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RuskAOn Reading the Bible.

As soon~ was sble 10 read with flu
work with M which never ceased till went
to Oxford. She read alternate verses with
me, watching atSirst every information of my
voice, and correcting the false ones, till she
made me understand the verse, if within my
reach, rightly, and euergetically. 1t might
be beyond IT, altogether; that she did not
care about; but she made sure that as soon
as | got hold of it at all, l should get hold
of it by the right end In this way she be-
gan with the first verse of Genesis, and went
straight through to the last verse of the
Apocalypse; hard names, numbers, Levitical
law, and all; and began again at Genesis
the next day; if name was hard, the bet
ter the exercise in prcnunciatiOn-if chap
ter was tiresome, the better lesson in pa
thence, if loashesome, the better lesson in
faith that there was some use in its being so
QUE spoken. After our chapters from two
to three day, according to their length, the
first thing after breakfast, and no Interrupt
ton from servants allowed, none from visi-
tors, who either joined in the reading or had
to stay upstairs, and none from any visitings
or excursions, except real travelling | had
to learn few verses by heart, or repeat, to
make sure 1 had not lost something of what
was already known; and had to learn the
whole body of the fine old paraphraSes,
which are good, melodious, and forceful
verses; and to which, together with the Bible
itself, owe the first cultivation of my ear
in sound.
1t is strange that of all the pieces of the
Bible which my mother thus taught me, that
which cost me most to learn, and which was,
to my child's mind, chiefly repulsive-the
cxix. Psalm-has now become of all the
most precious to me, in its OVERLOOKING and
glorious passion of love for the law of God;
40, how love thy law it is my medita-
ton al day; l have refrained my feet from
e. 7il way, that might keep thy word.
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A MAN entered a ticket office in San Fran.
cisco recently and asked for ticket for
" Destination. To prove that he was not
mistaken, he pointed to notice which read
Passengers who intend going further than
Yokohama are requested to purchase through
tickets to destination.
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Il way, tHaV uIgHI AeeP Vn
lsee....

Nyccasiona correspondent of the Lon
don Times, writing from Alexandria, says
that good deal of interest has been shown
there in the scheme for the transportation
home of the obelisk-one of the socalled
Cleopatra's needles-presented to England
forty years ago by Mohammed Ali. 1t is a
fine monolith of red granite, I'd feet in
length, and feet in diameter. It's weight
has been variousIy estimated, but the maxi
mum is 282 tons. 1t now Lies PROSTATE and
parallel to the sea, at distance of "a feet,
on sandy bank Is feet high, with nothing
between it and the water save a ruined sea
wall. The hieroglyphics are in good pres
ervatiou, and record that the obelisk was
erected at On (Helopolis, near Cairo by
Thothmes II. (about 1900 B. c. during
whose reignsEgype is recorded to have
"placed its frontier where it pleased. The
lateral inscriptions record the name and IL
ties of Rameses II. known to the Greeks
under the name of Sesostris, and relate how
he had conquered all the nations of the
world. 1t is worthy of note, too, that the
Israeltes were in Egypt at the time of the
construction of this monument. 1t is said to
have been brought to Alexandria at the be,
ginning of the Christian era. Various
schemes have been suggested for the removal
of the stone, but the most feasible is the con-
struction of a jetty to deep water, SO as to
convey it along an inclined plane of beams
to raft, on which it might be secured and
towed to England in the summer months.
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LESSON XVIII.

BY REV. JAMES B. RAMSEY, D. D..
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Questions on Old Testament History.
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HISTORY OF JOSEPH. Chap. xxxvii-xl
l. How was Joseph regarded by his breth-
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-23

