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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1873-03-22

The New York Evening Post, admnistra-
tiUn, says!
at is hardly too much to say that it would
be better for the country if the present session
could be wiped out altogether, for the investi "a
tions in which it has consumed much ofits time
are modification to the people aud lasting
disgrace to this Congress. That it should
have voted at the asst moment to give five
thousand dollars extra pay to each Of It's mem
bers, on false pretences, is perhaps the best
commentary that can be made upon It's char
acter, aud should suggest To everybody that
the less said about it aud the sooner its exist
ence can be covered up out Of sight forever,
the better.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1873-03-22

INTEREST IY VIRGISIA DURISG THE WAR.
The bill has passed 10th houses of the Vir-
ginia Legislature Suspending the interest on
all contracts prior to the war, and during its
continuance. It provides that on contracts,
express or implied, which existed prior to the
10th Of April, 1865, it shall not be lawful for
the jury or court by whom the suit NAV be
tried to allow interest upon the original debt
found to be due, or any part thereof, for the
period commencing on the l7th day Of April,
1861, aDding on the 18th day Of April,
1865, or for any portion Of said period.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1873-03-22

A BEAUTIFUL INcmEST.-Anclent history
records beautiful incident Illustrating the
mower and uuselfshness of filial love. In the
ssigc Of a certain city, two young men within
its walls had rendered great service to the
general, through whicbit finally fell into his
hands. Ia return he ordered their lives to be
spared and gave them permission to take with
them out of the city as much treasure as they
cauld carry. They accordingly both appear
ell at the gate, one carrying his mother on his
back and the other his father, showing by the
act how much more precious they were in their
eyes than any amount Of jewels or gold.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-28

FRIGHTENED.-Clergymen who
talk plainly to people often offend
them but a case of genuine fright,
like the following, is not so common.
it is q capital story, told by the
Memphis Presbyterian: "Travel-
ing in his buggy alone, not long
ago, in going to one of his appoint.
ments, one of our good brethren in
the Presbytery of Memphis overlook
tramp with his carpet bag in his
hand. The roads were muddy, and
he was just at the time about enter
ing a miry bottom. With the
politeness for which he is noted, he
asked the pedestrian If he would
not take q seat in the buggy until,
at least, they had crossed the mud
and mire. The Invitation was read
lily accepted, and the conversation
for time was free and easy, about
things ordinary and general, Pres
emily, however, tie good brother,
with q view to make the converse.
ton profitable, asked the stranger
if he was ready to die.
Not knowing the character OF
the person who had invited him to
seat with him, and misappre-
bending his meaning, and suspect
ing foul play, he waited not to re-
ply, but sprang from the buggy
imIne diately, and ran for life through
sIush and water. The clerical
brother, wishing to assure the
stranger that he meant no harm
called 10 him at the top of his voice
TO stop. But tAis only fastened his
speed, and, like q scared hare, he
ran until beyond hearing and sight
In his hssty flight he left his carpet
bag, which our brother now hal
in ms possession, being the richie
for his faithfulness by the addition
of coarse shirt, a threadbare trow'
sers, and 8 little 'baccer.'"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-28

The PoPE's DREss.-Some curl
Gus particulars regarding the
Pope's wardrobe are given by the
Neue Freie Presse. The head of
the Roman church adheres strictly
to ancient tradition in respect of
the color of his attire, which con
sists of q white cassock with q
narrow collar and wide sleeves,
and purple cloak cut in a circu-
lar shape. The material varies in
thickness according to the season.
In consequence of an inveterate
habit of snufftaking, his holiness
requires five or six white cassocks
during the year, each of which
costs about four hundred francs.
In winter the Pope wears white
silk stockings over fine thread,
and in summer mixed cotton and
silk. These are supplid by q well
known house in Veryiers, which
charges twenty-folr france Q pair
for the hose. The red mantle
costs no less than eight hundred
francs. The slippers, of fine red
cloth, embroidered with fine gold,
and ornamented with a cross, are
worth from one hundred and TWEEN
ty francs to one hundred and for
ty francs. The Pope requires six
of these for the year; twenty-fou
pairs are besides always kept in
his wardrobe, and the chamber.
lains are forbidden to give them
away when cast of, though many
eagerly covet the honor of theil
possession.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-28

An exchange has an acquaint-
ance who remarks that he has Of
ten heard the proverb, "a friend
in need is FREUD indeed" bat he
says he can't see where the laugh
comes in. He has a friend in
need who is always borrowing
money of him.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-28
sHERIFF,s SALE.

