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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-11-20
CEEs.ORAL mYDRATEs.
Abuse Of the New 1HyPhO1ic-
DeaIb Caused by IlS Use.

The London Sanitary Record has
the following:
Choral hydrate is the new fash
ionable hypnotic, the means by
which balmy sleep, natures sweet
restorer, ia wood; but the brief
flourish of trumpets which announc-
ed fits discovery has given way to
a well-esta biished and Justly found
e6 outcry against its abuse aud the
evils which attach 10 its enjoyment.
More dangerous than opium !;
more baneful than alcohol; an ut
terry destructive agent, except In
certain active sleepless conditions,
when it shoHId be given by medical
men alone, choral hydrate is work
ing much irremediable mischief in
our midst. / am sorry To have 10
record tke opinion l am about to
express-the more so that il is in
the pages of Il work intended 20
come before the lay public.
But it must be done, even If it
lead to some odium. 1t is too COM
mon for some practitioners to adj
wise n patient 10 do what they can
discern he wishes 10 do. 1t is also
sad fact that any new line of treat
ment, any novel means of playing
tricks with the people under the
misnomer of therapeutics, will meet
with a ready adoption by those who
wish to be al fat with fashionable
and new remedies, or are disinclin-
ed TO give the necessary thought,
individual thought, to each case
and its special indications for
treatment.
Consequently the rash, ill-fOund.
ed, and as it is being rapidly found,
the ill-starred confidence in chlOral
is now being generally deplOred by
the obseryant members of the pro-
fession. Shortly after bromide of
potassium was ushered into notorie- |
ty, plentiful crop of cases appear |
ed in the medical journals, telling |
of the consequences of its abuse, Ell |
Their when continued too long after |
being medically prescribed, or self |
administered. The evil consequence
es OF the habitual use, or rather |
abuse, of chloral hydratic are be-
coming much more wildly appar-
ent.
It's destructive action on the |
nerve centers, it's production of a !
pCA
lessness, and consequent imperfect |
function of the brain cells, are be-
ing widely recognized; and it is
now established beyond all question |
of doubt that the adoption of chlor-
al hydrate as hypnotic in lieu of
opium is the adoption of greater
evil the one it has replaced. That |
choral, though it may be, and is,
eminently useful as a hypnotic in
certain cases, in its habitual or &C.
cssional use is a destructive poison,
with it most baneful con-
sequences, is generally admitted
and its widespread use as a sopor-
ific is fraught with mischievous re-
suits. The highest authorities, Eng
lish and American, are now decry-
ing its use, especially in cases of
sleeplessness, associated with de-
preston and of claw Spirits" with |
mental worry and with brain dis
tress. Those who unfortunately |
have been induced to make resort
10 choral as practice have need to
watch themselves carefully, and
note quickly the changes they may
feel, and eschew the poison as
speedily as may be on the first ap-
pearance of any morbid effects.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-11-20
Damaged Men.

You can see them any day in the
streets of any town, men who look
damaged. Men, too, of good orig
iRal material, who started out in
life with generous aspirations.
Once it was said they are bright
promising lads; once they looked
happily into the faces of mothers,
whose daily breath was a prayer
for their purity and peace. All,
God! what if some of them have
vowed their souls away to cOnlid.
ing wives who silently wonder
what can be the meaning of this
change-the cold, slowly creeping
shadow-that is coming over the
home and heart! what it some of
them shrink from the touch of
their own babies, as if innocence
had nothing for them but rebuke
Going to the bad. The spell of
evil companlonship; the willing
ness to hold and use money not
honestly gained; the stealthy, Sc
ductive, plausible advance of the
appetite for strong drink; the
treacherons destinations of the
gaming table; the gradual loss of
interest in business and in things
which build a man up; the rapid
weakening of all noble purposes /;
the decay of manliness; the reck-
lessness and blasphemy against
fate; 1.-THE sullen despair of ever
breaking the chains of evil habit.
What victories of shame and con-
tempt, what harvests of hell, have
grown from such seeds as these.
Sheer, ifyou will, like fool, at
the suggestions of reform, morals,
religious. Every man knows in
his better moods-and every man
has better moods-that all there
is of true life is personal virtue
and rectitude of character.
Going to the bad! But there is
hope. Earth and heaven are full
of hands ever reaching to help the
lost man back to the better way.
All the good there is in the uni
verse is in full sympathy with that
little goodness which inwardly re-
proves and protests.-Charles G..
