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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-12-13
sLAcKsMITHs.
new BLACKSMITH SHOP.
ReducaIon of Prices.

CARLOW 4 EREWEY, who late
" occupied Conner's old stand. on
North Commercial street, have moved TO
their new shop on the opposite 81 de OF the
street. where they are prepared to do all
work in their line. horse shooting, new,
s4.0o per sp1ias an new work warranted.
without extra charge. Refer To A. P.
Stewart and ORA Trueworthy and Law
renee. Iani2u
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FIERCE ENCOUNTER.

Last week two gentlemen out fishing,
up the North river, about a mile above
.TorOviIla were startled with the sounds
of a frightfm contest, which appeared TO
be going on among the Palmetto shrubs,
q short distance back from the beach.
They soon landed from their boat, and
proceeded cautiously In the direction of
the noise, andin a few minutes had the
satisfaction of witnessing q terrible con-
fiict between a huge black bear and two
wolves. There being two against one,
the interest Of the gentlemen was soon
excited nfavor Of BTuin, who main
tanned the unequal contest with cool
ness and bravery. The snaps Of the
wolves jaws, as q or the other made q
spring at the bear, were calculated 70
make nervous man feel @ little appre-
hensive. But Bruin parted several at
taeks with the skill Of an old boxer, and,
after a while, but not before he had re-
ceived some frightful wounds, from
which blood flowed quite freely, did he
give one Of the wolves such a stroke
with his huge paw Is to tear nearly
half the hide nom his side; when this
fellow sneaked off-the subsequent pro-
eeedings seeming to interest him no
more. The other being unwilling to
continue the contest With the bear sin
gle-handed, Eoo sneaked or likewise,
and left Bruin master Of the field, and
In possession of the cause Of the quarrel
which was nothing more than the
halfeaten carcass Of cows. Angus
the Press.
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RUSSIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.


The Crimean var gave a good lesson
TO the Russian politicians and rulers,
who then and there began to learn that
public instruction Is essential to public
safety. The Umnasia for young men
soon underwent happy reform; they
were cleared Of medieval seholastieism;
Greek and Latin were no longer made
obligatory; classical education yielded
TO the positive sciences. For ten years
the Russian mind advanced with an ac-
celebrating movement, But the Polish
instruction and the attempt on the
Emperor's life IN 1865 produced a re-ac-
ton. Too much light blinds the eve.
The natural sciences were found to infect
the youngmen with the spirit Of scepti-
eism anderiticism, for the young peo-
pie began to put in everywhere their
naughty "why,u and no longer gave
unquestionable submission to authority.
In order TO make the young rebels listen
TO reason the government introduced
again into the ymnasia the blessed
classicIsm; Greek and Latin became OBJ
ltgitory for all the seven classes zoology,
botany, and mineraloy are now taught
during three years In the three inferior
classes, where the little citizens enjoy
six Latin lessons q week and three in
mathematics. AS the graduates Of the
practical scientific schools havenow lost
The right to be admitted to the universs-
ties, the pupils deserted these inshtu-
tons and they are now transformed IN
to classical schools. But society and
the progressive organs Of the press are
tired Of the classicism Of the schools.
Within the last two years there have
been rumors that the government viii
seventeen practical scientific
schools.
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WHAT TO TEACH A CHILD.

On the subject Of what books are suit
able to children, Madame George Sand
says: II would not have a child gIibIy
taught the horrors Of life, the wicked
ness of beings, the secrets Of the charnel
house, the blOodshed, the mortal ha-
treds, the dream Of hell, the anger Of
God, as simple things TO which he must
become accustomed q sOOn as possible
that his reason may be Injured 70 them
or his faith submit othem. We cannot
shield him from the sight Of surround-
ing evil, or from the fear of disaster.
The rich can, TO a certain extent, keep
his family from such things the poor
cannot. Teach him, then, to hate the
evil he sees. Do not rear him IN hurthul
indifference, in q pretended phIlosOph-
ical or religious stOicism, which consists
In saying; Things are so; wisdom OF
faith must accept then. I would it
were possible to let the child grow up
without knowing that evil exists. It
must not be thought Of; evil Is every
where. There are no calm lives; so
much the more reason for making him
love the good and tha beautiful, and for
cultivating in him the holy flower Of
hope. 1t Is said that the taste for de-
struetion exists in the child; that is gen
orally true, specially the male. Com
bat this savage instinct; prevent il nom
degenerating into cruelty, If you would
have him truly a Christian, do not speak
to him Of the torrents Of he'll; If you
would make him a man, awaken the
love of his fe~llOw-creatures within him.
To this end you must not tell him that
man is worthless, that he Is not perfeed-
bic; and that he ean only be corrected
by means Of severity; that all the future
Is absolute nOthingness OF eternal pun
ishment. He must not be turned TO
stone, either by the fear which produces
egotism, or BY the indifference which
c~Onsecrates it.u
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WANTED

