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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-28

extending from stitch to stitch. The machines
thus operating are called shuttle machines
Second-This stitch is also made with an
eye-pointed nee lie; stationary bobbin hold
ing the lower thread and a rotating hook
which eeizes the loop { the upper thread on
its being thrust through the cloth, throws it
Thus are two threads interIoeked, and the
point being drawn into the fabric stitch il
formed, and succession Of such stitches forms
q seam.
The first method Is that of Mr.. Hunt. as ,,s.
ed by the Empire. The second is that of A.
b. wilson, as used by the Wheeler & Wilson
and Elliptic.
The Empire, in forming stitches by the first
method. has this great advantage, it requires
but three-fourths Of an inch of loop or slack
thread for the shuttle to pass through, and the
loop is Immediately drawn up as the needle
raises, while the shuttle passing on tightens
the lower thread at the same time. Thus as
with the two hands of the harness maker. the
stitch is drawn tightly into the goods, and each
stitch is perfect and complete before the next
is made.
By the second method, "a. b. WiIson's), as
used by the Elliptic and Wheeler & Wilson, in
making the lock-stitch the bobbin remains
stationary, only turning TO give out the thread
rs il is consumed. The rotating hook carries
the thread around the bobbin and there drops
it, leaving loop three inches long, containing
six inches of thread, which has to be pulled
back through the goods the next stitch. This
has four insurmOuntabie objectiOns
First-The end of the thread must be held
and tangles; and if held, ii wastes SIX inches
of thread in starting and stopping.
Second-If the goods are thick and tightly
woven it will break the thread, before it would
pull this loop back through the goods and
draw up the stitch.
Third-The six inches OF thread have to be
pulled back and forth until it is used up; it |
will last to sew four inches of seam, which, ut
forty stitches to the inch. requires TO be drawn
back and forth through the goods one hundred |
and sixty times. This frs Iicn of wear on the |
thread, greatly weakens il, If il does not wear
il of; consequently the seam is liable to rip.
FOurth-There being no tension GU the low |
er thread, it is impossible to draw the stitch |
alike on both sides without Using finer thread |
on the bobbin than on the spool, and then il Is |
not possible to govern the tension properly /
on all grades of work.
From these reasons this method of making /
he stitch can only be used for thin or loose |
fabrics. Its capacity to sew over seams, or
even over thick or starched goods, renders it /
mpracticable for the great variety of family /
sewing.
The Empire Sewing Machine Company have
prepared tables from careful experiments, by
Iarious operations, showing the exact time
'eQuired t0tstitch each part of garment by
land and with q machine. Subjoined is a |
summary of several of these tables.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-28
LETTER FROM PARSONS.
It's Rapid GrOWth-0 Organization Of City
Government, Etc.
Parsons, KAN, April 10, 1871.


Parsons, KAN, April 10, 1871.
To THE EDITORS OF THE EMPoRIA
NEWS NO doubt your readers would
be pleased to hear from their yonng
giant of the Southeast.
Parsons is now about two months
old, as the memory of man rpnneth.
Two months ago only the bare but
fruitful prairie met the eye of the pass
ing stranger. To-day there is an infant
city, numbering about eight hundred
heard save the plaintive cry of the wild
bird. To-day the din of the carpenters
hammer is fairly deafening, Houses
are rising like phantoms from the soil.
Elegant stores are already displaying
the rich wares of commerce to the fas-
cinated gaze of The natives. Everything
rings to the magic music of business.
Under the statute providing for the
organization of cities CT the third-class,
the citizens of Parsons assembled in
mass convention for the nomination of
city officers last evening, with the fol-
lowing results: For Mayor, Willard
Davis; Police Judge, Mr.. Partridge !;
together with G fpll complement of sage
councilmen. The election Occurs on
the 25th inst. The city government
will be in working order by the first of
May, and we will clear our town of
these pests of civilization, grog sellers,
&c, soon after. The town lot company,
of which Mr.. Davis is agent, is dispos-
ing oflcts rapidly; prices, however. are
rather stiff. The country around Par
sons for miles, rivals the richest dis
tricts of eastern Kentucky in beauty of
landscape, undulating surface and fer
die soil. a beautiful and rapidly flow
ing stream eDcircles the town on three
sides, at distance of a mile from the
square, enhancing to remarkable de-
gree the beautiful scenery. We are
somewhat overstocked with profession
al men, but there is plenty of room for
mechanics, aud the country sadly needs
sturdy, Industrious farmers. We will
write the news of our city for yop oc-
casionally if you desire it.
II. MAY. ID.
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Grafton of the tropics, carry the rain
clouds eastward over the continental
divide, and distribute their moisture
over the fertile belt" stretching from
the mountains to the lakes. Further
south the mountains, with their greater
altitude, act as wall against the warm,
moist, west winds; hence the colder
winters and the aridity of portions of
the regions south of Montana and east
of the mountains. That the climate of
that new Northwest which is now to
be opened to settlement, travel and
trade is such as to make it congeniaI
home for the migrating millions of
Central and Northern Europe, aud the
crowded portions of one own land there
is no doubt.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-28

