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a Maniac Money Maker.

A correspondent OF the Cincin-
natl Gazette, referring TO the death
of an inmate of the BIoomingale
Asylum, says:
lie was a man of slender build,
but mental disease had reduced him
to extreme emaciAtion. lie had not
lived more than forty years, and yet
he was the image of idiotic old age.
Such was the last scene in the life
of one who was once highly gifted
and eminently successful. When /
first knew him he was q fine built
man, with a brilliant countenance
and easy manner. He hired a loft
In q warehouse and began trade on
capital which would not exceed
$500. But from that beginning
sprang one of the greatest houses in
this city His course was one of
wonderful success hut 1t taxed his
system beyond his strength. He
was so excited that he could not
sleep. He became deliFious on the
subject of making money. 1t was
the whole theme of his converse
ton. and at last it was feared that
his talk wAs but form OF insanity.
He would call on his friends to
show them chow to make money"
And this, with other Vegaries, CON-
PEELED his friends to place him in
the asylum. Here he became q lun-
attic money maker. He would spend
the day in calculation, and at night
tell how many millions he had
made. At last his brain wore out
and he sank into idiocy, which only
terminated with his life. The con-
ceru which he built up is one o.
neat wealth, and he left his family
. half million, but It was q small
price for which to sell his reason.
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LaeAYErrE.s vVATCEs.


PAKIs, Dec. Elm conformit,
With 9 resolution adopted by the
American congress on the ed o.
june last. Mr.. Washburne, United
States minister, to-day handed to
n. Oscar de Lafayette, q deputy
Ia the nation assembly and grand.
son Of Marquis de Lafayette, the
watch Washington presented to
the laL. ter as souvenir of the
capitulation of Lord Corvallis.
The watch was stolen from the
Marquis de Lafayette while he
was travelling in the United States
IN 1925, but was recovered in latter
years.
3 The presentation ceremonies
took place at the hotel of the
American Embassy, in presence of
the entire Lafayette and other
families, attaches of the United
States legation, and many distin-
guished. Americans.
Mr. Washburne, in addressing
ID! de Lafayette, narrated the cir
cumstaaces CT the theft of the
watch, and the passage by cong
ress of q resolution for ITS
restoration TO the descendants of
Marquis de Lafayette, and said:
II am fulfilling a pleasant duty.
The Inscription on the. watch re
calls to my mind s great deed,
which terminated the American
and determined the in
of the United States.
| am here as interpreter of the
of the government and |
people of the United States toward |
Iou and other descendants of Mar.
luis do Lafayette Let us form
earnest wishes for the happiness
and prosperity of all bearing your
generated name, and with these
let US associate France,
Who was allied with the United
states, who is our traditional
riend, and whose glory we hold
lear"
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A Put-in-Bay correspondent OF
The Cincinnati Times thus discrim-
mates Oh waltZing: A Kentucky
girl is q natural waltzer, and she
does it with q charming chic and
abandon. An Ohio girls waltzing
is easy, graceful and melodious. II
she happens to como from Cincin-
natl and across the Rhine she swings
dreamily round and round in the
endless "Dutch waltz" II she
comes from Chicago she throws her
hair back, jumps up and cracks her
heels together and carries off her
astonished partner as though 8 ST.
mOom had struck him, and knocks
over all intervening obstacles in her
mad career around the room. If
she is from Indiana she creeps close
ly and timidly up to her partner, as
though she would like to creep INTO
his vest pocket, and melts away
with ecstacy as the Witching strains
of the "Blue Danube" sweep
through the hall. If she is from
Missouri she crooks her body in the
middle like q door hinge, takes her
partner by the shoulders, and makes
him miserable in trying to hop
around her without treading On her
No. 8 shoes. If she comes from
Michigan she astonishes her part
ner by now and then working in q
touch OF the double-shuffie, or bit
of pigeon-Wing with the waltz step ;
and if she come from Arkansas she
throws both her arms around his
meek, rolls up her eyes as she floats
away, and is heard to nurmur, "Oh,
hug me, joint"
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THE IDR ESQ ON THE MAS.
SAGE.