AmeS
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The Cincinnati Inquirer says
"She was q large-sized woman
with a mole under her left organ of
sight. Her eyes were small and
squinty. Her nose was sharp and
peaked, exactly like "A thrce-sided
file. She entered Linn street car
just above Belts street. A poor,
pale, puny little body of a woman
was with her. AS she entered she
was telling the puny woman a hor-
rible tale, in which ghosts and
blood, and midnight's screams and
murdered infants, and daggers reek-
ing with human gore, and that sort
of thing prcdominated. 1t sound
ed very much like one of Ned Blunt
lines novels maliciOusly annotated.
She would let loose upon a page or
two of the romance and never stop
until she was out of breath, which
occurred about three fines every
two squares. Her breast would
sink in as she got deep down into a
passage; and when her voice had
died away to a faint whisper her
breast and spinal column would be
in juxta-position. Then she would
stop long enough to take in a new
supply Of air, and away she went
again. We left her at Fourth and
Walnut, and she was still at it. Her
young companion was evidently
weakening; we noticed she gradu-
ally grew paler, and was using a
fan as we left the car. BY this time
the irrepressible big woman had
talka6 an actuaI distance of twentv-
two squares, during which time she
drew about fifteen breaths by actu-
al computation. Our eyes began to
swim, and we became dizzy watch
ing the rapid vibrations of her lips.
For what we know she is talking
yet. If the little woman didn't
soon afterwards make her escape,
her folks will by this time have
seen what a lovely corpse she
makes"
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AN UNLUCKY THIEF.-A very
comical conclusion To Il very ordi-
nary theft took place in Paris re-
Gently. a sneak-thief entered
gentleman's apartment one after
noon by means of false keys, and
proceeded TO ransack drawers and
closets in search of Valuables. To
his disgust, he found neither jewels,
money, nor portable valuables,
so he finally concluned to treat him.
self to n new suit of clothes. Ac-
cordingly he selected a nice outfit,
including shirts, stockings and I'M
derwear, laid them out on the bed,
and proceeded TO remove his own
garments. just as he had got to
the critical point when his own
clothes were off and the new ones
were not on, he heard some one
open the outer door of the apart
ment, He scrambled under the bed
in all haste, and while lying peTdII
there he heard the newcomer
providing round the room, opening
drawers, etc, and finally heard him
depart. He then crept out, but
what was his horror TO find that
the second individual had been q
brothec-thlef, and that not only The
clothes he had been about to put on
were gone, but his own suit as well.
While he was in the midst of q
search for some other garments, he
was again disturbed by the opening
of door, and this time he popped
into a closet. This last arrival
proved to be the owner OF the
apartment, who, finding his furni.
tnre in disorder and his wearing
apparel gone, proceeded to search
for the malefacIOr, and soon discov-
cred the poor shivering criminal in
the closet. lie summoned the po-
lice and gave him into custody, and
the fellow was conveyed to the sta
ticn house wrapped in a blanket
and piteously declaring that he haG
stolen nothing; that, on the contra
ry, he had been robbed of all hi
clothing.
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The huge, drastic, gripping, sickening

The huge, drastic, gripping, sickening
pills, constructed of crude, coarse and
bulky ingredients, are fast being sup
erseded by DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Purg-
alive Pellets, or Sugar Coated Concern
trated Root and Herbal Juice, Anti
Bilious Granules-the "Little Giant"
Catarrh or Nahum iH PdrrO Physic.
Msdern Chemical Science enables DIR.
Pierce to extract from the juices of the
most valuable roots and herbs their
active medical principles, which, when
worked into little Pellets or Granules,
scarcely larger than mustard seed, rend-
ers each little Pellet as active and
powerful as a large pill, while they are
much more palatabIe and pleasant in
effect.
DIR. Ira Thayer, of BaconsburS, Ohio,
writes; al regard your Pellets as the
best remedy for the conditions for
which you prescribe them of anything
l have ever used; so mild and certain
in effect, and leaving the bowels in an
excellent condition. 1t seems to me
they must take the place of all other
cathartic pills and medicines"
Lyon Il MacOmber, druggists, Yer
million, d. T., say: ave think they
are going to sell like hot cakes as soon
as people get acquainted with them
and will spoil the pill trade, as those
that have used them like them much
better than large pills."
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-11-20
a Daughter Accidentally Shot
hY her Mother.

Near Humboldt, a town on the
AtchisOn e Nebraska railroad lived
s. widow woman and her daughter.
