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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-01-05
THE ORPHANS CHRIsr.1As-rRkE.
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An orphan boy, with weary feet.
Went thronsh the town from street 70 Stree
To see the clustering candies lighted
In homes where happy children meet.
Before each house he stood, TO mark
The pleasant rooms that sh0ne so.fA1ray;
The tapeTS lighted, spark by spark,
And I sad al his us heart cart was. in the DARK.
He vspt; he clasped his hands and cried:
Thai SssTfiEy sSi1 TrsSent All a1fe
Around their trees, with merry Voices
Bat Christmas IL % me- denied
saOues with my sister, hand In hand,
At home, how did my tree delight mel
No other tapers shone 80 grAHds
s But n sSS5ss Is me me 1o2s isEs1 lana
"Wm no one let me in. to share
The light.-t0 take some corner nigh II.
A spot where may sit In quiet
A little SCAT among them thsres
-WEn no oae let me In to-niGhtl
will not beg for gift or token;
only ask 10 see the sight
And hear the thanks OF others spoken,
And that will be my own delight,
He knocked at every door and gate;
He raped 1t WtndoE-pane and shutter;
Or came. the aW eioome in p TO utter.
Their ears were duh to outer fate
Each father looked 1ith eyes that smiled,
Upon hEs happy children only;
Thur gifts the mothers heart beglA3ed
To think Of then: none saw the lonely
Forgotten boy, the orphan child
40 Christ-child, holy, kind and deari
have no father and no mother,
Nor friend says thee, to give me cheer.
Be thou my help, there IL none Other
Since all forget me, wandering hereP
The Door boy rubbed his hands so blue,
His little hands, the frost made chilly;
His tattaFed clotAes he closer drew.
And crouched within corner Silly,
And prayed, and knew not what 20 do.
Then sud- emily, there shone Q light;
Along the street, approaching naArer,
Another child, IN garments white.
spake Is he eame-and clearer, dsarer.
His voice made music In the night:
ST am she Christi have thoz no fsars
I was . child In my probation.
And children unto me are near:
hear and heed thy Supplications
Though all tho rest forget thee here
my saving word 10 AL bear,
And equally 20 each tbs Giveni
I bring the promise Of my care
Here, in the street, beneath the heaVous
As well as In the chambers there.
"And here, poor boy, thy Christmas-tree
WIN adorn, and 50 make gimmer
All this opsn space, for thee,
That those within shall twinkle DINNER,
For bright as thine they cannst beP'
The Christ-ehiId with his shining hand
Then pointed up. ana loi the lastree
That sparkled thereI He saw IL stand,
A tree. o'erhung with u AIRY clusters
On all Its branches, wide and grand.
30 far and yet % neari the night
Was blazing with the tspers' splendor,
What was the orphan boys delight,
How beat his bosom warm and tender,
To see his ChriStmas-tree SO bright ~ r
It seemed to him . happy dream;
Then, from the starry branches bending,
The angels stopped, and through the CLEAN
They lifted him to peace intending,
They folded him in love supreme.
The orphan child is now at rest:
No fathers care, nor motoe's,
Upon the Christ child's only breast.
All that is here bestowed on others
He there forgets, where all Ii best.
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FoR SALE.
a Good Chance!
I, he underSignsds o6sr - ssll my
Furniture Establishnaent,

OoeR6R - avenue . HZereAAet street,
CcnsistIng OF one lot, two good buildings,
one steam engine and considerable ma
WoRk, ali complies and In good running
eoAdtftons good large eisteFn near the
boiler; . los o. dry lumber, etc., On very
reasonable ersms. Anyone who wants 20
fnlleW this kind Of buxiness viii ind
this en0 chance, and ahOuld come and
zee ma Beoa. n. KNORR,
aSs234s Imports, Kansas.
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GLEANINGS.