AYOTICE Is hereby given that by VIZ.
IN tue Of an order Of sale. issued out
OF the district court OF Lyon county,
Kansas, TO me directed, will, on Mon.
day, the LIST day Of December A. d. 1879.
at Ii o'clock q, M, at the front door Of
the court house, In the city Of Emporia.
In the said county, offer for sale at publ,
auction, 20 the highest bidder for eashe
the following described real estate, to-
wit: The southeast 4 Of section 26, town.
ship 10, range II; also 40 acres OF the east
SIDE ..oT the southwest y of section %,
township 10, range II; also 4 aUFEs In
square form In the northeast corner Of
northeast Il Of section IS, township 10,
range IL, all situate In Lyon. county,
Kansas. Said real estate 70 be sold to
satisfy 3 Judgment Of partition Ia s case
wherein James Williams and James Ev.
ans, minor over fourteen years old, aud
Maud Williams, an infant under fourteen
years, by James Williams heI next friend,
were plaintiffs, and Mary Jones and Ben.
jaInin Jones, her husband, and the follow.
ing named minors under fourteen years
old, viz: Marian Erancetta Evene. 10.
hanna Evens, Eli EFe9s. Emma Eyens.
snd Arthur Egens were defendants.
Proceeds Of said sale &c be divided be-
tween said plaintiffs and defendants A.
their respective interests may appear.
amer paying tbs cost OF said suit.
Given under my hand aS Emporia. Kan.
sass this 3lst day Of October, 1874.
444s Sheriff Lyon county, Kansas.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-28

In Utah Territory there were two
rival stage lines, one run by man
named Smith, and another run
by a man named Johnson. The
competition was so great that at
last both lines carried people for
nothing, and gave them premiums
besides. Smith offers free rides
and Barlow knife to each pas
senger. Johnson offered q boiled
shirt. Smith saw that and went
one better by giving a pound of
Bologna sausage, and distributed
gold-headed canes and copies of
Watts hymns. Smith rallied and
offered all Of Johnson's premiums
with litter Of pups and a bunch
of tooth-picks to each man. But
johnson took all the travel by
paying the old debts of each pass
enger and deciding him cemetery
lot. Smith turned the tide imme-
diately in his direction by giving
each fellow a pair of mules, a
church pew, and 1900 shares of
stock in the Pacific railroad. Then
johnson determined upon his
master-stroke. He went to Brig
ham Young and got special dis
pe9sation and then he offered to
marry all the women who rode in
his stage, to take all the men into
partnership, and to givegum rings
TO all the babies. Smith was bro
ken up, and had to sell out and
abandon the business. johnson has
now /, 426 wives, 1900 partners,
and he is indebted to an India
rubber man for six bushels of gum
rings. But he killed Smith, and
he is low happy.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-28


ONES SELF.-There is a respon-
sibility, resting alike on every one,
from which no being, gifted with
human faculties, can be absolved.
1t Is to care for, cultivate, and
make the most OF ones self in the
'three-fold aspect OF moral, intel
lectual, and physical being. To
train children to understand, and
assume for themselves this respon-
sibility, is one of the most impor-
tant of parental zd0ties. Some
parents are so anxious, to see their
children excel in intelIectual ac-
quirements and external accom-
plishments, that they neglect to
instill those principles of truth
honesty, and sincerity, which lie
at the foundation of all right
moral development; while others,
careful that their sons and daugh.
tiers should be contormed, in dress
and behavior, to the customs and
fashions of the day, neglect tC
train them in those laws of health
and right physical development
by which may be secured, for the
future man or woman, that price
less inheritance, q sound mind il
q sound body. Probably few pa
rents are SO happy as to look bacl
on the years when their children
we're growing into men and women
without the bitter reflection tina
they had made grave mistakes il
some points of physical training
and &c does not much alleviate tn
pain of this reflection, that thes'
mistakes were caused by their owl
ignorance of the laws of life ant
health.
There is less excuse for sucl
Ignorance at present than in tn
past; now that books and period
icals, devoted to the culture of tn
body, are multiplied, and so chea
as to come within the reach of tn
poorest.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-28

A correspondent wishing to
know the proper posture in prayer
the Christian at work pithily re.
plies that he will not go far away
if he only guard against imposture
in rravyor
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-28
sHERIFE,s SALE.