Il. ID. McCARTER.-It was announced
last week that II. ID. AeCarter, OF the firm
OF Bancroft and McCarieT, bad accepted a
very advantageous business offer ut his
cid home, Columbus, Ohio, and would
soon return there 70 live. We regret very
much to lose him and his family as citi-
Zens. Mc. has been here about six years.
and has been a useful member of society.
always alive to the interests OF the city
and active in behalf OF every public enter
prise. lie was = member OF our city coun-
ell tor two years, In which position he
made n Straightforward record. While
We aud others differed with him on some
points. no one ever accused him OF being
inconsistent. or OF changing front to suit
every breeze. He took his positions from
convictions OF right, and in the conflict.
Ing interests In that body he was never
set down as doubtful The town will
miss Ne. We trust the change OF base
will be largely beneficial to him and that
after trying Ohio he will again return to
Emporia and become permanent fixture.
He has no objections whatever to Kansas.
but leaves US solely on account OF BUSH
ness inducements.
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furnished to each of the a newspapers
published in the county, with the un-
Outstanding that each publish the same
at one-half the legal rates.
Bills allowed as follows:
SIP. Elliott, assessors fees, SIS, allowed
1854 so; w. j. Combs assessors fees, Sal:
Garrett De Baum, assessors tees, $S7; T.
P. Hall, assessors fees, 500, allowed
S1S3; w. B. Scott, assessors's fees, secs
allowed SaO1; C. C. Lynch, assessors fees,
SIT; J. Fl. COwan, assessors fees, $14S.-
so; II. +. Holmes, assessors fees, $IO2;
A. Z. Bancroft, assessors fees, $3.50; e. T.
Kerns, deputy, assessors fees. $50; F. II.
Weaver, assessors fees, $6I.5O; Maple
wood cemetry, balance on lots, S45; Sarah
Martin, nursing at poOrhouse, $24, allow
ed SIS; Hiatt Brothers, hauling sawdust,
So; silas Holloway, taking pauper to the
poorhouse, 81; Harvey Fowler. witness
fees probate court, S1.90; j. A. Moore,
medicine for poor, &C., 1886; Thos. Beers,
deputy sheriff's fees, 20 cents; John Bay,
sheriff. tees, so; Daniel Bitter, supplies
for poor, $2.05; II. Penrod, jury fees,
$3.50; n. WhittIesey, jury fees, $3.50; DIR.
w. W. Hibben, medical attendance on
poor, $50; Geo John .to... examining the
treasury, -: " 4. Nix. tax refunded,
444.99; j. :. bou shLon, repairing treasu-
~ stanp $J.SJ ;Thos. Beers, janitos's fees,
courthouse, sid; randy * Ea ,tman, drugs
81; ]. d. Fox - Co.. stationery for cOun-
ty, 500; j. &. Hail a. Bro, goods for
poorhOuse, SS.45; 1. Z. PerIey. goods i0r
county poor, $3I.25; Gilmore & Arnold,
bed for poOrhouse, 1910, allowed $3.50;
L. F. Bailey, work on courthouse, $500,
allowed Sc so; G. W. Frederick, fees clerk
district court, $500; J. s. Craig. postage,
&C., $2.75; C. B. Bachelor, justice peace
fees, $s.45; John Bay, boarding prisoners,
$33, allowed S27; EmporIa Milling and
Commercial Co., supplies for poor, $44.75;
b. +. Lock ard, boarding paupers, S1O7 IS;
A. D. Chambers, superintendent salary
and sundries, $1s9. so; H.F. Holmes, pos
tage on blanks, SLIT; T. j. Carmichael.
school examination fees, &12; II. C. Cross,
attending railroad meeting. $4.75; Treas
urer Lyon County, sidewalk tax, $1.36;
Ellen Plumb, stationery for county,
5000; ThOs. Beers, sheriff's fees, $3.50,
allowed $3.50: Humphrey & CrOwner, re-
pairing jail, $I1.25; Almerin GIllett,
county attorneys fees, $1,000, allowed
$62.5O; Almerin Gillett, county attorneys
fees, $1,000, allowed $4,000; II. w.
McCune, printing, $1S.25; Jacob StOtler,
printing, $lS 40; j. S. Craig, salary cOun-
ty clerk, $2l4.25; Charles E. Paine, cOun-
ty commissioners fees, $24; Jacob Metz
ger, county commissioners fees, $40; j.
+. StrrttOn, county commissioners
fees. $2I.
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I'D. FOX 3 CO.'S NEW STORE.
A metropolitan wholesale and Retail
Establishment

