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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-07-03

T., SEDGHICk.
A TsF0RNEY AT LAW. Office up
n stairs in NEWS block, Enperia. Kan
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-07-03
PHYSICIANS
.I.-A NTeCsfigEsr.. nj. ID.

DuYsIClAN AND SURGEON, has
permanently located in the city. Of
ifice yer Dunlap's bank; residence, Me-
ehanies street. near Normal building.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-07-03

best lilly. one VI old and under two 3
Second hest
best mare colt
LoT15-DRAFT HORSES
best stallion, four yrs old and over SO
second best
bssst stallion. three yrs old ami under four 6
Second best
best Stallion. enc yr old and under two 3
second best
best stallion colt
LOT l6-DEAFT MARES.
hest mare. four Yrs old and over SIG
second best
best mare. three yrs old and under four 9
Second best
Seconk best :
best lilly, one yr Old and under two
Second best
best mare colt
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-07-03

LOT 1T-NATcHED HORSES AND MARES.
Ito be exhibited in harness.
best pair carriage mares or geidings 8
:. farm horses or mares
Matches and pairs will not be allowed 20 be
by the same owner. Opposite sexes will lie
admitted In match teams
LOT 1S-GKLDINGS Oh MARES FOR HARNESS.
Speed not considerd.)
Best gelding or marc for light harness -
LOT 19-sADDLE HORSES.
TO be exhibited under the saddle.l
best mare or gelding, for saddle, three yrs =,
LOT S0-"swEEPsTAKEs." OPEN TO ALL.
best stallion. three yrs old upward $40 and dip
- lot of colts, of any age. not
less than four in number.
sired 10y any one horse and
shown with sire anu lip-
g stallion colt. undor3 yrs Old ana diP-
s. filly, under yrs old 5and dip-
- mare, 4 yrs old and over . ana dlp
RoADsTERs.
stallion. a yrs old ana upwards SO 80
stallion. 8 WIS Old.
no be shown in harness-specd, style and ae-
tiOn all considered.
LOT 21-JACEs AND MULES.
Best jack, yrs old and over $40
a. - under yrs and over
- a. colt, under VT =
a. jenny, yrs old and upwarps .
a. .. yrs old .
:" pair mules ;
81 single mule, yrs old and over 2
- single mule yr Old and under3
Z" mule sucking colt
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-07-03

o. MILLER,
A TToRNEY AT LAW, Emporia,
~ Kansas.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-16
Bull Battles in Texas.

A correspondent among the great
cattle herds in Texas writes to the Gal
weston News:
In case of q severe winter, when grass
is scant, a pack of wolves single out
some decrepit old bull, that has fought
his last fight, and been deserted by his
herd long ago, which they follow and
worry day and night until he is at last
pulled down. Like the buffalo which
formerly roamed over this country,
these bulls are constantly fighting for
the mastery of the herds, and the COWS
have hearty contempt for the fellow
that is not ready at all times to present
an undaunted front. With their i'm
mense frames and terrible horns. a pair
of Texas bulls make bad fight. Short
horn Durham bulls have been intro
duced by men who thought to improve
the stock s; but they have no show at all
and one is occasionally seen feeding
in solitude. In rounding up cattle upon
the prairie, the driver witnesses a great
many of these fights. Perhaps half
dozen distinct herds are brought to-
gether and the chords take occasion
to plume themselves, and meandering
around, with deep roars, pay their re-
spects to the gentle sex, and glance
defiance at each other. Young aspi-
rants for honors are equally as demon
strative; and outcasts thus brought
into contact with victors in former con-
tests are punished for their seeming
temerity /; old sores are revived hos
tilities Begin and soon dozen fights
are going on in different portions of the
large herd. The first symptoms Of an
accepted challenge are telegraphed over
the herd by prolonged and shrill roars.
Instantly all the bulls in the immediate
vicinity, not engaged, rush to the spot,
and caper about the two adversaries, in
a way they would seem incapable Of
all the while believing -and undoubted-
ly taking sides, and urging on the two
central figures. About twenty feet apart
they stand, tossing up dirt with hoof
and horn, until suddenly, with lowered
head, they spring at each other, and
their foreheaGs meet with dull thud.
They rebound, and second and third
time rally, when comes the sullen strain
head to head and horn to horn. Every
nerve and sale are exerted to the ut
most and no living thing can long en-
dure such fearful tension. Pres
emily one will prove the weaker, or slip
foot, and for the moment be thrown
off his guard; but the slightest advant-
age is not lost to those watchful, glar-
ing eyes of his antagonist, who throws
his last energies into a mighty plunge
forward, which turns the victim neck,
and the long, raking wound in the
flank follows. It is not good to be too
near them, for horse and rider might be
overturned. Nothing will stop van
pushed bull in his headlong flight; and
blind with rage and agony, he runs far
away upon the prairie. Many lose their
lives fighting. If not gored III a vital
part, the wounds are fy-blown directly,
often causing death.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-16
A Human Skull in Solid Rock.