Satire should be not like saw,
but a sword; it should cut, and
not mangle. -s
The future destiny of the child
is always the work of the mother.
-BOnapdrte.
Whenever you buy or sell, let or
hire, make a clear bargain, and
never trust to that 1--WE shan't
disagree about tribes"
Voltaire, in conversation with
Gretry, the musician, while speak
ing of fame, said, ooh, I'd give a
hundred years Of immortality for
a good digestion any time"
Preserve your conscience always
soft and sensitive. If but one sin
force les way into that tender part
of the soul and is suffered to
dwell there, the road is paved for
q thousand iniquities.
"Mr. Speaker" said member
Of the Jamaica Legislature, discuss
ing bill for the regulation of the
timber trade, 81 know these timber
merchants to be most sgregious
rascals-I was in the timber trade
myself twelve years"
A lady witness said in q St.
Louis court, ''Give me the least
grain of truth for q basis and /
can ruin the character of any wo-
man in the world. Let gossips
ponder this remark and they will
be brought to realization Of its
truth"
A table of the daily wages paid
in this country for mechanical Ia
Dor show that for nearly ali kinds
of handicraft work the average
rate of wages is higher in the
New England States than in the
Middle, the Western or the South
ern States. I'D
The divers in the East Indian
pearl think little of en-
tering the lists against a shark,
armed with a strong piece of wood
sharpened at both ends. Await
ing the opening of his mouth, they
thrust in their arm, holding the
woed perpendicularly, and his
mouth being thus kept extended,
he browns. ~ l
President Theirs recently had il
brought to his notice that an
American, DR.. Charles B. Brig
ham, had achieved. q wonderful
Operation on q French soldier, and
therefore invited the surgeon and
his patient to visit the executive
mansion. The operation consisted
in replacing the face Of a soldier
found on the battlefield. a com
plete face has been substituted,
even TO teeth and eyes.
A journeymsn tailor, Jimmy
York, ninety -four years old, is now
walking through Ohio. He has
been a s'tramp" for seventy five
years, and has visited every State
in the Union many times, walking,
on an average, three thousand miles
per year. His eyes are yet good
and he processes to be able to work
at his trade. He has recently re.
turned from 8 little walk to Nova
Scotia and is now on his way, to
Texas.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-01-05
RAETes 3
NORHAL SCHOOL ESSAY.

under this head, we shall. from time
TO time, publish such class exercises OF
Normal students as may seem worthy Of
place in our paper.l
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To lawyers Can you make =
blind man liable Tor his BIN, If il
is payable at sight3 s.
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NEW RARREI1 sHOP.

NEW BARBER SHOP.
SMITH ~ WHITE, Props,
Next door to HeoshO Valley Bank.
EMPoRIA. KANSAS.
shayinH shsmpooing and Hair Dress.
ing done In Arst-clasa style.
We also keep for sale Whites Spanish
Lustral, for She hair. janitf
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which will take up at any time during
the spring and start than again in Hrst-
class condition anywhere, ct prices 90 low
that all can well AFFORD 70 indulge In .
choice Collection Of these beautiful pro-
duettous.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-01-05

Oldest and Most Reliable.
I @ 3D.
$50
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MUR,slERY.

Biggest and Best !!
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-01-05

"Mr. Speaker" said a member
Of the Jamaca Legislature, discuss
ing a bill for the regulation of the
timber trade, 81 know these timber
merchants to be most sgregious
rascals-I was in the timber trade
myself twelve years"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-01-05

A lady witness said in a St.
Louis court, "Give me the least
grain of truth for q basis and /
can ruin the character of any wo-
man in the world. Let gossips
ponder this remark and they will
be brought to realization Of its
truth" 80
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-03-02
Lands 10 the Nav Orleans and NORTH
eastern Railway.

Hon. J. /. Morphis, member Of
Congress from this State, introduced
into the House of Representatives,
on the l2th inst, a bill granting the
rightof way for one hundred iea,
Wide on each side eff the track
through the public domain in the
States Mississippi and Louisiana. to
the New Orleans and Northeastern
Railway. Besides the right Of gay
the bill futher provides that all Of
the lands for The space OF en- miles
wide, lying on each side Of the line
Of said railway, be and the same are
sold to said company to aid in con
~structing its road, on the following
terms, to-wit: The title of the lanQs
shall be withheld until the company
has paid into the treasury of the Un-
tied States Il sum, in lawful money,
equal to the cost ofsuch lands al the
price per acre at which they had
boon offered for Yale at the time Of
there withdrawal from market, al.
der an Act OF Congress-
The lands for the first twenty
miles otthe road, may DO conveyed
to the company, on the payment Of
the purchase money, and before the
road has beca completed on that
twenty miles, but this first twenty
must have been completed before
the lands lying along tho line of the
second twenty miles ofsaid road are
conveyed, aud so on for every TWEEN
ty miles OF completed road, there
shall be an additional twenty miles
of lands soldt to said company. The
company are nor to sell the lands
at less than two dollars and fifty
cents peracre, nor in parcels less
than one hundred and seventy acres.
The line Of the roads, to be dosigna-
ted within twelve months, and the
FIRST twenty miles must be compile
ed withintwo years from filing OF
q map of the route, in the Interior
Department Of the Government,
The net to become null and void,
on failure te comply with any one
OF its conditions, onthe part of said
company. Our Legislature has a
memorial to Congress, before it, on
the subject of granting these lands
to the Company (which We hope will
pass. in time to be considered in
Congress at its present session..
Pilot. ( ass a..tH 'f er.
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WASHINGTON.

