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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-24
A CHILD FRIGHTENED INTO IMBE-
CILITY.
Fearful Warning for Parents.

\ few weeks ago a family nam
ed Woodstock arrived in this city
from Westchester, New York, in.
tending to settle in the State, and
accepted the invitation of an old
street, to stop with him for a week
ortwo until they had decided where
to locate. Not being suited with
the city, Woodstock took a trip into
tho interior, and purchased a farm
in Berrien county. He came back
Saturday night, and the family
would have left Monday only for
the occurrence of sad affair due
TO the puritanieal ideas and hard
hcartcdness of the father.
The youngest of the children is a
boy about four years old who, being
a pet, has been allowed to sleep
with his parents. Sunday night the
WoodstOcks, desiring to 20 to
church, an effort was made to get
the boy to bed with his older BROTH
er. He was frightened and timid,
and made great opposition, saying
that he was "afraid of bears and
wolves" The opposition irritated
his father, and ne declared that he
would rot go to church and that
Charlie should go to sleep in that
bed. AS the child kept crying and
teasing, the elder one was made to
get up and sleep elsewhere. This
did not helps matter, of course, and
then Woodstock told the boy he
would lock the door and leave him
in the dark if he did not cease cry
ing. Frightened further, the lad
continued weeping and beseeching,
and Woodstock did as he said he
would.
The boy screamed at the top of
his voice, for few minutes, beat on
the door, and entreated to be taken
out, but the father was unrelentiDg
as rock. The walls gradually died
away, the lad ceased to shout, and
after half an hour the door was
opened. He was not found asleep
as expected, but he was crouched
down in a corner, his feet drawn up
under him, and it took only Il mo-
ment to convince the parents that
their boy had been rendered
lunatic or an idiot. He laughed
and talked to himself, did not reply
to a question, gave no one any no.
tice, and when the mother realized
what had occurred she tainted away.
Every effort was made by the
friends to bring the boys reason
back, but all failed. He would not
speak, gave the other children no
notice. but wanted to roll round on
the floor and play with spools and
sticks. a physician was called
1H =
but all were agreed that the boys
reason had been affected by his
fright, and that he was and might
be an idiot for the rest of his days.
The circumstance has nearly broken
the mothers heart, and the father
carries conscience which any GRIM
inal short of a murderer would not
Detroit Free Press
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THE DUTY OF TO-DAY.

Many of US say to ourselves, "If /
were in some position better fitted
to my capacities, l could become
greater and more noble; but it is
of no use for me to try to do any
good here, where everything goes
against me-" 1t IS all a mistake (;
for if our duty still holds us to the
place, VIC shall surely find that the
faithful, cheerful performance of il
now aud here, will be the best fit
ting we can possibly have for that
other and greater work when God
shall think best to put it within our
reach.
This humdrum round of duties.
the same from day to dav, of house
hold cares, of teaching, buying and
selling, writing, or exchanging the
everlasting dollar, seems a very mar
row life to US sometimes, and we
are too apt to think, as before, thai
there can be no chance for doing
anything great or serviceable to
others while engaged in them.
But it is not by being faithful in
the minor daily events of life thai
we gain strength and wisdom fol-
the greater, and indeed these
things are not so little as they seem
We must begin at the beginning
with ourselves not only for our owT
sakes, but for the sake of our chill
dren; and with them also iaath,
beginning, while the soil is fresf
and new to receive the seed. TheI
will the seed spring up more read
lily than if planted after the soil i
hardened by many storms.
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NUMBER 81

the Western Union track, close to
the abutment of the bridge. The
Waterman, German, advanced
towards the figure, and struck at it
with a coat ne had on his arm when
it vanished, going into the solid
wall, as he claims. The Waterman
now goes home by another route ;
it is about TWO miles further, but
then he don't mind the walk in the
least.
The last time the ghost made its
appearance, it was more productive
of evil consequences. a Waterman
on the Illinois Central railroad was
going over the track after a train
had passed, when the figure in white
advanced towards him with out
stretched arms. Unlike Hamlet,
he didn't stop to interview or mako
any inquiries as 10 where he came
from, but incontinently fed and so
great was his fright that since that
time, and at present, nc is under
the care of physicians in Freeport,
who report that it is extremely
doubtful if he ever RECEIVERS.
There, you have the whole story,
and can laugh at it, or believe it
but bear in mind, that those who
have seen the shadows are men we'll
known in this city, and who at least
do not jest or make light of things
their eyes have seen.-Racine jour
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'sBetter fifty years Of Europe
Than 4 cycle Of Cathay !''