A very strange discovery, interesting
to biologists, is reported by the Usage
Mission (Kansas) Journal. A human
skull was recently found near the place,
imbedded in a solid rock which was
broken open by blasting. DR.. Weirley,
of Usage Mission, compared it with a
modern skull which he had in his office,
and found that, though it resembled
the latter in general shape, it was an
inch and quarter larger in greatest
diameter, and much better developed
in some other particulars. He saws
of the relic: cit is thatof the Uranium
of the human species, of large size,
imbedded in conglomerate rock of the
tertiary class, and found several feet
beneath the surface. Parts of the
frontal, parietal, and occipital bones
were carried away by explosion. The
piece OF rock holding the remains
weighs some forty Or fifty pounds,
With many impressions of marine shells,
and through it runs a vein of quartz,
or within the carnium crystalized or
gantic matter, and by the aid of a
microscope, presents beautiful ap-
pearance." Neither Lye]l nor Hugh
Miller, it is stated, nor any of the rest
OF the subterranean explorers. reports
anything SO remarkable as this dis
covery at Usage Mission. The Neander
man comes the nearest to it, but the
Neanderthal bones were found in loan
only two orthree feet below the surface,
whereas this Kansas skull was discov-
cred in solid rock.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-16
Long Battle Between Oxen.

The Augusta (Me Journal has the
following account Of a protracted bat
tie between two oxen in that state Z:
Mr.. Corydon Chadwick and Mr.
Sullivan Erskine have q pasture in
common at South China, which they
use for the pasturage of cattle. They
have the present season had several
yokes of cattle in the pasture. Mr.
Chadwick and Mr.. Erskine have each
an OK with Topped or crooked horn,
the right horn of one and the left of the
other having that peculiar formation.
Those oxen were turned loose into the
common pasture, and it was between
them on that spot that the pitched
battle of which we are to speak took
place. For several days these cattle
had been missing; when the other
cattle came up these were not among
the number. How many days they
had been missing before search was
instituted is not definitely known, but
becoming alarmed the owners went in
quest of them. Coming to an opening
in the woods, covering an area of about
an acre, Mr.. Chadwick, who went in
search, came upon a sickening spectacle.
The Topped horns of the oxen were
clasped, and the exhausted animals,
united compactly, stood face to face,
waiting for death, having apparently
given up the struggle. It is supposed
that while they were engaged in play
their horns became entangled failing
to disconnect themselves, a terrible
struggle of several days took place.
The open space was literally torn up,
as though it had been ploughed with a
sub-soil pillow. When they were turned
into the pasture they were large, fat,
seven feet oxen, but now they had be-
come so emaciated and famished that a
person could almost clasp them around
with his arms. They were perfectly
docile when found, but Mr.. Chadwick
could not unite the knot. The horn of
each was sunk into the others head,
and it was only by calling help, and
saving the horns off, that separation
could be effected. There were Tester
ing sores where the horns went in.
Thus mortal conflict, lasting eight
days, had been going on between these
oxen, who in that time had not partak-
en- of any sustenance, and perhaps had
not been able to lie down. Their jaws
had to be pried open, and Cruel admin
istered to them. Their heads had been
united so closely that their faces were
bare to the bone. It is possible the
animals may live"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-16
The New Cave of the Winds.

