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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-02-26
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KENTUCKY

Death of Gov. Standardization of the
Trustees-A Successor Apprenticeship
More POstPOnements-Dra Ger
tain February 27th.
At q meeting of the Trustees of the
Public Library Of Kentucky, Jan. 10th
1915. it was resolved that c. III. Briggs.
Esq, who under the late Hon. Tho. E.
Bramlette was the real business manager
of the gift concerts already given in aid
of the Public Library of Kentucky, be
and he is hereby authorized to take the
place made Yacant by the death of said
Bramlette, in the management of the af-
fairs of the fifth and last gift concert.
and that the drawing announced for
February %, 1875. shall positively and
unequivOcally take place ON that day
without any further postponement or
delay on any account whatever.
r. T. DURRETT, Pres.
JOHN S. CAIN, Secretary.
Hereafter all communications relating
to the 9th Concert should be addressed to
the undersigned, and 1 pledge myself
that the drawing shall come off February
9th or that every dollar paid for tickets
shall be returned.
G. n. BRIGGS, Agent and Manager,
Room 4, Public Library Building,
Louisville, ky.
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ISr OF LANDS belonging to the endoyy-
i ment for common schools in Lyon conn
", Kansas, having been selected in lien of
certain sections 10 and sc, which had been oc
Supled by presumption prior to the United
Statas survey.
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PHOTOGRAPHER,
EMPoRIA SOCIETIES.

MASONIC.
TMP0RIA LODGE, No. IL, AT A 81
IL Meets at their hall, Ruggles q Plumb's
building. on the Thursday of or next proceed
ing the full moon of each month, and every
Two weeks thereafter Master Mesons III
good standing are cordially invited to attend
- j. n. STEELE, w. NJ.
I. MCCULLOUGH, Secretary.
GSMPORIA CHAPTER, II. a NJ Meets Al
IL Masonic Hall, on the 1st and Sd Friday
evenings OF each month, at TX O'Clock. Com.
p2nlons IN good standing are cordially inVit-
ed to attend. " NJ WICxa IT -
w. E. COPELAND, Secretary.
ODD FELLOWS.
"NION LODGE No. IS. Meets at Odd Fell
~ ows' Hall, over Emporia Bank, every
tuesday evening at O'Clock. Members in
good standing invited to attend.
NJ. WEAVER, N. q.
j. Ii. WARNEKE, Recording Sec.
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A NICE PROPERTY.

The Aston estate contains about
700 houses, which cover forty
acres in very desirable localities.
The Astor House alone is worth
81 10000. A very large part OF
the property lies on the Fourth
and Fifth avenues, also Madison
avenue, where entire squares of ell
egant houses acknowledge his
name. This land was bought by
the original Aston at prices rang
ing from $500 to 81 900 per acre,
and each acre is now worth nearly
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-02-26

who bore a part in much of this
Improvement, is still alive. He
plastered the Aston House-forty
years ago, under the personal in
spection ofold John Jacob, and he
finished his business career by
plastering Stewards palace-for
which his bill was $4,000.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-10
FROsT-BITTEN.
YirY GEORGE A. BAKER, J. /,

We were riding home from the Carrolls ball,
Nelly Sanslrgcnt and I, you know;
The white fnkes fluttered about our lamps,
And our Yiheels rolled silently through the snow
We'd danced together the evening through,
For Bernstein's viols had played their best -
Her fair head dropped, her lids wore low,
And her dreamy eyes were full of rest.
Her white arms nestled along her lap.
Her hands half holding with weary grace
Her fading piolets-passing sweet
Was the fir-off look Oh her fair young face.
Watched her, speaking never word.
For would not wasen those dreaming eyes;
But tho breath of the volets filed the air,
And my thoughts were many and far from wise.
AT last, eaid to her, bending near,
"Ab NeTiy SanBargent, sweet twould be
To ride together our whole lives long,
Alone with the violets, you and me-"
Her fair fnoe flushed, and her sweet eyes fell
Low as the murmur of meadow-rills
Her answer came to me-" Yes perhaps;
But whowould settle our carriage bills7"
The delicate blossoms breathed their last;
Our wheels rolled hard on the stones just then,
Where the snow had d. fitted; the subject dropped,
And has never been taken up again.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-10
Tobacco in Connecticut.

