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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-11-08

Oddness is not an attribute of
genius. A man may, in his per
sonal appearance, be similar to all
other people, yet surpass them in
mental attachments. We are led
to make these remarks because
there are some persons who think
that some popularity in dress or
manner will mark them as super
ior to the remainder Of mankind.
Because men of remarkable men
tai powers have been so unfortu-
nate as to possess some personal
peculiarities they at once conclude
that in order to possess the same
rare mental endowment, or what
is to them of equal Importance,
obtain the reputation of possessing
it, it is but necessary to copy the
personal manner. 0fe+ 9i4
Young men, let us drop a word
into your ears. OF all those who
tied their cravats after the fashion
of Byron. or endeavored to initiate
his limp, not one has left mark
to let us know that he lived. You
may smoke quite as many cigars
as Grant, or wear out as qmany
white hats and coats as Greeley,
yet shall you not by these means
be able to command armies or edit
Tribunes. zd5 -
The teacher who wants some
of. dress or manner
does SO at the risk of lessening his
influence, while those among his
pupils who are afflicted with a
similar weakness will initiate his
and thus perpetuate a de-
testable habit. If a man has real
merit people will endure rudeness
in his dress or manner, but, they
by no means respect him for them.
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RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY.

Is Joys are our wings, sorrows are
our spurs. ss
ai Power of thought is the only true
measure of the intellect, as force of
principle is the only true measure of
moral greatness.
The Baptist church in Elizabeth,
n. j., mean to treat their new min
lsfef's wife W ell; they have given
hrr $4,000 house. $50
"a Right alongside Of this troublous
life, that is seen and temporal, may
lie the green pastures and sill wa
tiers of the unseen and eternal, and
they vino know Us better than we
know them can at any time step
across the little i'll that we call death,
to minister to our comfort.
The Memphis Presbyterian is at
its Old tricks. It prints without
credit DR.. Scudder's article, written
SONS time ago for the Independent,
and entitled "sShalI We Laugh in
Heayen?o If this editor does not
quit stealing he will never find out.
IN. Y. Independent.
A woman who had been a prom
inent Iecturer.on inffielity came to
her ying pillow. Being much dis
turbed in her mind, her friends
gathered about her and exbOrted
her to sshold on to the last" t'Yes,
u have no objection TO holding on"
said the dying woman, "but will
you tell me what / am to hold on
SSyp'F
Ho On the 9th rlt-, Ave Cinnamon,
who ha7e been on probation for the
last six unontbs, were received into
the Third Congregational Church
of San Francisco. The vote on their
reception was unanimous, and Mr..
Pond. the late pastor, officiaied on
the occasion, as was fitting. or
the eight who originally applied,
one has died and two have returned
to China. @
s4Considering," says Mr. Trollope,
chow much we are all given 10 dis
cuas the character of others, and TO
discuss them often not in the strict
est spirit Of charity, 10 is singular
how little We are inclined to think
that Others can speak iil-natuFediy
of as, and how angry and hurt We
are when proof reaches us that they
have done 30. Il is hardly too much
10 say that we all of us Occasionally
| speak of our dearest friend in .
manner which that dearest friend
| would very little like, and that we
nevertheless expect that our dearest
friends shall universally speak OF
us as though they were blind 70 all
torr faults and keenly alive 70 every
Z shade OF cur virtues"
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Al AN ARKANSAS LETTER 81