Upon reference to section five thou
sand four hundred and ten of the Code
Of Tennessee, 1t viii be seen that
county courts and municipal su-
thorities are vested with full powers TO
establish such "house of correction or
workhouse, with ali such officers, com
n~issioners, bylaws, machinery, shops,
grounds, " ETC., as In their wisdom may
be required for the better regulation of
he errlng and unfortunate, who may be
brought to the notice and care Of our
various punitive courts, city and county.
It is hoped, therefore, that our County
Court win, with as little delay as pos
sible, provide such an establish
ment for Shelby county. The excel
lent Judge Of our Criminal Court, with
all his experience and ability, is urging
this important movement upon the con-
sideration Of the watchf1 guardians Of
our county interests, both from a financial
and moral standpoint. 1t costs about
three hundred dollars, all told, to get a
prisoner to the P~enitentiary and at work
after he is convicted in our criminal
court. Now, there are many cases in
which the Judge has discretion
10 commute the punishment from
penitentiary 10 jail OF workhouse-
such as petit larceny and cases recon-
mended to the mercy Of the court-in
which a wise and humane judge could
not only ave to the State this enormous
expense, but, by putting the-very often
more unfortunate than wicked-crim-
inal to work, under the supervision Of
suitable commissioner appointed by the
County Court, turn him to an instru-
ment Of profit rather than of cost, by
not only making him work his term
out, but also until he had paid the cost
Of his own conviction. Beside this, the
offenders would be taught habits of in
dustIy and regularity, without being
brought In contact with the more
hardened criminals who now crowd
our penitentiaries, and therefore be
more apt to come out better in
stead Of worse, needful correction
been accomplished without
expense to the community against
whose laws they have offended. Such an
institution, where the offenders can be
made to work, not alone at skilled oecu-
but also as laborers wherever
needed-on roads, levees and brick
yards-would not only ave many q
poor fellow the ruin and disgrace of the
penitentiary convict or from rottng in
jail, but be an actual source of large rev.
enus 70 the county.
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VARIETIES

A woman who Is "worh her weight
in gold,n If Of average size, Il worth
about Ss0aO0.
Mr.. Jonas Cline has been Sheriff Of
Catawba county, North Carolina, for Q
quarter Of a century.
Some one has discovered that Mrs.
Southworth has killed over seyen hun
dred people In her novels.
Mrs. Cakes has recovered ten thousand
dollars damages from the Georgia rail-
road that splintered Mr.. Cakes.
An English physician has been vac
cinnated Az times, to prove to objeetinR
people that there IL no danger In it.
An oyster contains as much nourish-
ment as a slice Of roast beef, and this IL
the reason they are recommended for In
valids.
A Gate City lawyer included In his
bill sQainst his client: ITO waking up
IN the night and thinking about your
case, s..
The latest fashionable ornaments are
Of amber, and viii, In q few months
completely supercede the tortoise shell
jewelry, which has held its own Tor an
unusually long time.
AS an evidence of Senator Summers
close confinement to his senatorial tasks,
he recently remarked that for twenty
years he had not seen the SHOWS OF hin
native New EnglAnd.
The Felatah ladies Ia Central Africa
spend several hours q day over their
toilette. IN fact, they begin over night
by carefully wrapping their fingers and
toes Ia heana leaves, so that by morning
they are q beautiful purple. Tha teeth
are stained alternately blue yellow and
purple, one here and there being len ~
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THE VIENNA EXHIBITION.