DY virtue OF an order of sale, issued
Id out of the District court of the 9TH
Judicial District, sitting In and for Lyon
county, Kansas, wherein George W. kir-
kendall is plaintiff, and S. j. Way and
Anna 3. Way are defendants. Will, on
Monday, the 1st day OF December, A. ID.
1873, at 10 O'Clock q. M, at the front door
of the court house. in the city OF Emporia,
Lyon county, Kansas, offer for sale at
public auction, 70 the highest bidder for
cash in hand, all the right, title aud in
terest OF the defendants s. j. Way and
Anne g. Way in and to the following de-
scribed real estate, to.wit: The undl-
vided half Of the southeast quarter Of
section fifteen, township nineteen, Of
range ten, situate in Lyon county, Kan
sas. Said real estate Will be sold as the
property OF defendants s. j. Way and
Anna 6. Way, to salty said Judgment.
JOHN BAY,
Sheriff Of Lyon county, Kan.
Sherif-s office, Emporia, Kansas. Oeto-
Der 21st, 1919. 44-4S
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-28

PRIvATE LIPE IN MASSACHUSETTS,
VILLAeEs.-The little villages that
nestle down among the Massachu-
sets hills are charming retreats,
but i do not know that I should
care to spend more than five years
of life ut a time in any one of
them. And as for being retreats,
I'm not so sure of that, come to
think about it. You stand out in
pretty bold relief if you are a res
ident, still more SO if you are a
visitor. For instance, there was
m engaged couple in Williams
burg-nOt natives to the manor
born, but city swells, on a visit to
q relatives. Very few of the vii
layers were ignorant of what was
going on. When the young man
walked out with his sweetheart,
it must have been particularly
gratifying for him to see himself
pointed out by one urchin to an.
other with 81 say, Bill. you see
that there fellow without no hinge
in his back; he's goin' to marry
that thar gal" When the thing
first began there was later sitting
up than usual, naturally. AnC
one of the old ladies stepped in
one morning, aniffing s9spiciously
81 say, there amt no one sick il
this here house or nothin' is there
seen o light burnin' nigh ontC
l2 o'clock last night, but 1 dom
smell no campfire nor nuthin
e r0nna"-rJohns Panl'H in Ney
York Tribune.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-28

The sleeping beauty" a lady of
thirty-one who has been asleep
most of the time for twenty-seYen
years, died in Obion county, Tenn,
last month. She has been a great
wonder to medical men for years.
Her usual condition was one of
sleep, but she would awaken every
hour, night and day, at almost the
same second each time, and remain
awake from seven to ten minutes,
and on going to sleep again would
be in most terrible pain and go into
convuitions, but when quite asleep
was perfectly unconscious. She
used to complain of great pain in
her head. Her habit came on after
q spell of the chills, but whether
they or the medicine she took
brought il out is not known.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-28

A picture of Memphis is given
in an extract from private letter
written to gentleman in cincln-
natl, as follows: "About twelve
hundred have died; four hundreb
children have been made orphans,
and many more will be before this
pestilence is over. God pity them.
In the infected districts I have
found them sitting sad and DESC
late upon the streets, and, on in.
quiry, learned that both parents
had gone to the grave, and that
they had wandered from the place
of death"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-28

A perplexed editor wants the
ST. Louis Republican, which is
Democratic, to swap names with
the Democrat, which is Republic
can. He is as much bothered as
the Dutchman with his oxen-one
was black all over, with a white
face, and the other was white all
over, with a black face, and he
couldn't tell t'other from which
DAYTON Journal.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-28

LINGUIsTIC CURIosITY-When the
first Spaniards reached those
shores, and saw the Indians fill q
pipe with q dried plant, they,
meaning the latter, asked for its
name. The Indians thinking OF
the pipe, answered, Tobacco. -
Long time after the Spaniards
had made common use of the plant
and become more thoroughly &C.
quainted with the language of the
Indian tribe, the mistake wa,
found ont, bat too late to correct
it. They discovered that in the
same Iadian tongue the plant wal
called cohiba and the pipe tobac
CO.
Consequently the whole ciylliz
ed world use the word tobacco il
the wrong sense; an error which
cannot possibly be remedied, if v,
want to be Observation-Disclosures
Journal Education.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-28