AT recent meeting of the Connecti-
cut Valley Agricultural Institute, Prof.
Stockbridge is reported, in the New
England Homestead, as saying that
there was about forty million dollars
worth grown iR the United States, IN
the following order: 1, Virginia 2,
North Carolina 3, Maryland; 4, Ken
tucky 5, Mississippi; 6, Connecticut !;
7, Massachusetts, etc. The analysis of
tobacco shows it to be narcotic poison.
No other plant is like it in composition.
In small quantity it is stimulant, in
large quantities deadly poison. It is
rapid grower, and draws from the
soil more than any other plant. Glover
takes from the mineral element of the
soil ten per cent, tobacco twenty per
cent, or one ton of tobacco exhausts
4GO pounds of mineral substances for
every acre. The Connecticut seed leaf
tobacco has popularity, in contradis-
tinction to any other in its finenesg and
thinness of leaf and texture, and light.
ness of color. Tobacco is made by its
soil. It cannot be heavy clay. heavy
loam CT alluvial soil. Must be fne,
sandy land, having absorbent power,
and retaining heat through the night.
4ahiuB Cuis PooI BOIL large quhnGlGy
of manure must be used. The land is
the machine for raising tobacco, and it
mist be fertilized and not allowed to
deteriorate q particle. Tobacco is so
exhaustive that no farmer or farm can
make it nm exclusive crop. Stock must
be fed for the manure, and the streams
OF grain which flow in from the west are
to he taken advantage of.
Prof. Stockbridge said il tobacco
raising was managed on business prin
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-10
Syrian Sponges.

The latest project before the acclima-
tization society of Paris is the cultiva-
tion of the celebrated Syrian sponge in
the waters of southern France, valu
able and most useful product, which,
like many another gift of the sea, is in
danger Of determination through excess
sive fishing.
The .sponge-producing grounds of
Syria occur along the coast, from Mount
Carmelin the south to Alexandretta in
the north, the centers of production
being Tripoli, Ruad, IIattakia, and
Bartrolln, on the coast of Mount Lebn-
non. The best quantities are found in
the neighborhood of Tripoli and Bar
troun. According to late report of
the British vice-consul at Beyrout, as
many ms three hundred boats are en-
gagged in the fishery !; the annual yield,
though falling off through the exhaus-
ton OF the grounds, still amounts to
500, 0,000 to Sl25, 1000. The majority of
the boats used are ordinary fishing
boat from eighteen to thirty feet in
lengsH three parts decked over, and
carrying one mast with an ordinary lug
sail. Ihoy are manned by crew of
four G. five men, one to haul and the
rest to serve as divers.
In former years the coast was much
frcquSnted by Greek divers from the
islanilss OF the Archipelago; the number
| is noiN fostricted to five or six boats q
yeES: 10 skill of the Syrian combined
with his. better knowledge Of tho fishing
grounds, enabling him to compete sue
cessfullytwith his foreign rival.
Diving is practiccd from very early
age ZIP <to forty years after which few
are ablo to continue the pursuit profit
ably. The depth to which the diver
descends varies from five to thirty
"hraaSes," or from twcnty-f five to ono
hundred and seventy-fve feet. The
time he is able to spend under water
dopcnas on natural capacity, age, and
training; sixty seconds time is reckoncd
good work-in rare instances eighty
seconds are spont under wator. The
Syrian diver uses heavy stone to carry
him quickly TO the bottom, and is drawn
up by q comradc. On the bottom, he
holds the guide rope with ono hand and
tears off the sponges with the other,
placing them in net which he carries.
No knife, spear or instrument of any
kind is used in detaching the sponges !;
nor does he, like his Crock competitor,
ever use the diving dress, having an
antipathy to it on tho score of its re-
putcd tendency to produce paralysis of
the limbs. Two or three fatal accidents
occur annually, mainly among the skill
full and daring, who sometimes drop the
rope to secure a tempting prize, and
missing it on their return, attempt to
rise to the surface unaided, and are
drowned. At other times the diver
will be wounded by Jagged rocks, or
his ropes will become entangled, expos
ing him to great risks where the depth
is great.
It is possible that this high-priced
and durable variety of sponge might be
cultivated in our southern waters, as q
substitute for the beautiful but tender
sponge they now yield. The expert
ment is worth trying.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-10
The Art OF Listening to Music.

