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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-07-05

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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-07-05
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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-07-05

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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-21

A MOTHER Cats INvITATIoN.-A re-
liable gentleman tells us of his experience
with cat which had been left for a few
weeks at his house, during the absence
of its owner. He had not especially
noticed her condition, but had a few
times broken "house rules, and fed the
cat at table during meal times. One
morning she came and rubbed against
him at breakfast time, and finally touch.
ed his hand with her paw. He fed her
as before, when she left the room, but
soon returned. Without looking at her
he reached down to caress her, when she
gently laid a wee kitten in his hand
which she had brought from the cellar.
She seemed greatly pleased at his atten,
ton to her little one, and invited him as
well as she could to the cellar, where he
found two others. On his return to the
dinning-room she tried to follow him,
but he shut her in the cellar. A day OF
two after, the mother cat was charged
with abandoning her offspring and leav-
ing them to starve. They were found
nearly dead, and were Immediately killed
But an investigation soon showed the
cause of her unnatural action. BY some
failure of natures process she had not
been furnished with the material nour,
ishment for her young, and, knowing
this, she carried the kitten to the dining
room as the best method that she had o.
asking that her little family might be
otherwise provided for. Her expert
ment failed, but the charge that she was
a cruel mother was withdrawn.-Oul
Dumb AnimdS.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-21

The ENGLISH QUESTION. The Paris
Journal deS DebdtS, by the pen of M.
John Lemoine, declares that England
must not count on the sympathy of
France in the Alabama quarrel, because
she was Indifferent to France in. her hour
of need. 1t also observes: "Our opinion
is, that the English will not give way,
and we may consider it all up with the
treaty. On their side the Americans are
probably not sorry to keep o grievance
in reserve, in the hope of turning it to
account at some future period. They
know quite well that England won't pay
milliards over to them, as it would be
much cheaper to go to war; nevertheless,
they think it right to be always ready to
come down with their little bill. AS for
the English Ministry, it is seriously com
promised by this unexpected complica-
tion. At the close of last session it had
celebrated as great victory the settle
ment of The Anglo American difficulty
At the opening Of this session it is com
PEELED TO declare that it was all a mistake.
Now, mistakes too prolonged and too
often repeated generally have but one
ending-a breakup"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-21
Our Own.
If / had known in the morning

If had known in the morning
How YEARLY all the day
The words unkind would trouble my mind
That l sale when you went away,
had been more careful, darling,
Nor given you needless pain;
But we vex our own with look and tone
We might never take back again.
For though in the quiet evening
You may give me the kiss peace,
Yet it well might be that never for me
The pain of the heart should cease
How many go forth at morning
Who never come home at night!
And hearts have broken for harsh words spoken
That sorrow can neer set right.
We have careful thought for the stranger,
And smiles for the sometime guest;
But oft for our own the bitter tone,
Though we love our own the best
All lips with the curve impatient,
All brow with the shade of scorn,
'Twere a cruel fate, were the night too late
10 undo the work of morn!
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-21

A SNow-BoUND BRIDEGROOM.--A cor
respondent speaking OF the late block on
the Pacific Railroad, says: A man in
Denver married, but had to leave imme-
diately and unexpectedly for Salt Lake
City On urgent business. He left his
bride with teas in his eyes and promise
of immediate return on his lips. He got
there Just in time not to be able to get
away. He made his way slowly along
with the blockaded trains, working with
the hands, for every shovel-full Of snow
GOT out was that much obstruction re-
moved between him and his beloved.
When within two hundred miles from
Cheyenne, the foremost train ran into a
bigger snowbank than ever, at which
faithful unto death, he struck out foot
and walked the two hundred miles in five
days. He came in with frozen feet and
ears, but his heart was all right, and he
went on to Denver rejoicing. At one
point he was chased by wolves and lost
his plug hat in running. The hat saved
his life, for the wolves had never seer
one before and stopped to examine it fol
a long time. It took them so long to de-
termine what it was, that our heroic
lover got out of reach. He borrowed {
red handkerchief at laborer's hut anC
passed on. III.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-21