The country owes adebt of grati-
tude to President Grant and Sec'y.
BFistoR for their earnest efforts e.
lead it back to specie resumpticn.
By what method that end should IL
reached is q questionsof secondary
importance The first necessity Il
TO bring the country and Cong ress
to determine that by some me ;hod
the end shall be reached e speedily
as possible. Firmly adhesiug to
this poaition, which, since his veto
message of last spring, hsd been
abundantly ViGdicated by tvenTs,
and especially by the complete faii-
Ure of legislation lSOking TOW ard
expansion a. = means or relief, the
President suggests = method By
which specie resumption can be at.
tained, and the Secretary OF the
Treasury sets forth the same plan
sOmeW hist more in detail.- ST. Louis
Democrat.
The message is notable for what
1t does not recommend, as Welt as
for what it does. It does nor rrc3
ommend the undertaking OF Ibe
trans-c0ntinental canal, as the snp4
pOsititious organ sc the capital led
most people to expect, bu. il leaves |
these earth-disemboweIing schemes
10 the Congressional FranspotafiOu |
Committee. To them and 10 Goa
gress is left the question Wheth-
Dr. the Union shall be bound togeth-
Or by Water-bands. He does noti
additional legislation ted
enforce the civil and social rights Of
he freedmen, as iB1gtWo former
messages. He seems inclined to
cave this TO the logic of events.
The phrase is our own, and we
know not what il means, but it
% FUNDS Well.--CIncinnati Gazette.
We do not expect to find in the
messages of President Grant any of
he polished rhetoric in which some
# the early occupants of the exec.
luVe chair were fond of :hdulging,
r any of the compact logic for
Which Mr.. LincJ bins state powers
Vere remarkable. An yet the flu
lre historian, looking TO these an
1formatiOn upon the condition of
ne country at the time of their is
ne, will find few that are more val {
able to him than those which bear
ne signature of U. S. Grant. Gen.
raj Grants idea of a Presidential
lessage is that it should be q sum-
larry of national affairs as they are
resented in the workings of the
ifferent executive departments.
lie INDUCES in very little Iheorizing 7
abstract reasoning; when he has :
recommendation to make he puts il
blunt and understandable En-
Iish, and, having stated his views 1
the subject plainly and concisely, t
3 leaves its extended consideration t
Congress and the country. In G
lr judgment, q much better state q
aper can be modelled on this plan 7
IAN upon the former one of con. =
erting the annual message into q
nelly written essay on government
Id political econOmy.-St. Louis
lobe. i
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THE uNFLATlONEsrS.
Pennsylvania Kelley AsRIres
do he Their Leader.
II

Chicago Tribune.
Representative W. D. Kelley, OF
Pennsylvania, has taken a very
decided public position with re-
spect to the new western imitation
movement, and evidently aspires
to become the leader of the infia.
tionists in the next house with
out regard to party utilization. In
answer to q letter from T. B.
Buchanan, secretary of the nation
al executive committee of the In
dianapolis imitation party, in
which the view of Kelley concern
ing this movement are requested,
Judge Kelley will say: "If the
message of the president and the
report of the secretary of the
treasury contain such propositions,
as we are told they will, with re-
spect to a speedy resumption of
specie payments, and the republi-
can party accept them, l shall in
SO far cooperate with those who
oppose such legislation. l have
carefully considered your basis of
union, and may say that l have
long believed, and for some years
enforced, the doctrine that it is the
duty of the government to issue
the money of the country and to
prohibit the circulation OF notes
of corporations, whether state or
and that the money so
issued shall be the legal tender for
all dues, public and private, includ-
ing duties on imports. In this 1
agreed with Thaddeus Stevens as
early as 1852"
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THE CENTRE OF POPULATION
Gen. Walkers essay on the CEN
ire population brings into new
prominence the steadiness with
which this centre clings 20 the
thirty-nlnth parallel, along which
are situated Baltimore, Washing
ton and Cincinnati At no time
from 1870 TO 1870 has the centre
of population departed north or
south Of this line more than twea-
ty-six miles. It has marched
westward $50 miles in that period,
the greatest leap being from 1850
to 1860 eighty one miles, when
the transfer of . small population
to the Pacific coast gave > sudden
el0ngation to the western ara o.
the lever, and necessitated th.
removing of the fulcrun quite {
distance. II is now forty eigh
miles east OF Cincinnati, and in
1880 will nearly coincide with tha
CITY.
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house of Mr.. Thomas Melagin, of
Ripley. The village was now in
tested with slave hunters. The fu-
gitiVes were obliged to stay with
Mr.. Mecague until the next night.
Now, as the watchers were in town,
1t was question of interest, how to
get the fngilives out without dis
coVery. 1 advised the young men
who operated on the underground
railroad, not to wait until fugitives
would be expected 10 go ont, but at
the beginning of darkness cause
them to go through certain lots, one
At time, and on TO my honse. This
was done, and all passed in safety,
and on to Canada. What q noble
mother! JOHN RANKIN.
Emporia, Dec. IL, 1874.
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The Fragrant LImbereer.

