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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-22
OUR PRESENT CIVILIZATION

We clip the following suggestive
thoughts from 'Letters from over the
Sea-" by Prof. Boise, in the Chicago
Standard. What is true of London, is
also true of many of our own cities. A
true Christian civilization is the only
safety of a people:
London is not new to me. l was
here twenty years ago, and fourteen
years ago; and am now looking on the
city without any of the excitment of a
first view. Besides, am looking at
everything with much older eyes, and
with the soberer feelings of a much old
er man. AS gaze at the elaborate ar
chitecture and the overloaded dccora-
tions of st. Paulis, Westminster Abbey,
and the Houses of Parliament; at the
costly palaces and parks, and the liver
les and equipages; and then, perchance,
losing my way, get into some narrow
and dirty street, where squalor and filth
make me hold my breath, where starv-
alton and disease make me shudder,
new and very grave questions are fore
ed home to my mind and to my heart.
What of all this tinsel, and show, and
waste; this filth, and penury, and fam
inc? What of this type of civilization
Is this Christian land? What of this
long agony of the poor, the virtuous
and Christian poor, protracted through
centuries and the needless waste of
the rich? My heart exclaims, "HoW
long, o Lord! how longw / am not a
socialist of the Partisan type; far from
it! but remember some such words as
these, "He that having this worlds
goods, and seeing his brother hath need
shutteth up his bowels of compassion,
how dwelleth the love of God inhim ?"
Is there not type of socialism-the
New Testament type-which the Chris
tan world does not yet fully under
stand? Is there not in the New Tesla
ment type of radicalism which is des-
tined completely to overthrow, either
gradually or by sudden revolution, the
present development OF our so-called
Christian civilization? Such questions
may appear to some persons very fool
ish and impertinent; but they have Of
ten forced themselves upon my mind,
and never more forcibly than here in
London. The careful observer, will, /
think, find three things very fully de-
veloped here, perhaps more fully than
anywhere else in the world; poverty
and wretohedness, both with and with
out vice; eItravagant luxury; and
thirdly, Christian activity of the highest
type, joined with rare self denial.
The daily sight of all these three moral
forces, working side by side, and devel-
oping their utmost energy, is certainly
suggestive of serious thoughts and
questionings.
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THE LOSS OF sELF-REspECT.

Some years ago, when / was boy, a
party of us boys went, one afternoon,
and made sort of camp on the edge
of q pond, known as Pitman's Pond, be-
cause it was on the farm of man nam
ed Pitman. We built house of bark
and branches, aud large fireplace and
chimney of fiat stones, and in it we
made roaring fire. 1t was grand fun.
We played that we were sailors cast
ashore, wrecked, and that we would
live there till some ship passed by. OF
neighbor Pitman's melon patch and
helped ourselves to the best melons ;
and we tried his cornfield and returned
to our fire with great stores of green
corn, which we roasted by the fire, and
ate of all our plunder with great relish.
felt all the time that it was wrong,
but were we not playing wrecked sail
ors, and were we not entitled to food
wherever we could find It? But this
f1imsy excuse would not do. In plain
English, had been stealing melons
and corn, and could not deceive my
self by any talk of wrecked sailors"
A few days after, was walking down
the road when "Old Pitman" came
along in his wagon. 1 tried to avoid
him, but he hailed me Il guess he sus-
pcCLOu IUdG WAS OuC VI IlIO 4ICIOA
thieVes) and asked me to get in and ride
with him. l tried to excuse myself,
but he was all of sudden, as thought,
very kind, and insisted on my riding
with him. I at last consented, and took
my seat by his side. He began to tell
me about the raid on his melon patch.
How ga lot of boys from over where
they were building the railroad-Irish
boys, who had not been taught better,
boys whose bringing up had been bad,
boys whom we should pity and try to
reform, and all that kind of thlng-had
been robbing his melon PATCH" etc.
tell you, boys, he was awful hard on
me every word cut like knife; till,
finally, when he said, 'Of course, Chris,
you, with your good bringing up, never
would do such thingw When he said
this, melted quite down. and 1 burst
into tears and sobbed out, 'Mr. Pitman,
1 did it. 1 took those melons, and l
am very sorry for it." / was utterly
Inundated, my self-respect was gone,
and did what was the best thing for
me to dol confessed and asked for
giveness. After my confession he gave
me few kind words of admonition,
excused me on the ground that I was
probably led away thoughtlessly in my
play, and then he forgave me; and
when parted from him he shook
hands kindly aud, in his CHEEKY way,
said, ''Now, Chris, don't err again by
doing q mean act by which You lose
your self-respect."
Before 1 saw Mr.. Pitman 1 thought
nobody knew that took those melons.
At home everybody treated me as
kindly as ever. People bowed to me as
pleasantly, and my Sunday school
had. done wrong, and was not happy.
I had lost INV self-respect, and when
that is gone a sad load takes its place on
the heart. Self-respect makes a boy
light-hearted and jolly, but the loss of
It weighs him down most feerfnily.-
The Adcdnce.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-22
REPUBLICAN RECORD.