VERY WELL DoNE.-A most remarka-
BILE proof ofthe efficiency OF the new Fire
Department of Philadelphia was furnish
ed. The Hollingsworth school, on
Locust street, Immediately joining the
Academy of music, took fire, and the
alarm was Immediately sounded. The
Fire Department was quickly on hand
and at work. During the progress Of
the fire an audience of nearly four thou
sand people were in the Academy. The
fire apparatus Of the Academy was
called into requisition and the fire ex-
tinguished, but without the knowledge
of the audience, splendidly were the ar
rangements conducted. ..,. 81. ..... 81.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-21

A KNOWING INsEcT.-A correspondent
of New York paper relates touching
instance of insect instinct as follows
81 found a cockroach struggling in a
pail of water. 1 took half peanut shell
for boat. put him into it and gave
him two wooden toothpicks for oars, and
left him. The next morning l visited
him, and he had put Il piece of white
cotton-thread on one of the toothpicks
and set the toothpick up on its end as a
signal of distress. He had hair on
the other toothpick, and there that
cockroach sat fishing. The sight melt
ed me to tears. I never had to chew
leather to get soul l was born with
one. took that cockroach out, gave
him a spoonful of cruel, and left. That
animal never forgot that act of kindness
and now my house is chock full of cock
reaches"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-21

Too Much FOR SATAN.-This is Rev.
Edward Hale's story: A man had sold
himself to the devil, who was to possess
him at a certain time, unless he could
propose q question to his satanic majesty
which he could not answer, he being
allowed to put three questions to him,
The time came for the devil to claim his
own, and he consequently appeared.
The first question the man asked was
concerning theology, to which it caused
the devil no trouble to reply. The
second he also answered without hesita-
ton. The mans fate depended on the
third. What should it be? He hesitated
and turned pale. The cold perspiration
stood on his forehead, while he shivered
with anxiety, nervousne and terror, and
the devil triumphantly sneered. AT
this luncture the mans wife appeared in
the room with bonnet on her head.
Alarmed at the husbands condition, she
demanded to know the cause. When
informed, she laughed and said: 81 can
PROFOUND question which the devil
himself cannot answer Ask him which
is the front Of this bonnet?" The devil
gave it up and retired in disgust, and
the man was free.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-21

The GRATEFUL CLIENT. "A New York
lawyer, who procured the acquittal of a
man who was under arrest for assault
and battery, was waited upon the next
day by his client and most gratefully
thanked for his services "What can I
do for you ?" asked the client. "Noth-
ing" replied the lawyer Don't you
want an office I control any number of
votes. 81 have no political aspirations, ;"
replied the lawyer "But amt there
some man you want to have licked" re-
Joined the client The poor lawyer has
not yet recovered from this powerful
exhibition of gratitude Exchange.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-21

OYSTERS IN VIRGINIA. State of
Virginia alone possesses an area OF J.
$4,000 acres of oyster beds, which in
1853 contained, according to official es
innate, 100000 bushels of oysters.
When it is known that the parent oyster
gives birth to 100000 spat annually,
some idea may be formed OF the value OF
these beds, and of the prolific character
of this shell-fish
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-21

THE GREAT AMERICAN DEsERT.-The
experiments instituted in 1870 by the
Kansas Pacific Railroad Company to test
the possibility Of retaining for agricul-
tural purposes the most unpromising
regions of what has been known as the
Great American Desert, have been at
tended with the most satisfactory result.
At q station 326 miles west of Kansas
City, and nearly 1,6oo feet above the
level of the sea, wheat, barley and oats
sown in November, 1870, made good
yield, while seeds of the ailanthus, chest.
nut, oak, peach and pecan all terminated
in the Spring of 1871, and have since
continued to grow and thrive, while
poplar and cottonwood cuttings at the
same place nave done well, and trans
planted naples have grown from twenty
to thirty inches during the season. AT
other points similar experiments have
been equally successful.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-21

