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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-10-30
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The Manchester papers have the
following: "Some engineers in
Baden have just contrived an in
genious piece of mechanism, which
has already been adopted in some
of the public buildings and streets
of Heidelberg. The object is to
provide for the simultaneous light
Ing of the gaslights of the town.
This has been done both in Paris
and with us in tho Albert Hall by
the use of an electric wire, but the
German engineers have invented
method moro simple and durable.
Their apparatus can be affixed
equally 10 all gas-jets, and it Is
made to act, not by any special
creased pressure of the gas, which
Is always laid on from the gasome-
ter when the lamps should be light
cd. The one act of turning on the
gas at the main ignites It at all the
burners fitted with the new appar-
atus. In achieving this result the
designers did not really obtain any
very practical advantage over the
method of ignition by electricity.
But they pnshed the Invention still
further, and have provided that
when the pressure is diminished at
the main, the gas can either be to-
tally extiuguished or let down to a
thread. II is chiefly in tho lighting
of the streets of a town that the in
Vention will be of practical use.
Directly the gas is turned on the
whole city will be simultaneously
Illuminated, and when in tho early
morning the pressure is rednced
the light may be totally extin-
guished or gradually diminished"
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Living Thirty Year. In "a cave.

Living Thirty Years Ina "a Gave.
In the wilderness eight miles
northwest of Dingman's Ferry,
Pike county, Pa, underneath a
huge rock In n small cave, six by
eight feet, has lived for upwards OF
thirty years q human being named
Angustin Sheldon. He was born
In Wales, and emigrated TO this
country about the year 1910. When
he landed in New York he had q
small sum or money, with which he
camo afoot to Pike county and pur-
chased a single acre of wild, uncul-
tivnted, scruboak land, situated in
Lehman township, amid a dense
and dismal forest, several miles
from any habitation.
AT the western end of this small
strip of land is a small cave only
abont six by eight feet. In this
cave, without any alterations or
improvements, this hermit has for
moro than thirty years made his
home.
The hermit ia nearly seventy
years of age. His face has not been
shaven for forty years. The sides OF
his face, chin and neck are covered
with coarse gray hair, while his
beard is several feet in length, and
white as snow. He wears the same
suit of clothes he wore twenty
years ago, which are so badly rent
as to render II necessary to fasten
them together by hickory withes.
He mover works, and unless obliged
to go to the nearest store for anu
milton, never leaves sight of his
cave.
His mode of living is peculiar.
His diet consists principally of ber-
ries and fruit during their season,
while in the winter he subsists on
various kinds of wild game. His
education was not neglected during
his boyhood, for he ia well read and
remarkably intelligent. lie is a
firm believer in religion, and de-
votes most of his time to reading
the Bible and other sacred works,
he 10 deaf, and has been so for sew
eral years, rendering it necessary
90 communicate with him by means
o. Wr!ts1g. He has q faculty of
charming birds, many OF which he
has secured in this way and reared.
He has never used a lamp nor a
candle in his cave. His bed is COM
posed of straw scattered upon a
solid rock. Sheldon enjoys his Pc
culiar mode of living, and says he
expects to make this cave his final
resting place.-N. Y. Sun.
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SCHOOL srATTgTICs-

Twas Saturday night, and a teacher sat
Aiones her task pursuing:
Sne averaged this and she ayeraOe,I that
vi all that her class was doing:
She reasoned her centage, so many boys
And so many girls ali Counted.
And marked all the tardv and shsan,o.-
ana 10 what all the absence amounted.
Name and residence wrote In full.
over many columns and pages:
fankee, Teutonic, African, cell,
And averaged all their ages.
Inc GATE OF admmission Of ever ona
The cases OF fiagellation.
And prepared list OF graduates
For the coming examination.
Her weary head sank low on her book
And her weary heart still lower
For some OF her pupils had little brain.
And she could not furnish more.
she slept, she dreamed; it seemed she
And her spirit went to Hades,
And they met her there with u question
fair,
estate what per cent. OF your grade isYo
Ages had slowly rolled away,
Leaving but partial traces
And The teachers spirit walked one day
In the old familiar places.
A mound Of fossiliZed shoot reports
Attracted her observation,
As high rs the State house dome and as
| wide
As Boston since annexation.
She came to the spot where they buried
her bones,
And the ground was well built over,
But labores digging threw out \ skull
One planted beneath the clover.
disciple Of Galen, wandering by,
Paused 10 look at the diggers,
And, picking the skull up looked through
the eye,
And saw II was lined with figures.
"Just as thought said the young n. ID.
"How easy IL Is TO kill 'em"-
Statistics osslhed every fold
"Of eerebrum and cerebellum.''
Its great curiosity, sure" said Pat,
"By the bones enn you tell the crea
tureY
sob, nothing strange" said the doctor
that
Was nineteenth century teacher.
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EMPORIA NEWS.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1874.
The BrIdnITou-
From the Boston Courier.