We have heretofore referred, says the
Niagara Falls Gazette of the End inst,
to Explorations that have been made
behind the American Fall, entering
from below Prospect Park. ALI dis
criptions represent the trip behind the
great fall to be unrivaled for weirdness
of scene and novelty of experience.
Fascinating as is the cave under the
Luna Island Fall, the unexplored mys-
teries of the wild and tumultuous re-
cesses behind the American Fall
shadow the interest in the wonders of
the old cave. Since the organization
of the Prospect Park Company, it has
been contemplated fitting up approaches
to this new cave, and building sucn
mechanical helps as may be found
practical to facilitate pleasure trips be-
hind the sheet. Last season Conroy
and Mumford made a thorough ex-
animation of the entrance, extending
their trip around the first bend in the
precipice The floor was found per-
fectly smooth, with sheet of compar-
atively still water some three feet deep
everything it. Since this trip last sea-
son, the cavehas not been entered until
recently, when Conroy and Mumford
volunteered to guide a stranger
through the explored portions of the
place. The stranger, Mr.. George B.
johnson, of New Orleans, thus has won
the distinction of being the first visitor
to Niagara who has ever been behind
the American Fall. The party pressed
their investigation over 200 feet behind
the sheet. Conroy expresses his con-
viction that passage-way extends
through to Goat Island-a path which
can be treaded with safety, and which
he intends at some future day to ex-
plore. Mr.. Johnson was lavish in his
expressions of delight at the trip, which
he pronounces unequaled for strange
ness on the face of the earth. He has
left to join friends in the East, and
contemplates returning in few days
with party, when he will make anoth-
er trip in company with his friends.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-16
A Story of the Emperor William.

A Hamburg newspaper relates the
following story GA young married
couple, on their wedding journey, re-
sided for some time on the shores of
the lake of Constance, and one day visi-
ted the celebrated Yole of Mainau.
where at the same time the Emperor
William was residing as guest of the
Grand Duke of Baden. After having
strolled about upon the lovely island
for time, the young couple determined
to cross to the main land, but the wealth
er had unfortunately changed for the
worse; the wind blew in violent gusts.
and the waves dashed with such vehe-
mence against the side of the little boat
in which they had embarked that the
ferryman, after many fruitless efforts,
declared it impossible to proceed. The
boats head was therefore turned toward
the island, and in few minutes it's in
mates we're landed again, but complete
ly at loss what to do and where to
pass the night. The Emperor William
and his son-in-law, the Grand Duke.
had been standing on the strand and
watching the efforts of the boatman to
make head against the storm. After
the young couple had landed the En-
peror met them on the beach, INQUIRED
If they had been the inmates of the
boat, asked after their names. about
their circumstances, where they we're
from, and various other things. In the
meantime he gave orders for steam to
be got up in his own little iron steamer.
and informed the young man and his
wife that 1t would convey them in safety
to the opposite shore. The lady had,
however, been SO frightened by the first
encounter with the wild waves that she
seemed rather to doubt whether the
steamer was more trustworthy than the
boat had proved, and expressed her ap-
prehensions at last quite openly. DO
not be in the least alarmed said the
Emperor, in the kindest and most affa-
BILE manner possible; you can embark
in the steamer without any fear; she
bears my name, The Emperor William.
and that is enough to reassure you.'''
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-16

which seemed as if it would never cease
billowing itself on shore.
I fled in terror, but could not help
looking over my shoulder as I fled.
The big boa. in passing, licked up
the other boas as unconcernedly as if
they had been mere shrimps, and still
persued me.
Ny foot slipped, and his curved teeth
were in me.
Again felt the cold chill run through
my frame, as I had done when I beheld
the fascinated rabbit.
The coils were crunching me.
In my agony I gave one frantic fling,
and-all was over.
[ had kicked off half my bedclothes,
and twisted the other half round my
neck, and the night before. after look
ing at the cut in a tural-h1story book,
I had taken cool, light, yet heavy,
summer supper of cucumbers OH aaatu
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-16
Attacked by a Menatee.
Florida letter to the New York Sun.