The Vienna correspondent Of the New
York EUeR&uQ Post describes the Palace
of Industry at Vienna, in whiehthe tx
position is TO be held he SAYS it Is
composed Of a longitudinal gallery reg
ularly crossed by transverse galleries.
The principal building Is nine hundred
and i've metres in width. This build
ing is divided In its length BY an i'm
medse rOtunda or dome, measuring one
hundred and two metres in diameter,
with a height Of seventy-nine metres.
The conception Of this grand self-sup-
porting dome is due TO Mr.. Scott Rus
sell, the wel-known naval architect OF
Great Britain, who has in this instance
succeeded in obtaining the greatest
space without any break or interference.
The long gallery Of the Exposition
building Is twenty-five metres wide,
while those crossing are fifteen metres
wide and seyenty-hye metres long; BE-
tween each Of these are covered courts
thiTty-five metres In width, destined 70
receive those objects which could not be
exposed. The total surface covered Is
one hundred and three thousand square
metres, more than ten hectares. A large
building specially devoted 70 fine arts
VIII be erected near the Palace Of Indus
Try. This building VIII contain six
thousand nine hundred and n~iuety-fvs
metres of table surface for the display
of paintings. II viii also be made ire
proof and secured from danger Of theft.
The hne-arts building viii be surrounded
by copservatories Of rare plants and
flowers, also containing aQuarias 81
ranged on a most extensive scale. The
department OF machinery viii occupy
another building, extending nine hum
dred and ninety metres along the bank
Of the DANUBE with special arrange
machinery andmsrine inventions. TIE
programme of this exposition indicates
at this early day a much more extended
and valuable representation than las
ever yet been presented.
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managers are manifesting q determi-
nation 20 satisfy 10 the fullest extent the
demands of their suburban customers.
For the sake Of their own comfort they
viii be likely to do so, because they
know that they can have no peace until
ali reasonable desires are satisfied
Railroad travel is but a little o than
forty years old, and hence railroad man
agement has not yet been reduced to a
science. 1t is still in its experimental
stage, and Is, doubtless, susceptible OF
much improvement. AT present every
body is lust coming from a depot or go
ing to one. 1t Is the age Of carpet-bag-
and all mankind and womankind
are getting TO be patrons Of the railroad.
Hence the interest which is now taken
in railroads and railroad management.
They are vital concerns to all. Railroads
IRE probably a finality as far as travel
ing on the surface Of the earth Is con-
The air VIII probably be ulti-
the regien of ioeomotion. But
men are neither good enough nor wise
enough yet to travel in the atmosphere.
we must be content with rail-
roads as the promptest mean Of getting
from place to place. Since railroads
have become institutions ofso much i'm
portance, we would advise travellers, es-
pecially suburban travellers, to learn
that railroads are not run In their in
terest alone, and that they are accom-
modated instead Of Accommodating the
road against which they are continually
exacting so much.
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WHINING.


A philosopher, who has evidently
studied the subject, thus discouEes about
whining: sHThere Is a class Of people In
this wOrld-by no means smRll-whOas
prominent popularity is whining. They
whine because they are poor; OF, If nchI-
because they have no health 20 enjoy
their riches; they whine because it Is
too shiny; they whine because they
have "no luck and others property
exceeds theirs; they whine because some
friends have died and they are living;
they whine because they have aches
and pains, and they have aches and
pains because they whine, and they
whine no One can tell why. NOw we
would like to say & word 10 these whin-
ing persons. First stop whIuiug-it is
no use, this everlasting, complaining,
fretting, fault-fnding and whining.
Why, you are the most delEded set OF
creatures that ever lived Do you know
that 1t Is a wel-Eettled prinoiple Of ply
siology and common sense that thes5
habits are more exhau5ting 10 nervous
vitality than almost any otherviolauon
of physiological law? And do you not
know that life Is pretty much IS you
make Il? You can make i bright and
sunshihy, or you can make i dark and
shadowy. This life Is only meant to
discipline uz-to fit Us for q higher and
purer state Of being. Then stop Ehin-
Ing and frstting, and 90 on your way r.
ioicinC.
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Z RAILROADS

