sharp s. Broad
head and Samuel Holiday, of this city,
Nelson, of New York, and Daniel
Vorhies, of Indiana. Opposed to them
are Hon. John B. Henderson, Hon.
Enos Clarke, and Judge Daniel Dillon.
The arguments will occupy the greater
portion of the week"
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Hor WATER FoR PLASTs.-It has late
ly been shown, by careful experiment,
that sickly potted plants can be greatly
benefited, and often restored, by ap.
plying warm water to them instead of
cold. In certain cases oleanders which
had bloomed very imperfectly, after be-
Ing treated with lukewarm water, grad
ually increasing the temperature from
40 degrees to ITO degrees Farenheit,
produced the most magnificent luxur-
lance OF foliage. Like results occurred
with an old plant Of Hoya, and also
with an lndis-rubber tree which had
almost weihered away. In ali these
cases the application of water heated 70
about Ito degrees Fahrenheit, without
any other precaution. caused q neW and
l1onr4eAinG growth.
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AN ILLINOISAN GIVES AWAY THIRTY
EIGHT FARMs.-Mike Kitterman is an
old, industrious and prosperous farmer,
living near Tisdiwa, H., and is well
known in that part of the State as 8
heavy land owner and an extensive
sheep raiser. Mr.. Kitterman arrived
in Illinois in 1880, with something less
than SO in his pocket. He was then
twenty-siX years of age. He wanted
to cross the river at Peoria, but as the
ferryman asked 81 for tho privilege, he
journeyed up the river on horseback.
Finally he discovered a log by the side
he held the horses bride with one hand
and padded himself across with the
other. He camped on the prairie, and
next day resumed his journey up the
river. He journeyed on to the place
whore he now lives, and determined to
make that his future home. He bought
over 5000 acres of land and has GOO
acres in the old homestead. He has
given away thirty-eight so acre farms
to his children and relatives, and they
are living near him. AS stock raiser
he has had great success, and it is said
he never sold but two loads of corn in
market. In the last ten years he has
raised 1900 bushels of corn, and he has
bought as much more for feeding pur-
poses. He has now on the place over
200 head of cattle, ITO head of hogs,
and 20 sheep. He says his experience
of forty years farming in Illinois teach
es him that it is far moro profitable to
feed grain than to sell it, and bv follow
ing up this rule he has made q large
fortune. Mr.. Kitterman is now sixty
eight years of age, and is in the enjoy
ment of good health, as well as an am
pie fortune.
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AN OLD MANS DREAM.
BIZ OLIVE wENDELL HOLMES.

oh. for an hour OF youthful Joy!
Give me back my twentieth Spring:
I'D rather laugh \ bright hai-ed boy
Than reign gray haired king.
on with the wFlnkled spoils OF sge;
Away with teaPning's crown;
Tear out life's wfsd8m written page,
And cast its trophies down.
One moment let my u blood stream
Prom boy -hood's foune OF fame;
Give me one giddy, Keeling dream
OF life and love, and fame.
Mylistening angel heard the prayer.
And calmly smiling said,
III but touch thy silvered hair,
Thy hasty wish had sped.
But Is there nothing IN thy trach
To bid the iondlV stay.
While the swim seas rs hurry back
To and the wished-for usyf"
All. trueSt soul OF woman kinds
" ithout thee what were lifes
One b iss l cannot lie We behind
III take my precious wife!
The angel took { sapphire pen,
And wrote in rainbow hue:
THE man would DO boy again,
And DO husband, too""
u there nothing yet unsaid
Before tbe change appears?
Rememb Der ali their gifts have led
With those dIssOlving years.
why, yea. would one favor more
My fond parental joys
could not bear 70 lose them all;
IN take my girls and boys."
The smiling angel dropped his pen
Why this will never do:
The man would bs . boy again,
And be father. too!
And 30 IlAuRhed-my laughter woke
The house hold with its noise,
wrote M dream when morning broke
10 please my fair-haired boys.
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There is kind hearted brother.in-
law in Evansville, Indiana. A man
named Dugan had been killed By q run
away horse, and his neighbors subscrib-
cd literally to the relief of the widow
and her children. a brother of the
man who was killed kindly collected
the subscriptions, and then put the
money in his own pocket, alleging that
the deceased was indebted TO MIN. The
wife sued for the money, and the broth
er-in-law was compelled to disgorge.
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TWO.
By T. E. ALDRIca.