The Union Republican Committee OF
Congress have Published a very careful
review of the financial measures and
policy of the Republican Congress and
Administration, commencing with the
period of General Grants Inauguration.
They present large mass of statistical
information drawn from authentic
sources, which has been prepared after
thorough search and is entirely trust
worthy. Every branch of the public
service is SO intimately and inseparably
connected with the great subjects of f.
nance and taxation, that administration
and parties must, for the present, be
judged by the Figdom and fidelity dis
played in providing the means for the
maintenance of the Government and
the discharge of its obligations
The steady appreciation OF popular
confidence aud national credit, since the
ACCESSION of the Republican party to
power In 1861, Notwithstanding the dis
turbances incident to gigantic wal
and the factious opposition of one OF
the great political parties which per-
wade the country, affords the most in
dubitable evidence of the wisdom, fl.
delify. and efieiepey Of the Republican
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yere ladder tonight, and if you don't
git I'll bust year head"
He picked up a cow hide boot as he
spoke, and advanced menacingly. A
shrill voice from the bed urged him not
to hurt spa"
"Don't sheotI DON'T" said jenkins,
as he retreated down the ladder, till his
head was level with the garnet floor.
There he paused and explained the new
state of affairs to the enraged BRIDE
groom, who stood over him with the
uplifted boot ready for a blow.
Preston accepted the explanation, and
the result was that the couple rose and
dressed and descended the ladder.
Then, with Mr.. and Mrs. jenkins, and
all of the guests who were sober enough
to stand, they walked half a mile down
the road to the Iowa line, and entered
the Badger State. There the Justice
again united them. "And this time, p
said he, as he concluded the ceremony,
"you are married, sartin, sure"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-22
THE KANSAS FRUIT AT LOWELL.

We find in the Lowell journal oil
the Sth the following description of the
Kansas fruit at the great New England
Fair:
Beginning where we left off in our
yesterdays account, on the first floor of
the building, we find the show of fruit
not very large for New England Fair
mot SO large as at the Concord Middle
sex fair for last year. The apples show
that this is the "off" year. The pears
seem to show similar state of things.
Somehow, people who raise fruit don't
bring it to the New England Fair.
Grapes are not ripe to any great extent
in this latitude. Peaches do not exist.
By this we don't mean to say that there
is no fruit on exhibition, but the show
is not quite what we ought to expect
from New England, and, indeed, is not
a fair sample of what we can do. Kan
sas is much better represented than
New England. At the invitation of
the officers, the Kansas Immigration
Society sent on a sample of Kansas pro-
ducts. Mr.. Henry Newman, of Osawa-
tonne, assisted by Messrs. Cushman
and Haven, came on in charge of the
samples, and has placed them on q
pyramid near the center of the lower
hall, tastefully arranged and surmount-
ed by the grizzly pate of a bull buffalo
from the Kansas plains. The display is
the center of a crowd of admiring OBJ
servers. It is really wonder. But
yesterday "Osawatomie" Brown was
fighting border ruffians in the wild
State. To-day Osawatomie Newman
brings all the fruits of peace and cfviIi-
zation from her borders. Standing
near the dividing line of imaginary
latitude, as laid down by Mason and
Dixon, she partakes of the climstes of
both sides, and gives us sweet potatoes
as fine almost as the Carolinas, and Irish
potatoes as fine as those of Maine.
Her corn (and there are samples here)
is seventeen feet high, and produces
ears which bear 1000 kernels. Here
are all the favorite Eastern apples
magnified. Luscious pears-magnified
All the cereals plump, heavy and clean.
And grasses to match. In viewing this
we must not forget how many hundred
miles this fruit has travelled, nor under
what difficulties it has been gathered.
The immigration Company published
an advertisement asking for contribu-
tons. They were gathered from differ
ent counties, and fairly represent the
products of the State. Some of the
fruit is a little out of season. Bartlett
pears, for instance, have 'gone by"
and the samples are not SO fresh as
though it were earlier. Many of the
apples had to be gathered before they
were fully grown. The peaches have
mostly rotted. But with all these draw
backs, Kansas is magnificent, and we
thank the company for affording us
this view of the wealth Of her produc-
ton.
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MARK TWAIN ON RAILROAD NUl.
SANCES.