THE AMERICAN: FARM JOURNAL
FOR MAY.-The American Farm
Journal Locke s. Jones, Toledo,
Ohio.) is always up to the standard.
The May number contains original
articles on Potato Culture, Corn
Culture, Breaking Sod, Grazing
Meadows, Canada ThistIes, Wire
Worms, House Cleaning, Garden
bers and Squashes, Practical Flori-
culture, nrenching Cattle, Apple
Tree Borer, Brute Reason, Setting
Current Scions, The .Scrubbing
Brush versus the Mop, Barn Archi-
lecture, Rubbing 5the Tail, Castor
Beans, Farmers Clubs, May Work
on the Farm, Farm Labor and Wa
ges, Gapes III Chickens, Short Horn
Cattle, Farm Life ola Homesteader,
Fashion Notes; The three admira-
bic departments, Household,
Scientific and Practical and
ffHealth and Dress" Zone article on
Scalds and burns in the latter worth
the paper for Year,; instalmeats
of the two stories "Happiness in q
Flower Pot, and awkward Situa.
tons" and several pages giving the
spirit of Agricultural press of the
country. The number IS handsome.
ly illustrated, 1.-The paper Is clear
and white, the print is good, and
the price is seccnty.fce cents pea
G1nHnl.
Specimen numbers sent, postage
paid, on application to the publish,
LOCKE 6 JONES.
Toledo, Ohio.
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HOW TO TEST KEROSENE.

How can we be positively assur.
ed i'll the use of Kerosene How
can we know of the quality or char.
acter of the article offered us by
dealers? These are important ques.
tions, which will naturally rise in
the mind of the reader. We an
swer, there is positive assurance OF
safety, if pure, well manufactured
kerosene is consumed.
We do not believe a serious acct
dent ever occurred from kerosene,
the intlamable point of which was
above 1l00 f., and this is the legal
standard. During the past fifteen
years the writer las made large
number of experiments upon burn
ing fluids, and investigated thor
Oughly the conditions under which
accidents occurin their use. Person
al investigations have been made of
the illegal cases of explosions, many
of which have been reported, and
therefore opinions are expressed on
the subject with confident feeling
of their correctness.
Purchases made direct, of long
established, reputable manufacture
ers, afford assurances of safety. But
such are not readily accessible, and
in most cases a supply is sought
from the nearest dealer, without any
definite knowledge from whence it
comes, or its character or quality.
If consumers are willing to be put
to little trouble, a single expert
ment will determine the safety of
the kerosene they purchase.
Fill pint bowl tWo4thirds full
of boiling water, and into it put a
common metallic thermometer. The
temperature will run up to over
2009. By gradually adding cold
water, bring down the temperature
OF the water to Il0o, and then pour
into the bOwla-sPeeRfu of 4ero-
sene, and apply a lighted match. If
it takes fire the article should be re-
jected as dangerous; if not, it may
be used with confident feeling of
its safety. In this experiment,
which is the most simple that can
be devised, the fire test is directly
applied. Upon practical trials it has
been found to afford correct results.
II From DIR. Nichols Fireside Sci
ence.
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THE GOOD OLD TINES.
BY GEO. W. CURTIS.