Awriter in Scribner's says: "There
is no greater delusion than that of sup
posing that the best music can be en-
ioyed only by the musical Ordinary
people can derive keen pleasure from a
sympathetic listening to great music if
they will but believe that they can, and
30 attend to it accordingly. There is
no need of being baffled by want of
knowledge concering keys; nor by an
ignorance of modulation. Your next
neighbor may know that the air began
in G major, and then passed into B
minor, but you can get your own sim
pier pleasure out of it. What is it to
me what Titen's secret of color might
have been? He had it, and that is
enough for one who cannot even draw.
The first rule in listening to music is
to listen. Wo do not want to arouse
ourselves to e ~ of delight, but
we do want to hea what the music is
like. A very simple and very good rule
for those who are perplexed by nm or
chestra, and who fancy they are puz-
zeld to know where the tune comes in.
is to listen to one instrument, the
violins, for instance, alone for a time.
These will probably take up the melody
and sing it plainly enough, then the
movement may become more compli-
Gated, and the air seemg to have grown
more fiorid, to be broken perhaps into
brilliant fragments, but hearken the
violoncelli have taken it up, and over
it floats this new and lovely strain of
violins, then the flutes catch the melody,
the comets and the bassoon swell the
harmony, the drum makes iE rhythmic
beats, the whole orchestra is alive with
the theme, and before you know it you
are in the very center of the music,
and what was before involved and in
tricate now becomes plain and beauti-
full"
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-10

oiples, with economy, it is the best
business man can engage in, in the
Connecticut valley. There will always
be market for all that will be grown.
The reason of the present depression
Of the business is because the quality
has much dotcriorated, and this is ac-
counted for in part by not using the
right kind of fertilizers, but mainly
in the future to ripen and cure it. To-
bacco properly cured should be ripened
just as much as any other plant we
grow, and the modern method of plant
ing it too near together has caused Sc
rious evil, and is the great source of
pole-sweat. In planting SO close to.
gether all except the upper leaves are
shaded, and the juices Of the leaf are
not properly elaborated. To make u
fine leaf, and to develop the oils and
acids Of the plant, we must expose it to
the direct rays of the sun.
The curing process is defective; by
the slow gradual process, much of the
essential narcotic oil is lost. Prof.
Stockbridge referred to q new system
adopted largely in Maryland and Vir-
ginia, to cure tobacco by an artificial
heat with a furnance constructed for
that purpose. And it could be done
thoroughly in seven days, first making
the heat temperature to eighty degrees,
AMI the course of five or six days in
creasing to 13O degrees. This artificial
curing retains all the virtue of the to-
bacco, in fact, increases it's essential
oils. Rural Nea0 Yorker.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-10

age to brave her reproachGs. Now,
Charlie, will you act as mediator, and
make known this change in my views -
"Why, uncle" lie answered, and L
was almost sure that I saw CLEAN of
mischief in his eyes, something extra
ordinary must have happened. You
are not usually SO tickle |"
"We won't discuss the matter" said
I, in an irritnted tone. g Will you, or
will you not, grant my request?'
of course, 1 will" he replied !;
"but it is difficult task. The poor
child will be SO disappointed !"
I detected a ioyous ring in his
voice, and looked ut him rather sus-
piciously.
His diplomatic mission was success
full, however. Late in the afternoon,
Katie came down into the library where
l was sitting. I had never seen her
look prettier.
"Oh, Mr.. Raymond p she said,
eagerly, 81 am 80 glsd that you have
changed your mind | It was go unex-
pected yesterday. I never dreamed
before that you loved me in any other
way than as q daughter"
Was this acting? was she trying to
deceive me in her sweet unselfishness i?
"Then you never loved me- ?" I
asked.
=" Dear Mr.. Raymond, you know bet
ter, she answered "only it was not
exactly the kind Of love one ought to
feel toward a husband You are rs
dear to me as if You were my own faith
er; but you are so much older than I,
that-that-''
She hesitated, and did not finish her
sentence. remembered my gray hairs
with pang of mortified vanity. Was
not the ghostly visit enough? Must 1
be tortured in this manner afterward
The veil was torn away from the de-
fusion I had cherished. Alas [ had
misinterpreted her childish affection.
1t might be that she loved another.
looked down into the face where vivid
scarlet glowed, and read her secret.
My dear child" I exclaimed, at
tempting to control my agitation, I" tell
me everything"
sob, Mr.. Raymond" she answered
in confusion, "Charlie has asked me to
be his wife"
The rascal No wonder that he re-
mained with her such long time that
morning no wonder that he boosted of
the satisfactory manner in which every
thing had been explained.
LhC lulpk'icuJ 1cllOW L uQuGGGrCu,
impatiently. What did you answer,
child son love III i'm aa''. 4s'4f
Low and soft the answer came =
eyes,"
The Leart of woman is n mystery
that cannot fathom. T was certainly
outwitted by my nephew. Ho might
have been afraid, however, that my
conscience would reproach mo if Katie
showed her disappointment. I have
llttle doubt that she loved mo far bcttcr
than she would confess.
All, we'll! they wero married in due
time, and we are nil living together.
The dear children do everything they
can to add to my happiness.
Katie in still beautiful woman, and
Charlie is the staff of my old age.
I never saw the ghost again. In fact,
have good reason to think that the
mysterious visitant was certain grace
less nephew nf mine, who had fallen in
love with Katie. Of course I forgave
the deception long ago, as it saved me
from terrible mistake.
| am much happier, probably, than if
I had married the young girl whose
heart belonged to another. I am not
certain, however. that she did not nc
cept Charlie from pique at my reiec-
tion. Any way, he has made her good
husband.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-10
Wheeler & Wilson's Sewing Ma
chimes.