Some days since man who claim
ed 10 have just arrived from Kan
sas stopped at the house, and dur
ing his visit made insulting propo-
sitions TO the girl. The mother be-
ing called, ordered him TO leave the
house, which he refused In do. She
then armed herself with pistol and
endeaVored to frishleii him by point
ing il at him lie. hnw, vrr. refused
to withdraw. S;,e .LeieuyUn tired
two shots, which passed under q
chair. He still refused to comply
with the demands of the women,
stating in 8 jocOse manner that he
thought she aid not mean to hurt
anyone.
The girl just then stepped up to
her mother and remarked that she
had better put the pistol up, or
some one would be shot, at the
same time desiring the man TO with
draw. The woman raised the pis-
tOl, but before she could pull the
trigger, which would have undOnbt-
eddy sent the bullet speeding to-
ward his body, her daughter caught
the barrel III her hand. Unfortu-
naiely, the weapon was furnished
with very fine springs, and requir-
ed but the gentlest touch on the
trigger 10 discharge it. The NO.
mans finger was on the Trigger at
the time the girl caught hold of it,
and by some accident the pistol was
the ball entering the
girls breast, and, passing through
her body, killed her Instantly.
The sad occurrence occSsiOne,l
excitement in the
the man was arrest
ed for using indecent and bolster
GUS language; but what further
will be done in the case our inform
ant could not say.-St. Joseph Her
aid,
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The foot-pads of Now York have

The foot-pads of New York have
discarded the weapons of modern
warfare, and adopted a new and
valuable system of capturing their
quarry. Robbery with violence
has been converted into a chase in
which skill is required, and all the
excitement and glory of buffalo
hunt enjoyed without straying from
the sidewalks of the great city. In
Brooklyn. where competition is
lively and crime is not confined TO
low dives and gambling houses. the
lassO has come into fashion. Yells
of murder" and "police," a few
days ago, attracted the attention OF
the dreamy policeman, who, on
saunterimg up to the spot from
which they originated, found an ell
derby gentleman struggling in the
cole of a lassO, which had been
thrown with all the skill and effect
of q Texan herdsman. The old
gentleman had been relieved of a
sum of money and 3 bundle, and
his windpipe was suffering from
compression to, an extent which
threatened asphyxia. This accom-.
plishment is worthy of Brooklyn
where everything seems upside
down.
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Gilbert c. Walker, Democrat,
elected from the Richmond, Virgin
ia, district. is a carpet Dagger from
Chicago.
The United States government
calls on Mr.. Rhomberg, of Dubuque,
for 100000 unpaid taxes on whis-
KY.
Carl SchurZ, who has done more
than any other man TO break down
Grants administration, will be re-
tired to private life.
John p. McArdle, the oldest prac-
teal printer in the country, died
two weeks ago at Republic, Ohio.
He worked at the trade seventy
years.
POlygamy cannot be very unpop-
ular among the women in Utah
when 10000 of them vote to sustain
it, as they did at the last Congress
sional election.
Buckalew may be the next Unit
| ed States Senator from PeansyiVa-
MIA. He is several hundred years
younger than his principal Compel
itor, Jere. Black.
The ENGLISH REMEDY.-Liver-
pool has long been the greatest
drunkard manufacturing city in the
world, in proportion to population.
and the British authorities have re.
Gently ordered the trial of q new
remedy for the evil. The plan was
suggested by Mr.. Gladstone, and il
WAS to publish the names of those
seen in public drunk. Every
Monday morning list of the pub.
lie drunkards is published in all the
daily papers. giving the names and
occupations of the traHsgressOfs in
full. This very conspicuous proc.
lamatiou of their disgrace seems Il
have done more good than any 9th
er measure yet devised, for III.
weekly cases have fallen off one
third, and arrests for other crimel
in the same proportion. It is
singular means, but if it will deIe
men from getting drunk, we do NO
know why it would not be an cas-,
aud practical remedy.
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How SHEEP Cor INTO AgsTRAL-
IA.-In 1877 three Merino rams and
five ewes were carried to Australia /;
but so slow did wool-growing in
crease that It was not until 1907,
ten years later, that the first bale of
wool was shipped thence to Eng
land. But the fiocks of Australia
did not originate from that source.
Mr.. Hayes tells US that the Develop
Gnent of fine-wool husbandry in
those colonies was the result of an
accident. Some English whalers
captured In the South Seas, about
che beginning OF the present cenIu-
~, vessel proceeding to Peru from
Spain, ia which there were some
30 Merino rams and ewes. These
sheep were carried to Australia,
aud originated the fine Merino
wool husbandry which to-day plays
80 important part In the fine-wool
supplJ of the world.-Nationla
Live Stsck Journal.