EASAA 80 @scoNoH (ouIlcI.
Young Spriggles and his Amar-
antha Jane had just been married,
and were going upon their bridal |
tour. They didn't know whether
upon ttheir return they would |
board with the old folks or take |
rooms in a private hotel. Being on
ly clerk, Spriggle's means were
limited, and he could not expect
much at first in the way of living.
"Of course" he said to old Dodge,
a wealthy member of the firm who
had granted him three weeks, leave
Of absence, 1--WE must BE in style,
You know sir. l s'pose you took
a rusher when you were married,
mean you took an extensive one,
and showed your wife the sights"
YES" said Dodge with a nod.
'Tn tell you about it. / made
long preparations for nv bridal
tour, and the girl who was TO be nv
wife helped me. We had it all fix
ed, and everything laid out before
hand. l worked hard for it. and
she worked too. 1t was To be the
grand event of our lives, and we
wanted that it should be a success.
We felt that as the new life opened.
so should it continue. was earn
ing $500 year. That was good
pay for salesman hve-and- thirty
years ago-better than three times
that amount now, as things 90.
We were married in the morning.
ut the house of my wife's father.
Then we rode two miles to the
substantial cottage had secured
as home. My money had made
the first payment on it, and Marv's
money had furnished three rooms
In 1t And We ate our first meaI
thereafter in our own house, and
thence went to my work, and my
wife set about her work. 1t was |.
new life, and we were determined
TO succeed if possible. And il
that effort was our joy. And il
success that followed was usually
happiness. In less than three
years my house was paid for, anC
my home was my own. Come
storm or come sunshine, we haC
a roof to cover us-a roof from
which the hand of man could no
turn us. l doubt, young man, i
ever a bridal tour was happier O
moro profitable than mine, and
know that the exercise OF house
keeping upon herown account wa
invigorating and healthful. Blu
then We married for real earnes
living and loving. We believed w
should find life's purest joys in tn
discharge of life's sacred duties
II declare" pursued the old man
with a glistening moisture in hi
eye, 81 should like those frs
blessed days of my own home liz
to live over again. But it may no
be. And" he added, with a re
gretful shake of the head, 81 fea
the young men of the present gen
Grafton will not live them for m
viewing"
Spriggles walked away scratch
ing his head. He wasn't sure tina
he had really caught tho drift q
the old mans remarks.
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EsuPORLAmARKErs.

WHEAT.
Fall, per bushel. new =. 7Oa.9O
Spring, No. 65A75
GRAIN.
Corn, No. ., in ear, per bushel, 70aSO
=. white shelied,
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Such q filthy aud profuse nasal
discharged Where does IL all come
from? The little glands in the It's
sues lining the chambers of the nose
are liberated and diseased, drawing
from the system its corruption. 1t
is an outlet for its impurities. Stop
this discharge by using the many
advertised strong liquids, snulTs and
inhalants, and you make an outlet
In the lungs or elsewhere. The dis
case is transplanted to another local
Try more fatal. The rational way to
cure IL to correct the system by us
ing DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery, which tones it up,
cleanses the blood and heals the
diseased glands by a specific inAu-
encc upon them. and to assist, use
DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy with
DIR. Pierce's Nasal Douche, the only
way to reach the upper aud back
cavities where the discharge comes
from. No danger from this treat
ment, and it is the only sure cure.
The Douche and two medicines
sold at once by Druggists for 50.
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WOOL

washed, 2Oa25; fleece washed 97a32 Z
tub washed. 40a45c
Window glass, LIST quality, %
per cent. OF list, which has
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$95O.OOO
To be Given Away.

NO INDIVIDUAL BENEFITS.
This concert Is strictly for Masonic purpos-
rs, and will be conducted with the same iiS-
crafty, honesty and fairness which eharac-
terized the first enterprise
JOHN L. ROPER, President
For tickets and circulars giving full infor-
nation address
HENRY V. MOORE, sec'y, Norfolk, Va.
Responsible Agents wanted. S7-G6
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COFFEE.
DRIED FRUITS.