The good old times! Nowadays
the dress of a fashionable woman
costs one, two, or three thousand
dollars. Such extravaganza as this
is sapping social morals TO their
center, cry you? Softly! softly
look at Queen Elizabeth dying and
leaving behind her three thousand
dresses and solemn proclamation
against extravaganza in dress. So
cial immortality of the present day
Look at that elder time even in the
reign of Queen Anne, through the
eyes of Thackery or the CHASTITY and
revolving satires of Dean Swift.
Political corruption of the pres
ent day? Look n century back aud
see British King buying his par
Lament by the scores. Look at the
sneer expressed half u century ago
in "France ought to have plenty of
honor, for she has bought half of
England's." Look at Sir Robert
Walpole openly bribinG his supper
tiers.
Open your morning paper and
read the denunciations bursting up
on the head OF the Chief Magistrate
of the nation, as Il political trickster
and schemer for power, and then
turn back seventy-fiye years ago
and read the criticism of a philadel-
phia paper, the aurora, on the re-
tireInent of Washington as n bles-
sing and cause for congratulation,
styling him q despot and contem-
ner of the rights which the colonists
had just bought with their hearts
blood. Read this and then read
your morning paper with more
tranquility, and think that all Wash
ington's patriotism and care for the
peoples good may not all have gone
| out of his successors, even though
the paper docs say so? The past
was good time, the present is Il
better, and, believe me, the future
will be the best of all. How much
better Is it TO believe Darwin, that
we began as brutes and have come
so far toward angels that TO believe
we began as gods and have fallen
SO far toward devils. 1 always
thought it better and wiser and
sweeter to look with the eyes OF
love at the beast in our childhood's
storybook, and recognize therein {
possible prince, than that the priH'
ces in the company of Ulysse,
should change, under the wand o
Gree, into goats and swine. Bet
ter an ape yesterday and an an'
gel to-day, than god yesterday
and a boor to-day.
'Better fifty years Of Europe,
! Than q cyclc of Catlay -
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mechanic, show you will get the
timber for saving up there" The
difficulty was insurmountable, and
the mill was left unfinished, like
many another nice things on paper.
When man is willing to show
you how you can make twenty dol
lars day peddling his invention,
how you can learn German in three
easy lessons, keep history and chro-
nology on your tongues end by
simple devices of artificial memory,
cure all your diseases by new nos
trum, new diet, or a new bath, be-
ware of nice things on paper
Hearth and Home.
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\ popularity about the Eomina-
ton of Greeley is, that it is expect
ed to elect him by a combination Of
elements to which he has always
been antagonistic. A Wing aud
Republican, he relies chiefly on
Democratic support. a lifelong
Protectionist, he is presented for
the support of Free-Traders. n
Maine Law temperance man, he ex-
poets to receive the greater part of
the German vote. An original
Abolitionist, he asks for the sup
port of the ex-slaveholders of the
South. A negro suffrage man from
the start, he seeks the aid of a party
composed mostly of haters of negro
equality. A man who yelled, son
to Richmond" when our army was
unprepared for service secretly
connived at a dishonorable peace
when our armies were victorious,
and wound up by bailing the rebel
leader, JEFF Davis, he asks the sup
port of Union soldiers.
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LETTER FROM HUMBOLDT.

EDITOH News Il waited so long
to see my other letter in the News,
and didn't see it, that l almost for
gotihat l was to drop line now
and then, from the point of my
rusty pen.
Itrains, you may be sure, and this
is an original observation. 1t will
rain again, guess. But oh! if it
would only quit a while! Rainy
Kansas! how sciH the people ever
get their planting done.
The Neosho is cutting up too, and
went aud washed away our railroad
bridge. The rails had fish joints, ]
believe they call them, so that some
of the timbers were held in the
water, and will probably re fished
out.
Fish are abundant ia the Neosho,
too.
There is very little wheat left in
this region of country. The pros.
pect is that our cake will not be
dough, but corn, this year.
There are some substantial i'm.
provements going ahead in oul
town. Notable among them are
the machine shops of the Bridge
company. Their buildings art
three hundred feet long and proper
toned in width. The intention il
to do a general machine and iroI
business in addition to bridge
building. There are three larg,
brick business houses in course o
construction, one is nearly done, tn,
other two are growing above tn,
basement. They are two storie
above ground, with basement full
size.
| Although we have no little en-
CINE to squirt water over the iowa
as your Ottawa man says, but til
town has now three large new
empty cisterns TO get water from
But during these rains we are no
in much danger of fire, SO we don
mind much if the cisterns ar
empty. Wen have big squirt gu
Vne of these days, and then get up
big fra, 10 see the fun.
Our city marshal was around lie
days ago to warn US ali to bull
fiuos within three days and qui
sticking the stoyepipes out of IN
roofs, but it rained right away an
. we couldn't do it.
We have been visited by one eli
Gus, and another sis COMM sool
This one was on the dan Rice
name, bat was generally considere
TO be believed Dan in get up-cor
siderably. A. S. PARsoN.
Humboldt, May 20.
4 y aa
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The following story is told of a
young lady and gentleman ut a
fashionable party in Nashville - The
young man was handsome and hap
Ply, the young lady arrayed in Law
ander, rose, &c, with gold powder
cd hair flowing over her swan-like
neck. Finding the heat of The room
too much for them, they sought
the cool shake of an arbor, where
they might listen to the fountains
fall. The mnsic rose and fell, time
few on silver pinione, and after an
absence of at least an hour our
young friends re-entered the bril-
liantIy illuminated parIors. The
lady passed on in the dance, but the
young man was slightly taken aback
by his next Heighb0r Informing him
that around his neck was the nnnls-
taxable print of two arms in chalk
and diamond dust, on one. shoulder
3 large pile of yellow powder, and
Oh his upper lip aud cheek diamond
dust, bloom of youth, and yellow
powder mixed ap gaaerally. The
lady's hair vas ObseS vpd 10 be seye-
! raj shades pAler.H sfSEsa So
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SODA AND MINERAL WATERS.