Metropolitan wholesale and Retail
Establishment
The new book and stationery store of /.
ID. Fox q Co., in the new Holderman
block, is in many respects superior TO any
that we have seen in the largest cities of
the State. Its central location, light and
airy appearance, and its very large stock
OF goods, handsomely displayed in glass
show cases and shelving, and piled up on
substantial counters, make it very neat
and attractive. It is emphatically hand
some store, and one that will impress ali
visitors to our city with admiration for
western enterprise and good taste.
The book stock comprises a carefully
chosen assortment OF standard literature,
Issued by the best publishing houses.
Dictionaries and bibles are not forgotten.
There is u choice lot of albums. The
leading magazines and periodicals are
kept, and subscriptions taken for any pub
licatIon at very low rates.
The glass show cases are new here, nd
display goods to great advantage. One is
filed with stereOptical views and iustfu-
ments, and opera glasses. Another is full
OF pocket knives, raZOrs and other cut
lery, ornamental ink stands, pen and PEN
ell holders, etc. A third contains dOZ-
ems OF kinds of pocket and note books.
Another has a fine assortment of toilet and
fancy articles. In the line of vases, brack.
cts, pictures, both chrome, oil and engraV-
ings, towel racks, music stands, and 9TH
err parlor and household ornaments, there
is very large and fine assortment to
choose from. The show OF brackets Is eX-
ira good, and also that of picture frames
and mOuldings. The musical instruments
are Chickering pianos, and Whitney &
Holmes, and Mason Il Hamlin organs
The merits of these are well known. A
full line of them will he kept, and also
sheet mu SIC and music books. One OF
Fairchild's gold pen cases stands near the
! door with complete stock. The station.
cry department is very full, comprising
stacks of envelopes and paper, and any
amount of ink, pens, pencils, etc. School
books and states are plenty A large
stock of wall paper and border Is on hand
In fact, it would be difficult TO say what
Fox 81 Co., have not got in the line OF
books, stationery, and ornamental articles
This firm having now ample rom and
facilities, announces in our advertisement
columns, that 1t is prepared to ill orders
from dealers to any extent, as we'll as to
supply all retail customers. We have
reason to know that it can and does com
pete sharply with eastern wholesale
houses. Itkeeps thoroughly posted in re
gard to market prices, as well as stocked
with goods, and "runners'' for eastern
houses are often taken aback at finding
their samples and prices beaten in EmpO
ria. Fox & Co., are satisfied already
from the increase OF business, that moving
into their new and eligible store was u
diciOus undertaking, and they claim tt
have never sold goods so low or rapidly
as at the present time.
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7. Fl. CLARE,
A. II. WALTER,
G. B. BACHELLER.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS,
EMPQRIA, ke.,