Blue Rapids, Marshall county,
Kansas, is but three years old, and
yet it has grown to be quite city.
It has waterworks; a wooden fac
tory which runs day and night;
saw mill working to its full capa.
city; = plaster and cement mill
running night and day; a checs
factory, which has manufactured
about forty thousand pounds of
cheese this season, and another
mill is being built.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-28
Advertising in Dali Times.

| The Milwaukee Wisconsin re
lates the following. "After the
| crash 81, when everybody was al
most scared to death and the
croakers predicted that the corn,
try had gone to smash, dry
goods house was opened in this
city, which proceeded on the prin-
ciple that in order to reach the
boarded money in the pockets oil
the people the proprietors must
sell at very reasonable prices and
advertise very largely. They
worked vigorously upon this prin-
ciple. Their brother merchants
who did not advertise predicted
that the newcomers would be
ruined, as they paid too much for
advertising. Nevertheless they
persisted. In a single year they
paid five hundred dollars in gold
to the Daily Wisconsin for adver-
Using and at the end of seven
years they retired from business
with q fortune of one hundred
thousand dollars, while other mer-
chants on the same street, some of
them opposite their store, had
failed"
We remember q similar in
stance among our own advertisers
in the panic of 1857. A merchant
continued his advertisement in
our columns through the whole
period of stagnation, and not
withstsnding many predictions
that it wouldn't pay" His tes-
timoney afterward was that his
sales were steady and his profits
satisfactory, while many a mer-
chant around him who couldn't
afford to advertise" saw his clerks
stand idle behind the counters.
A financial panic does not mean
that no one has any money.
There is plenty of money in the
and those who hoard it
are just the ones to be eager for,
the bargains" which 4 fall in pri-
ces holds out. hut to buy they |
must know where to buy, and the |
who tells them will re-
ceive their cash.-New York Even
ing Post.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-28

a cofrespondentsof the Golden
Age, F. Stanley Root, has just found
out that there is . great want OF
"intellectual courage aad honesty
in the literary world. He accuses
newspaper men and authors gener-
ally OF cowardice and dishonesty.
Some men of ,scieuee, IRE excepted.
We hope he may succeed in roosting
out all kinds of dishonesty, and
then IL you'd be well for him "a
root cut that middle name cut 0I
his signatrte and, IL he has the abiI-
ity, root the great beam out of hiE
critical eve.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-28

The belt of land around the globe,
500 miles north and 500 miles south
of the equator, abounds in trees
producing gum of india-ruber.
They can be tapped for twenty
successive seasons without injury +;
they stand so close that one man
can gether the sap of eighty in a
day, each in a day, each 'rce yield
ing, on an average, three tablespoon
fuls q day. There are in Europe
and America moro than $50 manu-
factories of india-rubber articles,
employing 500 operatives each. and
consuming more than 10,0O0,O00
pounds of gum a year and the bus
mess is considered to be still in its
infancy.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-28

Nebraska editors are not lack
ing in frankness. For example,
the Introductory article OF newly
established paper commences with
the following sentence: ssThe OBJ
iect in view in the establishment
Of this paper is the procuring OF
means wherevith TO buy bread
and-butter and good clothes"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-28

The raw oni0n is crude and in.
digestible. The French have 6
simple method Of preparing it
whereby a delicate favor is i'm.
parted, and it is extensively used
for havoring soups and gravies
The process consists Of burning
the onion. In homeopathy q pre-
paEation Of burnt onion is used Il
cure dyspepsia.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-28

There is dew In one flow or and
not In smother, because one opens
It's cup and takes IL, while the other
closes itself, and the drop runs OF
So God rains goodness and mercy
es wide as the dew, and If we lack
them it IL because we will not open
our hearts to receive Him.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-28
THE ELECTION AND ITS LESSONS