And there were the peddlers. /
bought out the popcorn boy TO get rid
of him, because was trying to COM
pose poem for young lady's album,
and did not want to be disturbed. But
he came right back with stock of pea
nuts. / took few and hurried him
away, and he returned with some ice
cream candy. don't like ice cream
candy and peanuts together, but in
vested at once, because an inspired
rhyme had been born to me, and I
wanted to set it down before it slipped
my memory. Then the scoundrel came
back to me with tobacco and cigars, and
afterwards with oranges, imitation
ivory baby whistles, fig paste and ap-
pies. Then he went away and was
gone some time, and ! was encouraged
to hope the train had run over him.
He was only keeping his most malig-
nant outrage to the last. He was get
ting his literature ready.
And from that time forward that de-
graded youth did nothing. but march
from one car to another and afiict the
passengers with specimen copies of the
vilest blood-and-th thunder rOmances on
earth. s"The Periurors DOOM" and
"The Desperado's Revenge" were some
of his milder works, and on their backs
were pictures of stabbing ARRAYS and
duels, and people showing other people
over precipices, and wretched wood
cuts Of women being rescued from ter
rible perils of all kinds, and they are
always women who are so criminally
hOmely that any rigtminded man would
take placid satisfaction in seeing
them suffer sudden and violent death.
But that peddler boy peddled these
atrociogs books right along for hours
together, and gave up nay poem at
last, and devoted all my energies to
driving him away, and trying to say
things that would make him unhappy.
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THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.

