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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-09-17
Easy Manners.

Recent events have called public
attention to the Intimate relation OF
morals and manners. 1t may be said
that there is no greater peril to mo-
rality than much that is called mere.
ly free and easy manners. Young
men, and even young women, per.
NIT themselves a freedom and IL
cense of manner which, having all
the aspect of improperly, may very
readily acquire its substance. Ed.
ward addresses Emily with loud
and jesting intimacy of tone and
conduct, which might be expected
in the sailor saloons of Water Street
or Mapping, but which is repulsive
and odious in the drawing-room Oh
among refined and gentle persons
Edward and Emily would be amaz-
ed to be told that they have not the
manners of a gentleman or of lad y
aud have the air OF he den9isao1sde
They think that they are especially
CONNIE IL .fdut, aud that above all
others they know what is the rule
of high society. But they are mere.
ly vulgar, aud have the manners OF
those who are worse than merely
vulgar. Coarseness cannot be gid.
ed into refinement. The young wo.
man who habitually calls her young
friends of the other sex by theiI
Christian names, or who suffers any
thing that can be called familiarity
although it fall short of actual indie
corum, should reflect carefully.
''Sir," said a lady to a policeman
who took her elbow to pass heI
oyer the street, eff I wish you to
touch me l will ask you" No wo-
man of 3 high sense of personal dig
nifty wishes auy man to lay his hand
upon her thoughtlessly or unneces-
sariIy. Nor will such 8 woman per.
NIT any kind of rudeness in the tone
or manner of men.-Editor's Easy
Chair, in Harper's for September.
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Another LUCKY STATE.

The Minnesota crops, so badly
grasshoppered last year, appear 10
pan out as we'll this year as the Kan
sas crops do. An exchange says:
According to the official report of
the Minnesota State Commissioner
of Statistics, neither the aggregate
nor the average yield per acre of
wheat, oats aud corn, was ever so
large since Minnesota became one
of the great grain-growing States of
the Union, or since the cultivated
area became so extensive as to re-
quire a generally favorable season
to produce a good average yield for
the whole State. Including the area
ravaged by the grasshoppers, the
average yield for the State will not
be less than eighteen bushels per
acre of wheat, aud the farmers will
have q surplus after the deduction
of wheat for -four and for the next
springs sowing, of about "a DOC, OOC
bushels of wheat to convert into
cash. The grasshopper damages
will be equal in amount to perhaps
eight or nine per cent. of the actua
surplus; certainly not more thar
the latter figure. The oat crop will
reach 100000 bushels, the larges
by 100000 ever produced in tn
State. The increase in the acreagI
of corn in 1875 is unusually large
being 100, 67S acres, while in whea
the increase is Sl,205, and in oat
So, 400 acres.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-09-17
THE HERD LAW.
Experience in Dickinson 40
Some Ff&ures-COSI Of
HsemcfRE.

