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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-09-26
In An Hour.
ANTICIPATION.

''I'll take the orchard path, she said,
Speaking lowly, smiling slowly:
The brook was dry within its bed,
The hot sun flung flame of red
Low in the West, as forth she sped.
Across the dried brook-course she went,
Singing lowly, smiling slowly
She scarcely saw the sun that spent
It's fiery force in swift descent
She never saw the wheat was bent.
The grasses parched, the blossoms dried,
Singing lowly, smiling slowly,
Her eyes amid the drought espied
A summer pleasance far and wide,
With roses and sweet violets pied,
DISAPPOINTMENT.
But hameward coming all the way,
Signing lowly, pacing slowly,
She knew the bent wheat whitening lay,
She saw the blossoms dry decay,
She missed the brooklets play.
A hIeeze had sprung from out the South,
But, signing lowly, pacing slowly,
She only felt the burning drought;
Her eyes were hot and parched her mouth
Yet sweet the wind blew from the South
And when the wind brought welcome rain,
Still signing lowly, pacing slowly,
She never saw the lifting grain,
But only-a lone orchard lane
Where she had waited all in vain!
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-09-26
Very Good Paw.

Dickens lived at the rate of $4,000
per annum. He expended much money
on travelling. He was fond of costly,
even of extravagent display. He left
property to the value of 100000. His
second visit of a few months to the
United States, in 1S67-6S, realized net
profit of 100000; his last public
readings" in England, brought in
1875, 1000 each of his longer stories
yielded from $4,000 to 100000 on
publication. He derived, in addition,
large continuous income from the
constant sale of his works. His two
periodicals {" Household Words and
"All the Year Round y yielded clear
profit OF $40, 900 per annum, with very
little trouble to himself. The "Christ-
mas Stories" published in many sue
cessive years, were further source of
profit, inasmuch as the sale of some of
them reached the enormous number of
250,000, which, at profit of only three
cents on each copy, would have realized
1900 and so high was his reputation,
thaG one American publisher paid him
$5, 900 for a short and Indifferent story,
merely because, poor though it was, it
bore his name. So too, Dickens was
most extravagantly paid for two very
inferior tales, or rather sketches, en-
titled, "George Silverman's Explana-
ton" and GA Holiday Romance pub
lished in two Boston magazines. His
name only was wanted. From first to
last, in his thirty five years of literary
life, Charles Dickens cannot have re-
ceived less than $2,50O,000, which is
probably twice as much as Walter
Scott made during his brilliant and
wonderfully successful career. The
question as to Dickens might be--what
did he do with all this money!
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-09-26

To MAKE PAsTE.-Paste that will
keep unchanged in warm weather may
be made in the following manner Put
a teaspoonful of powdered alum in two
quarts of water, and let it boil. Mix q
pint of flour smoothly into pint OF
cold water, and stir it into the boiling
alum water continuing the boiling and
stirring until the -four is cooked, and
the whole is clear, like starch. Add to
this about half a teaspoonful of essen.
tial oil of cloves or cinnamon, strain
through wire gauze or perforated tin
strainer, and bottle in wide mouthed
jars, which should be corked to keep
out dust.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-09-26

A LIVE LANTERN the West In
dies, and some other hot countries,
there are distant relations of our glow
worms and fre-fies that carry much
larger sparks. These insects give so
much light that they are caught by the
natives, and sometimes dozen at a
time are put into gourd pierced with
many holes, each too small for the in
sect to escape through. The opening
by which they are put into the gourd is
then stopped up, and the live lantern is
ready to be carried about on dark
nights, as you sometimes carry a glass
one. A very convenient lantern the in
sects make, for the flame never burns
anything, and never goes out.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-09-26

A married gentleman from Toledo
walked into the ballroom at Putin
Bay the other night in full dress, after
sitting for some minutes on his wife's
powder-box, carelessly left on a chair.
The effect was striking.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-09-26

It's awful lonesome in Mexico just
now, and tears trickle down the faith
er's cheeks, as he takes his son on his
knee, and tells him how the country
used to be blessed with revolution
about every two weeks.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-09-26

Farmers gather what they SOW, but
seamstresses sew what they gather.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-12-04
IsETTEIs TIMES.