Some folks don't like the odor OF
Limberger cheese; but there are
people that can't appreciate the fla
vor of q well developed polecat.
One evening, not very long since, a
gentleman had made his prepare
tons TO attend prayer meeting with
his wife. Prior to starting he came
down to his place of business, and
while there an acquaintance discoY-
cred that he was about to engage in
Wednesday evening devotion. Ac-
cOrding'y he put up yilIainous job.
Procuring q huge slice of the most
fragrant Limberger cheese, to be
had, he watched his opportunity,
and just as the gentleman stepped
out of the door to go home to his
wife, slipped it in his pocket. The
parties repaired TO the church and
were soon seated side by side in q
comfortable pew near the stove
Soon the cheese began to
grow loud. The sisters turn
ed their heads about and
looked as if kraut barrel had ex-
ploded. The deacons elevated their
noses and thought of the third
plague of Egypt. The preacher
smelled great smell and the wife
of the unconscious odor casket
nudged her spouse and inquired if
he didn't smell something. "Ma-
risr, it's awful" he responded sit
must be in the COAL" The more the
speculated the louder the
odor became, and finally all hands
united in hurrying the proceedings
to close. Arrived at home, and
while preparing to retire, the gen.
tleman discovered the cause of the
unpleasantness, and removed it on
a couple of chips.-IOwa State Reg
lister.
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TEsE GERN1AN CHILDREN
a Lfsle Girls Tale Of 8nf:
GerlaR and HArraH

ferIHE and Horror.
The German children, who were
recently captured by L. S. SOL
diers, from the Indians, were at
Fl. Leavenworth at last accounts,
being well cared for.
The following in regard to them
is from the New York Herald.
Their appearance, despite their
life among barbarians, is gentle
and engaging, such as is worn
by more fortunate children of civ
ilization. The nGiUete with which
the elder of the two sisters told
their touching story would have
penetrated any heart with its sim
pie but awful tempering of pathos.
She made her statement as fol-
lows:
JULIANA ARMlNDA GERMANS STORY.
nv name is Juliana Arminda
German. I am aged seven years.
NV sister here, Nancy AdeliRe, is
aged five and a half years. My
fathers name was John German,
and my mothers Catherine, and
two older sisters Catherine Eliza
beth, aged fifteen years, and Soph-
lie Lewis, aged twelve years. My
older sisters are yet with the In
dians. l have emily seen Caterine
once. She told me Sophie was well
and among the Indians. I could
hear her voice sometimes, but
could not see her ever. They
killed pa about three weeks ago,
on Smoky Hill river, Kansas. He
was going from Georgia, in Fan
uing county, where he came from,
to settle in Colorado. When my
father heard the Indians coming,
he turned black in the face, and
could not get his gun up to shoot.
They came and took an axe, after
taking hold of pas horse, and
struck him in the head, cutting il
open. Then they killed my Oldest
brother Stephen, and my oldest
sister, Rebecca Jane. They cut
into the heads of all except my
biggest sister and scalped them.
Then they dragged me out from
under the feather bed in the wa
gon, where 1 was with sister. She
commenced and set up crying. ]
crawled in again and went to sleep
/ could not cry. There wasn't
tears enough in my eyes. They
took all the feathers ont OF the
beds and made pillows out of ONT
of them. They like soft pillows
but won't have soft beds. They
didn't treat me well. They had
plums to eat the first day for din
ner, and after they got through
eating, they gave Us what was left
Then they bridled up the horses
and put sister in front Of q yoanl
buck and me in front OF another
on horse back. We were jolted 9,
that our necks got stiff. Ate
awhile they took us out one da,
and left us on the prairie all alone
I don't know what they did it fol
After awhile sister and / got q
land found q wagon trail, and ~
followed il six miles to where the
had been = camping party and "
found some corn and crackers wit
8 little grain of meat. We got >
old broken cup and bucket an
went down to the creek and q
some water. CThis was in one {
the old camps ofthe United State
Itroops). Then some Inians cam
that day and took rs AWay agai
q and put us down in . camp wheE
!, there were Indian sauaRs-HheI
e iyou- soldiers cams and found Q
r on the day of the firing Til
; Indians didn't have any other fgl
Q while we were with them. "
: heard the firing but did not hea
f the yelling. We are getting ov'
our fright.
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No second-A true narrative.