WAsnINeroN, Feb. 2S.-Robb n.
Wallace was nominated Marshal OF
South Carolina, vice Reyeray john
sons son.
The failure ofthc Treaty Of Wash
ington is considered possible, and
with it will fall the proceedings IN
der tao United States and American
Claims Commission progressing
here now.
Ssratt.-Lo.an submitted a ma
iority report, adverse, and Carpcn-
ter submitted q minority report in
favor of Ahbotts claims ms Senator
from North Carolina. Three thou
sand extra copies Of both reports
were ordered printed. The cues
ton involved is whether the votes
cast for Ineligible candidates are
blank.
The sale of arms was resumed,
AdiourNes.
Scott introduced bill supple
montary TO the act Of March Bird,
ISL, incorporating the Texas Pact.
ic Railroad Company. The bill pre-
vidos for changing the name of said
corporation to the Texas and South
ern Railway Company, and empow-
ers it TO issue tho construction and
land bonds authorized by the elev-
enth section OF said act for such a.
mounts as it may deem needlul for
contractors and equipments, aud to
include in mortgages securing th0
construction bonds all or any p0r-
ton Of the lands granted, and in he
mortgages securing the land bonds
any remaining lands not used Us
security fOrthe construction bonds
provided, the amount ofland bonds
shall not exceed two and a half dol.
lars per acre fof all lands covered
BY mortgage securing the same,
The bill also provides that the con.
struction ofthe road slalEcommeucc
at Marshal, Texas, and that two
hundred mi os westerly shall be
completed within two years, and
that the whole road to San Diego
shall be finished within ten years
from the passage OF this act.
A vote was taken on IrumbulIs
motion to reconsider the vote adop-
ting ConkIing's amendment direct
ing enquiry to DC made as to wheth-
er any member Of The Senate or cit,
izen Of the United States had held.
unauthorized communication with
any foreign Governments or its agent
and The motion was lost-2S to 49,.
The Republicans who voted TO re-
consider were Ferry of Conn
Logan, Sprague, Trumbull 4 West,
Sumner and SohurE did not vote.
HoaSe.-'lhe sale of arms question
was introduced, but went over I'M
der objection. ....r
A resolution ofonQuiry regarding
the re-onslayement Of Chinese il
Cuba was adopted.
Townsend offered a resolution de-
cIaring that the President should
open negotiations looking to the
withdrawal of the claim for consc.
quential damages from the Amer
can case. Several objections were
made and the resolution was with.
drawn.
A resolution OF enquiry regarding
the sale Of arms and disposition of.
the proceeds passed. .'...
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-03-02

WuoIEsAlE MASSACRE Of jaws IN
Recent advice received
IN London state that the Jewish per-
s,cution m Roumania is increasing
Numbers daily fall victims 10 the
hatred Of the natives over whose
actions the authorities exercise no
control. Murder in pablo IS ne
0scnt and unpunished. The unior-
tlnats lsraslitos are subjected to
every species ofindtgity and perse-
cution which their enemies u de-
wise. Their dwellings are fired by
rot us mobs, and number OF lives
are not untrequcntly sacrificed TO
complete the holocaust. The relen-
tess persecution of these people has
compelled many to leave the terrific
nv. Numbers Of these refugees are
placing themselves under Turkish
protection. In the city of Cagul
the persecution has probably been
developed in its bloodiest' aspect.
Over seventy ~lsraelites, including
dcionceIess women and children,
have fallen victims to their opprCss-
ors, while thirty five have been
wounded, MANY fatally. The re
CENT of the information aroused tire
warmost sympathy in London for
the unfortunate Jews.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-03-02

'rh H"
lBarAt the Orphans Fair Al
Natchez the following were tn,
pr yes drawn. .u.r
Arm Chair Prize No. S8, drawn
by Richard O.. Ferrall, Natchez.
~ Diumond Gold Watch, prize No.
.S5 P. Walsh, Natchez. .T1.
Gold Chain and Cross, Prize No
81; Mrs P, T. Ferris Macon, Miss.
Japanese Work Box. prize No
l65. Mi's A, Perrault, Natchez.
Silver Batter Dish, prize No. IS
Mrs Cmriek, Rodney. o1"
Solid Silver Teaspoons, Prizt
No. So, John Anthonyy Natchez.
.Er Gold Slcvee ButtonsJ Prize No
-l6, Bell@Oompton, Jackson. .ls.
Silv@rSalt Stands, Prze No. NJ
VIM Nocnnnj Nhtrhez.7I
List of SolidiSiIver spoons filled
and won by Patrick Mahan, %.
.lumhus, Miss. Ht ua .g.n I
Silver Set, Prize-Brenbam
first clerk steamer Kate Kinney.
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INVESTIGATING COMMIT
70. E H.l TEES.

