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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-21
BRIEF ITEMS.


The New England women are against
woman suffrage. This fact is settled by
actual figures.
"How much did he leave ?" inquired
q gentleman OF a Wag on learning of the
death of a wealthy citizen. Every
thing, responded the wag: she didn't
take dollar with him."
Lient. Gen. Sheridan is on his way
home from his visit TO Europe, where
he has been everywhere the recipient OF
the most marked attention. He is ex-
pected in New York during the present
month.
An advertisement was sent to the
printer in which occurs ed the words,
The Christians Dream: No Cross, No
Crown" The laundering composiior
made it read, The Christians Dream
No Goes. No Cream!'7
1t is said that Forest is the richest of
al! the American actors, being woI ii,
nearly 100000; and that Joseph JEFF
(erson and John Z. Owens. rank next.
The latter owns a farm of about 400
acres near Baltimore, Nd, his native
city. and is reported to be worth over
S700,0OO.
The Health Officer one day last week
IN Chicago made a raid upon the game
dealers, and condemned 10000 quail
and prairie chickens ss being tainted
aud unit for use, by reason of the hot
weather. They were fed to the hogs.
This game was killed in Southern lii
nois, where they appear TO indulge in
the cruel practice of Strengthening game
in the breeding season.
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SEVERE STORM At FLORENCE.
A Man Killed by L:ghtning-Several Per
SONS Injured.
Correspondence Of TnE EMPoRIA NEWS.

Correspondence of THE EMPoRIA NEWS.
FLORENCE, KAN. April 18th, 1871.
EDS. EMPoRIA News AS you have
already heard, and probably noticed i'll
your columns, the above village was
the scene, last Friday p. M, of danger,
excitement and death. An unusual
and indeed highly eccentric storm of
wind, rain and hail, attended with light
ming, prevailed along the Cottonwood
valley. AT o'clock, p. m, one fash at
Florence, almost like an earthquake,
stunned the entire village, knocked
down some half dozen and killed one
At George O'Brien's, CONTRACTOR
on the railroad. it proved the worst.
Having a new cottage and nice stove,
the fluid streamed down the pipe, OPEN
ing little cracks where it Joined the
boiler, and was distinctly seen by Mrs.
D 'Brien as it passed through in jets, and
glaringly illuminated all That part OF
the room. The reservoir aid all the
stove griddles were thrown heltef-Skel-
ter, while two or three plaHks in The
new and well jointed floor By the side
of the stove were torn up; aud at the
same time the doorstep, and underpin-
uing near the door, were hurled
from their places. In the cot
tage were Mrs. O'BIien, two small
children and a Young lady. The latter,
and one of the children near her, were
felled TO the hcor. while Mrs. O'Brien
and the other child on The bedside were
but slightly affected. In a few moments
the two FRUSTRATED recovered so as 10
feel no Injurious results.
About sixty feet from the cottage
stood little house, on which man was
Il work, while near by was Mr.. O'Brien
and one Dir. Andrew Mahon, who, as
the rain began to CAL, took shslter with
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-21
HOW DEW Is FORMED.