We call attention to the Wheeler G.
Wilson advertisement in our columns.
This well-known COMPANY has the
most advantageous facilities for supply
ing the public with Sewing Machines,
on MS favorable terms rs the business
will allow. They warrant all their
work, and it is matter Of impor-
tance to the purchaser to deal with a
Company whose position and perma-
nence give assurance that their guar
anty will be fulfilled. They have
agencies and offices throughout the
civilized world, for furnishing needles,
thread and other necessary supplies,
and have an established reputation for
reliability and fair dealing.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-10
ANAsTAsIA's GHOST,

& tS3E iEIl aihi; asih ,Ss,, Ii
~ N0vember night. Some vague present
iment of evil weighed upon mysheart
as snt alone in the twilight, And vet
there wig nothing apparently to make
me gloomy. On the contrary, I ought
to have been moro than usually cheer
ful; had L not received a delicious
promise from Katie Nelson that very
afternoon
1t seemed to be odd, to be sure, that a
gray haired widower like myself was to
marry this girl of eighteen. Her mother
had been o housekeeper in our family.
but died soon after Katio's birth. So it
happened that she was adopted by us,
rs we Ind no children Of our own. NV
wife treated her kindly, but without
much warmth of feeling. Anaatasia was
OF such n peculiar disposition that
actually believed she WAS jealous of this
infant.
Poor Anastnsin she warned mo SOL
emnly on her death bed never to marry
again, and threatened to rise from her
grave III case of such al event.
Katie was in her tenth year when nv
wife died. L sent her away to board
ing school and, as business called mo
abroad, did not see her again until nv
return, eight years afterwards. l was
somewhat bewildered to find q lovely
woman, instead of the little girl L had
left IN short dresses. OF course you can
guess the sequel: L fell in love with
this charming adopted daughter. There
was something IN the frank tenderness
OF her manner that completely won my
heart.
1t was evident that she was deeply
attached to me. l could not help see
ing how much higher she valued nv
society than that Of my nephew, Charles
raymond, who had accompanied me
from abroad. She never addressed him
except in monosyllables, and would
flush MI over with embarrassment if he
but entered the room. But with me.
she was always self-possessed, and so
talkative and sociable that I could not
help pitying Charlie. He was really
quite good-looking, and used to won
der sometimes at her antipathy: Poor
fellow; how L dreaded to tell him of NV
approaching happiness. It would be q
great blow to his hopes, for he had ex-
pected to inherit my fortune.
Katie wasn't a bit like other girls that
had ever known anything about In
stead OF blushing at my confession that
afternoon she turned pale, and shivered
as if struck by sudden chill. [ no
ticed, too, that there was q strange
quiver in her voice when she finally
consented to be my-wife. I was appre
bensive that Charlie had told her what
Anastasia had said on her death bed.
And yet couldn't believe her ghost
would be so .inconsiderate. Somehow.
l couldn't forget that warming. Anas a.
ala was remarkable woman, and would
surely keep her word, if ghosts are per-
mitted to walk the earth. THINKING
thus, 1 began to grow frightened at the
shadows in my room, and hastily rana
the bell forlights. - ..g ,-,~e'- t'' Is
Why are You 30 late, BRIDGET" 7
asked, sharply, as the servant entered
the room.
"Indade, sir, and It's mesel. that's
been with Miss Katie every blessid min.
nit, and she's almost kilt with pain IN
her head" ,.~ sCl1I f-sT
Gould this be the result of onr con.
vcrsatioh that nfternoonfp Consi,lern
bly, startled, questioned Bridget eager.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-10

The conspicuous triumph of Messrs.
George Steck & Co., OF New York, at
the Vienna Worlds Fair in 1873, at
which their pianos obtained the highest
award-the only gold medal-has begun
to yield them substantial fruits. The
increased popularity of the Steck in
struments is noticeable not only in New
York, where their excellence has long
been acknowledged, but throughout the
country, and moro especially in those
communities that lay Bpecial claim to a
cultivated musical taste.--New YorI;
independent.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-10
J TIFkJ QTTCE1r-T
AFTER THE BALL.