Editor Journal Last week
visited Dickinson county, and the
sight Of so many fat whe stacks
and so many rich acres being plOw-
ed and sowed again, and without a
single rotten, wasting fence in sight,
so impressed me that l have devot-
ed an hour or two TO the study of
the statistics in the third annual re-
port of the Board of agriculture
which It must be borne in mind Is
for IS74-as 1875 will more than
double the products of Dickinson
county, and will make but little diff
ference in the value of the products
of Leavenworih aud Douglas ex-
cept in corn.
Dickinson county produced products
valued at S4I4, 29S
Value ofliye stock 1923
Total 500. 1913
Cost of herdIng Il, 900 head OF live
stock at 20 cents per month
for four months ) $1,000
Total so89, a28
Leavenworth county produced
products valued at SLIGO, 4O6
Value of live stock 31O,S91
Total sl.sl8, 1903
Value offences 81, 100000, 10 per
cent. of for repairs, Sl,633, 1903
Douglas county produced prod
ucts valued At S695 $500
Value OF live stock Az, 500
Total sl,14I, 7GO
Value Of fences $1,000 Oe, 10
per cent. OF for repairs $l,1OO,OOO
Total s1,O4l, 100
Now, taking the population of
each county, deducting the towns of
| Leavenworth, Lawrence and abb
line as hot agriculturalists, and we
find that the products per head in
| Leavenworth county are Sl05, in
Dickinson 1921, and in Douglas $50.
But, sir, this is not the worst OF it.
| The tremendous drain to repair
fences is nothing to the fact that at
least every seven years requires a
total rebuilding, nearly all OF which
must now go to Chicago, costing
nearly the original amount. l have
no doubt the figures given as the
value Of the fencing viii astonish
you, but / have taken carefully the
Der of acres given az inclosed
and dcduciing the amount needed
| tor winter Enclosures, have placed
ia the list the cost derived from III ;
owu experience ami that OF seVer"i
ui our best f4ruCrr, and ! aHi snrt
il is Il iair estimate.
have no doubt she VIiut prT
head az products il Dickinson Wal
this ear be $3.50. AMI by the timt
lthitc.uuty j. ~ old ~ Dhugl Il nov
j., III" ;i!n-4,ts will n0i know whnr
''nrrd tunes nI"an.
The herd Jaw is a special boon "a
the poor man, tor ha can put his lit
tie herd with that of his ncighbor'
and at a cost of 80 cents per head
have them herded for four months,
bis own or his neighbours son get
ting the money, and he is at liberty
to cultivate all the land he pleases,
while if he has to fence las so or 16C
he has nothing left either for stock,
tools and barn. To the rich man il
makes but little difference, as he
can fence or not, just as he chooses
though | fancy he will hardly be
caught putting his money i'll so USE
less and expensive a luxury as 8
fence for ornament.
Let us double the area of Oul
wheat fields, herd our stock and
build barns instead of fences.
Very respectfully,
w HAURUS
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-09-17
The FIy-Trap Wan.

The fiy-trap man arrived in Wick
burg three or four days ago. He
was a long cared man, having a very
and red nose. The red on his nose
might have come from sun-burn,
and it might have come from crook
ed whisky, but there was no qRes-
ton that he was an earnest man,
an honest one. He went right to
business as soon as coming up the
hill. lie met little red headed man
on the walk man who was in q
great hurry to get to the bank-and
as he took him by the buttonhole
he said 4;
"Misier, l have arrove in Vicks.
burg fer the purpose of selling thu
Boston flY-trap."
"Arrove 10 thunder with youl =
exclaimed the little man, AS he broke
away
"Mister, have arrove in Vicks
burg for the purpose of selling tn,
Boston fy-irap."
"Arrove TO thunder with you I
exclaimed the little man, as he brok'
away.
The fly-trap man walked slowI,
down Washington street. looking
at the sights and in about ten min.
utes be came upon the little red
headed man again, who had finish
ed his business at the bank.
Il have arrove in VicKsburg 70
the purpose of giving you: citizen
a." he commenced, when th,
/ red-headed msn shouted:
what do care where you've ar
rove tol Don't stop me on the stree
again, SIR"
The fly-trap man went into
store and tried to trade fy-traps 70
some calico, and failing to make tn
exchange, he crossed the street ant
approached man who was whist
ling for his dog.
sinister, 1 have arrove-," b
was going on, when he saw that b
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THE HERD LAW.
From the Real Estate Register.