Last night dreamed that there were two
1.-the, golden hearted girls like you-
And loved them both. What could dos
They both had just this Waivy hair.
This pretty dress, Topped here and there
Your tone of Voice, laugh, gesture, air
One drew me with your modest ewes,
The other with your sweet replies:
And both were full or sorceries.
And so alike could not guess,
When she had gone, which loEliness
fingered to deepen my distress.
But her loved, and nothing 10th
whichever Onei and pledged my troth:
And so was true ami false to both
Waking, 1t was we'll to ind
Nature had not, however inclined,
Made two Of you distracting kind
Arr ATTIC
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NOTICE

rs HEREBY GIVEN THAT LETTERS OF Au-
L ministration were issued 20 me on October 6sh
1871, by the Probate Judge of Lyon county. Kan
sas. on the estate OF Joel 5. Conkln, Ia of said
county. deceased, and all persons having claims
against SAID estate are hereby notified that they
must present the same to me for allowance within
one ear from said date they will be deprived
Of any benefit from said estate and If said claims
be not presented within three years thsy will be
forever barred OF any benefit from said estate.
All persons indebted 70 said estate are hereby no.
titled to pay up said claims at once.
SARAH z. CONKLIS,
%50-42- AdministratriX.
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A Berkshire papa observed to his
daughters bean: 'tJim, If you want
In you can have her; but I don't want
you hanging around unless You mean
business. IF you intend to marry her,
hurry up, for can't be kept awake
ARhas much 1ongsg,s =
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e. = Q J 2 Q N,
Real Estate Agent

AND NOTARY PUBLIC
Over Lasksr & stoll's, l63 Commercial st.
EMFORIA. KANSAS,
Has the largest aud best ItSt Of CQty
Lots ss0tO offered for sale, for cash,
o1s time, or lease. Deeds, mort
gGge0, 90. Ayi1tRNs QSsd dcl1ss OS0E
0o60SasssstS tGbess' wD-n
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A WATER FIGURING MILL
TO LEASE OR RENT

NOR 3, 8, Or 10 YEARS MAIN BUILDING.
= frame Nx6e feet. and three stories above base.
ment. with ell ssx30 fest and two and hall
stories high. Has four pair of burs and plenty OF
merchant work. and in q good location for either:
half mile from EmpoEis and in $40 ef sse best
yearly in advance, or quarterly with security.
Also new stone building suitable for q wooden fac
tory: also to be had on reasonable terms; good
dwelling house neSr the mill: W. I. SODES.
3a-4a
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STRAYED

IHRoM THE SUBSCRIBER ON OR ABOUT
the 18th OF September. one roam yearling nIleS,
white slit on the nos9 and 3 little white on one
mind foot Also had on q cow bell attached 70 q
leather collar. Will give reward of $500 to any
one returning said colt to my residence, one mile
east of Plymouth.
4O-4i s. M wEESNER
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DIsSOLUTION.
A BARGAIN.

M ACRES OF frst-cIass bottom land 11s
~ miles northeast OF Emporis, about IL
acres fenced and broken, S acres Of wood and
timber, house I6x24. A nice place for q home
and for gardening. Part on time.
BACHELLER & JONES,
w47.tf Real Estate Agents.
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LIVERY STABLES.
L n W-nAYIS,
J. a CLEYELAND,s

NTEw LIVERY, SALE AND FEED STABLE.
~ Yo1 can get your horses fed with good feed, at
prices; also horses and bugges to let, and teams
heavy hauling.