They aatald conl6dd lhtir brsutiful hair,
Their'lcug, bright tressce one by one,
AS they laughed and talked in their chamber thu
After tho revel way ydonc.1
Idly they talked of waltz and ,luadrillc,
IDLY they laughed, like other girls,
VINO over the tire, when all is still,
COMP ont their brads and curs
iRohc+ of satniund Brussels lace,
Knots OF flowers, and ribbons too,
Scattered about in every place, -.
After the.reVel is through. ~ -
/. And Maud and A1adge, in robes OF white,
Tho prettest nIght-gowns under the sun
Stockngless, slipperlcss, sit in tho night,
After the reYcl is done.
'sitahd comBtlieir beautiful hair,
Those wonderful waves OF brown aud gold,
Till the fire is out in the chamber there,
And the little-barcf feet are cold
When out Of the gathering winter chill,
And out of the bitter ST. Agnes weather
While the fire Ia ont and the house Is still
Maud and NIaagc together
Maud and NIadge, in robes OF white,
The prettest nght-gowns under tho sun,
Cnrtained away from the chilly night,
After the rcvel is done.
Float. along in splendid dream, -
TO golden gittern's tinkling tone,
WINE thousand lustres Hhmmerng stream,
lr palaces grand saloon.
Flashes of jewels and ft,tter of laces,
Tropical odors sweeter than musk,
Men and women with beautiful faces,
And eyes of beautiful dusk.
Aud one face shining like star,
one face haunting the dreams of each,
Ana one voice, sweeter than others are,
breaking In silvery speech.
Telling through lips of bearded bloom,
an old, old story DER again, s'
AS down the royal hammered room,
10 golden gitterns strain,
Two and two they dreamily walk.
Wv, Mhi,e am an unseen spirit walks beside,
Ann oil nnheard, in lovers talk,
no claimeth one for his bride
vi; MAUD and Madge, dream on together,
WIN never a paug of jealous fear!
f"r ~ mere the bitter st. Agnes weather
Sha,l whiten another year
Nohed for the bridal and robcd for tho tomb
r, brained brown hair and golden tress,
lhcrell be only one of you left for the bloom
or the bearded lips to press!
Only ono robe for the bridal pearlR.
nc robe of satin and BrusselR lace-
onty one 70 plnRh through her curB .
At sight Of lovers face.
y, beautiful Madge, in your bridal whitet
tor YOU tho rcve has just begun;
bmt ior her who sleeps in Your arms to-uight.
The revel OF Life is done.
hlt robed and crowned with sanity bIes,
Queen of Heaven and bride of tho puu
o. beautiful Maud, you'll never miss
The kIsHcs another has won, -
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-10
Early Marriages.

Discussion in the British house OF
commons on the subject brought out
information as to the earliest ages at
which marriage may be legally solemn
lied in each of the states of continental
Europe. In Austria it is IA for both
sexes; Hungary, Ii for males, - for
females Russia, Is for males, 16 for
females Turkey, as soon as they are
able; Italy, 18 for males, Is forfemales;
Prussia 18 and ID France and Belgium,
18 and IS Denmark 20 and 16 Greece,
ID and IL. In Hesse Darmstadt and
Baden the consent of parents is nee
essary in the case of men until they
have completed their 25th year in that
of women until they are 81. The COM
pletion of 18 years by males and 16 by
females is necessary in the Netherlands,
and in SAKE. Coberg Gotha no male is
permitted to marry before he has at
tanned his 21st year. In Saxony the
legal age for males is 18; for females
Is years. According to the amended
paragraph 0f-T the inuw dcrn1n1t civil
marriage bill, the ages would be re-
spectively 20 and 16 years, instead of
18 and IA, us in the draft bill. In some
of the cantons of Switzerland tho law
RS to the ages of the contracting
parties is Ms high MS 20 years for males
and II for females, and in others as low
as ID for males and 12 for females.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-04-10

=" How is your church getting on ?"
asked friend of a rigorous Scotchman,
who had separated in turn from the
Kirk, the Free Church, the United
Presbyterian and several lesser bodies.
Pretty wee1, pretty weel. There's
nobody belongs to 1t now but my
brother and myself, and I'm mo aure
Of Sandy's soundness."