EMPoRIA, KS, July ath.
Board met and organized as board
of equalization, and proceeded to the
equalization OF the real property of the
county, and devoted most OF the week
to that business. Other business trans
acted as fOliowsi
Viewers heretofore appointed on
road petitiOned for by E. T. Miles ana
others, continued, and ordered to re-
port at next regular meeting. .sa..,.
The board agreed TO accept as full
payment of the NJ, X. & T. railroad
taxes for 1874. on road bed and right
of way, $3,9SS. sc, and $S0.S6 as penal
ty on state taxes, and rebate all other
penalties that may have accrued. This
is payment in full of the entire state
and county tax, except the penalties
ON county leYies.
1t was ordered by the board that the
assessors rolls, In relation to the per-
sOnal property assessment of the A.,
T. & S. F. railroad, be changed so at to
correspond with the sworn returns of
the railroad company.
Polly Nix was requested to appear
before the board, and report for taxable
purposes, the amount OF personal prop
erty in her hands as guardian of the
minor heirs OF o. n. Sutherland, de-
ceased. and did SO, reporting credits to
the amount Of S1,1OO.
B. F. Myers aHd others letitioned
for change In the state road between
EmpOrIa and Forest Hill, NJ. w. Phil
lips, w. p. B. Paisley and w. L. Tray
lor, were appointed viewers for said
road, to meet August 3, 1873.
On motion, the board made the fol-
lowing levies for township purposes:
Agnes City, IL mills; Americus, u
of l mill; Center, 4-10 of a mill; Ell
mendarO, 4 of mill; EmpOria, 4-l0
of mill; Fremont, 4 of mill Jack
son, = mill; Reading; / mill; Pike Il
of q mill.
On motion, the board ordered that
the copy of the delinquent tax list be
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4 FINE ESTABLISHMENT of the
most enterprising firms in the city Is that
Of Hankla & Butler, grocers and dealers
in T and tobacco. They hsYC their new
store room in the HOlderman block fitted
up in excellent taste and style. For con-
venience of arrangement and cleanliness.
we have scarcely ever seen it equaled any
where. They keep the freshest and best
of everything in the fruit, tea and grocery
line. Their signs are ingenious and hand
some. In front the main sign reads
"Hankla & Butler" down street it reads
Tobacco and Cigars" while from the
north IL reads "FI uits and Teas'--Ihree
signs in one. In front stands post Aur.
mounted by large T, one end of which is
black and the other green. The whole
establishment is one OF the attractions OF
the city. We wish them abundant sue.
cess for their liberalit and enterprise.
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The English party who were in Empo.
ria last spring and bought Mahlon Stubb's
team and Tom Fleming's saddle horse.
located on fine stock farm on Gilmore
creek, Morris county, about an hours
drive northwest of Council Grove. A
correspondent OF the Democrat saws of if.
Mr., Donkin's farm embraces three him.
dred and twenty acres. He has sixty-tWo
acres or oats that will average UNIV ards
OF sixty bushels to the acre, also about
ten acres Of corn which is looking very
nne. he has good two-story house 9Ox
"a, all plastered and finished nm in 0ood
shape, and such outhOuses as gransrv.
carriage house, lee house, chicken house'
and stable room sufficient 10 sccommo'
date three hundred head OF cattle and
horses; He VIII set out large orcharrl
this fall, build stone fence, puf m a new
barn, and make such other additiansI IN, !.
prOvements a. will ada TO The conye,,
fence, value and general Appearance Of
the farm. He has about forty head an sins
steers, some Of which are eff the best or. a.
go stock, and q dne bull which hs calls
the ttDuke.n ~A1iS
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-23

NEW GRAIN HOUsE.-The well known,
popular firm of Epstein & Co. has gone
into the grain business, determined to
buy and ship more than any other in the
state. They have taken the stone build
ing corner Of Commercial streeC and 4th
avenue, and engaged p. FOsbender a.
their agent IN this line of business. Their
card in another column invites farmers to
bring them grain, aud at the best market
prices in cash. We are glad to see Ep-
stein q co. go TO buying grain, for it will
greatly help TO make Emporia first-class
market for the farmers. They have pIen-
ty of capital, are enterprisIng and lib
eral, and their facilities TO ship and sell
are tirst-class. Mr.. Fosbender is faVOra-
bly, known all through this section as
competent and reliable grain buyer, and
we predict that Epstein & Co. will make
things lively in the grain trade.
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The Colorado MInes-An Old KansaR
with Rocks.