BnARNEY. All, Jenny, Jenny"
said the Bishop of Derry to drunken
blacksmith, "Im sorry to see you be-
ginning your evil course again and,
Jenny, am very anxious to know what
you intend to do with that fine lad, your
son ?" az intend sir," said Jenny,
'to do for him what you cannot do for
your son. ~ "Eh, ell / How's that
hows that ?" To which Jenny, with q
burst of genuine feeling, said, 81 in
tend to make him a better man than his
father "
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-21

JAPANESE AUorIoNs.-Japanese auc-
tions are conducted on novel plan, but
one which gives rise to none of the noise
and confusion which attend such sales
in America. Each bidder writes MS
name and bid upon slip OF paper,
which he places in box. When the
bidding is over, the box is opened by the
auctioneer, and the goods declared the
property OF the highest bidder.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-21

CHASED BY A SAW LoG.-A Canadian
who was engaged on the brow of hill,
near Pittsfeld, Mass, in cutting timber
and rolling 1t to the bottom, endeavored
to manipulate a log for safe descent,
but discovered that it was getting the
better of him. He was on the under
side, and it would not do to "let it slide, p"
so he screamed for help. But no help
came. His strength was surely and
rapidly failing, and there was nothing to
do but to run for it; and run he did--a
fearful race The natural philosophers
say that a log gains in rapidity as it de-
sends. 1t is otherwise with human legs
on a run, even when, as in this case, the
descent is steep and icy. There was no
turning out, and the log gained with
terrible rapidity on the frightened
Canuck, and was now just on his heels,
when luckily he spied hollow in his
path into which he popped with bound,
but had barely time to huddle himself
into his hole, when crash crash the
log Numbered over him, and left him
safe, but about the most badly scared
man that ever halload.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-21

BURIED ALIvE.-An freshman took
the contract to dig public well. When
he had dug about twenty-five feet down,
he came one morning and found it caved
in-flled nearly to the top. Pat looked
cautiously around and saw that no person
was near, then took off his hat and coat,
hung them on a windlass, crawled into
some bushes and awaited events. In a
short time the citizens discovered that
the well had caved in, and seeing Pats
hat and coat on the windlass they sup
posed that he was at the bottom of the
excavation. Only a few hours of brisk
digging cleared the loose earth from the
well. Just as the citizens had reached
the bottom, and were wondering where
the body was, Pat came walking out OF
the bushes and good-naturedly thanked
them for relieving him of sorry job.
Some of the tired diggers were disgusted,
but the joke was too good to allow any
thing more than laugh, which soon
| followed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-21

THE Clock OF SANS SoUcI.-It is rela-
ted of Frederick the Great, of Prussia,
that in going through the reception
room of his palace at Sans Souci, he
found workman who busted himself to
get on the top Of ladder to take down
a clock from the wall, but owing to the
smoothness of the marble floor, the lad-
der could not be kept firm. "What art
thou doing here, my friend?" inquired
the king. 81 am a matchmaker" an
swered the workman, "and / have re-
ceived orders from the superintendent
of the palace to repair this clock I
have been trying to take it down, but
cannot succeed, as the ladder does not
stand firm" "Ascend the ladder" said
the king, "and I will hold it foryou while
you are at work" This done, the work
man departed with the clock. On the
following morning, the king was inform
ed that the clock of the reception-room
had been stolen. No sooner had His Maj.
esty heard this, when he found to his
chagrin, that instead, as he believed, Of
assisting a matchmaker, he had been
made the dupe of a thief. The king al
once issued an order saying, "Let him
run; I have been an accomplish to the
theft.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-21