Governor Harvey has written a let
ter to the President protesting against
allowing Red Cloud, the Sioux, and
other Indians 10 hunt on our frontier.
The Leavenworth, Lawrence s. Gal
weston railroad company has been grant
ed permission to change its route. 1t
will run across through Montgomery
county and down the Verdigis.
At the election OH the herd law in
Marion county, few days ago, the pro.
position received IT'S majority out of o
vote of 23I. We should judge the peo-
pie of that county are rather in favor of
the herd law.
The Marion Center paper has chang
ed proprietors and name. 1t is now
called the Western Giant. A. W. Rob-
inson retires, and John L. Murphy takes
charge. There is scarcely room to
doubt but that the change will be bene-
fetal to the paper. We wish it may
become good local paper, as the new
proprietors promises it shall. Success
attend it and the town in which it is
printed.
L. J. Perry, who has just returned
from the southwest, informs the Tope-
ka Record that EldoradO retains the
county seat of Butler county. 1t had 81
majority in vote of nearly 1900. In
Augusta 10 votes were cast for Eldora-
do, and In the latter place for Angus
ia. Mr.. Perry thinks it is probable that
the Land Office will remain at Augusta.
He says that there is great excitement
in the southwest about the new town
of Newton.s Every one wants lot in
that prospective town. Mr.. Perry says
that the emigration into the southwest
ern part of the State is beyond anything
ever before witnessed.
Marion Center now contains two no.
tells, several boarding houses, one res
three dry-goods and general
stores, one provision and feed store, one
drug store, one tin and stove store, one
hardware store, one furniture store, one
harness shop, two boot and shoe shops,
one meat market, one millinery store,
two blacksmith shops, one wagon max
err, three agricultural and farm imple-
ment depots, two land Offices, two livery
stables, two netaries, three preachers,
two physicians, three lawyers, one
Office, host of mechanics,
good school, temperance organization
with 100 members, etc. According to
the Giant the place is prospecting finely.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-28

Ex-Secretary Cox thinks that an army
of hundred thousand soldiers would
not be able to restore peace at the south
A Springfield, Massachusetts, motheu
left her little boy At home to amuse him.
self with matches, and when she re.
turned, met him in the street, crying.
bureau drawer, and a lot of red shirted
men came with great big tea-ketfle
and squirted water all over the house.
They saved the cellar door,
Milwaukee has got a Turkish-bath,
and the citizens are Disgusting them
selves by getting peeled. An editor
there took bath the other day and
went home; his wife drove him
and make affidavit that he was her hus-
band. Then she wouldn't believe il I'M
til she examined his pocket-book and
found it empty, as usual, and railroad
pass inside.
If the late storm in Kansas caused
any of our people to indulge in remarks
rejecting upon the climate, the remarks
will be recalled when it is known that
men, women and children persisted by
the storm in Iowa and Nebraska. The
Wedther HeTtaDOuLs was COOL, Out no
one froze to death. In Western Iowa
the mercury was 80 degrees above zero
last Wednesday week and last Sunday
two girls were frozen to death. After
all, Kansas - the best place under the
sun.
During IL delivery of Mr.. Morrill's
argument against the annexation of San
Domingo, Mr.. Trumhlli went into the
ladies gallery to converse with friends.
A stranger sitting in the next seat, and
eagerly looking for the ''lions," tapped
him upon the shoulder and asked,
(which is Trumbull's seat?" It was
pointed out. "And where is Trum-
bull2" "He is not on the floor
just now" Soon after the stran-
ger put the same question to
reporter, and his curiosity was satisfied,
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-28
Avoid Consumption.