Raisins, seedlcss, per h.
layers, per box. .3.5O.l3. az
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As proof that our grades are Of first
quality, notwithstanding the enVious
detractton Of interested parties, and their
paid agents, we point to the following
first-class residences that were built with
lumber from our yard: Ex-Gov. CraW-
ford, Prof. Hoss, Mayor Graham. Drs.
Tandy. Trueworthy, Jacobs, aibben,
Criley and Vail, Rev. A. r. Stewart, Rev.
Jos. Perr!er, Rev. w. I: Harding, Judge
Peyton, Mrs. F. d. Smith, VIM. Rawson,
Harvey Bancroft, Frank Mccain, W. r.
McCarty, G.. W. Frederick, H. W. Nc
Cune, and Lewis Lutz, Esq.
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FLOUR.

Best fall, $500 No. ., $3.50. No. 8 $500
Spring wheat No. l, $2.5Oa2.T5 No. :
Graham, $2.75.aS8.OO Rye $3.50 and
Buckwheat $5.OO4650. Corn meal, &2.5C
a3.OO bulk. Bran, soc per 100 lbs: CLop
Coo.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1874-01-28

We HEARD 4 sermon lately that
was a very earnest showing Of the
correspondence between natural and
spiritual things-that it was a great
mistake TO arraign science against
religion or nature against sacred his
tory. OF course with our limited
vision we could not see in many cas-
es how close the analogy may be, but
We see enough TO know that it is per-
feet in many points and from these
We may infer that one great law runs
through the whole Of created life.
from dust to angclhOod; the law Of
culture and preservation. That faith
can be and should be cultivated by
use and exercise rs the muscles Of
our arms are. That it is as idle to
say we cannot have faith, when we
have never tried, as to say there is
no strength in our limbs, when we
have never tried them-when they
are fabby aud weak for want of use.
We need a whole life of active,
energetic eXercise-cyen sometimes
to the utmost point Of our strength
in order to grow physically strong,
and the moral, the spiritual nature
needs it just as much.
The minister pointed ont other
correspondences, ether fallacies of
excuse for the want Of moral power,
and we wish there had been hundreds
instead Vi tens there To hear it,
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n ,o,cb a.. thrift that indicates nros.
n .ritv Imnroyement- -prooress-
aoinr obsad m co are the only
nroofs ,f ,eol thrift
Pm, vbna tho Copntr in general
and laroa nortion of the people,
ora ,rosne,,ira os fas+ probably as is
cod f., aitl,4r there are oniee \ mum.
Is., IN This Comfy, as in ever, other.
,har ora not rrosnarops. who think
rho tf,ncs ara hard and that every
ta;ng j WORKING AGAINST them.
II is 70 these we desire to come
viii, words announcement. Every
person in this County in the posses
sion OF moderate health. can prosper
if they 50 determine. True, it will
cost someth;ag. It viii cost seIf-de-
NAL and industry and perseverance.
That is all. No person can prosper
who does not make it an unalterable
rule to keep their expenses below
their receipts. Having engraf5ed
this rule on the habits of your life,
abundant prosperity is from that mo-
ment insured
Wedo not mean that people should
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! THE cry of the miserable-the
most sorely afflicted comes up to the
+ legislature and throng it to the whole
people, by the report Of the Board of
Public Charities.
The Board make q strong appeal
/ for the establishment of more abund-
ant and suitable provision for the
confinement, maintenance and cura-
tive treatment Of the insane; their
removal from prisons and poor
houses, and present q very painful
picture Of the suffering and misenes
unnecessarily endured by these poor
people. The gentlemen who consti-
tute this Board have evidently been
industrious and thorough in their
work. They say, as they did last
year:
"We are prepared, upon call Of
either branch of the Legislature, to
report upon the whole subject, stat
ing the numbers and condition of
this class, how they are now circum-
stanced, what proportion are probab-
lY chronic, and what curable cases,
what additional accommodations are
needed, and, required a scheme for
realizing the demand which is made
upon the State for the complete full
filiment Of this imperative duty"
There are in this report statements
made by the wardens Of both the
state penitentiaries relating to insane
persons il their care who ought to
be removed TO asylnmns and put
under the supervision Of skilful phy-
sicians capable Of giving them the
necessary treatment for the cure.
According to the report ofthis board
there is still a great deal to be done
and imperatiycly needed, to anchor
ate ,he condition OF these sufferers
and the legislature is urged TO make
immediate additional provision for
them. This is a matter in which the
government may he liberal with the
money Of the people and feel sure
that the people VIII chcerfulIy and
- J
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most disagreeable, made joyful and
beautiful by love; given to God
through His suffering creatures
such ''is the very soul Of living"
Another writer, in another story
too. SAYS "The lack of service is the
ruin of hnmanity." 1t is not educa-
tion that units for service, but the
want of it. You cannot have perfect
service except from a lady" This
was written in an old world book,
but is perhaps more needed here
where the idea that one man is just
as good as another, shoots out into
'and great deal BETTER always sup
posing tone man" to be | and "an-
other YOU.
For many-the uneducated, the
unrefned-are apt to forget and it is
the tendency Of our country and age
to lead them to forget, that the true
democratic principle, like everything
else works both ways, that if | am as
good rs everybody, then anybody is
as good as | /; that if some one holds
my horse or blacks my boots, it is
my duty to do the same or equally
humble service for him or for an
other. And the greater the natural
gifts or carefully acquired training
any one may enjoy, the greater
which means the lOwlier, the more
loving and humble service, he should
seek to do for those around him.
"Somebody to wait on me-" is a
great need OF many people; especial
" those vino are sick or otherwise
prevented from doing for themselves,
but some body to wait on is an uni
ytrsal need aud the reciprocal ser
vice should Ee strife on each side,
~ excel. Then snail there be ''beauti-
ful serving and the mental service
wiil no more be feared Or summed for
40 service Will be menial.
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Law AND ClITG-B.