FlOf1da letter to the New YORK Sun.
Both the Indian and ST. Lucie
rivers are filed with coarse, rank
grass, which takes root at a depth of
20 or 80 feet, and rises to the surface.
It is called menatee grass, because it is
eaten by the wonderful menatee or sea-
COW. Florida is the only spot on the
North American continent where this
animal is found. It is amphibious and
herbivorous, and weighs from 800 to
1900 pounds. 1t suckles it's young,
and has head like seal, nose like
COW, fippers like a sea-lion, and tail
like whale. Such is the description
by those who have seen. it. Of i'm
mense strength, when at bay it can
knock boat to pieces. The body is
powerfully built. The bones are like
iron, and the ribs are snort. thick, and
heavy, and as white as ivory. The
menatee is very shy. Once in while
one gets shot. Several have been net
ted. One was captured years ago and
taken to Savannah alive. but it died
within a few months. The meat is
eaten by the people living on the Upper
Indian river, and it is said to be sweet
and palatable.. Indians are extremely
fond of it.
While on the way from Lake Worth,
Moore and Hammond had a narrow
escape from a menatee They we're
sailing at twilight in one of the slug
gish and tortuous lagoons leading to
the Everglades. While rounding an
abrupt curve in mangrove swamp
they startled menatee. The monster
was sleeping under some low branches.
Thinking itself cornered, it made a
rush for the boat. Fortunately the
water was deep, and it slipped under
the bow. It's back, however, scraped
the keel, and the craft was lifted from
the water. The menatee lashed the
waves with it's tail, barely missing the
boat, and raised such swell that she
half filed with water. The pale-faced
men baled her out and continued their
journey.
Years ago an Indian river hunter was
caught in a similar fix. The night was
very dark. A frightened menatee
shattered his boat, and she went to the
bottom. The hunter caught the
boughs of the overhanging mangroves
and tried to pull himself ashore, but
was barred by the network of roots.
All night long he chung to the man
groves. Clouds of mosquitoes surround
ed him, and he suffered almost intoler-
able fortunes. At daylight he man
aged to get into the swamp, and after
many hardships worked his way to a
point opposite Jupiter light, where he
made himself heard and was rescued.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-16
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1877
The Heavenly Secret.

The following stately and exquisite
poem on the grave theme of immortalit,
was written by George Cooper:
Does the dark and soundless river
Stretch so wide
The homeward rolling tide
Over which have crossed
Our loved and early lost
That their unsealed eyes may never see
The further side,
Where still amid this coil and misery
We hide
Is the realm of their transition
Close at hand
To this our living land?
Nearer than we dream?
Can they catch the CLEAN
Of our smiles and hear the words we speak?
And see our deeds
And, looking deeper than our eyes may see,
Our needs +?
Do they mingle in our gladness?
Do they grieve
When ways of goodness we leave?
Do they know each thought and hope
While we in shadow grope?
Can they hear the Futures high behest,
Yet lack the power
To lead us to our ills or arrest
The hour?
When they find us bowed with sorrow
Do they sigh?
Or when earth passes by
For them do they forget
The cares that here beset
Their well beloved? Or do they wait
Co. be it thus y
And waiten beside the golden gate
For us ?
We are yearning for their secret;
Though we call,
No answer ever fall
Upon our dullard ears,
To queu our nameless fears.
Yet God is over all, whateer may be,
And trusting so,
Patience, my heart a little while, and we
Shall know.
We wait, then, in patience; or
We pant, strain like birds against the wire
With beating our bruised wings against til
rim
That bounds our utmost flying,
When we seek the distant and the dim.
But-we wait.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-16
Josh Billings Spice Box.