EnIerPrSses ola slave Mother.
Near to Dover, Kentucky, lived a
slave family. The mother OF that
family determined to liberate her
hu sband and children. She first
sent her husband to Canada. In the
night he crossed the Ohio river, and
was put on what was called the
underground railway, and was
safely conveyed TO Canada. Some
time after his departure she started
for Canada with her babe in her
arms. She intended to come to my
house, but, by mistake, she came TO
the house of . near neighbor, and
knocked at his door. He arose
from his bed and came TO sec what
WAS wanting, and when he saw her
standing with her infant in her
arms, he said to her, "DOn't be
afraid; am an abolitionist, but !
have not come out yet. I'll help
YOU" lie had labOrers at his house,
and therefore could not safely take
her in; but he took her to q place
Of safety, aud she was conveyed to
Canada. She left six children in
bondage. After four years she re-
turned to get her children. She
came TO my house, and determined
to 90 for her children. 1 tried to
dissuade her, lest she should be TAX
en- and be again subjected to slav-
cry, but go she would in despite OF
all l could say to her. She put on
mems clothing, and passed over the
river. She lay . whole day hid In
her masters garden, and held CON-
municatIon with some of her chill
dren. Two of them were so young
that she did not deem Il safe to lei
them know that she was there, and
they slept In the room In which the
master aud mIstress slept, and there
fore she could not get them. Sht
got four of her children and grand
child. They fell in with Canadi
an who followed the business o
helping slaves TO escape from bond
age. The first night after having
started, they failed to get across tn,
river, and had TO lie hid in a corn
field near Dover, with an infant liza
BILE to cry 40 a. to cause them to b,
discovered, but they escaped discov
cry, and on the next night James X
Poke, as he called himself after tn
name of the president then presid
ing over the nation, succeeded Il
getting them over the river to tn
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SHERIFEN,S SALE.

NOrICE is hereby given that by virtue of
IN an order OF sale issued out of the Dis
trict Court OF Lyon county, Kansas, to me di-
rected, upon Judgment in favor of Almerin
Gillett against Sanford II. Kamer and Keen
er Is. Orrick. partners, l will, on Tuesday, the
at the front door of the court house i'm said
county, ofer for sale at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash, the following deScrib-
ed real estate, tO-wit: Lot No. 80, on Neosho
street, in the city OF Emporia, Lyon county
Kansas. Appraised at one hundred and forty
dollars ($l4OO0), subject to q tax lien, to be
sold rs the property Of Sanford IL. Kamer and
heener IL. Orrick, partners, to satisfy said
order of sale. JOHN RAY
Sheriff of Lyon Co, Kansas
December 18th, 1874 EOt5.
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Alum.

1t is well known, says an Aus
tralian paper, that alum dissolved
is very effective in clearing muddy
water. But short time since some
alum was applied in . manner which,
from its novelty and valuable re-
suits, is worthy of notice. In q
place where water is scarce ct pres
ent little alum was dissolved in
hot water and thrown into q tub Of
thick soapsoads. In q moment the
soap curdled, and, accompanied by
the muddy particles, sank to the
bottom, leaving, the water perfectly
clear, pure and devoid of smell.
The water was found very useful
for washing clothing again, when
poured off the sedimen. A similar
result was attained in q quick man.
ner by filling q boiler with soap
suds, placing it on q fire and throw
ing bit of alum into it. When
the suds boiled the scum went over
and left the water clear, soft and az
useful for washing clothes as it had
originally been.
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SHERTFF,S S%I.E

NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue of
IN an execution issued out of the District
Court of the Fifth Judicial District, sitting in
and !, toE Lyon county Kansas; wherein Van
Il Holmes Is plaintiff and W. Il. Nichols is
defendant, will, on Monday, the attn day OF
January. a. ID. 1876 at . O'Clock a M, at
the front door of the court house in said coun-
ty. oner for sale at public auction to the high
est bidder, for cash, all the right, title and in
terest OF the defendant, W. T. Nichols in and
70 the following described real estate, to-Wit
Lot number It's on Mechanics street in the
city Of Emporia, Lyon county, Kansas. Said
real estate is levied upon as the property of
the defendant, w L. Nichols, and will he sold
to satisfy said execution.
Sherin7s ofiiee, Lyon county, December 4th,
1914 JOHN BAY,
4Sto- Sheriff Lyon Co, Hans.
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Publication Notice,