The familiar fact of the formation of
moisture on the outside ola pitcher filled
with cold water, on a warm summers
day, furnishes an easy solution of the
manner in which dew is formed. 1t has
been observed by all that water is evap-
Grated by heat-that it is changed from
fluid to an ariform state if the pres
ence of heat effects such a result we
would naturally infer that its absence
would effect the opposite result; that
vapor coming in contact with the cold
surface of bodies would be changed
phere is composed of oxygen, nitrogen,
aqueous vapor, carbonic acid, &c. When
the warm vapor comes in contact with
the cold surface of the pitcher it is
changed into fluid state, and what, the
previous moment, was in contact with
the pitchers surface in the form of va
por, is now in contact with il in the
form of water. In precisely the same
manner is dew formed. Exchange the
pitcher for the earth, and we have
the same principle re-enacted, but on a
much grander scale. The surface of
the earth gives up its heat by radiation
very rapidly after sunset, so that the
warmer atmosphere coming in contact
with the earth is rapidly cooled. 1t
cannot, therefore, hold all its moisture
in an eriform state, but gives up a por-
ton of it, which gathers on the ground
and upon the surfaces of other objects
in liquid form. And this is the way
in which dew is formed.
The reason why dew is not formed to
any great extent on cloudy nights may
not be apparent to all. All may have
observed, however, that cloudy nights,
other things being equal, are always
warmer than cioudless nights. That
we have frost only when the weather
is clear. The earth does not lose its
heat with any great degree of rapidity
in cloudy weather. The clouds intercept
ing the rays of heat, do not allow them
to pass on but turn them back again to
the earth, so that in this. way the sur
face is not allowed to cool. The aque-
Gus vapor in contact with the earth af-
ter sunset undergoes, therefore, no pro-
cess of condensation by which, on clear
nights, It is made 20 give up its moist
ure in the form of dew drops. Frost is
simply frozen water.
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As you have been fully Instructed ID
regard 70 town site matters, Is Is not
necessary here to give special directions
TO you on this point, aud your aiten-
ton is called to the proYiso as tho asl-
LhOritY for allowing town site entries
upon these Lands.
With reference 10 entries to be made
by half-breed or mixed hoods OF The
Osages, yon will observe the following
rules:
The party claiming under that pro-
vision must make affidavit that he or
she is a haif-breed or mixed blood OF
the Osages, and is over twenty
years of age, or the lead of a family :;
that they claim the tract: describing II,
under the above proyiso, and that they
have made actual settlements aud i'm
provemenis on said iand, describing the
character Of such settlement and iHl-
provement.
The claimant must support this affi-
daYiL by the testimony OF two Witness
es who shalt make oath identifying The
party as u half-breed or mixed blood vi
the Usage, entitled to The beuefits of
the proviso and sustaining his or her
allegations OF settlement aud improve
ment
This proof the Register and Receiver
stract of the claims; thereafter ii the
said proof is satisfactory To this Office,
you will be authorized to issue to- the
party entitled "a certificate OF IL
lie. A form OF certificate will be sent
you when the first cases receive the ac-
lion of this office.
Ii is not necessary that the party
| shall prove residence on the Land III
the date OF the application to enter, but
that lie had made settlement aud inn
proyemenls on the land prior to the 81
Of March 1871, and has sfnce kept up q
connection with the tract.
You viii observe that these claims
only refer to the diminished reserve
therefore none OF The Usage Tfus
| Lands are embraced in its provisions.
BE pleased To acknowledge the receip
| of this.
Very Respectfully,
| (Signed WILLIS DRUMMSD,
commissioner.
| Approved:
(Slgned) c. DELANo,
Secretary of the Interior.
We have not yet received the PIats O
survey for the Diminished Resery,
Lands, and are not therefore prepare,
to receive applications tor the purchas
OF any OF these lands at present
Due notice will be given of the tim
when such applications will be receives
at this Office.
Land Office. Humboldt, Kas., Apri
18th, 1871.
WATSON STEWART,
Register.
ID. d. EMMERT,
Receiver.
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The LeavcnwOrth Times, in one OF
those excruciatingly funny moods for
which 1t is becoming SO celebrated OF
late, under the head of religious per-
sonals, has the following in relation to
our new Congressman "Silney Clarke
does not believe in the gratitude of Re-
publics, and Judge Lowe don't attend
church because they are open only on
Sunday-his busiest day." That would
be very witty if it were true. Judge
Lowe attends DR.. Sunderland's pres
byterianl church regularly.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-21

Franl; Blair, in his speech in the Sen
ate the other day, on Ku Klux, called
ex-senator Revels "vagrant Niger"
Rcvels might retaliate by calling Frank
n drunken copperhead. Revels would
have the advantage of truth:ulness
while Frank lied. 1t is worse to be a
drunken copperhead than ''a vagrant
vf0garv
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-21

ANOTHER SALE.-Mr. Winans, Re-
publican member of the New York leg
islature, announced in that body, on Sat-
urday, that he should hereafter vote
with the Democratic party. The All
nouncement was received with cheers
from the "unterrified." They have now
a clear majority in that body. The
price paid to Winans is not stated.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-21

The Augusta Crescent is informed
that "Jake Stotler" never sent a tele-
gram from Washington concerning the
Augusta land Office. Will it do US the
justice to correct its falsehood about us
in its issue of April 14th, now that the
county seat election is over. We can
not see what right the Crescent has to
get up bogus telegram and sign our
name to it. We never authorized it to
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-21

proyement OF its patrons. and the pecuniary
profits Of fits Publisher. II will belong TO no
Ii win be dependent ON nothing excepting
the good will and best interests ofits readers"
Newspaper men will recognize the
Joke in the statement about the 'tpecun-
iarv profits of its publisher" Coming
from Kalloch, that's tolerably good.
But we hope everybody will patronize
the paper when it is started, due notice
of which will be made by us.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-21