No enemy OF the human race is more to be
dreaded, and is more insiduous in its approach
es. than that too fatal and generally prevalent
areh-destroyer Of health and happiness of
myriads-'Consumption in its CHASTITY FORM"
The duty of all is to guard against its first ad-
vances. This may be done by the timely use
of EDWARD WILDER's COMPOUND EXTRACT
OF WILD CHERRY. n preparation especially
recommended as affording certain relief for all
Pulmonary Complaints. Before it Coughs,
Colds, and Catarrhs rapidly disappear. 1t
affords prompt and decided comfort in cases of
Bronchitis, Laryngitis, and Asthma or Phthis-
ic. Likewise. it is of the highest use in
relieving the difficult breathing and distress
ing cough of those afflicted with Consumption
In all eases of Pneumonia or Winter Fever it
is indispensable. 1t has no equal in taste, effi-
cheney. and power. Wherever used it has not
only given present relief, but effected perma-
nent cures.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-28
PURIFY THE BLOOD.

The most active, energetic, unfailing and
rapid remedy known for those numerous dis
eases incident to an impure state of the blood
is EDWARD WILDER's SARsAPARILLA AND
Potash. This great Medicine stands without
a rival. 1t is perfectly peerless. Manufac-
tured with the utmost care from the purest
and costliest materials, it has achieved repu.
tation for potency and thoroughness that
places it in the front rank Of popular remedies.
Cure is guaranteed in every case, where the
directions are followed, for those diseases, the
most terrible of which the human body can be
subject, namely: Scrofula IN all itsifOrms; ev-
cry known variety Of Constitutional Syphilis,
or Nenereal Disease, Neuralgia, Skin Diseases,
no matter how old or inveterate, Chronic
Rheumatism, Srrofulous Sore Eyes, Glandular
Swellings Of the Neck, or elsewhere, Chronic
Chills and Fever, letter, Weeping Sore Leg.
Ulcers Of every kind, Pimples on the Face,
Ringworm. Scald-head, Falling out Of the
Hair, or Allopecia, White Swelling, Hip Joint
Disease, Chronic Erysipelas, Ague Cake,
Dropsy, etc.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-28
CLIMATE OF THE NEW NORTHWEST.

HaIper's Weekly, in a recent interest
ing article descriptive of the country
traversed by the route of the Northern
Pacific Railroad, gives the following
reasonable explanation of the remarka-
bic mildness of climate and fertility of
soil which characterizes the vast region
which has come to be known as the New
Northwest. That journal says:
The fact of the mildness of the CHI
mate which prevails along the belt of
country tributary to the line of the
Northern Pacific Railroad, is abundant
~ established. No where between
Lake Superior and Puget Sound is the
climate colder than in Minnesota; and
this great State is not surpassed as a
wheat-producing region, or in health
fulness of atmosphere. Dakota Is very
similar to Minnesota; and from Dakota
westward the climrte steadily modities,
until, i'll Oregon aud Washington Ter
ritory, there is almost no winter at all
aside from rainy season, as i'll Cali
fornia. Throughout Dakota, Montana,
aud Northern Idaho cattle and horses
range out all winter, and in the spring
are fat and strong. Records kept by
goyerpmentt officers at the various mill
itary stations on the upper waters of
the Missouri show that the average an
nual temperature for q series of years
has been warmer in Central Montana
than at Chicago or Albany. This re-
markable modification of climate, the
existence of which no well informed
person now questions, Is due 10 several
natural causes, chief among which are
these: First, the country lying between
IL. -nst, IL, /,
some 5000 feet than the belt lying i'm
mediately south. The highest point on
the line of the Northern Pacific road is
5000 feet lower than the corresponding
summit of the Union and Central line.
Both the Rocky and the Cascade ranges,
where they are crossed by the Northern
Pacific route, ere broken down to the
low elevations compared with their
height 400 miles southwark. This diff.
ference in altitude would account for
much as the difference in climate, as
four degrees of temperature are usual
I lyTEllowed for each 1000 feet ofeleva.
! ton. But, second, the warm winds
! from the South Pacific, which prevail
in winter and laided b. the warm oceaT
currents corresponding to our Atlantis
Gulf Streaml, produce the genial climate
| OF our Pacific coast, pass over the low
mountain ridges to the north of latitude
AZ, and carry their sofIening effect ia
inland, giving TO. Eastern Washington
the climate OF Virginia, and TO Monts
4 ma the climate of Ohio, without it
] dampness and chill.
The same cause.-The depression o
the mountain ranges toward the nortl
accounts for the abun 5ant RAINFALL il
nearly all parts Of this vast area. Tn
southwest winds, saturated by tbs evap
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-28
STATE ITEMS.