Foo11Na Lo.-Lo the poor Indian is
sometimes made the victim of wicked
Jokes upon the Western border. A shift
less specimen of the gentle savage in
Winona, MINI, asked wag to write
him certificate of character, with whic !
he might set up in the business OF beg.
cling. Instead of the desired "good
Iniun, no steal, no drink" &C., the wag
wrote "This Indian has the smallpox
look out for him." He didn't succeed
in the begging enterprise worth cent, and
was amazed at the sudden aversion every
body conceived for the unfortunate red
man.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-21

A QUEER MIsTAKE.-A letter from
Dorchester, Mass, to a Boston paper
tells the following There are in this
town two twin brothers, whose resem-
blance to each other is so strong that
strangers can hardly tell them apart.
They keep a grocery and provision
store, and were one Gay bringing in bags
Of meal from wagon, which was out of
sight from the inside of the store. Nath-
an had his coat on, but Eli was in his
shirt-sleeves. A stranger in the shop
watched them coming in and going out
one after the other, but only one was
visible at a time, and at last he exclaimed
to Eli: We'll, you're the smartest man
ever saw but why do you keep put
ting on and taking off your coat ?
These brothers and several other men
were in the habit of getting up very
early and going to swim in the Reser-
voir Pond, and once Eli going, as was
his wont, to Nathan's house, to call him,
by tapping on the pane, saw his owl
face reflected from the glass, and taking
it for his brother, called out, Come on
they're waiting for you"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-21

The ex-president of the Liberian re-
public, who had been imprisoned for
illegal acts, and having escaped was try.
ing to reach the Thames, about to sail
for England, was drowned in the harbor
of Mondoyia,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-21

STEALING CHILDREN. A little girl was
stolen year ago out of hallway in up
per Madison avenue in the evening. Re-
port was made of the case, and there it
ended. Some time after the disappear
ance the mother saw OF declared she saw
her daughter from an omnibus window
on Broadway, and made frenzied and
useless descent from the stage, and ran
headlong in the direction the child had
taken. There is something startljngly
sad in the idea of a parent firmly convin-
ced that its infant is in the hands of evil
disposed persons in the same city who
cannot he reached. N T. Paper.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-21

THEN AND Now.-An old-fashioned
woman remarks, with pathetic retro
spectiveness :: 81 can remember when
eight yards of print, and ten or twelve
hours work, without sewing-machine,
would make dress, which required only
o pretty collar, and black silk apron
and brooch to arrange it into very
neat toilet. But that was when ladies
did homework in the forenoon, dined in
the middle Of the day, occupied them
selves in sewing in the afternoon, and
had tea at six o'clock"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-21

The JELLY FISH So large portion
of it's bulk consists OF water that one of
no less than thirty four pounds weight,
being left to dry in the sun for some days,
was found to have lost ninety nine per
cent. of its original weight. Writing Of
the not very attractive appearance of the
huge Jelly fish, Agassiz observes that "to
form an idea of his true appearance, one
must meet him as he swims along at mid
day, rather lazily withal, his huge semi
transparent disk, with its fexible-lobed
margin glittering in the sun, and his
tentacles floating distance of many
yards behind him. Encountering one of
these huge ielIylfshes, when out in row.
boat, we attempted to make rough
measurement OF his dimensions upon the
spot He was lying quietly near the sur
face, and did not seem in the least dis
turbed by the proceeding, but allowed
the oar eight feet in length, to be laid
across the disk, which proved to be seven
feet in diameter. Backing the boat slowly
along the line of the tentacles, which
we're floating at their utmost extension
behind him, we measured these in the
same manner, and found them to be rath-
er more than fourteen times the length
of the oar, thus covering a space of some
hundred and twelve feet" This huge
mass is produced by a hydroid measuring
not more than half an inch in length
when fully grown.-Scientifc american.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-03-21
Mark Twain as n Reporter.