Under the above caption tbs
New York Christian Advocate
says some very sensible things.
The following is to the point
Let our party leaders ponder these
things:
"Party discipline is becoming
less and less effective-that is,
there is a steadily increasing class
of intelligent citizens who hold
themselves free from party obliga-
tions, aad ready to bestow their
votes according to their personal
preferences or convictions in re-
spect to the interests of the pub
lie.
Hitherto, for many years, most
OF these have voted with the party
that sustained the cause Of the
Union during the war, and was
pledged to the extirpation of slav-
cry. But that claim will not last
forever, nor will the past good
deeds atone for its present mani
fold shortcomings. No doubt
there is no little fickleness in the
public mind, and often a readiness
to accept change, without any
good reason to hope for the better,
and it is perhaps well that in 3
free government there should be
occasional changes in the ruling
party. We have no doubt that
ere this the people would have
permitted such a change in the
affairs of this country had there
been any opposition party that
honest men could at all tolerate.
The party that has been kept in
power for these thirteen years,
during which it has achieved i'm
mortal honor for its name, must
continue, by its purity and devo-
ton to high and patriotic aims, to
deserve the confidence of the peo-
pie, or it will be forsaken, even at
the risk of allowing less worthy
one to come. in its stead. The
thing most needed for the public
welfare is a sufficiently large body
of citizens who will vote at every |
election intelligently, conscien-
tiously, and Independently of the
authority of party, to compel both
parties to put in nomination only
such candidates as good men can
With such a body of
voters it would be impossible for
rings" and caucuses to impose
their miserable creatures upon the
people, and to disgrace our public |
places by the kind of men too
often foisted into them"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-28

aHl 4
That tobacco IS absorbed in the
tissues of the body has been asser-
ted by some, though denied by 9TH
ers. In support of the affirmative,
fact in connection with the hydro
pathic process known as the wet
sheet pack is cited. In this process
the patient in enveloped in . wet
sheet, and then, over this blankets.
By this 1means it is claimed that
through the operation Of the prin-
ciples of endosmose and exosmose,
the water Of the sheet il made to
enter the body, while st the same
time Impurities are Withdrawn
therefnoms Now on sn habitual user
of tobacco being subjected for an
hour to this process, it is found, on
his -eBVelcpementS5 eiEg taken OF
that the odor of tobacco coming
from his body, and from the sheet
IN which he has lain, il peFe eptiblC
to every one present. p =
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-28

. Gov. Hendricks, d. w. voorhees,
and other prominent Indiana demo-
Gratis held an interview one day
last weekSto decide npon tho fate OF
the old body. They think the plat
form OF their party ought to be lib
: sEuIlzsd, bat thai the name snd or.
Ranization should not be abandon
ed, EWhen shall we three sneeI
again ?"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-28
$4,000 REWARD.
FARMERS HOTEL,

HORR, who kept the restaurant
Lie under Newman's store, has remov-
cd TO the Farmers hotel, on the north
side of Sixth avenue, near market, which
house he has thoroughly cleaned anu re-
fitteL, and Is now ready to accommodate
all who may apply, with board and lodg-
ing. or with day board, at the most rea-
sonablc rates. He invites the public to
give him trial, as he is confident of CIV
ing satisfaction. 23tf
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-28
sHERIFF.s SALE.


VIM. w. Angel VS.. VIM. II. Eikcnbury,
ct al.
District court, 9th Judicial district, Lyon
county, Kansas.
DY VIRTUE OF an order of sale issued
ID ont OF the District Court OF the eth
Judicial District, sitting In aud for Lyon
county, Kansas, wherein VIM. ". Angel
is plaintiff. and VIM. Fl. Eikenbury and
Emeline Elkenbury are defendants, /
will, ON Monday, the ed day of Decem-
Der, 4. ID. 1874, at 10 O'Clock Il.
m, at the front door of the court house
in the city OF Emporia, in said county,
offer for sale ut public auction, to the
highest bidder for cash in hand, all the
right, title and interest of the defendants.
VIM. II. Eikenbury and Emeline Eiken-
bury, in and to the following describ-
ed real estate, to-wit: rs acres OF the
southeast qusrter Of section l., township
10, range 10. all situated north Of the
Cottonwood river. in Lyon county, KAN
sas, and occupied by said EikenbuFy es q
homestead. Said real estate will be sold
as the property OF defendants, VIM. II.
Eikcnbury and Emeline Eikenbury, 10
satisfy said judgment.
JOHN BAY,
Sheriff, Lyon county, Kansas.
Sherifi's Office, Emporia, November II,
4. ID. 1873. 47-51