Dover, ARK, Oct. 8, 1S72.-Ay
Ded,, Boy. Tie double barrel that
you sent came safely to hand, and
was only shot at once while. /
was carrying it home. Bill Slivers
popped at me from behind the
fence as Twas passing his house,
but had loaded the two-shooter
as soon as l got it, and he didn't
jump up from that fence but once.
am glad one of the barrels is a
rife, as I needed it for long range
practice. The other l can fill with
buck-shot, and can riddle man
nicely at close quarters. 1 mean
to try both barrels on those Jets
when 1 meet them. You see, old
man Jet stole a mule from us in
the war, and when it was over pap
laid for him and killed him. Then
niger Tom Jett, as we called him
the blaek-faced one-he laid for
pap andarplugged him. Then I
picked afnss with Tom and cut
him into jiblets, and since that
time his brother Sam has been
laying for me, I know it is his
turn, but 1 think my double bar.
rel will prove too much for him.
If you want to, see, fun come down
for u while and bring a rifle. 1t
don't make any difference which
side you belong to, and it isn't
necessary even to join the militia
1t is easy to get. up grudge
against somebody, and all you
have to do is to lay for your man
and knock him over. Behind my
pig pen is ono Of the sweetest hid 1
ing places 1 know of, and it is so
handy! A good many people
come within range in q week, and
a man can pass his time right
pleasantly. t...
Z l wish you would send me cat
alogue of. Sunday-school books,
with the prices, if there are any in
st. Louis. If we can get them on
time we will take a lot of books.
L am superintendent of the Baptist |
Sunday-sehool now, and am run
ming 1t under a full head OF steam. |
Old man Buyers, who was turned
out, is right mad about it, and
swears he will chaw me up; but he |
will chaw lead if he don't keep
clear of me. /
My wife wants to know if you
can't send her set of teeth with |
out her getting measured for them.
Her twenty-five dollar set was
busted all to flinders by a pistol |
shot that went through her mouth;
but it didn't hurt her tongue.
Write soon to your friend and
pard. 300 aaia. .as -. |
p. S.-That sneaking, ornery |
cuss, Sam Jet, crept up last night |
and shot at me through the win
dow, but he didn't happen to kill
except a niger girl.
1 mean to go for him, though, to-
y;will be glad of a chance to try |
the double- barrel.-St. Louis Dem
Ocrat ~ ~ 81. ... .rrl 4
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|,EM.PlEyoRIA. NEW S.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1872.
RISE OF MORNONISM.

Palmyra is one of the many beau
tiful and thrifty villages with which
Central and Western New York
abounds. 1t lies twenty-three miles
east of Rochester, on the direct N.
Y. Cen trail Il. II. In addition to its
own inherent excellences, it has
fame as the location where the mo-
tOrious Joseph Smith originated that
gigantic Observation-Disclosures"
Many of the elder citizens remem-
Der him as lazy boy, of shiftless
family, employed as day laborer.
He, with his father before him, was
filled with superstitious notions, of
which the whole country gave evil
dence insthe numerous holes dug by
them to find hidden treasure.
Joe was in the habit of carrying
a mysterious stone in his hat, by
the light of which he protested to
see into the earth. When only
about eighteen or nineteen years
old, lac protested to find the golden
plates. The hill is near Palmyra, a
small, copicaf hill, and the hole is
still pointed out, we believe, which
WAS dug to obtain them. With the
plates, he protested to find a pair of
speetacles, by which he was enabled
to read the characters of the mystic
rious writings. This he could do
and protested to do in the dark. He
would sit in dark room alone, and
read alone, and Sidney Rigoon, his
aecomplice in another. wrote down !
what he delivered. 1t was suspec- !
ted, however, that Sidney, who was |
Q faHaticaf minister among the ssDis-
eipies,P and had some education,
was author as well as amanuensis. |
Smith had no education. No one |
ever saw these plates but Smiths
He satisfied his dupes by showing
them, as he said, in a canvass bag,
and affirming that the Almighty
would strike any one dead who
to look upon them I'M
covered, except himself. ClfT
Martin Harris, a farmer of tic.
town, worth some $4,000, was Sc
1uceaoto furnish the means, about
$1,000, for the publication of the
Mormon Bible, which was print
3d lin Palmyra Harris farm,
which was hypothecated for the
purpose, still goes by the name
IF the 'tMormon Farm" and is
low Advertised for sale, as we
Jaw in the Palmyra paper. Martin
Harris is still living in Salt Lake
City. - e.tag y. M taa r'11 /
: P. B. Pratt, from Ohio, the citi-
.ens say, gave Smith the first assist
nee. He was passing through Pal
llyra on the canal, and heard of the
Wonder, and stopped to inquire aud
the cause. He and Rigoon
ave shape and influence to the
and made its first head
quarters at Kirkland, Ohio, where
hey liVeda The imposture gather
d strength, and soon Smith and his
eaders had wealth in abundance,
nd the vagabond boy became a
rophet.-Northern Advocate.
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SHOULD THE TEACHER BE A CHRIS
TIAN.