The reports that have gained currency
in regard to the beneficial influence OF
the atmosphere of the Rocky Noun
tain regions upon persons affected with
pulmonary complaints have frequently
led physicians to entertain erroneous
ideas with reference to the effects Of
the mountain air, and to give their pa
tlents extremely injudicial advice. The
New York Sun says the Hon. William
D. Kelley, who has experienced great
benefits from a short sojourn in Colo
RADIO and Wyoming, has written letter
to the Philadelphia Press, in which he
endeavors to correct the wrong impress
sions that have obtained on this sub
ject. He says that the day is not far
distant when the plains, by which one
gradually ascends 5000 feet to the base
of the mountains, and the slopes and
valleys of the mountains will be recog-
niZed as q vast sanitarium. There is a
health-giVing power in their sun and
atmosphere that must be experienced
to be appreciated. The sun shines full
three hundred days in the year, and the
brief seasons in which the rains fall are
we'll defined, and may easily be avoid
ed. For asthmetic and bronchial dis
eases the sun and air of the Rocky
Mountains are almost absolute specifics
So, too, if properly applied, are they
for insipient diseases of the lungs; but
patients whose lungs are seriously af-
fected should not go direct to the noun.
tains, the more attenuated atmosphere
of which taxes for time the power tc
run, jump, climb hills, or indulge in
other violent exercise, of those whose
breathing apparatus 10 most perfect
The aid the mountain region affords tC
Gonsumptives from the sea-board and
Mississippi Valley States is relief from
the humidity of the atmosphere and
the excessive heat of summer, or tho
moist and excessive cold of winter
and the lower the altitude at which
they first avail themselves Of this the
better, People affected with asthma oil
bronchitis may find relief in almost any
part of Colorado or Wyoming that ha!
an elevation of from 5000 to 5000 feet
but those who are suffering from tuber.
cles or heart disease should avoid such
heights, or only approach them slowly
after strength has been gained on tht
lower plains. If consumptiYe findl
no relief at three thousand feet it viii
be we'll for him to go no further, bu
rather retrace his steps. QYspepsiR II
all its forms and nervous disorders arr
speedily relieved in the Rocky Noun
tain climate, which offers great advan
tagcs to the worn and exhausted bust
ness man, aud to those of either ser
who have been prostrated by Over-eK
ertion or harrassing cares
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statesmen-eYidence which has both
satisfied the people Of the United States
and carried conviction to even unwill-
ing hnanciers and hostile interests in
other nations.
The tables of statistics occupy too
much space for our columns, but we
give the following summary of eonclu-
sions and desire our readers to stndy
them well:
First-That in the first two years and
one month of the administration of
President Grant there has been an actu-
al reduction of the public debt to the
amount of S215, 765, 663.74.
Second-That the annual interest
charge to the people has within the
same period been reduced the snm of
S12, O62, 997. 96-consequently affording
permanent relief from taxation to that
amount.
Third-That the net gold discount ac-
tualIy realized to the public Treasury on
the purchase of bonds, by which pur-
chase the debt has been mainly reduced,
is 4,586, S38.56.
Fourth-That, in consequence of the
measures and policy of the Republican
Congress and Administration, the pub
lie credit, although greatly disturbed by
the war, advanced during the period
from the early part of the year 1861
(the close of the Democratic admins
tration of President Buchanan) to
March /, 1S69-reaching an aggregate
appreciation, as applied to the then ex-
istlng values and principal of the pub
lie debt, of $3.50, 100000; and by the
still more efficient administration of
President Grant, the public credit, as
referred to the now existing values and
debt april 1, 1871 has been further
advanced within a little more than two
years, making an appreciation during
this short period, as applicable to the
now existing debt, of S615, GOO, 600; al
the close of the last Democratic admin
istration early in 1861, applicable to the
existing values and debt, is $3.50, 000, 600.
Fifth-Within the period from March
4, 1869, to April l, 1871, the appreciation
of the National and National Bank cur
rency was twelve 12) per cent, making
an aggregate appreciation of SS5,OOO,-
coo which has accrued to the people in
consequence of the advancement of
public credit by the Republican policy.
Standardization of annual expendi- |
lures for the fiscal year 1669-70 as COM |
pared with the last year of Johnson's |
administration, $685., 193.07; as COM |
pared with the last year of Buchanan's |
administration, upon the same basis, Sc |
cents less, per capita, estimating the
S40,0O0,0O0, making an an
nual saving of l., 100000.
Seventh-The internal taxes and Gus
tom duties have, since the close of the
war for the suppression of the rebel |
lion, been reduced by the amount per
annum of S251, S48, S27.33.
Ei9hth-The postal service has been |
and increased in efficiency, |
and its comparative expenditures ma
terially reduced.
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HOW MOSQUITOES BITE.

Tie mosquito has a proboscis like an
elephant, only not so large. 1t viii,
however, look nearly as large under q
good microscope. He cannot do as
many handy things with it as the ele-
| plant can with his, but he can cause q
good deal of annoyance in small way
with it. 1t is hardly the thing to say
that the mosquito bites, for he has no
teeth. The microscope reveals the fact
that he carries pair of scissors in his
proboscis,-the neatest and sharpest lit
tie cutting tools you ever saw. He gets
his living by these. They are two deli
each other. When he is ready to make
meal off of us he first buZzes around
with those beautiful wings and sings a
beautiful song. If weslet him quietly
settle down, he picks out place on the
skin which is just to his liking. He is
very delicate aboutit When he gets
ready he puts his proboscis down,
flashes the little scissors out, and makes
neat cut, so that he can suck the blood
out. Then he drinks as much blood as
he wants, and is done his dinner. But
he does not leave yet. He is going to
pay his bill. He has taken our blood,
and he viii leave us something in ex.
change for it. With all his faults, ne is
an honest little fellow-after his fash
ion. He has the pay in his pocket,
ready to squeeze out before he goes.
1t is poison, but that makes no differ
ence to him. It is the best he has to
give US. His poison pocket is at the
head of his probOseis, and at the lower
end of his proboscis he has another lit
tie pocket, into which he puts poison
enough for one dose. This poison is
very powerful. A very little makes
the place where the musquito puts it
very sore. After he has sucked our
blood, he puts the drop of poison in the
place he took the blood from. It's not
the bite or cut that the mosquito makes
that hurts US, but the dropping of this
powerful poison into our flesh. If this
musquito were large enough to give a
powerful dose of this poison, it would
be bad for US. If he were as big as
kitten, and his poison as strong in pro-
portion, a bite from him would kill us.
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LONELY WORKERS.