The world.has had its Golden
Age, ,itssagcs Of iron and brass, and
now we have the age Of lhvcstiga,
ting Committees. No nook or corn
er is exempt from these exploring
expeditions Of Congress. Every
active or extinct crater that has
giron birth to the moral and politi-
cal eruPtiops of the day, is probed
and searched and made the subject
of voluminous, but not very lumi-
nous, reports. o These committees
never reach the heart of this vol
canic action, but display q wonder
fal ~aeutenesS in classifying othe
symptoms and suggesting the rene
dies, but they are mere local appli-
eations,-and the. disease breaks out
in new forms and places, The Now
York frauds have been submitted
to the diagnosis Of those empires,
but suppose the actual captery is
applied, is any one.so obtuse as to
imagine that tho central fire will
notafnd another and more tender
outletl Will the investigator Of
the Louisiana muddle "out with
The damned spot" that testers in her
very yitals, and consigns her to an.
archy and misrule ?QlAre the scars,
now covering the political sores of
Arkansas, anything more than mere
surface sculmns over a depraved and
malignant blQod.S II Whatand whore
issthe r%elnOdylii The quaSksl who
are now sen ding out these ihycsti-
eating committees are only conf
ming the disease that jt may gather
.noR shpagth Al zappenttf6m
Philip drankito Philip sober, by 4
eomprOmise With R~9dicafsm, may
for q tipe allsy, but NH pRoqlttqqEe,.
Philip is still the tyrsntsq The Ipri-
mary election system must be tho
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-03-02
POISONED LITERATURE.

.#t ri. --4 || .r H#
l a Were it not for the compromising
influences that surely follow the
j violations Of moral and physical
laws, the earth would become a
Pandemonium, but truth and right
will assert their supremacy sooner
a or later. lie who has fed on pois-
cns must expect the r~etribution
Z that follows tho ~infraction OF physi-
cal laws, and whoever is addicted
to the use Of a noxious, mental
stimnlant or narcotic will Just as
surely SOW the seeds of a moral dis.
ease, which finally becomes ineradi-
sable. That man or woalan, whose
- mind is so warped as TO find solacc
5.5ooly in the pernicinus literature of
deprayed society; becomes a walk
ing disease. lie or She may be a
Desperate or . sickly septamental-
-sa ist,3 Either bears a punishment
80 that cannot be eRcape1. Beneath
the garish iindiFereics2 which. one
o.a may affect in the SEQ u of public
55 pPinion isla power, against which
sg tits iimpetentento combat 81 itowilG
sdiint down OF outbidding or yield it's
% Toignsnty TO any scdatiye. There
are very few Of The novels Of the
TedPFcSent day that are not dissemina-
-sa ting the subtle Socdsithat fill our
-sA sryiviSws with poison uhd our
"baehitqntiapies With cohrvicts.31l is
PIN Es 9pId, pFblus4jiqqg and yqlg3a9r,
sd4hpoks that lure orrdiiHpRsssible
adH otthsp from the line of 'reCtitqde.i
-odO NJ. those oSheo have fed or the.
sa'gcStSt sim alSnty until they have
sp9p99 inert cG95 boar the bpr.iisg.
~ crid and, pausioas 7mentalod fugr
ni Sbmpoai, he'd in tho laboratory of
-a he'll byliteEFy 4hacks,, and labelled
tor tic 1se of these HOPa
sdicitcs. II Is tho literature per-,
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NOTES.
Tho last OF the bare uas--Iydia
T'hompson'S troupe.