w observe t,99t au at:ymrt is al
ready hcirg IaaE2 10 rcpe"! The Lo-
cal Option law, and wc learn taat in
this city petitions are being circulat-
ed and signed. We expected this
and it would 10 doubt surprise many
10 see some Of the names on these
petitions. We presume the effort to
repeal this law is placed upon the
ground that it has not prevented the
sale OF liquor and drunkenness en-
tirely. The most sanguine friend
and advocate did not expect that it
would. As long as We have sinners
upon earth there will he law-breakers.
But this is no reason why the laws
prohibiting crime should he repealed.
We have laws against stealing, rob
blng, assaults, profanity, adultery
and murder, but che~e laws do not
prevent the commission OF these
crimes. They are 10 a very great
extent curbed and held in check hy
them and it will not answer the ends
Of human society 10 say, that because
these laws do not entirely prevent
The crimes we hay,. enumerated. they
should therefore be repealed. Neith-
cr wil' it be good reasoning to say
that because liquor takes strong hold
upon the appetite Of man, that, there
fore, there is no use III enacting laws
70 control this appetite. Such argu-
ments are 50 weak that the mere
mention OF them refutcs their force.
IL might hc said with as much pro
priety, tha5 the law prohibiting muir
der should be repealed because muir
derers are being constantly perpc-
tIated. We confess it would he quite
as consistent to repeal law which,
If enforced, rs it should be, will do
more to prevent that crime than the
law that prescmbes the penalty
against it.
Disguise it rs you may, Local OPP
ton has done much good in our city
and county. There is less liquor sold
than there was before its adoption
and many OF the vile dcns have been
closed and the fountains Of iniquity,
that lead to ruin, have been dIied up.
That the law is violated with impuni-
ty by many is true; SO are the other
laws against crime-hut this is not
the fault OF the law; the blame rests
mostly with those whose duty it is
to execute it. Let the Local Option
law remain on the statute book three
years, as it is intended it should.
and be properly enforced, it will we,
believe, work incalculable good.
How any man can put his hand to a
pen to write his name to petition to
repeal law that is intended to pre-
vent the g.catest curse upon earth,
and especially if he is the head OF a
family and then attempt to justify
his act before God or man, is difficult
TO reconcile with the gel len rule of
life.-W. b. Bulietia.
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Court Proclamation.