Reports reach us through pri-
vate sources, that times arc got
ting better in the East. We have
conversed with several parties, OF
late, from Ohio, Indiana, New York,
and elsewhere, who tell us that
money is plenty and that every,
thing wears a more cheerful as,
pect in those States than at any
time since the panic.
The following from the Cincin.
natl Gazette, one of the most rcli,
able and careful papers in the
West, seoms to confirm these eli,
couraging reports:
wheat is improving, hogs arc
high, there is plenty OF money to
buy, and within the next sixty,
days over one hundred millions
Ofdollars in good, crisp greenbacks
and national bank notes will DC
distributed among Western farm,
ers." .........
Kansas need not expect much
benefit from this improved cOndi-
tion of things until she raises the
next crop. So long as she is without
anything to sell she cannot hope
to bring in much money. We adj
wise all to keep in good courage
till fall, as we will undoubtedly
have much better times than for
three or four years. This is the
worst time in the world to get dis
couraged or think of letting up in
YOUR efforts.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-12-04

Mr.. Secretary Delano, of the In
terror Department. has finished
and published his report Among
his recommendations respecting
public lands is one very sensible
one for law to protect our for
ests. He advises q system of
surveys that will establish the
quantity of pine or fur timber on
each smallest subdivision of u sec
ton, the appraisal of all such tim
bered land, and its sale at apprais-
ed value. This will accomplish
the double purpose of preventing
q further waste of the forests, and
of securing 10 the government q
largely increased revenue.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-12-04
EMPORIA NEW S.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER a, 1874.
AREPUBLHCAN CAUCUS

The Republicans have a large ma
iority in both houses of tho Legis-
Iaturc soon to assemble, and there
ia a very general demand upon the |
part of the Republican press that |
a party caucus shall be held TO
determine upon the organization of
both houses. We regard the draw
ing of party lines in this particular
as desirable and hope that it may be
done. We also hope the opposition
will do the same. If member is q
Republican he ought to be at home
in Republican caucus If he is not,
or is in doubt as to his position, the
opposition will gladly take him in.
There will be but two parties.
But while we favor the drawing
of party lines, we are mindful of
the Obligations which the party thus
assumes to the people of the state.
The warrant for the organization OF
the caucus is to be found in the ex-
travagance and blunders of past
legislation. If the Republican party
now for the first time in the history
of the state organizes its Legislative
forces upon partizan basis, it must
be upon the assumption that Iegis.
lation in the past, with its attendant
results have been unsatisfactory, ant
that an organized Republican ma
iority can and will mend matters
There is no doubt that the mendin,
is needed, and when the Republi
can party organizes AMI assums con
troll we not only shall hope that j
will be accomplished but we want III
party held strictly TO the account
ability which it assumes. The pee
pie want the dead beats, shyster
and men and women of easy virtu
who besiege the legislature 70
every Office in its gift, and who to
frequently succeed, given the Cob,
The taxpayers want a swarm {
useless Offices about the legislator
abolished, and every expense CT
down to the minimum. Twent,
five thousand dollars can easily I
saved in session expenses withol
imparing the efficiency of Il
legislative machinery. AS muC
moro can be saved in Il
public printing; hundreds of lcaI
can be stopped, which, from scho
districts mp to state allairs, annua
ly bleed the people of Kansas
hundreds of thousands of dolla
which they are obliged to pay b
have been unable to earn.
a Republican caucus will have
in its power 10 reform cxistiI
abuses, weed the incompctcnts o
of Office, reduce the taxes and p
the public services of the state upC
footing to correspond with q
hard-pan basis 10 which individu
matters have come. by so doil
the Republican party will fully ju
tify its claim to govern the countr
The opportunity is before it. l.
IL be enforced.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-12-04

The Hon. Alex. H. Stephens
thinks the Democratic party is
around plugging" their melons
before they are ripe, and that in
1876 when they gather the fruit
they will find it all rotten. We
shouldn't be surprised, says the
Inter Ocean, if they were spoilt
long before that time. 1t didn't
take a year for the Democratic
melon to decay in Wisconsin, and
at the rate with which they are cut
ting into them in Indiana.
they will be ruined long before
spring sets in.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-12-04

A FORTUNATE BAKER.-On al
evening in April last a baker en-,
tered q store where tickets to the
First Grand Gift Concert of the
Masonic Relief Association, Nor.
folk, Va, were for sale, and while
there purchased q ticket. On the
9th of May the number on that
ticket drew $4,000, which the
baker received. The association
will only have one more concert,
which will positively be given on
the 18th of December, and you
may be as fortunate as the above
mentioned baker if you purchase
a ticket The character of the
gentleman conducting this enter
prise is a sufficient guarantee that
the second drawing will be done
with the same honesty and fairness
which characterized the first.
Every tenth number win be prize
from $40 to $50, goo. Ad-
dress H. v. Moore, Sec'y, Norfolk.
Va, or an authorized Agent of
the Association.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-12-04
KANSAS COgN,ruES.
square Miles and per cent. of
lBOIIOIA and '1'imber.