Sedgwick county adopted the herd
law by large majority.
Ii LUcK.-Sol. Miller has been APP
pointed city treasurer of White Cloud
A Methodist church aud parsonage
arctic be erected at Marion Center this
season.
Marion county is going to vote on 3
proposition to issue bonds TO build four
bridges in that county.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-28
THE
THE
Of TIE Aas!!

EDWARD WILDER's FAMOUS STOMACH BIT
TIERS certainly cure Dyspepsia, Liver COM
plant. Indigestion in all its forms. Intermit-
tent Fever, Fever and Ague, and all periodical
diseases. It relieves Collie and FIux. Cures
costiVeness, proves an ipyigorant of a mild and
delightful character for delicate females; acts
asan Alternative and tonic for family purposes;
recuperates the wasted and debiIitated frame,
strengthens the appetite, and improves the d.
gestve forces. 1t is unlike all other bitters, its
basis being pure old Bourbon or copper-distil-
led Whisky, while the body of all rival prep
arations is common raw Whisky>or Alcohol,
which is in the highest degree deleterious to
the system. This fact has of itself strongly
commended ii to the confidence Of the public,
and its usefulness has been attested by the
unsolicited certificates Of leading men in the
medical profess on and the holy ministry.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-28

1t is understood that Governors Hoff-
man, of New York, and 'Clafiin, of
Massachusetts, have accepted invitations
to take part in the ceremony of inau-
guration of the statute of Prof. Morse in
Central Park. 1t is to be unveiled by
Governor Ciaflin. The Inauguration
address, it is said, viii be delivered by
VIM. Cullen Bryant.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-28
BEWARE OF ARSENIC.

And all arsenical compounds. Better, far
better, endure shaking and quaking life
through than tamper with this mineral poison,
no matter how carefully prepared. Its extern
sive use in maIarial diseases has already pro-
ven the cause Of great and distressing injury.
Use EDWARD WILDER's CHILL Tonic for
Chills and Fever, Fever and Ague, and every
form, type. variety, and species of Malarial or
Paludal Fever or Affection, Twenty-one-day
Chills, Bilious or Remitteut Fever, Brow
Ague. Lumbago, and every form Of Periodical
Disease. 1t has no equal. 1t effects certain
and rapid cure. It is purely vegetable. 1t is
warranted to cure
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-28

How many people there are i'll this
world who spend n miserable life in
laying up money 10 make their children
worthless. They toll, they grasp, they
deprive themselves and the community
of the good which it was intended their
money should do, for the sake of leav-
ing something behind them. Their
heirs, glad to get rid OF them, run
through with their fortunes in brief
time, and are left upon the world worth
less, made so from the dependence they
have placed upon the money left them
by their parents. There are few eXcep-
tions to this rule.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-28

y Middletown correspondent of the
Hartford Post says: LIT is reported that
the Portland quarries will send to China
for ], 900 coolies sop the next seasons
quarrying,. They have had SO much
trouble from strikes in past years that
the directors are tired of them, and pro-
pose TO employ such as they need from
those who are not yet up to strikes
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-28

Winans, the Republican in New York
who sold out to the Democrats, is from
Chatauqua county, and is an employee
of the y. Y. & z. II. +. Co. That Com
pany owed the Democracy q debt of
gratitude and have paid it. They shave
the power, it is said, 10 re-elect Winans
whenever they choose, and he is to have
a 5000 Office of the Company, for a
term of years, and probably gets large
amount of cash besides.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-28
Correct the Stomach.