INFANCY Nj. ANDREWS will take no
IN tice that she has been sued in the
District court of Lyon county. Kansas;
that the petition in said action is on file
In the office Of the Clerk OF said court;
that the names of the parties to the suit
are Lewis b. Andrews, plaintiff. and
Nancy NJ. Andrews defendant. and that
she must answer the petition filed by the
plaintiff on or before the Esd day of JAM
uary, A. ID. 1915, or the petition will be
taken as true and judgment rendered ac-
cordingly, disSolving the marriage bonds
between the said Lewis B. Andrews aud
Nancy III. Andrews, and divoFcing the
said parties, and for such other relief as
costs OF suit. GILLETT & FORD,
1881 AtfvSs for ira :
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Perhaps the most pefect form OF

Perhaps the most pefect form OF
serene contentment known upon
the planet is that developed by To-
das, . people who inhabit the pla-
tsau of the Nilghiri Hills. They
live in small communities Of from
twenty to thirty pastoral, and their
sole dependence is upon the buffalo.
They do not practice agriculture al
all, simply cultivate their dAiries,
which are held to be sacred, and
keep the buffalo and the cat ss tame
animals. They neither fight with
their neigbors nor among them
selves. Two men In every village
do the dairy work ; the rest nothing
Having no politics to discuss, ths
elder "tOadso sit on . rail fence Oh
under q tree all day and brood; the
younger branches probably stand on
their heads, or follow after the othei
tOadies. They are . fine looking
race, and having more men thai
women, the creed of Brigham
Young is reversed and one woman
has many husbands.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
II. Z. CrOss,
VS..


j. 5. Cleveland, ct al.
District Court of the 5th Judicial District,
Lyon county, Kansas.
pG virtue of an order of sale issued out of
- the District Court of the 9Th Judicial dis
trict. sitting in and for Lyon county, Kansas
wherein ii. T.. Cross is plaintiff ana j. :.
Cleveland and NJ. ~. Cleveland are defendants
| Will, on Monday, the 18th day of January,
the court house, in said county, offer for sale
al public auction, to the highest bidder, for
cash, all the right, title and interest of the
j. S. Cleveland and NJ j. Cleya-
land, in and to the following described real
estate, situate in Lyon county, Kansas to-
wit: The northeast "a of section -, township
~, range II, containing 160 acres, more or less
also all that piece OF parcel Of land situate in
Lyon county, described as follows: Com
mehcing at the northeast corner of the south
east quarter of section y, township 49, range
the center of the Cotton wool river; thence
down said river to the north line of said QUAR-
ter section; thence due west to the place OF
beginning, containing 20 acres m ore or less /:
and Also all that certain other piece or parcel
of land described as follows: Commencing Mt
the northeast corner of the southeast quarter
of section %, township 10, range L.; thence
running west on north line Of said quarter
until said line intersects the center OF the
Cottonwood river; thence following the cen
ter OF the river to the east line of said quarter
and thence north on said east line to the place
Of beginning, containing 2 acres more or less.
Said re al estate will be sold as the property of
said defendants to satisfy said order Of sale
JOHN BAY,
Sheriff OF Lyon Co, Kansas.
Emporia Kas-, Dec. 18th, 1874. 5Ot5
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Bancroft EP 1ianYS

Topeka, offers in behalf of the Kan
sas Pacific road, an additional So, 600
while Gov. Osborn sWells the
amount with an additional $500
more, making SIS, 500 as the sum to-
tai of the reward.
THE JAMES AND xoUKeERs.
We do not credit these notorious
personages with the robbery, but
have been assured by agentleman
who well knows the James, that
Jessie James was in this city, &C.
cOmpanied by one of the Youngers,
on Wednesday last, in the vicinity
of the Hannibal & ST. Joe height
depot. He states that he not only
saw Jessie, but that he recognized a
mare. called Bess. noted for her
speed, which Jesse usually rides,
and which has been seen in Clay
County often. This we get from
GOOD AUTHORITY,
aud give it as we received it.
Whether the parties mentioned had
nythinG to do with the robbery or
not, is of but little consequence the
robbery is more the less reckless.
1t will be well for the railroad
authorities to take warning from
his robbery, and guard against q
as there can be no doubt
put that, elated with their success in
his case, the robbers will make |
'ther attempts. A warm reception,
in the death of q few of
hese highwaymen, will be found to |
work very Statutory influences.