The approach of the warm season
leads US TO devote few words to
the consideration of the nature and
healthfulness of the various bever-
ages which are sold by druggists,
confectiOners, grocers, ETC., under
the names of soda water, mineral
water, Settler water, etc. Within
4 few years the sales of these bev-
erages have largely increased in
most of the towns and cities in this
country, and vast expense is in
CURED by the dealers in fitting up
apparatus of marble and silver
through which to dispense the effer-
vescing liquids. The apparatus is
certainly very elegant and attractive,
profitable as to be worthy of heavy
OUTLAWS in order to provide counter
appliances.
soda water, or aerGted water, is
simply common water largely
charged with carbonic acid under
pressure. IT this is prepared in a
careful and cleanly way, and in
proper vessels, there can be no seri-
Gus objection to its being used free
ly during the summer months by
persons in ordinary health; but if,
on the contrary, it is manufactured
by slovenly and incompetent deal
ers, and copper vessels are used, il
becomes not only q filthy, but a
poisonous beverage,
| Carbonic acid acts vigorously up
on copper, forming the green car.
Donate of metal, and when vessels
are employed which are not coated
with metallic tin, the poisonous sail
is produced in large quantities
This is dissolved in the water and
when drank freely has a very per.
nicious influence upon the health
When copper fountains are opened
by manufacturers for repairs, or fol
the purpose of retaining, they are
often found covered with deposits
of copper salts, aud we have seer
crystals hanging from the uppel
surfaces like stalictytes from thu
roof of limestone cave.
Too much care cannot be takeI
with copper vessels used for pre-
pairing aerated waters, aud dealer
owe it TO their friends and custom
ers not to allow them to be acteG
upon by the acid. The material
used in the manufacture of the wa
ter should be pure, and the utmos
+ cleanliness and care observed in tn
, manipulating processes. We wisl
that all copper vessels could be dis
pensed with, and we think that irol
ones should be used In preference
as they have been used successfnll
by many dealers.
Respectable aud competent drug
!, gists are usually vigilant aud care
full regarding the character OF tn
2 waters they dispense, and the bev
? erage so cooling and grateful ca
be procured in pure condition c
those worthy of being trusted
! Boston Journal of Chemistry.
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n 1901 london had e5s.sea i,

In 1901 London had 95S, SGD in-
habitants. The late census shows
its population 10 be 3,z54, 26O. II
couers an area of 122 square miles,
making its average population. a
persons to the acre, or, il each lot
were twenty-five by one hundred
and fifty feet. there would be seven
to each. That Is pro baby the dens-
est population of any city I'm The
world.
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The free trade revenue reformers
were sold our at Cincinnati, at . less
price than Esau got for his birth
right. They consented to emascu-
late the platform to concilfate the
protecfionists, aud thea tho ring
leaders Of the profectionists was
placed upon It. They have now TO
swallow apig from Or bols.L Chi
earn Journal.
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A STRANGE CHARACTER IN HARRIS.
BURG,