1t is well ascertained physiological fact
that the origin OF most Of the ills TO which
humanity is heir is a deranged condition Of the
alimentary canal. The bowels become consti-
pated and sluggish, and thence arises q train
Of fearful and distressing maladies. As q
preventive and cure for these, EDWARD Will
DER's FAMILY PILLS are unrivalIed and with
out precedent. They are not exce.led as q
purgatiVe, and are especially recommended in
all Fevers and Infiamatory Diseases: in Acute
Rheumatism; inflammation Of the Liver, Brain,
Kidneys, and Bladder; in Erysipelas, Fever
and Ague, Acute OphthainIa or Sore Eyes,
Fullness Of the Head, Vertigo, Dizziness.
Blindness. enc. They are far superior to any
known combination in the certain and rapid
relief afforded in all the above named diseases.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-28

We learn now from undisputable
authority that Hovey Lowman is to be-
come the editor of the Lawrence TTib-
me, Notwithstanding the indignant de-
NAL, by its present editor, of our state
ment to that effect two or three days
ago. We congratulate the readers of
that journal on the change, and the pro-
prietors.too
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-28

The Christian Register Association,
entertained some 200 gentlemen and Ia
dies at dinner at the Commonwealth
hotel, on the evening of the goth, in cell
ebration of the fifth anniversary of the
commencement of the publication of
that paper. President Hale presided.
Remarks were made by several Unita-
rian clergymen of Boston and other
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-28

Last week post offices were establish
ed at Arcola Cowley county, and at
Bills Creek, Chase county. Knott G.
Randall is postmaster at the first named
office, Imbia Young at Bills Greek.
Benjamin +. Leveridge was appointed
postmaster at Holden, Butler county,
and Daniel w. Friend at Walnut, in the
same county.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-28

immigration to Northern Kansas con-
tinues very heavy. Large numbers of
newcomers go west from AtchisOn on
every train, aud continual. stream of
wagons are constantly passing into the
great homestead region of Northwes-
tern Kansas. The crop prospects are
very fine, and larger breadth of land
will be planted this season than ever
before
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-28

The widow of Doc. Simmons, Il e he
roic engineer of the New Hamburg
tragedy, whose praises have been sung
all over the country, has been presented
with the nunifcent sum-of $500; 81 of
which was donated by Commodore
Vanderbilt, who is probably more dis
tinguished for anything else than hu-
mainly
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-28

After all is. said and done, would it
not be better TO live for the good we
can do in the world-the acts of kind
ness, charity and benevolence we may
perform-rather than to make for our
selves fame and fortune. They both
fade away. The requirement of both
or either. uses up the best energies of
our lives, the best instincts of our ma
lures, and makes us selfish, bigoted
egotistical, and cold hearted
'The boast of heraldry. the pomp Of power,
And all that beauty, all thar wealth Ger gave.
Await alike the inevitable hour;
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-28

The Ku-klux congressman ale very
Indignant at the South Caroline MEM
Der, Elliott, not so much because he is
black, as because he exeels all of them
in debate. To be n negro is bad enough
in the south but 10 be'abIe at'the same
ime is absolutely objectionable.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-28
NEWS AND EDITORIAL ITEMS.

Some paper states that Poneroy
wants to 20 into the cabinet From long
practice and observation, be would
make a first rate Secretary OF the Inte-
rior
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-28
Save the Children.

Too little care and attention. f. given to the
preservation Of the lives Of the innocent, ten
der, and blessed offspring with which Provi-
dence favOrs parents. The little folks chiefly
suffer from the presence Of Worms in the
system, which is Indicated by variety of
symptoms. such as pains in the stomach,
swelling Of the abdomen, picking Of the nose
and ears, bad breath, variable appetite, ETC.
should the worms be allowed TO continue any
length of time, death most frequently ensues.
Mothers should therefore use EDWARD
wILpERis MOTHERS WORN sYKUP.. It IL
superior to all other preparations - Worm
Destroyer: Il is pleasant to the taste. 1t Is
free from poisonous ingredients. It is net
dangerous, as are vermifnges and Lozenges
that contain terra alba, most deadly poison.
II has given delight to Thousands, and saved
the lives OF hundreds OF children.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-04-28

1t is strange how sensitive some folks
are. You tramp on their toes, and they
yell right out. Tie other day we con-
graduated the Lawrence Tribune on the
acquisition of Hovey Lowman to It's ed-
itorial chair, and said it had been stupid.
All Its friends will admit that we told
the truth in the last part of the sentence.
Yeth the Tribune gets mad and says Sc
we're things about US. 1t says our paper
was unusually interesting while the
senior was away. Imagine the Junior,
with hat in hand, making his best bow
and smiling his bIandest TO the Tribune.
We should like to appreciate the val
ne of a few corner lots" ut Eldorado,
but no doubt the Tribune will be sorry
TO learn that We do not own even a
square inch of dirt ia the goOd.y town