The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-11-03
FACT AND FANCY.

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alone, eight hundred tons of iron.
-Jeferson's share was just S5,656 81
for six nights and one matinee of RiI
Van Wrinkle in Pittsburgh, Pa, lately
Two of Darwin's sons have been
on visit to the Yosemite. The mon.
keys recognized them at once, and asked
kindly after their father
| "A Boston confectioner has taught
his parrot to say "pretty creature" to
| every lady that enters his shop. His
business is rapidly Increasing.
James Nicely, of Ohio, enjoyed the
greatest satisfaction in his last mo.
family where he buried $4,000 in coin
in Sheffield, England, single man.
ufacturIng establishment uses 63l tons
Of steel annually in making pens, the
product averaging one million pens 10
the ton.
According to the Canada BookselE.
er, Prof. Goodwin Smith has nnderta.
ken the editorship of new magazine
that will before long be started in the
Dominion.
Charles Thomas has been the or.
ganist of q parish church in Rye, Eng.
land, for moro than sixty years, and
was absent from his post only twice in
all that time.
"A rich man asked poor neighbol
If he had any idea of the advantages
arising from wealth. 81 believe IL gives
rogue an advantage over an honest
man" was the reply
"A loVe-letter, picked up In Spring.
fold Ill hod tho fOlfnruSno nora nh
my best loved one, chaWed the post.
age STAN on your last letter all to thun-
der, because knew sou licked it on
Mrs. Bloomer, who has kept quiet
now for long time, is credited with be-
ing the discoverer of an old letter OF
Greeley's, in whibh he strongly CON-
mitted himself in favor of woman suf.
frage.
Robert Dale Owen, whose "Foot-
falls on the Boundary of another world
ghostly book in press, to be entitled
0The Debatable Land Between the Two
Worlds"
Among the, cities who intend TO go
heavy on the national game next season,
and which have not yet boosted of q
professional club, are Albany, Buffalo,
1<O0AStIlACS tAlOCA1CSlCK
and Syracuse. -
Many of the beer houses in New
York have introduced regular Bavarian
mugs of earthenware, with metal lids.
They are SO large that few Germans
can get away with the contents of more
than sixty of them per day. -
The most successful medical prac-
titioner in Orange, N. j., is Miss Fow-
Ter, n. D., q maiden of forty, whose
professional income for several years
past has ranged from Sic, 900 to $4,000
per annum. She is sister of the phre-
biological Fowler. ",
There is blonde who has attended
the Jerome Park races for three years
never missing day. She sits in cor
ner of the plaza of the clubhouse, and
her beauty is dazzling. The enamel on
her face and neck, partially covered by
veil with black spots; and then tied
describable expression.
"A recent census of Japan reveals
the fact that that island contains nearly
thirty five millions of Inhabitants. OF
these 244,S69 are priests of Buddha
and 163, lao are priests of Stu, making
408, OO9 priests altogether. The estlma'
ted receipts of the government reach
the enormous sum of S305, 592, 100 pc,
0Rnstnl.
There is evidently GOODNESS be.
| tween the rival cities of Cairo anC
Paducah. The Cairo Bulletin says
"a paducah mana very liberal Padu
| cab man-contributed a ten cent frac
tional note to the Chicago aid fund
He will probably boast of the munifi
cent fund. He will have good reason
to do so since he has contributed al
least ten cents more than any othei
Paducahn.r bs
There have been many fires along
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
railrod lately, caused by the dry wealth.
er and the sparks from the locomotives
Farmers and railroad men are kept
busy whipping out the flames. The
country is full of dust and smoke.
The Pittsfield Times says, that fifty
years ago q man named David billiard
disappeared from that town and nc
trace of him could be found. "A few
days ago he turned up in Pittsfield
having been farming in q distant cor.
ner of Maine, and having never seen 8
railroad till within b year, A. little
child that :. he left is now a grand.
mother. -.,...1- 81 f.-,
"A gentleman once visited tho State
Library of New Hampshire, wishing
to consult Jefferson's ,"Notes on Vir.
gfnia." The Librarian, who was elect.
ed to his office because he was "of use
to the party fumbled about the shelves
| for q while, and then said to his appIi.
cant, s1 cannot find them, and pre-.
sumo Mr.. Jefferson took them up be-
fore ne died." z @at
-Pequog, Mass, puts in her claim
| for the champion snorer. The young
wife of an elderly resident awakening
from sound sleep, began to shake heI
stop snoring. just then there came
several very loud rolls of thunder, and
desisting from her attempt, she resigned
herself quietly to sleep, remarking, "It
is only laundering after all ! thought
you were snoring"
"A Cargo of fossil ivory lately ar
rived at San Fancisco from Alaska, anc
an explorer of that region says there il
| ivory enough on the Yakon river tC
| supply the commerce of the world fol
hundred years to come. It seemt
that tho whole region swarmed will
1t on every hand.
Dates from Rome to october q
state that conclsve of cardinals have
advised the Pore to leave Rome, ''in or
der to preserve his spiritual independ
ence." The. Pope has approved the
! decision, and proposes to leave Rome
If the Italian parliament meets within
the bounds of the municipality.
"A gay fellow who had taken lodg.
| ings at q public house, and got consid
erably in debt, absented himself ant
took new quarters. This so snrage6
the landlord that he commissioned hiI
wife to go and dun him, which the
debtor having heard of, declared pub
licly that II she came he would kisi
/ her. "WiIl he 2" said the lady, Evil
he? Give me my bonnet, Moll; I vii
see whethet1or any fellow has such i'm
pudencel" .My dear," said her hus
band, spray do not be too rash yoI
do not know what q man may do wheE
he is in q passion"
The honor of being the richest MAJ
in the United States lies between viii
i lam B. Aster, CorneliGs Vanderbilt
and A. T.. Stewart. Probably neithel
of these gentlemen can tell within tel
millions of what he is worth, and Their
is not supposed TO be much differenc
between them. Sixty millions Is me
dunn estimate of the wealth Of each o
the three.
An American, writing from tn
South African diamond fields, says
The diamonds found here are pro
i nounced the finest In the world In hard
ness and brilliancy. The camp is lille,
with diamond buyers for the Londol
markets. The prices range from on