1t is fact which fogies ought to
know, that Senator Morrill,, of Vermont,
delivered his long speech against San
Domingo, after everybody had quit
talking about it, and after the President
had sent in his message announcing that
he would not push the matter further
1t was said that Morrill, is stiDgy and
that he had spent three months in writ
ing his speech, and that he hated to lose
the paper
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-21

KANSAS FARMER.-The Kansas Far
mer for April is before us. A Tasty
glance over its pages gives US the i'm
preston it is very interesting num-
Der. We believe we have as good an
agricultural paper as there is in the
West. 1t only costs 81 year. Every
body ought to take IL.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-21

Water was made to be rather
an important agency in the con-
stitution of any bodies. The physical
part of man consists of few pounds OF
solid matter distributed through six
pail-fuls of water. Four-fifths of our cor
portal frame are composed entirely OF
this wonderful fluid. And so it may
truthfully be said that water is mans
natural element.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-21

Rev. James Bradley, of Saginaw,
Michigan, fell dead Saturday evening,
on 26th street, New York. He had
been appointed by the Melhodists OF
Michigan as Missionary TO the Chip
pewa Indians, and was on his way to
Washington to secure the confirmation
of his appointment.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-21
THE Usage LANDS.

In this paper will be found full in
siructions to the officers of the U. S.
Land Office, in regard to the disposal
of the Usage Diminished Reserve and
Trust Lands. We hope this article will
prove OF special interest to many OF our
readers. They should preserve the pa
per containing it.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-21

VIM. II. Grey, st. Louis merchant,
had dispute with a daryInan about
loading goods, on Monday, when the
drayman struck him with dray pin in
the back of the head, from the effects
of which lie died in two hours.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-21

Z. p. Whipple, in the Atlantic Month
~, estimates the wealth of the United
States in 1900 at S4l5,000,0O0,0OO. The
rate of increase in the ten years has
been over one hundred aud twenty-six
per cent, aud it is computed it this rate
is preserved through the four decades
the taxable value of the United States
would approximate the above amount.
The enormous undeveloped resources
of the United States are not to be esti-
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-21

The Alma Herald has been changed
to the Alma Union, and is now pub
lished by 5. ii. Fairfield. It is edited
by II. NJ. Tunnel and Miss Lizzie r.
Burt. Mr.. Tunnel was formerly a
resident OF Emporia. We wish him sue
cess in his new field.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-21

The wire for the telegraph line on the
A. 4. & S. F. road arrived at Topeka
Tuesday. It viii be put mp to this
place by tho middle of next week. The
wire will be run to the end of the track
at once.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-21
GRASSES AND CLOVER.
Do they Do Well in Kansas.

A subscriber of the Kansas Farmer,
writing at Albany, New York, has ad-
dressed the following inquiries TO that
paper, OH the subject of grasses in Kan
sas. We publish the extract and the
Farmers reply, which latter we consid-
or as very reliable OH the subject of
grasses i'll Kansas.
The correspondent of the Farmer
says:
/ would like some information
to whether the cultivated GRASSES aud cIu-
Yer grow well in your State. l have purchas-
ed a half section in Marshall county, on the
Central Branch railroad. 1t Is upland prairie.
and would like TO know il. after lakins two or
three crops from IL, whether 1t can be seeded
down with the tame grasses, with good pros
prct of sureess. l would, aiso, like To know
II can obtain from upland prairie, hay suf-
hcient Tor wintering stock, with little trouble?
Ur Is your hay crop cut from the bottom lands?
Ii the latter Is The case | snail be sadly disap-
pointed IN my purchase, for did not take
that into consideration in making my pur-
chase, hut II has been an after thought, coin
ing from something read in All agricultural
paper. Hoping 10 lind these inquiries answer
ed in some future number OF your paper, and
that fIyorably rs regards the hay question,
remain, yours truly.
THOMAS II. SCHUYLER.
To these inquiries the Farmer replies
as follows:
The tame grasses have been tried only
to limited extent in Kansas; but so
far as they have been tried, have sue
ceeded well. The great abundance Of
prairie grass has, no doubt, been the
cause Of delay, rather than ANY doubt
on the part CT our farmers that the tame
grasses will not succeed. All along the
old military highways the blue grass
has obtained start, and in places there
will be found several acres where it has
rooted out the. prairie grass, and proves
conclusively that all it needs is tor the
seed to be applied to the soil. Timothy
has, in few Instances within our
knowledge, been sown for meadow
and in no other place have we seen such
vigorous growth. Hon. j. l. Larimer,
full farmers, informs It's that his neigh
Dor, Mr.. Mcnamara, has a meadow OF
timothy, of some years standing, which
excelis anything he ever saw in Penn
sylvania, the heads growing from four
TO six inches in length. Mr.. L. also in
forms US that he is sowing quite large
ly this winter on his own farm, of both
timothy and clover, having demonstrat-
ed that the latter succeeds well. We
have seen several pieces nf clover our
self, which were all that could be de-
sired. We do not think there is a rea-
sonable doubt but what all the valuable
grasses will succeed in Kansas. The
high prairie yields an abundance of hay,
and of a quality far superior to the bot
tom land. 1t yields, ordinarily, from
one to one and a half tuns per acre.
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Rassinger