BOltO1AA ana Timber.
We publish. the following which
is said 10 be complied from official
sources-we suppose by the State
Agricultural Society. 1t seems &c
bear the degree of guess work
which generally attaches TO such
statistics. For years our law Ia,
required the assessors To take down
such statistics as these and those in
relation to crops, when they make
their annual rounds. Yet they have
never been taken with any degree
of perfection. or course if the fig.
ures below are imperfect no blame
can attach to the State Agricultural
Society, because they publish them
as given by local officers and Others
from whom they obtain them.
We may remark that when we
come TO compare Lyon county with
others in the table below, the error:
seem glaring. For instance, take
the per cent. of bottom land IN
Shawnee and Lyon: The first one
is set down at 81, while Lyon is sci
down at 10. 1t is well known, by
those acquainted with the clay Of
the land" in the two counties, thai
bottom land Is more extensive IN
Lyon than in Shawnee, yet these
figures make Shawnee double Lyon
About the only bottom land in
Shawnee Is tho strip in the north
end of the county, on the Kaw
river. She has no other important
stream, and all know that bottom
land Is confined TO the streams.
This discrepancy may be accounted
for in the degree of honesty exer-
cised by tho persons who made the
reports. The same may be said in
regard to the per cent. of timber re-
ported, with little less force per-
haps. Atchison and Shawnee are
put down as containing the same
per cent. OF timber, glaring mis-
take, according to our Judgment.
So far as Lyon county is concerned,
We should say the report of per
cent. of bottom land is very can
ltd one, aud is too small il out of
the way on either side. What is
sometimes called Second bottom"
by some, is often called "bottom"
by others We suppose. Tie report
err con fined himself to the bottom
lands immediately along the
streams. Adding the timber land
to his estimate, which is always
Immediately along the streams, aud
the per cent. of "iirst bottom,
which is considered the best for
crops by majority of our people,
would be twenty-three.
We merely mention these discrep-
ancies to show that the figures must
be received with some degree of
allowance. They are perhaps as
near correct as can be made under ]
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-12-04

the system of gathering them which
seemed to be the best that could be
deVlsed now. Such statistics are of
great interest, and if they could be
made perfectly reliable, would be
the best advertisement Kansas could
have. With these remarks we quote
the table:
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-12-04
Publication Notice.

INFANCY n. ANDREWS will take no
IN ttee that she has been sued in the
District court OF Lyon county. Kansas;
IN the office OF the Clerk Of said court !:
that the names Of lhe parties to the suit
are Lewis u. Andrews, plaintiff, and
Nancy II. Andrews defendant, and that
she must answer the petition fled by the
PIalntin on or before the 23d day OF Jan
uaEy, A. ID. 1879, or the petition will he
taken as true and Judgment rendered ae-
eoFdlHgiy, dissolying the marriage bonds
between the said Lewis Il. Andrews aud
Nancy n. Andrews, and divoreing the
SAID parties, and for such other relief as
10 the court shall seem proper, besides
costs OF suit. GILLETT 4 FORD.
4S-0I Atty'sfOr pI'H
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-12-04
gressOrs.

For Secretary of the Senate, Capt.
John ii. Folks is named. Several
Southwestern papers second his
nomination zealOusly. We believe
Capt. Felix's would make a good
Secretary, and trust he may be cleo
ted to the responsible position. lie
is the publisher of the Sumner
County Press at Wellington, and is
an ardent Republican and straight
forward man. We vote for Folks
with a good will.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-12-04

A small white mare, branded ;rizht ear. mar
q tally torn g, seaE On the Top Of Ihs lead.
Alses Ia hoTSe we've years cid. nearly black,
are tEe property Of II. b Nortna. re ~.
eF viii be properly rewarded b. Iesyfne "a.
formation II this Office. 1stf
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-12-04
MARKETS by TELEGRAPH.