Many Christians have to endure the
solitude of unnoticed labor. They are
serving God in a way which is exceed
ingly useful, but not at all noticeable
How very sweet to many workers are
those little corners of the newspapers
and magazines, which describe their la
bors and successes yet some who are
doing what God will think great deal
more of at the last, never saw their
names in print. Yonder beloved broth
er is Flooding away in q little country
village nobody knows anything about
him, but he is bringing souls to God.
duainted with him, and few precious
ones whom he has led to Jesus know
him well. Perhaps yonder sister has
little class in the Sunday School !;
there is nothing striking in her or her
class now and then little child as
cends to heaven to report her success,
and occasionally another comes into
the church; but nobody thinks of her
as very remarkable worker; she is a
flower that blooms almost unseen, but
she is none the less fragrant. There is
Bible woman: she is mentioned in
the report as making so many visits a
week, but nobody discovers all that she
is doing for the poor and needy, and
through her instrumentality. Hundreds
of Gods dear servants are serving him
without the encouragement of mans
approving eye, yet they are not alone.
The Father is with them. Never mind
where you work care more about how
you work. Never mind who sees, if
God approves. If he smiles, be content.
We cannot be always sure when we
are most useful. A certain msnister
with very great difficulty reached q
place where he had promised to preach.
There was deep snow upon the ground,
therefore only one nearer came. How
ever, he preached as zealously as If
there had been a thousand. Years af-
ter, when he was travelling in the same
part of the country, he idet q man who
had been the founder of o church in a
village, and from It scores of others had
been established. The man came to
see him, and said, ~ have good reason
to remember you, sir, for was once
your only nearer and what has been
done here has been brought about in.
strumentally through my conversion
under that sermon" We cannot esti-
mate our success. One child in the
Sabbath school converted, may turn
out to be worth five hundred. because
he may be the means of bringing ten
thousand to Christ. 1t is not the acre
| age You SOW it is the multiplication
which God gives to the seed which viii
make up the harvest. You have less
to do with being successful than with
being faithful. Your main comfort is,
that in your labor you are not alone,
| for God, the eternal One, who guides
the marches of the stars, is with you.
-Rer. G. II. SpwrgeOz.
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wosrAN.s LOVE.
BY JOHN HAY.


A sentinel angel, sitting high in glory,
Heard this shrin wall ring out from pufgatoFy'
"Hsye mercy mighty angel, hear my story
allowed and blind with passionate love fell.
Love brought me down to death, and death TO hei
For God Is Just, and death for Us Is wen"
~ do not rage against this high decree,
Nor for myself do ask that Grace shall be.
But for my love ON earth who monrns Tor me
ssesreaa Spirit let me see thy love again,
And comfort him one hour, and were fain,
To pay thousand years OF nre and pain
Then said the plying angel, shay, repent
That wild VOW Look the dial nnger'S bent
Down 10 the last hour of thy punishment
But still she walled; AZ pray thee let me so,
cannot rise TO peace and leave him So
Oh, let me soOthe him i'm his bitter Woef'
The brazen gates ground sallenly aJar,
And upward joyous, like Q rising star,
She rose and vanished in the ether lar.
But soon ad0wn the dying sunset sailing. e
And like q wounded bird her pinions trailing,
She nuttered back with broken heart waiting,
She sobbed 81 found him by the summer sea
Reclining his head upon malden's knee
She went .sfToyy let thy punishment begin,
IhaVe been fonnd and foolish, let me in
To expiate my sorrow and my SIM
The angel answered, sszay, each soul 20 higher,
To be deceived in thy true hearts desire.
Were bitterer than thousand years OF fire"