Most every one luvs to listen 2 SLAM
der, but thare amt but few but what
despise the author ov it.
What heartless world this would be
II thare was no tears in 1t.
Wize men are never surprised when
phools are alwaz wondering at every
thing that happens.
meet great menny men whoze talk
IL like buntch Of fire crackers when
they are first touched oph, full Nv pop
for fu minits, and then all il over.
Without mummy, without friends, and
without impudence, liz about az low
down IN this world az emmy man can get
and keep virtewouse.
After a man has passed the age of 81,
about awl that he can find to talk about
and brag on liz that he has got more
pains and ackes than emmy of the rest of
his Majors.
There is nothing that a man liz so GER
tain ov as he IL ov what he sees, and yet
there is nothing after all that deceives
him oftener.
Beware of the man who is always
ready to swop old friends for nu ones.
The dog that will follow every body
When I pla whist I alwaz like
phool for a pardner, for they do hold
such good hands.
[ have had people set down bi mi side
and konfdently undertake to explain
something to me of great importance,
and after talking "a minits bi the watch
[ not only didn't kno what they had
been trying to tell, but had forgot a
good deal [ knew before.
Thare liz but little that IL new under
the sun, and what liz amt good for
much.
One ov the most perfekt victerys yu
kan achieve over emmy man liz to beat
him in politeness.
The rarest artickle quoted in market
just now liz good common sense.
Young man, yu had better be honest
than cunning, and it il hard work to be
both.
I kant tell exactly what's the matter
ov me, but [ am alwaz just leetle
shy ov the woman who wears her hair
kut short.
The world at large judges ov us bi
our suckcess.
It ought to kure the pride of emmy
man when he reflects that there amt
no one living but that owes more to
the world than the world owes to him.
The CRATE mistake that meny people
make is to think that they was made
before the world waz instead ov since.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-16

"Quite hail-storm last night" re-
marked guest to California land
lord, as he came down stairs the other
morning. "No. Only a few of the
boys shooting at Chinaman, and their
balls ratified against the house."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-16

DURING the first six months of this
year 500, 06O tons of coal were raised at
the Nova Scotia and Cape Breton
mines.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-16

The effect of the water is to discolor
the marble of the fountain i'll the
public garden. A gentleman showing
the sights to young medical man
halted opposite Venus and her shell,
on which the WATERWAYS falling IN grace
full jets. "See here! How do you like
the looks of that ?" CLOCKS rather
bilious, yellow. Needs blue pill, "
said young Bolus, contemplatlvely-
Commercial Bulletin.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-16

A TEA never INDUCED in by gossips
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-16

Gen. Garibaldi has only three per-
sons with him on the Island of Caprera
First, M. Basso; next, a countryman,
about 20; and, lastly, an old female
cook. His dwelling, as is known, is of
the most simple kind. The principal
room, that occupied by himself, con-
tains only a fireplace, a bed, few
chairs, sideboard, and in corner a
heap of books. There is also plaste
bust of Col. Nullo, who died in Poland,
and large portrait Of the South Amer
lean General Flores. This is the rich
est chamber of the house. The island
produces plenty of almonds, figs, and
grapes, but only a few oranges and
lemon trees, transplanted thither by
Garibaldi, and cultivated by himself.
Goats abo und, and there is consider
able number of wild cats.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-16

LIKE the festive sheep
OF little Bopeep,
SO lost that she couldn't find it.
The comets gone back
On It's wondering track,
And taken it's tail behind it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-16

and sinking like pillows, and the butfa-
10 was forced along. Another bounced
upon a puma another, upon jaguar /;
two or three upon deer another-hor-
rible-upon man another still
more horrible-upon a woman and her
child.
Ugh those "lovely tropical creep
ers what nightmare had they be-
come, as they lay gorged with food,
bloated and torpid
And yet, in spite Of the awful deaths
of my ellow-creatures- selfish is
human nature-I could not help finding
comfort in that stupid content.
Now" I said within myself, 81
shall be able to cross the river in safety,
yet God knows that my heart bleeds
for those poor creatures, though they
were not white. It was sickening to
see stout man crunched like snail
IN that way. Never shall forget that
woman's awful scream, and, oh, that
poor, helpless little babe Still the
beasts OF prey are slain, and the
hldeous snakes are powerless or pur-
poseless to harm me-
[ advanced toward the river, gliding
dreamily through the still forest, SO
lately the scene of blood-curdling
slaughter, but now once more hushed
in enchanted calm. But from the wa
ter suddenly arose boa's head, far
bigger than any had yet seen, and out
of the water undulated boa's body,