An intelligent conductor on one Of our
railroads, a few days since, called our
attention to the trouble Of the railroad
passengers who travel only q short
distance. He assured Us that the most
aEaotlng patrons Of railroads are subur-
ban psople, living five Oh ten miles
from hecity. BE said that these people
give the Managers Of a great rail-
road line more trouble than all the rest
Of their patrons living beyond for a
hundred or a hundred and fifty miles,
aad fo- the reason that the former are
coming and going all the time. They
look upon the railroad which passes
through their place Of residence, a. es-
pecialx designed for their use and be-
half. They must have trains flying 70
and fro like shuttleS. Every man wana
a spur-uack built up to his back-door.
II they get on 70 an over-crowded
through train and do not fndseats, they
be9in % make sarcastic remarks about
tbe nsasa1diy and inefficient manage
meat We baseve that our railroad
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PERU AND THE PERUvIANs.

What Peru and the Peruviaus are may
be learned nom this, which We extract
from 8 letter Of a correspondent of the
New York World: IT have seen not a
few WTetohed old duennas, part Indian,
part negro, and part Spaniard, as ugly
as night, with only q single long cotton
garment and an old ponchO for a dress,
who had the pOnchO clasped by q dia-
mond brooch that the Queen Of England
would not disdain to wear. The sole
ambition Of the Lima lady, then, seems
to be 70 outshine her neighbor's dia-
mOnds, and innumerable little jealousies
arise from these attempts at display.
The fair Limanian may be successful In
all her little intrigles OF State and Of So
ciety-n which, indeed, she truly de-
lights-and may revel In the most
luxurious silks, satins and velvets, but
poor, indeed, she considers herself, no
matter what treasures she possesses, If
she does not number among her val
uables a casket of the rarest gems.
Honor, poverty, famine-in fact, utter
destitution-are nothing compared with
the deprivation Of brilliant baubles.
Peru Is indeed an immense country,
and has all the known chimes and soils
of the world. Nature has bestowed
upon her her choicest gifts, and there Is,
perhaps, no more delightful land In
which to reside than Peru. But men
live for sOcietyas wei as for climate and
soil. The efete Spanish race has been
engrafted upon a stupid, stolid Indian
stock In this country, and, like most Of.
the Latin race, the Spaniard evinees no
repugnanee whatever to amalgamation
with his sable or eopper-colored brother,
so that amalgamation or miscegenstiOn
viii 20 on here until the whole country
is populated with IN inteTminable adj
mixture Of black, red and white blood.
This, indeed, might be a suitable field
enough for the schOolmarm from Down
East, OF the earpet-bagger; but no.
Northern or Southern gentleman should
think Of mixing his blood with such a
people as even now inhabit Peru.
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rr STATE z

Il will be seen that the Democratic
Executive Committee Of Shelby county
met yesterday, and wisely, as we think,
declared itself in favor of a postpone
ment Of the State Convention called
FOR the purpose Of nominating q
candidate for Governor, until az
ter the August election. This step
Is taken in Difference to the popular
VIII Of Memphis and Shelby county.
Not 70 defer the convention long enough
to give every aspirant time and oppor-
tunity 10 canvass his claims before the
people would be cause Of dissatisfaction,
and might result in disaster, strong az
the Democracy Is In Tennessee. In the
discussions which arose, incidentally,
yesterday, during the session of
the Executive Committee, one Of
the members expressed himself
uncompromisingly opposed TO any ref
e being made 10 the action Of the
Cincinnati Convention implying ''solici-
tude'' as 70 what course il might pursue.
He did not wish 1t 10 be said or thought
that the Democracy would accept the
action Of that convention. He might
OF be might noi support its nominees.
Another member replied that If the
Democratic journals of the country,
with rare exceptions, were TO be taken
as opponents OF the sentiments of the
Democratic masses, they not only
were sssolicitousn as to the action
Of the Cincinnati Convention, but
were ready to cooperate freely
with the Liberal Republican move
ment for the purpose Of beating Grant,
and getting clear Of the shameless plum
derers whs, under his lead, were bring
ing confusion and ruin upon the whole
country, North and South. And that,
TOO, whether they give Is Davis, Trum-
bull, Brown, Adams or, last, but not
least Horace Greeley, q gentleman who
in our opinion would probably poll a
large E vote In the South as any man
who could be named by the Cincin-
natl Liberal Republican Convention.
"Deep Interest," was substituted for
"solicitade, and the resolution In favor
Of postponing the State Convention,
among other reasons because Of the near
approach o. the Cincinnati Convention,
"a whose 4crlcD the Democracy Of Ten
Dessee feels deep Interest" was passed
unanimously. This Is right and we
hope the State Executive Committee
viii be guided by the action Of cur Com
mittee, representing, IS 1t does, the De-
rnocracy Of the leading county Of VEST
Tennessee.
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T0UGH WORK.