Money, Stocks and Bonds.
| NEW YORK, Dec 1, 1874.
Money-Money loaned at 3 per cent. a
opening, aud closed at 31<a4 per cent.
Custom Receipts-&2s7. coo.
Disbursements - Assistant treasurer dis
bursed $4,000.
Foreign Exchange-Firm at 81 s4xa4 s. for
| sixty days, and s. ss1<a4 $50 for sight.
GOld--Opened and closed at 81 l0s<; will
sales at 1O1S 10ss.
Loans-BOrrOwing rates nat and per cent
carrying las per cent.
CIearings-$esOO COO, 600.
Bonds State bonds quiet and strong
Railroad bonds in good dem and, with a slight
advance in Pacifcs
Stoeks-Eariy in the day heavy, hat later
became firm. and closed firm
Chicago Market.
CHICAGO, Dec. !.
Flonr-Quiet
Whest-In demand; No. spring SIasl &c
Corn-ln demand; No mixed selling at
S95se spot, and closed steady; 81 cash; as l<e
bid the year.
cd. esz70c; old 79asO.
Oats.opened active, but closed DAN and
unsettled; No 2. mixed S4aSsc-
BArtey--FirIn and unchanged.
Rye--firm; No 2, Sc.
ProSisiOns-Pork unchanged: SIS a5ais %.
spoti lS2a, seller jan Dry salt meats active
and nrm; shoulders, IKE; clear rib IO1Salea(c
clear sides 14c; hams IsaI4e- Lard, prime
Cattle-Hery quiet, fair to good shipping
steers. u 5la5 %; choice 20 extra, sSaR Is: COM
mon to good corn-fed Cherokee, t3a4 20
Hogs-Deciined i6G96c, with 3 fairiy active
btaslbess At the decline; sales Of coEnRson to
COOL, Saa6 %; choice to extra, $s soar o.
ST. LouIs Market ~
81. LOUIS, Dee. 1.
klouF-DuIl for all grades ever 81 0oas IS.
but there IS nOre hrmness among sellers.
Wneat-Funer but not active; No. red,
" = aSSsSe; No Z 81 06AI u.
COrn-Frmer; No 2miNei, new, 12aI3c; old
oats-FiEm NO. 2, seiieFs.4se cash or Nov
a. &c the year.
kye--Firm No. :, Sxas4sSc-
Barley-in fair demand and lower; No
u lOal y cash, according to locatIOEs 81 Is
Nov. or Dec; no. 3. 81 o2a1 g.
Professionalism in fair demand. HIGHER.
SIS W cash; fiE % the year, 81 s. EehrnnFV
Lard hrEn $i3 15als 81 cash; 81 IS the wear
$I2 % February. Bulk meats steadY: partly
cured shoulders, 61Sc
WhIsky--Steady and frm at 81 co.
Catt4e--Qaiet and unchanged; prime and
choice native steers, ~ 15a5 81: buseherss
steers, - 13a4 3d. common % good, 81 0s3 %,
Hegs-Easier; eommou. s. asa6 q. eOod To
choice packers, % SAL =; extra, 81 S0aT %.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-12-04
Americas TOwnsite.
STRAYEn.

TROA the subseaiber, ? miles south
ID east Of Emporia, . yeag old dark bay
mare colt.w the tail clipped on q little,
Any one giving Information to his recoy-
cry shall DO rewarded.
49Wls HORACE RARBER.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-12-04
FURNITURE.

WANT the people 10 know fhaG am
Il making new and repairing old oniee aud
mouse furniture as cheap as il can lac done
elSeH here and will cali and get il ami return
u WITHOUT extra charge Carpenter AMI join
er Work done also. Picture frames made
Shop on west side OF Commercial street hi
door north OF 1th avenue.
- = - Il. = RNIIlFN
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-12-04
Strayed---$2O Reward

EROM the premises OF Mrs Moore,
II three miles southeast or AmesieHH,
about one month ago, three year old
steers; one spotted with bob-taIl; one
white; one black ;ionh spec kled.
1 will give $50 for the return Of the
steers, or for information leading "a their
recovery. PETER RUSH.
Amerieus, Lyon Co., Kas. 4ow4.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-12-04

The knights Templar, on their
way to New Orleans. had =
grand time. Three steamers load
ed with Sir Knights and their
ladies arrived at Memphis Friday
last, and were received with a
good deal of noise. The boys
screamed, the ladies waved their
handkerchiefs and wished they
were Templars, the men fired can
non, the bands played, and there
was an immense time generally.
The triennial session of the
General Grand Chapter of Royal
Arch Masons, which closed tho
Goth ult., at Nashville, Tenn, wa:
a very imposing affair. The dele
gates were representative meI
from all parts of the country, no
only because:theyihad climbed higl
on tHc tduOSE VI bAclK OIuCIS ou
because of their axalted socia
positions. They were officiall,
welcomed by the State officers O
Tennessee, and enjoyed a forma
visit to the widow of the lat
President Polk. The reports @
the officers showed a gratifying
degree of prosperity, and promi:
ed we'll for the future.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-12-04
Money TO Loan