The Colorado MInes-An Old KaHsaR
with Rocks.
On May, 1873, Z. q. Duke. an old set
moved from Madison, Greenwood county,
to Hardscrabble mining district, Rosita,
Fremont county, Colorado, about ffty
miles west OF Pueblo. lie Is at present
ON visit home, and Tuesday showed us
specimen ores from the mines. Among
them were weighty ores, as follows:
POcahOntas mine, dark blue specimen
assays from $2,7OO to $4,000 per ton, 2OC
feet deep; Chierain, $1,000 to 81, 500 pei
ton, 50 feet deep; Mine d6, 5000 per ton
Virginia, Sl,SOO to $4,000 per ton, blue sui
phuret; Black Tail, o., 1000 to ., 800, very
red appearance; GAlena, silver aud lea
together, free OF all impurlty; 300 OF sIl
Yer to ton and balance lead. AS lead Is
| required To smelt the ore and separate the
metal and rock, the Galena is = very val,
liable mine, it being all pay" Beside
these, which we noted down, was hand-
some specimen of pure white quartz, dot
ted with gold and silver, and a very rich
| copper ore, the latter mine not being
worked yet. MIR. Duke and Mr. Hal
own the Melissa mineA, which assays SlOC
per ton, and is only 50 feet deep.
The specimens show rich mineral dis
trict and when the railroad gets to Pueb.
10, large eastern immigration, and rapid
development Of the mining business, are
expected. Mr.. Duke expects TO return in
three weeks, and will freight goods to the
| mines.
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of whsg upon an acre of land
thoroughly TILED, and sufdciehtIs
watered when simmer rains IL
Here most of the irrigation s1.ms
to be performed by wind mill
pumps, or by expensive fumes
which brings water from mo untain
streams. But these streaJ AZ are
scanty in amount there is o r. more
water in the rivers of Kansas than
in those OF California. It is edueat-
ed industry which has made of CAL
ifornian agriculture the giant that
it IL.
The kaw, the Arkansas, the Mis-
souri,, and the Neosho, average q
vastly larger volume of water than
the San Joaquean and Sacramento
1t is just "a easy 20 lead those rivers
over your valleys, as to lead our
rivers into our fields. Il is as easy
TO build dykes and fill reservoirs in
the Kansas valleys, as in Calveras
or MERGED. II your spring deluGes
were collected in artificial basins, to
be used during the summer months
OF droulh, Kansan agriculture
would attain proportions impossi-
BILE Ia California.
l wish that some man having
means enough would try the expe-
riment Of regularly and copiously
watering one acre of Kansas land,
by means of parallel bitches, such az
ere used here. The csltiVator
would gather such 9 crop of straw
berries, corn or vegetables, as is sell
dom seen east of the mountains.
Once started, and proved to be
practicable and success, the meth
cd would steadily extend, till Kan
sac should stand upon q higher lev
ell than California occupies to-day.
To attain this position will cost
time, money, study, patience aud
unlimited work, but this result is
within reaeh.,q M
The summer arOGth of California.
which extends from the first of
June till the middle of December,
is not wholly evil in its results. 1t
makes insect life very feeble in its
development. The chinch- bug,
moth, grasshopper, curculio, borer,
aphis, and all the ten thousand in
sect plaques of the east, are hardly
known here. Mosquitoes aud flies
are also scarce. The great, juicy
plums and spricots, the vegetables
and trees, show no trace of these
enemies. There is little weather.
talk ; for seven or eight months, one
dry, hazy October day succeeds an
other. The mountains are bathed
in a dry, blue mist; here in our sea-
side valley, girdled by the cast
hills-
'sThere falls not hail, nor rain, nor AN snow,
Nor ever wind blows loudly; but it lies
Deep-meadoWed, happy, fair with orchard
And bowry holIows crowned with summer
sea-"
VINO Will take the trouble to In.
form you that "It's fine dayi"
when 24O fine days succeed each
other, each one dream of Avalon !?
One almost longs for a "thunder-
head" or hurricane, or any kind of
a squall or racket, to break this
ceaseless. calm. We are not YET
quite good enough to enjoy the per-
petusl PEACE, The world, the flesh,
and the "other fellah" demand the
atmospheric disturbance that never
comes. In this delicious air, all
ought to grow young, good, and
happy. II. B. N.
San Jose, July 8, 1875.
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Our horse men, in connection with the
directors OF our agricultural society, have
arranged for a grand horse fair TO be held
on the Both OF July, on the grounds OF the
Lyon County Agricultural Society.
There Is prospect Of fine time as we
have assurance of several celebrated
horses from abroad. Everybody ought to
devote one or two days TO the fair and see
what our horses can do in competition
with outsiders. five bet it will be on
EN- Horia horses
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-07-23

TIE 0Fana Unio1 Depot ~ SC. Louis. 1Zo.,
Is now completed, and all passenger trains
over the various lines TO the North, East
and South are running through the Tssa-
mel and over the Great StsSt and IEoa
Bridge seross the Mississippi river.
This new arrangement cannot but be
appreciated by the travelling pakEte, As
the long and tedious omnibus tranSfsE
across the Mississippi river IL discaE1in-
ueA.
Passengers going NORTH, East or South
sAsuId bear this In mind, and purchase
their tickets via TIE 81. LoHts, Kansas
Gig and Northern RGftsOay, ths shortest
lire between the Missouri Rirer and all
ofats East and South.