EFNHIS well known stallion will stand the
Il coming season ~ my place three miles
northeast OF Emporia, except on Saturdays
when he will stand at this place at Knox's
feed stable on 9th avenue.
Terms: $40 to insure mare with foal; So for
tne season payable at the end of the season:
50 for single service, payable as soon as SER
wee Is rendered Great care will be taken To
prevent accidents, but will be aecOunta Bile
Tor none. Season TO commence April 18th and
end July lst. 1871.
Ml6-I9 IRA HINSHAW
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1t is stated that DIR. Mary Walker is not
going TO accompany Captain Hall to the
North Pole. o, Lords That's awful !!
We hope she will change her mind.
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The question as to what was to be-
come of Kalloch, has been one of some
anxiety on the part of his creditors and
friends. Some of the papers said he
was going to Europe, which created
something of a panic among those who
had little unsettled accounts against
him. That is somewhat lengthy and
perilous trip, and these fond friends
thought they would run some risk of
losing sight of him forever. They didn't
want him to go If he could help il with
out first seeing" them. Other papers
have been circulating the story that he
was going to start mammoth tavern
in the mountains. His creditors and
cronies looked upon this announcement
with considerable favor. His well
known epicurean tastes were sufficient
guaranty that he would keep a good
table, and they looked with pleasure
upon the prospect of boarding with him
for few months during the summer,
on the score OF cold acquaintance"
But Isaac probably drought of this,
anu TcluScO " et}tEb u nOlel. 1le was
afraid he would have too many Kansas
6oarders. His hotel would have been
popular among Kansas pleasure seek
ers. Isaac is about thirty-nine and has
travelled around somewhat. But the
minds of his friends are now at case.
In card in the Lawrence Tribune of
Tuesday he announces that he is going
to start paper, which he intends to
call the "KansGs Rural" It is to be
"a journal of Home aud Husbasdry."
Now his friends know he will neEer
have any money, and are sad. OF this
paper he says:
az intend. as soon rs all necessary arrange
mentS can he made, to publish an eight-page
weekly paper that everybody In Kansas will
want TO take, and that nobody can ever do
without. AFTER they haze enec taken II. Ali
the children viii cry for e. 1t Will be indie
pendent in everything. neutral In nothing;
Somethiug after the style Of its editor. It will
DO devoted 20 the intellectual and moral i'm
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-21

The Missouri editorial aud publish
ers' convention will meet this year al
st. Joseph, some time in tho latter
part of May. Col. Coleman, the presi-
dent of the association, informs US thai
1t is the intention to invite the Kansas
editors to attend. An excursion to Oma-
ha is on the programme. We hope the
Kansas editors will respond to the invi-
tation more numerousiy than they did
last year. We want MiIt Reynolds, the
president of our association, to be OH
hand with one of his best speeches.
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White Mountain Rov,