reported ON q morning newspaper
three years, and it was pretty hard work.
But I enjoyed its attractions. Report
ing is the best school in the world to get
a knowledge of human beings, human
nature, and human ways. A nice, gen
tlemanly reporter-I makeno references
is well treated by everybody. Just
think of the wide range of his acquaint-
anceship, his experience of life and So
ciety. No other occupation brings a
man into such familiar social relations
with all the grades and classes of people.
The last thing at night--mldnight-he
goes browsing around after items among
the police and iail-birds, in the lookup,
questioning the prisoners, and making
pleasant and lasting friendships among
some Of the worst people in the world.
And the very next evening he gets him
self up regardless of expense, puts on
all the good clothes his friends have got,
goes and takes dinner with the Governor
or the Commander-inChie of the Dis
trict, the United States Senator, and
some more of the upper crust of society
He is on good terms with all of them
and is present at every gathering, and
has easy access to every variety of peo
pie. Why I breakfasted almost every
morning with the Governor, dined will
the principal clergyman, and slept in the
station-house.
A reporter has to lie a little, of course
or they would discharge him, That il
the only drawback to the profession
That is why l left it. 1 am differen
from Washington l have a higher and
grander standard of principle. Wash
ington could not lie. [ can lie, but
wont. Reporting is fascinating, bu
then it is so distressing to have to lie so
Lying is bad-lying is very bad. Ever.
individual knows that by experience
I think that for a man to tell lie wllel
he can't make anything by it, is wrong
The Hawaiian gazette., 1872-01-24
Foreign News Summary.

he news brought b. the Steamer extends
over : period Of nearly t7ar weeks selections
from the tslsgrsms vii be found IL smother
colauu- It VII Be noted with pleasure that the
Prince Of Wales Is co1valsseeut. He began to
mend on the 18th ultirlo. and though his recovery
Is proceeding Slowly, he Is considered cut Of dan
ger The anxiety throughout England during
the dAngerozz days Of his illness vas very great,
and sympathy fer the Royal family vas mani
Tested 50 largely thar the Queea has gracefully
ackuoEledcei her appreciation Of It. b. letter
pgbIShed II the papers In It she allGdss al<o to
her great Eisfortune, b. saying that The mani
fsstations Of the people are nothing new to her,
for she net with the sane sympathy ten years
ago, When similar Illness 70 thzt unisr which
her soa Is uoz suffering. removed from Efe the
best, Eisest and kin5est hzshand that ever lived.
That mysterious bazbear q European politics,
the international Society, Is IN the case Of the
great Chicsgo FIRE, Is charged With having some
thiuz to do with the Princes Illness. for some
BODY has been Informed On the sutho-ity OF one
who Is vel posted regarding the secre; societies
Of E1rope- that the Prince Of Wales vas not SUI
fsring trou tyPhoid fever, bet froa attempted
poisoning By secret agent Of the International
Society
Tie Commissioners o. the Alabama claimz
commenced their zb0rs on the 18Th of December
at Geneva, b. formal meeting. AZ =hich -Coaut
Selossis, Italiaa member of the Beard, vas chosen
President, and tie Commission adjourned until
the 18Th Of Jznzary- The case, a. made up b
tie United States O. one SIDE and BY Great Brit
ain OF the other, has been delivered to each Of
the u-bttrators.7 The Couuizzioa VII set With
closed doors, 50 that the proceedings VII not Be
reported from day to day il the papers The
progress VIII Be SLOW, As each party i TO deliver
written rsEEes to the other cases With any sdii-
foazl doeG4sztz nscessz-y- Disc1ssiou Only
contingent sa tie wish Ct the parties. 4 the bGz
nsz VII be carried On By printed statements"
Tie telszrzns repzz- that -the Right Hon
Carliu DsnuisoE i aboat to rstire from hi= posi-
ton a. Speaker Of the House Il Commons; and
tn. he VII be succeeded b tts hight Hon