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VVASHOE PE&EOE. EDR az
TICE.
willIaM Tell and hts APP
PIE BusIness EcIfpsed.
Virginia City Enterprise.

4 PIE kS0SlneSS kScItRAetfs
| Virginia City Enterprise.
Yesterday afternoon, ut a saloon
on the Divide, some men were dis.
GUESSING the shooting atfray which
occurred during the morning be.
tween the two brothers in law
Fallman and Ward, as mentioned
in another column. 1t was agreed
on all hands that it was shocking
bad shooting discredit to Wash
Oe. Al last Phoebe man banter
ed Comstock man, whom he
knew to be good shot with pis-
toll, to GO out in the back YARD
with him and do some shooting,
just to show the "hoys" how it
should be done. In the saloon
was box of eggs, and what the
Phoebe proposed was that each
shoot two eggs of the bare head
of the other at the distance of ten
PAGES, the one missing to treat the
crowd.
The Comstocker was bound not
to be bluffed by a man from the
other end of the state, SO to the
backyard all hands adjourned.
Each man used his own six-shoot-
er. The Comstocker first "bust-
ed" his egg on the top of the Pho
cher's head, which exploit was
loudly applauded by all present.
1t was then the Piocher's turn to
shoot, and an egg was produced to
be placed upon the head of the
Comstocker, but when he removed
his hat there was a great laugh,
for the top of his head was as
smooth as q billiard ball. For full
ten minutes all hands tried in vain
to make an egg stand on his head.
1t couldn't he done. The Piocher
then tainted the Comstocker with
having gone into the arrangement
knowing that he was safe. The
latter told him to set up his egg
and it was all right-he was there. |
The Piocher went into the saloon
and moment after came out with |
a small handful of flour, which he
daubed on the bald head of the |
Comstocker, and then triumphant
ly planted in it his egg, fell back
ten steps and then knocked it of. |
Comstocker then told him to set |
up his second egg and shoot at it,
as he didn't want to have his head |
chalked twice during the game.
This was done and the wreck of a
second egg streamed over the
Comstocker's pate. The PioCher
now stood out with his last egg On
his head. The Comstocker raised
his pistol and fired. The Piocher
bounded 8 yard into the air and
the egg bounced whole from his
head.
"I've lostr cried the Comstock-
er. LET all come up and drink.
By slip, I've put half the width |
of by bullet through the top of his
left earl And so it proved upon |
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Pints and quarts OF filthy catarrhal
discharges! Where does it all come
from? The mucous membrane, lining
the chambers of the nose, and its little
glands, arc dis ,ased, so that they draw
from the blood its Ii quid and exposure
to the air changes ir into corruption.
This and the system is weakened by
the loss. To cure, gain flesh and
strength by using DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, which also acts di-
rectly upon these glands, correcting
them; apply DIR. Sage's Catarrh Rem
edy with DIR. Pierce's Nasal Douche.
the only method of reaching the upper
cavities where the discharge accuMu-
lates and comes from. The instru-
ment and two medicines sold for 81 by
all Druggists. G64.
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PUNKIN PI.-Punkin pi IL the sass
ov Nh England. They are YiilIes
and drink, they are joy on the half
shell, they are glory enough for one
day, and are good kOld or warmed
up, would like 10 be boy again,
just for sixty minnetts, and eat my
self phnll oV the blessed old mixtur.
Emmy man who don't luv punkin pi,
wants watching cluss, for he means
to do sOmethin mean the fust good
chance he kan git. Civ me all the
punkin pi could eat, when Waz a
boy. and did Mt kare whether Sum
day skoOl kept that day or not.
And now that have grown up TO
manhood, and have run for the leg
islature once, ank only got beat $50
votes, and am thorOly marrid, thare
amt nothing banker for wuss, and
kan bury quicker, than twO-tbirds
of a good Old-fashiOned punkin pi,
an inch and a half thik, and well
smelt up with ginger and nutmeg.
Punkin pi liz the eldest American
beverage knO ov, and ought to go
down to pOsterity with the trade
mark Ov our grandmothers on it
hut i am afrade it wont, for it liz
tuff eYeu now to find one that tastes
in the month at all az they did forty
years ago.-Josh Billings Alminax
for 1875.
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SHERIFF,S SALE.

NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue OF
~ an order of sale issued out of the Dis
trict Court of Lyon county. Kansas, TO me
ycmber. 1874. at IL O'Clock a. NJ, at the front
door of the court house. in said county, offer
for sale at public auction to the highest bid
der for cash. the following described real es-
tate. to-wit: The northwest "a of section
number 81, in township number 10, of range
number II, in Lyon county, Kansas, viii be
sold as the property of Hamilton Howard and
Catherine Howard to satisfy said order OF
sale. John RAY
Sheriff Of Lyon Co, Kansas.
EmpOfIa, kRs., Oct. 23d, 1874. 1911
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EMPORIA NEWS.
FR1DAY, NOVEMBER 20. ls74.
STATE ITEMS
Coniordia wants q brick-maker.
Corn SIS cents q bushel at Holton.

Coniordia wants brick-maker.
Corn IS cents q bushel at Hollon.
City taxes in Pleasanton are Ga
per cent.
Cottonwood Falls is TO have a
shooting club.
PeachbIOw potatoes are getting
plenty i'll Lawrence.
Capt. w. S. Tough owns a flIly,
Pine Leaf, that can go in . "a.
The Mennonites buy corn, pola-
toes aud onions in Atchison.
A case involving $I.25 cost Leav-
enWorth county in jury fees, etc,
$50.
Rev. Mr.. RObb, of Wilson coun-
ty, aged 20, has lately married la
dy OF 81.
j. w. Broadus, of Leaven worth
county, has lost seventy hogs by
cholera.
Gottlieb Bros. will pay out SIO,-
OOO for cotton at Independence this
season.
Thousands of people in South
west Missouri want to sell out aud
move TO Kansas.
CObG was beaten Ia Douglas coun-
~, but ShRck was elecied-county
superintendent. --
lilly Parsons, one of the old-tim-
ers, was elected county. attorney
Of COffey county.
Mr.. Champion was killed by the
falling Of coal shaft near Pleas
anton on the 18th uli.
Gov. Osborn has appointed w. j.
Bawden, of FIT. Scott, Judge of the |
Sixth Judicial District.
The man COPELAND, who abscond-
ed from Leavenworlh with $4,000.
has been captured in Texas.
Star township, Cloud county,
gave Its entire vote TO Col. Phillips.
A star township sure enough.
The military prison at Fort Leav-
enwOrth has been opened aud the
first lot of prisoners received.
The Humboldt Union says the
principal cry around the polls at
that place WAS, "Gimme q pencil"
Johnson county stock dealers are
sending cattle to Sedgwick county |
To be wintered. Plenty of grass
there.
An absent-minded Jackson conn
~ doctor rode thirteen miles to find
that he had left his pill bags at
home.
Mr.. John Parker, OF Clyde, plant
cd barrel of potatoes in August,
aud expects to realize thirty or for
~ bushels.
Too much alkali in the water
tanks makes the water "foam" In
the locomotives on the Cherokee di-
vision of the NJ, X. Il 4.
The largest Touring mill in the
State, to be run by the power furn-
ished by the Lawrence dam, is now
ready for the machinery.
A rough aud tumble fight on the
street between man aud two wO-
men Is the latest excitement in
LeavenwOrth. The women whip
ped.
The "relief bonds" were defeated
in Sedgwick county. There was
majority of sixty-four for them, but
the law requires two-thirds.
George Hanford, of Franklin
county, has discovered that strong
coffee will cure cattle which have
been poisoned by eating castor
beans.
The Changers OF Marshall county,
together with many not members
OF the Grange, have generally aided
the suffering people of Phillips
county.
The Lawren 20 Journal says that
travel on the Kansas Pacific west
ward bound, Is better this fall than
any fall since the road was complct-
eel, four years ago.
II. Ii. Taylor, of tho WyandOtte
Gazette, wac, with Thaddeus ii.
Walker aud ID. II. Anthony, MEM
ber of the first Republican State
Convention of New York.
The Kansas Pacific company,
through It's arroney, Alfred Sayre,
Esq, has disbursed SS,379.2l to the |
OF baggage recently burned
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On the morning of election day
the Boston Advertiser said:
1t is the power of the Republicans
of the Essex district o-day to give
TO the Republican party in Massa-
chusetts an accession of strength
greater than would be given by the
election of all its candidates outside
of the district-and that is, by de-
featiHg their candidate for Con-
gress.
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1t is said that Harrington, when
he heard how the people of his own
county had gone back on him, DIRE W
out his memorandum book, and
wrote: 'This beats the devVle.
Hensiorth l am dun with politix. "
Troy Chief.