Tho last OF the 5are'uns-Iydia
1hompson's troupe.
DO at Rome as they do al
Rome Is it necessary then to
have a Roman nose2 VINO knows
What is tie difference between
the neck-lie aud the marriage tie?-
One is taken OIL al night and the
other is not. l
An exchange says that sound
travels more than eleven hundred
1oet in n second. We don't know
how tarll00it. can travel in asecond
and can't say whether the PROPOSE
ton il sound or not.
One guSrd against counterfeit
ing grcenbacks, is the difficulty ol
photographing Spinner's signature.
They say tho suns rays cannot twist
about enough through an ordinary
lens 10 reproduce it.
A young man, very much iuto1-
icAtcd, with a lady, endeayoriag 10
call her name, hesitatcd and stem
mored. ooh, said he, =" il is such
asweet name it molts in my mouth
before | can get it out"
The New Workers. are tying to
blow up He'll Cato. They are going
50 rapidly TO tho Internal regioas.
we shoald think it waS an obstruc-
ton to their entrance Besides
people have to 20 through it on on
tering or leaving New York.
Gov. Powers, in vetoing the
Bill to incorporate the Brookhaven
q liro Co, mildly intimates that the
! Legislature should give q little at
t]antion to public matters, instead Of
consuming its time on private bills.
We objects the less they have to do
with public matters the better foy
the public, and we think they should
draw their pay for doing as little
harm as they can. rr~-
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fumed ard susar-coated With ssnti-
msnt that is more dangerous, for it
daIIics with your conscience, and
Ieads you impcrceptibly from the
purer influences that Surround you.
1t is safest for the young to avoid
all books that arc strictly called
roycl. there isso much evil stealth
lily hidden beneath their specious
pretonces that an Immature intellect
will be mcshed sooner or later in a
net from which it can never eXtri-
cate itself.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-03-02

In Scribner's Magazine a series
OF essays, called "Back-L og Studies,
brms ono Of the most attractive
features of that admirable monthly
They are from the pen Of Charlie.
Dudley Warner, snthor OF "My
Summer in a Garden aud will
rank with the efforts of the best En-
siish cssayists. Mr.. Warner makes
use Of some rather faint characters
,- iEations, around which he throws n
subtle and lambert hUmor, which is
both fascinating and instructive,
These imaginary personages give
the essays . Bcmi-eollequi&l style,
and are introduced by aim TO give
variety and expression to his sub
jeets. His analy sis OF the social
h]ypoGricies are exceedingly fine,
and careful and tender. lie does
not, like a buugljng surgeon, slash
aud laccrato with rusty knives, but
cuts clean into his subject with II
polished blade and the hand Of a
master. For pleasant summer hours
there is no better reading than these
pleasant papers. .r
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-03-02
JONES.

The Columbus Democrat is repre-.
ducing in its columns,he celebrated
Aush-time's career of Shorco Jones,
so well known in tho palmy days Of
PrentisS, Guion, McNutt and others.
1t will be re-read with interest,
'.Alas! poor YOrick we knew him
we'll" We had the pleasure of an
intimate acquaintance with Stocco
during the later years OF his lift'
With extraordinary conversational
powers and an incxhuustible fund
Of humor, he was a most companion
able mar and would scarcely be Ia
ken for one who would play such
gigantic, practical jokes at the ex-
pense Of a whole State. After the
sGbsidsnco,s.of that sextravssant,
reckless, open-handed and generous
phase of Mississippi life, known as
the "Flush-times," Shocco also sub
sided into a..quiot, gentle. life, -and,
80 far as any public recognition was
concerned, he wSs almost q recluse.
Socially, he could not estranse him
self, however, from his fellow-men,
though, from a splendid career, no
became even a psnsionsr on the
bountiss Of others, yet this strange
man would sit by the bedside Ofthe
sick and watch for hours and hours,
ministCring to them as tehderly NJ
q woman. 1t seemed rs if he had
an inner life, which, when divested
Of his other self brought into play
The hitherto concealed virtues of a
philsnthropist. He was strict in.
the observances of the Catholic
church. We have said he was gift
cd with extraordinary n9wsrs as a
conycrsatjonalist, he WAS also IA in
imitable narrator.
We remember well one of his
stories, which illustrates the large
scale on which his practical jokes
were carried, but we cannot repro
duce il in his language. 1t was one
of his scientific humbugs. BY some
means he had induced the Chapel
Hill professors to believe that a
volcano had burst out in tho noun
tains Of n. West North Carolina,
then an almost UNEMPLOYED region.
They became enthusiastic and start
ed forth in dignifsd procession 10
add new luurels to the institution,
on a scientific voyage Of discovery.
As they proceeded on theirfatiguing
pilgrimage the philosophers increas-
ed their numbers from tho villages,
through which they passed. At last
they reached their destination. A
gaunt, shock-headcd, raw-boned set
tier was standing near his cabin
door, aws-struck by this formidable
and imposing display Of North Car
DINA philosophers. One of the lat
ter enthusiastically asked for the
volcano, The man,looked at them
AS one wouId look on a procession
otlunatios and exclaimed, "Volcano
in North Carolina-h-lI :" The
sarantS comprehendod'the situation,
They were sold. How they got
back to Chapel Hill assnever dis
tinctly understood, onlytbat they
came in private installments, and
never liked to treat of the theory
of volcanic action in that collegs
thereafter. Il.