E1NOUR years old in June. is probably the fastest
II ioan or track horse of his age in Kansas He
comes OF one of the best trottiug families the
Eastern states FearnAught, u near relative. trot-
te IN 25S, at Buffalo In 1862 winning the $1U coo
stakes over the best trotteTs of the day. Draco
Trlnce another near relative. has tTotte in 2:2i.
Dung fearnaught, another trottesl in 81. when
four years old, winning the four-year old colt
stakes from the best of the Hambletonians and
from Hitchcock's famous lilly, Highland Ash, of
Mambrino CHIEF blood
Gen Lyon. the sire of white Mountain Bow
Is the finest trotter in New Hamps at the pres
cnt time and is the sire of the f+stest colts
state They have taken the first premium for speed
the last two successive seasons at the New England
taIr in 1870, and at the State Fair in 1859 The
gFliltislre OF Mountain Boy the old Morrill,
horse: of Danville. Vt, the finest trotter in
New England in his day; and he is the sire, grand
SIRE anu great grlndsre of more fine trotterS than
any oiher horse ever owned in the East, except it
may be Rysdyk's HsmbletOnian. White Mountain
Soy, on his sire's side is OF the best Morgan and
Messenger blood tracing directly back to he IA
nous horses Justin Morgan and Old Messenger
HIS colt OF last year. sired when he was Just two
years OLD, was pronounced by borSemen the best
and mosf promising weanling in the State showing
az SIX months the same splendid troting action OF
MS sire, and was a colt OF fine size.
The services of this Young horse can he had
gratis Tor the present season for few drst-class
mares showing an equal trotting action with him
sell: and not exceeding five years of age
well bred mares OF good size and aciiOn will be
served at reasonable rates AMI among this family
these. "
Persons wishing to patronize this horse will
pIeilSe apply to A W. ROLLINS
dI32 I4O-U16-Ia ~
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A movement Is ia progress ia Ohio
to bring about closer internal relation
between the Baplisis and the disciples
of Christ, or 'Cambellitas."
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-21

How many good men have died in
the attempt to prove to the world that
there could be such thing as "mod-
crate drinker."
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-21

Cows require abundance @ If,ia -.- I. -ce
make them fat Tut 90 key up e.. VS. col
milk. Farmers and tHiTr HTtt~t ne, ..tI
iudicious Of Leis' C0-'G5siO. PA -s~r g.
How of milk j. greatly iI'rtsft5 T. -i--- 'is
proved Al grIrs lnncrS aid iis ssir5,.
at removed Ter AZ ~ E.yE.s r.
cal Healing SnzVe-vil Lc4i tI So. - ,a..-
catioI luur AVIS also ttuiTc 5sr.
and stmulanf. UsinE this !owG'T ~ 81 ti go
worms, with which young ste Ok iscs't-' -
OF the year promotes tafteniuZ, prevents s,o- -,
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Total

PERsoNAL.-Col.N n. S. Goss is in the
city looking after the Interests of the
AichisOu, Topeka Il Santa Fe railroad
company in its land grant. The COM
pany is fortunate in securing the inter
ests of the Colonel as land attorney
Ills large experience i'll land matters
and success in working up aud defend
ing the franchises OF his pet enterprise,
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad
company, (who still retain his services
within the limits of their grant.) has
won for him a reputation he may well
be proud OF, for il has been reached BY
undnsreriag .Jideiiiy, uHtiFiag energy
and ptUck-qualiticaIions we heartily
admlre.-1'Opeka Commonwealth.
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Lefs' Powder is excellent re1aF5v !, 3 les
The farmer will lie ice TO know that lrC p 90. 81 e.
cient remedy fer the VaIicrs dit:s's IL v!;fF --
animals subject, is GEnd in LGts' Csa' 2! 5ss-
Powder. For MstemTrr. 'ufirr /. :ii II ci !} ...-
Coughs Fevers Sore lungs Neasr<, :ore 81 as--t
Hog hOera, Sore Tea;s. Kidney y YRS. So. >
paper added to tub Of So II fytT sIre; = tttz
preventive. Ii promotes tgcS1i' 'ri..'s i'.c
and is therefore the HEsg :. iHtt'Iirs H..
N. B-REWARE OF COCE TER E'T1E-s'
ERS.-To protect niysel[ and The public IT, Il
imposed upon by worthless limitations seE The sign
ture of the proprietor upon each package witE0at uiic
genuine.
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INSTRUCTIONS
For the Disposal of the Usage Indian Trust
and Diminished Reserve Lands.

EDS. UNION Herewith we furnish
you Tor publication such extracts from
letter cf Instruction from Commits
-ioner OF the General Land Office, under
date OF MARCH 18th, 1871, fOr the dis
postal OF the Dosage Indian Trust and
Diminished Reserve lands" as will be
OF interest to the settlers upon those
lands