A Canadian lumbeFmau, whose camp
during the past winter has been on one
Of the tributaries Of the Obitteebee Lake,
within a days travel Of Fou IimiseO
manoue. one Of the Hudson Bay Com
pauyfs trading posts, tells q fearfU story
Of c~aunibaIism In a family OF Obitteebee
indians living about ten miles rom his
shanty. As the winter advanced the
snow became 50 deep and the game 50
scarce, that the Indians were sometimes
without food for two or three days ata
time. One day the owner Of the wig
wan returned after an unsuccess1m
hunt, to find bis squav had killed one OF
the children, and the family were sets-
fvfuQ their hunger upon It's half-cooked
6es6. The old Indian, without asking
snv Questions, Joined In the hovrid ne
past. The family lived upon the body
Of the child for three days. Another IN
successful hunt was followed cy the
sscrfdce Of another child TO appease the
hunger Of the surviving members Of the
family, and next the old squaw, both Of
the latter having been tomahaw ked BY
the head Of the family. This reduced
the family to the old Indian ana his boy,
fourteen years Of age, The 5oy, upon
the last return Of bis father without any
Qame. knowing that one HeA die. de-
1berateIy shot the old man, and lived
the remains until that supply gave
out, when he made his way 70 The ium-
bernanis camp and relaEed the isote
#ysa above.
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THE CERTAINTY OF PUNISHMENT
PREVENTS CRIME

An unknown friend, at Poeshontas,
Tennessee, sends US a copyof the Stock
port and Cheshire County NeaCs, and
calls our attention TO the reports of the
Police Court, and the certainty Of pun
ishment meted out to evil-doers. The
proceedings Of the court to WHICH our
friend calls our attention show that ev-
cry violation of the law is rigidly en-
forced. The child of eight years is
sent to Jail for stealing a loaf
of bread as well as the nabob who
violates the ordinances against
drunkenness. 1t Is the certainty of this
punishment that prevents crime In Eng
land, and there will be no diminution of
crime In America until thieves and muir
ierers understand that swift and certain
retribution viii follow their misdeeds.
In the history of criminal jurisprudence
everywhere, one truth stands prominent:
that the decrease of crime depends upon
certainty Of punishment. 1t Is not of so
much importance that the punishment
be severe, though what severity is may
be considered an open question. If the
criminal knows that justice cannot be
escaped, be will beware Of crime. 1t is
difficult to say, logically, when a punish
ment is severe, as the only proof Of Its
sufficient degree is its effectiveness in
preventing crime. When, in England,
offences known as minor crimes were
punished with death, the number Of such
offences increased, not because the GRIM
inal hankered for the gallows, but be-
cause neither public sentiment nor that
Of courts and juries would allow men to
be hung for offences against property,
and the thief stole, with IMMUNITY, be-
cause he knew that the tenderness of pre-
opinion stood between him and
punishment. The perhaps general i'm
preston is that the courts of those days
we're as sanguinary as the laws; but as a
natter Of fact, the judge would fire.
luently lay thefts Of great value at less
han a shilling's damage, to avoid pro-
bouncing the death sentence, under
what his heart and head both, in SYM
oathy with the people, condemned as an
and cruel law. Some philan-
.hropists and students Of criminal phe-
nomena, object TO the death penalty,
not because it is unjust, not from any
tenderness toward the criminal, but be-
cause Its impartial execution is claimed
to be impracdcable.