NTHEEEAS, the Hon. II. w. WILLIAMS, PreSi-
w dent Judge, ana the lions. LYMAN NELSON
and JOHN NJ. kILBOCRNE, associate judges OF
the Courts ui oyer 4 Iermlner and GeneraI JAN
Delivery. Quarter Sessions Ol the Peace, Orphans
Court and Court Of Common Pleas for lie County
Ot Potter. have issued their piecept hearing date
the thirteenth of DpCcmDerint the year ol oar Lord
one thousand, eight hundred and seventy three,
and 10 me directed, for noiin- a Court Of oyer
< Teruincr and General Jaii Delivery, Quarter
Sessions OF the Peace, orphans Court and Court
OF Common Pleas. inthc Borough Of IOUa!crSpoIt,
on We day. the Sixteenth day OF FERRU AIRY,
ne and 10 continue one week.
Notice is therefore hereby given to the Coro-
nerS, Justices Of the Peace and Coustab,eS within
the County, that they be then and there in their
proper persons, at 10 O'Clock "a. m. Uf said day,
with their rolls, records ANA inIuISltuu~, eXami-
nations ami other remembrluce>, to do these
things which to their Offices appertan Co bt done.
And those who are bound by their recoguIZanCeS
topuosecue against the prisoners that are or shall
be in the Jail Of said County of Potter, are to he
then and there 70 prosecute against them as will
he just.
Dated at Coudcrsp7rt Jan. 2lSt, 1874, and the
gthy year uf the Independence y! Tie tui,cd states
OF America. :. i. EEINDLbS, Sf@r. q
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LECTURES.


Next Tuesday evening, the 18th
inst, Hon. II. ". Williams is TO de-
liver the sixth lecture of the free
course ut the Court House, on the
on The subject OF Trial by Jury. 1t
Is one excellence Of this nome course
that It enables our most studIouS and
JAougHttal citizens to discuss those
questions wItn wuIcu they are most
lani!ar, anu give the pubic the benc-
III Ot the most thorough Individual
research. The thoughts OF lawyer
ana 4 Judge on tue subject OF trial Dy
jugy c..n hardly fail Lo prove bO5n i'll
sjiuciiNe and Interesting 10 the whole
community, Tor the theme Is one
Wi.Icu IS liable to come home. sooner
OF later, 10 the bosom AMI pocket Of
very citizen. The origin amt growth
OF LhIa mode ot settling disputes by
Il pea. jury; Tie theoretical and praC-
ticai Workings OF the system; the
utility of The grand jury-these are
all questions IN whicn every citizens
Is pructlcally and may become pain
luIIy Interested. 1t Is to be hoped
the mousse Will be filled at an early
nour next Tuesday evening, when
Jhey will be discussed.
The above is taken from the Tioea
1gstaior, and reminds us pleasantly
. 49,, ,.,,,,,- .-r,,,., -.. .I...
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THEannual week Of prayerhas been
supplemented il this place by two
weeks more Of well attended, earnest
meetings. almost every evening being
occupied. Every Monday evening
,here has been a union PRAYER meet
ing at the Prcsb, terrain Church, 9th
er evenings at the other churches and
occasionally separate meetings have
been held; every church being light
cd and people hulrying through the
streets to one or another Of them,
III the NJ. +. Church beside the usual
meetings ON Sunday and Thursday
evenings, there have been held pub
lie or general class meetings on Sat
urjay evenings for many weeks and
many seem deeply interested.
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low 70 rRCSPER.

= Whom VIC look over this County
and see how IL has improved since
lo4l, VIZ r,j'icc il tac great changes
tor the better. When We cali to mind
how very poor We all We're at that
time ana how little the tanners pro-
dnoe5 more dian they consumed, aud
note re quantities Of produce now
aun lis sat 10 market, we cannot
Goult the general prosperity Of the
County. For this is measured, not
- tie present condition Of things,
lot by the present compared with its
!gtgi elAsa gu. lr uqi wealth
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~. y. mARSHAL;s OFFICE.

PITTSBURGH. Jauuar, :, 1874.
THHIS Is TO GIVE NOTICE: That Ou the 9th
L day OF January, \ D., 1874, Warrant IN
Bankruptcy issue} against the Estate Of
James Clark Of WhartGu township in the county
Of Potter and STATE Of Pennsylvania, who has
been aljudged Bankrupt, on his own petitiOn
that the payment of aug debts and delivery Of any
property belonging 10 such Bankrupt 20 him or for
MS use ana the transfer OF any property Dt hin
are forbidden 10y law; that meeting OF the Cred
itors OF the said Bankrupt, 10 prove their debts,
AID 20 choose one or more assiruccs OF his Estate
viii h2 held ~ Court of Bankruptcy, TO Ge hold
@u At IN" Office Of +. J.. Smith, IN the Borough Of
Tioga, Pa. before 4. +. Smith, Esd, Register on
the 18th day OF February, a H., lS4, ~ 10 O'Clock,
\. NJ. JOHN HALL.
I. =. Marshal, as Messenger.