There is no one, not even among
those who most doubt the verify
of the origin of christianity but
admits that the dissemination of
its doctrines has had very much
to do with the present high state
OF culture and refinement which
belongs to nations recognizing its
precepts. Because this fact is not
admitted by all, subtracts nothing
from the firmness with which this
belief is established in the minds
of the masses. We cannot but adj
init that those people who were
first to accept the truths of the
christian religion as the basis of
their laws, have far outstripped
those who have chung to the dog
mas of other forms of worship.
If, then, the establishing Of good
laws and good morals be desirable:
if it be of any value that men
should have profound respect
for established governments; if it
be desirable that children revere
their parents and learn to respect
the rights of others; in short, if
we have moral natures capable of
development, and requiring the
same, as do our mental and physi-
cal natures, and which, like them.
must be developed before we be-
come all that we were intended to
become, We must have religious
trimming. But in order that this
training may be as valuable as
possible it must be began like all
other education, in childhood.
The plea that the church and Sab
bath school furnish this instruc-
ton is answered By the declara-
ton that not one half of the chill
dren and youth of any place Of
considerable size are ever found
at either Many children never
hear Gods name reverently spok-
en- save at the morning dcvotions
of their school.
We would not have the creed of
any sect taught, but We would
have selection frcm bible truth
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Z !
/ Orange. This offer was decliaed,
and, retiring to Geneva, d'Anbisne
was chiefly instsumsntal IN fon1d-
ing the Free Church of Geneva,
which differs from the Swiss Prot
estant Church in that it is more like
that of our Methodists and believes
10 the complete separation of Church
and State, He tool, part in the in
stitution of new theological college
for the propagation OF the views of
his church. and was appointed to
the chair of church history in il.
which position he retained to the
day of his death. 1t is forty years
since the establishment of his creed,
ond it already has its connection in
France, Italy, Great Britain and the
United States. 1t was during his
pFofessorship that d''Anbigne, gaiu-
ed the reputation that will keep his
name fresh in the minds Of scholars
and readers for q history of centur-'
les to come. His great work is the
history Of the Reformation. of the
Sixteenth Century" The knoWI-
edge displayed in this production is
immense, but it has laid itselfiopen
to the criticism of its religious enc
mics as taking q ons-sided view of
the subject. Perhaps in work of
this kind this is unavoidable His
ruling principle OF God in His
tory" he has sought to unfold in all
his writings. Among his other
works are, ssThe Proctor :. "a Vindi-
cation" and Germany, England
and Scotland" They have been, |
translated into several languages,
and the English versions especially !
have met with remarkably large !
sales. On one of his visits to Scott
land he was presented with the lib /
erty of the city of Edinburg, and 4
while awayifrom' home he |
was treated with distinguished con-
sideratiOn. He was enable to amsss
wealth, a good deal OF
which was lostithFougt a brother of
his in this country duringiour civil
war, Notwithstanding which he left
more than a competence for his
family. He was twice married, his
widow being an Irish lady. He is
.hus deserted by writer Who Wis
ted him lately "There is some
hing scholarly in the kind old mans
ACE. His eyes look all the bright
II for their heavy. over-arching eye
1rows. He speaks English admir-
IDLY, and one OF hisltwenty voiunesJ
S written in that language He
vas in the 18th year of his age. ut
he time of his death" l.
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Two years ago the question of 8
uniform lesson"-the same lesson
for all the classes in a Sunday
schooi-wss a prominent one in
most Sur dsy school. conventions
aud insiitu es throughout the coun-
try. Now it is rarely considered at
such gatherings, simply because IL
is the well-nigh universal opinion
that uniform lesson is iRdispensa-
BILE TO good school.
Bishop Bowman was present at
the Indianapolis Preachers Meeting,
lately, having dedicated a
church at Button the preceding
Sabbath, aud raised 5000 to free
The same from Indebtedness. The
Bishop gave a brief account of his
episcopal experience since he en-
tered upon the work of a bishop.
genial and radiant with intellectual
and spiritual sunshine as ever.
For some time a plan has been
under consideration for the estab-
lishment of Presbyterian Church
in New York, for the accommoda-
tion of Southern families who do
not feel at home in the Northern
churches. The difficulty is to find
the right kind of a man for the min
lister. DIR. Palmer. of New Orleans,
has been suggested, but he does not
seem to be quite ready to join the
movement.
The Church Weekly, which has
lately given up the ghost, was the
recognized organ of the High
Church party in the Protestant
Episcopal Church in New York.
The Express says: The Weekly
was either five hundred years
ahead of the church, or five humid
red years behind it,. in matters &C.
clesiastical and archaeological, we
meyer could tell which; and we
doubt whether any of It's readers
could tell In sentiment and tone
it was almost as Roman as any Ro-
man Catholic could he, and yet it
nine articles and the Book of Com
mon Prayer with tenacity that
showed at the bottom earnest Pro- |
testant convictions. The attempt !
to build up party within the Epis- |
copal Church. in this country, upon |
n foundation made up of such in-
congl uous material as that, was a |
bold one; but at The start, il had
powerful uppOrl-yeI.with all :haI,
/ he demise o: the Weekly must be
accepted as proof that il has failed.
High" churchmen are probably as
high as ever-perhaps little high
e,-but they are not going the
lengths to which the gentlemen who
wrote for the Church Weekly Wonld
beckon them. And that we take to
be the philosophy OF the obituary
we are o y called to record.
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GRATIFYING SCIENTIFIC INFoRAA-
T1oN.-Here is an item that we
recommend to the especial atten-
ton of the editor of the Wichita
Eagle:
If there is anything We like in
a scientific work it is clearncss.
When, therefore, we read recently,
in a medical volume, that the
thalamaoptici are the essentials Of
the senstry tracts, as the corpora
sUarlata are of the motor" we felt
complely happy, because we per
ceived at once, with stereoscopic
distinctness, precisely what the
author meant. What he means is,
of course, that the thalim:optical
are the essentials of the senstry
tracts, as the corpora starlata are
of the motor. The information is
especially gratifying, because we
must all be impressed with the
conviction that if the thalamiop-
tical had not been the essentials OF
the senstry tracts, existence would
at once become a disgusting and
uaendurable burden, and woman's
love a hollow mockery. AS it is,
we are filled with a holy and sat
isfying calm.
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Iowa PRoDUcTs.-The estimated
yield of agricultural products OF
Iowa in 1871 were in bushels as
follows: Corn, $4,000, 900; wheat,
100000; oats, 21,5O0,0OO; buck
wheat, 10000; potatoes, 1885,
600; sweet potatoes, 100000; and
100000 tons OF hay, and 3,O00,-
900 gallons of sorghum syrup.
The grain produced amounted to
10 bushels to each inhabitant.
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IMMIGRATION MovEMENTs.-Th
operations of the Burlington d.
Missouri Railroad, through their
European agent, Mr.. Schaller,
show business enterprise, tact and
success. All Great Britain has
been divided into districts, in each
of which is an agent with fixed
salary. These gentlemen Ito the
number of 1000 in alb operate
manly in the large cities; give in
formation, distribute circulars, and
see that no immigrant leaves with
out Burlington & Missouri circu-
lars and documents. In some
cities, messenger in livery goes
on board every steamboat to dis
tribute these documents to pass-
engers. More than 5000 immi-
grants have left for Nebraska
through this agency alone, and
many more indicate decided dis
position to follow. The benefits
of such efforts with such happy
results can hardly be overestinat-
ed; and the land department of
the company is so judiciously
managed that no well disposed i'm
migrant need have just cause for
complaint or grumbling.-Railway
Review.
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It's no in titles nor II rank, :. -
It's no in wealth like Lon on bank.
To purchase peaee andrest;
It's no in maxim muclie mair,
Its no In books, it's no fn1ear,
To make rs truly biest:
II happiness hae not herseat
And center ia the breast, ot al
We may be wise, or RICH or great,
But never can be blest -,
Nae treasures nor pleasures -,
Could make Us happy lang; -,
The heart ayes the part ave -.
That makes as right or wronr.
BuRHE.
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The Brooklyn Eagle has a spite
against Shakespeare. Last year it
said that he was 'smuch overrated."
This year it says his "thoughts
are sometimes majestic, and his
.pnHs always pueriIe." Authori-
ties differ as to the origin of this
animOsity, but it is generally at
tributed to the belief that some OF
the descendants of Shakespeare
maternal aunt are engaged in q
conspiracy to start another Demo
cratic paper in Kings county.-N.
Y. Commercial
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read. tnd a short, earnest prayer
offered each day in every school in
the land. Besides this, We would
have lessons of brotherly love and
mutual charity and forbearance
ineulcated from time to time, as
the incidents belonging to the in
tercourse between so many of diff
ferent training and temperaments,
afford both the occasion and the
material. No person, not even
the parent, ever has so many or so
valuable opportunities for such in
struction as the teacher. Yet it is
as true with this as with any 9th
er branch of knowledge, only he
who possesses can impart. Only
hearts that feel can ever lead 9TH
ers to know, in their fullness, the
benefits which flow from actions
performed from pure motives; and
as from the very nature of the case
the most of the moral instruction
given must be by example rather
than precept. 1t follows that only
those who possess can impart.
A pure life is a constant remind
er that we may make our lives
pure The man is the effect of
education upon the child; the
child is largely the copy of the
teachers he most respects. r.s
OF course if there be any one
who does not acknowledge these
to be truths, to such an one our
remarks are void of force But
we do know that the majority of
people do and ever will believe in
their verify. Hence we say, give
us christian men and women for
the teachers of our children and
youth. -. ....-.-.
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"A. A. LHAnrLIR. BE-. HUdHE
CHAMPLIN Z HUGHES. -