AN Ioag time apd low rates on improved
TN, sEDGWIcK.
Middletown transcript., 1874-12-12
Letter from New Castle.

eDEAH aTRAsscRlpT-My last was con-
cluded By the statemept that the case
Of Jeferioni u.s. brady for the Ealustof
q sloep's cargo Of corn. sunksn 10. the
canal in consequence Of a collision, was
put upon trial. This case developed
Considerable interest and consumed
three aHd 4 half days before III vas
given to the jury. fAe Boiqtq af hE
involved IN tAs case were iRtriQstei;i the
testimony was conflicting; the parties
to the suit we're popular and Influential
gentlemen, and the coulsei, On. both
side,. ranked Ak TtWas' not sur
prising. therefore. tor6ad y largc nan-l
Der Of mutual friends Apd Others
watching anxiously tho progress. and
specializing upon the result. Of the
trial Col Whifeiey. for Jefferson.
closed tho argument too late saturday
evening for the jaryIto be- qharssAbyl
the court. and have the case confided
Middletown transcript., 1874-12-12
To the sYiotosa belong the Spoila,' ;

'l2RaId 0ld HiCtoFy when making d.
lpojltmsnts. sb And'ssTo the victors be-.
long she Spoils have the politissl par
tiea eteadfastly adhered ever sinoe Iu
the main, this theory Is right and pro-
per. The Offices must have officers. and
who so well qualified to gil themo and
properly discharge the. duties thereof.
as . person representing those political
principles upon which a campaign had
been earnestly waged and honestly Won
The Democracy at this time are the sic-'
tors; they fought .tsthly and f4irly,
shaaldeF; Ia shoulder, ayety lpau doing
bis duty. no one shirking. and each and
every one Of them are entitled e apply.
for q share of the spoils The difficult
II lies, however. 10 making the selco-
tion Of /" the right maa1 IN the right
piaee,'' and appn the Governor. the
Legislature and the Levy Unqrls here
in Delaware rests this responsibility !,
The Governor appoipts sssoretary, Of
State, attorsey general, clerks Of the1
peace5 prothonotaties, recorders, pgis-
ters. magistrates. 6 notaties 10. Asd if
be is gentleman Of sound judgment.
Middletown transcript., 1874-12-12
'~ sl' Have You Tried
|JURTJBEBA "A :?
|g1le9R sss- ARE YOU 2a iass III 9
Weak, Nervous, u,,a Of Dsbilitated2

ARE yeu so languid that any exertiop re-
qaires more Of an effort than you feel capable
OF making? sss ataniasEI ssa 5H
. Then try JURUBEBA, the wonderful tonic
and invieorator, which acts so BenefcialIy on
!the secretise organs as to impArt Nigor to all
The. vital forces
'aGIt Is no alcoholic appetizer, which stimu-
lales fora short time, only to let the sufferer
fab to q lower depth of misery, but it is veg
setatile toniclacting directly on the liver and
spleen, sass lEfta sss.s IL
Il regulates the Bowels, quiets the nerves,
aud, gives such 4 healthy tonic TO the whole
system as 10 soon make the Invalid feel like a
new person
% iItsfoperaiion 10 moi violent, but 10 charac-
terised by, great, genleaess; the patient ex.
Refleaees no sudden change, no marked re-
apltz, tut gradually hisaroables tasa7aa
.syaet'Fels thsiE teH.sn iike;the Arabs,
And as silently steal away
This II 10 new aud untried discovery, but
hap been long nsed with wondsrful remadial
results, and is pronounced By the highest med
Heal authorities, s.the most powerful tonic and
attentive jkpaNu. Ask your druggist for
s'GIsh : JOHNSTON 5e1a HOLLOWAY / co.,
nov l4-4t dec IL Philadelphia, Pa.
Middletown transcript., 1874-12-12


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which. hs pablishsd. h.s jsst inssntsl
way u getting relief plate from
steel = = y print Lbyd's Nah 4
,1nefiesn Continent -showiH9 >fron
.ocskn to ocean-on one entire sheet Of
bank note paper. 40x5O inches large on
lightning press. and colored. sized
and vanished for the wall 90 a. to
stand washing, and mailing anywhere
in the world for Is cents, or unvarnish-
"a for 10 cents. TAis map shows the
whole United States and Territories in
a group, from surveys to 1875, with =
million places on it, such % towns.
Icities. villages, mountains. lakes, rivers.
streams. gold mines, railway stations,
&C.. This map should be in every
houseas- Send 25 cents to the Lloyd
Map Conpany. Philadelphia. and you
willgetis copy BY return. mail. 4