A writer in Scribner's Magazine
tells the following story of Dick,
the negro who is familiar to many
that have visited the State capital:
An express follows us into Har-
risburg. AS we press through the
waiting thTong that crowds the plat
form and ovcrruns the roadways-
for tho station is sadly lacking i'll
capacity wild looking son of
Ham sweeps down the track, hust-
ling men and women right and left,
clearing the way for the approach
ing locomotive.
Cray Dick" says the executive,
as the apparition speeds past, now
dashing forward to shoulder some
needless loiterer, now falling INTO a
reckless dog-trot, scarcely foot
ahead of the cow catcher.
F'There seems to be method in
his madness"
'Indeed there is, and g useful
method loo. Dick saves good
many lives in the course of a year
''In the employ OF the road Z"
"No, OH his own hook. It's a
craze he has"
The train passes on, and Dicl,
slouches away, looking as if he new
or had thought or a purpose in his
life. His whole mind seems alb
sorbed by a single object-to keep
people from being run ove-, and
nothing but a passing train can rouse
him TO activity. Then his zeal
flames out in a magnificent burst OF
action, to be followed by abject list
lessness until the next train is due.
Live! Oh, Dick is one that
takes no thought for the morrow.
The men about the station see that
his board is paid at the lunch.coun-
ter and the engineers, conductors
and other road-men club together
now aud then and rig him out with
new suit of clothes. He sleeps
anywhere"
Among many incidents in Dicks
career, recouDted on our way to
the superintendents Office TO make
arrangements for Tomorrow run
up the river, one especially Illus
trates the intensity of his life-saving
instinct.
Two or three years ago compa-
ny of Harrisburg fireman succeed
ed in enticing Dick away from his
self-elected duty-not an easy thing
to do-and took him off with them
on an excursion to Altoona. Ar
rived there, Dick straightway for
got his companions and fell to guar
ding the track, as at home. Like
many another public benefactor,
Dicks motives were misjudged.
His zeal was attributed 10 the wrong
spirit, and before his friends could
explain matters he was marched 10
the police station on the charge OF
drunkenness. Naturally the simple
minded fellow took his arrest very
much 10 heart but that was nothing
TO his distres on his return to Har-
risburg, to find that during his alb.
scnce boy had been run over and
killed-the first accident OF the kind
that had occurred since Dick came
upon the field. ~ done knowen
suthin' would happen if / went
away~ the poor fellow cried, de-
ploring remissness in storm of
weeping. Since then nothing can
induce him 10 desert his post; and
SO plainly beneficial is his mama
that he is allowed to pursue his mis-
sion unchecked, although it is only
too evident that it must some das
| come TO q tragic end
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TURN CoAT.-It was stated some
time ago that Horace Greeley had
cast aside his old white coat, and
got a new one-the first in thirty
years. The effect has been remark
able. 1t improved his personal APP
pearance, but demoralized him
otherwise. lie has now also cast
aside his old Republican coat and
Protection overcoat, and donned
new ones of Democratic color and
free-trade style. Thus it is that
some men of staid and steady hab-
its, when they once get to "going
it," speedily rush from bad to
worse, until they plunge headlong
into the lowest depths.-[Chicago
Journal.
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JEWELER.
+. d. FRY.

DEAtER IN CLOCKS, WATCHES AND
ID JEW ELhl. corner room, cameron
i,I.Ick . 1 commercial street. Rcpairing done on
short notice aud In u satisfaetory style
IaniT2tf
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y; 3: cLEvEl.AND's ],

"ENrRAL LIVERY, FEED AND SALE
~ STA BI.E, ON 9th Avenue, between Com.
uIcreial and Mechanics Street, Is now open 20
and ready for business, and will furnish teams
It any time during the Jay or night PAs-
-,ngcrS conveyed To any part 9f the country
ga liberal ternIs. Particular attention paid 70
boarding transient stock. ianlt2tI
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>. II. DAVIS.

7 livery, FEED AND SALE STABLE, on
i A Fourth avenue between commercial and
Mechanics street, Is now prepared 70 let
livery teams. carriages, sleighs and saddle
boanling transient stock Also y COOL wagon
Vnri Jan1tf
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HARNEss- ARn sAnprERY.

CHAs. n. NYE,
INENLER ~ SADDLES, harm SS,
II WhIns wagon covers and clustering
haIr, No. i69 Commercial street, Emporta,
kansas- -. lanltlu
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1t was n bon mot of a delegate.
after the nominations were made.
that the ticket was, as handsome q
comproulise as could have been
made, since it embraced Greeley.
who believed In, everything. and
Brown, who believed In nofi.Ing.-
[ Cincinnati Commercial. -
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HOTELS.
AIERCIIANTs HOTEL.

TORNER 4th avenue and Merchants
street, Emporfa, Kansas. House and
nAtuIes all new. Good accommodations
and charges moderate. j. FRIEND.
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A ieap-year young lads in Cone
va, who stas abous TO propose,
changed her mind - hen she found
that the object or her attention did
not understand homework. ~