CTUNE CUTTERS AND CONTRACTORS.
= We are prepared 10 do all kinds OF stone
cutting, sucn rs window sills, circular caps
OF any dealEn, door sills, columns. mouldings,
and all work In the Jtone cutting line that
Luilders may desire. They also furnish bases
and sockets Tor tombstones, Orders prong pity
and Constitution street. Emporia, Kansss.
JaniTaII f|.H...
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John NJ. Gordon, OF Virginia,
lived an entire winter on fifty-five
cents day, in order that he might
be enabled to spend dollar night
for one hundred and nine nights for
a reserved seat in the National
Theater at Washington.
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Mr.. Lincoln was ques-
toned in regard to some of the
witticisms attributed to him, such
as, Grant and whisky" ETC., he
laughed and said: ,afsThe papers
make me smarter than I am; I
have said none OF these things,
with one exception. / did say
when Ehad the smallpox, Nov let
the oitice-seekers come, for at least
i haNe something can give to all
of them
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A3hofse attached to q hearse In
which were the bodies Of tbfse San,
Ftafcisco paspers, fan away the
other day, fhrewiag out the bodies,
md creating the impression among
the SPECTATORS that . General resur-
rgetioH had occurred. sbsli 11ais
An elegant fool, and q tirst-cIaks
candidate for hot birthstone, stole .
wreath OF flowers from 3 maiden's
81 Gresnwpod Cemetery
e fsw DAYS since, and hung q gar
.lsnd az live. toads strune together
with6 cord In place Of the heWers-
How is that for sweet revenGhH
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A kCHIfECr and BUTLDER, tSprepared
IA " furnish plans anu specifications for all
ktnds Of mechanical structures. Is prepared
u do carpenter and Joiner work, eitAer by
sixth Avenue ana Constitution street. 49,
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LIVERY STABLES.
e. NICHOLS,

livery, FEED AND SALE STABLE
Ia 9Th avenue, corner Mechanics street.
Ample room for stock. facilities good,
and prices reasonable. An excellent hne
OF horses and carriages for hire. Call and
see me. l6yl .
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j. II. DAVIS,

= livery, FEED AND SALE STABLE. on
Il 4 Fourth avenue between Commercial and
Mechanics street, is now prepared 10 Leu
livery teams, carriages, sleighs and saddle
boarding transient stock. Also u good wagon
yard. tlt Janitf
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MADISON HOUSE

TMPORIA, KANSAS. 9th avenue
IL near Commercial street. This favor
It's hotel has been thoroughly refitted and
furnished. The most careful attention
paid to the comfort Of guests. 1880 a
35tr NIL. FUNkHOUSKR. -
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EDUCATIONAL.

This column will be uuder the inn
mediate control of PROF. S. S. RABCoCk,
to whom ali articles for publication per-
tanning to the subject of education should
be addressed
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HOTELS,
aIERCHANTs HoTEL.

HORNER 4th avenue and Merchants
~ street, Emporia, Kansas. House and
fixtures all new. Good accommodations
and charges moderate. s. j. SHANkS.
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TXCLUSIVE attention paid to the re-
E pairing OF watches, clocks and jewel
~. All work warranted. North window
Of Tandy & Eastman's drug store, Empo-
ria, Kansas, .r -
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CHARLES WHEELOCT.

CONTRACTOR for stone work and plast.
~ ing Is ready TO furnish materials. Work
done promptly and satisfaction given. Res
ideree No. AZ Union street, Emporia, Kansas.
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y. M. FKY.
T., n. ROBERTS.

DEALER IN CLOCKS. WATCHES AMI,
L. JEWELRY, corner room, Bancroft
block Commercial street. Repairing done on
janlT2tt