CONSIDERABLE interest Is being
manifested on this subject in sew
eral of the Older counties, this
one amoDg the number. We can
not, if we would, disguise the fact
that many of the new counties are
outstripping theolder ones in the
race, aad it behooves US to ascer-
tain, if possible, the cause, and if
We are at fault, to amend our ways.
1t has been said that cheap land is
the attraction. This has undoubt-
edly been the reason for the rapid
settlement of the Usage lands
along our southern border, but no
such reason exists in the north
west, where the advancement has
been almost equally rapid. Mel
ther is the fear of heavy taxes in
the older counties the cause, as
we have often shown that our tax
alton is actually lighter than the
average of the new counties. 1t
is a well known fact that those
counties which have the herd law
in force, are settling up faster than
those adjoining, which do not
have it. 1t is also true that land
is worth more and sells more read
lily IN herd law counties than IN
those where the opposite policy
prevails. If these are facts-and
they can easily be proved-it be-
comes a very serious question
whether most, it not all counties,
ought not to adopt the herd law.
Opinions on this, as on other sub
jects, are apt to run to extremes
some claiming that this country is
only fit for a grazing country, and
others, that farming only, pays.
The truth, as usual, lies between
these extremes. The most pros
perors men are those who com
bine farming and stock raising in
their proper proportions. We have
never believed that the interests
of the farmer and stock raiser
were antagonistic. Our best stock
raisers always herd their cattle as
a matter of economy. Those whose
principal business is farming, and
who keep but little stock, are those
most seriously affected by the
herd law. But even these, We
think, would consult their inter.
ests by combining with their
neighbors in hiring a herder, rath.
er than suffer the losses from
strays and accidents which are sc
common. The old sneer against
those who formerly advocated this
policy of "pen up your cattle, and
turn out your crops" has become
so stale that even the political
demagogue has abandoned it. We
do not understand that the advo-
Gates of the herd law contemplate
the permanent disuse of fences
1t is becoming a well recognized
fact, that the Usage orange will
constitute the permanent fence Of
this country, and all they ask is
time to grow it.
We merely make these sugges-
tons, hoping to attract public at.
tention to this subject, and to of
fer the use of our columns for the
temperate discussion of the whole
matter.
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Our Gold and silver Crop.

The gold and silver product of
the United States in 1874 WAS ST.
100000. OF this, California furnish
ed $50, 100000; Nevada, S35, 40, 900 ;
Titan, $J.9O0,000; Colorado, S4,l9l,-
900; Montana, So, 439, 600; Idaho,
$l.SS0.OO0. We exported nearly the
whole OF this product abroad to pay
for what we imported. Ana yet,
says an exchange, we sometimes
Il alter ourselves that our gold aud
silver mines are an important
source of wealth, but il we compare
their Yield with that of some other
products, the mistake will be d'tt CT
ed. Our corn crop. is worth four
times as much "a our gold AMI Ill
Yer crop; our wheat crop five times
AZ much our cotton crop more than
three times as much, and our hay
crop four times "a much. Califurn
Ia is called the Golden State, but
with all it's gold and silver product
it would be poor State but for its
wheat crop. CalifOrnia's agricnlt-
ure is 4 much more prolific source
OF wealth than its mines.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-09-17
SHERIFF'S SALE
Alexander Rennick,


Thaddeus Ii. Walker, ct. al.
District Court 5th Judicial District, Lyon
County, Kansas.
DY virtue of an order of sale, issued out of
ID the District Court of the 9th Judicial
District, sitting in and for Lyon county, Kan
sas, wherein Alexander Rennick is plaintiff
ker, his wife, are defendants, will, on Mon
day the 18th day of October, A. ID. 1875, at ?
O'Clock p. m, Of said day, at the front door of
the Court House, in Emporia, Lyon county,
Kansas, offer for sale by public auction, to the
highest bidder for cash in hand. all the right,
title and interest of the defendants. Thaddeus
ii. Walker and Margaret Walker. in and to
The north half % of the southwest quarter
(I&) of section twenty-five ca, township ff-
teen Q5). range twelve (12). The northwest
quarter (L) of section eleven (11l, township
seventeen 40, range twelve (12). The west
half "a of southwest quarter (h) of section
five 81, and north half (5S) of northwest quar-
ter % of section eight (S), township eighteen
u.s., range ten Q0l. The southeast quarter
% of section three 49,, township twenty -one
northeast quarter (1S) of section eighteen 1S)
and southeast qua rter of section twenty-thFee
| (23l, and southwest quarter % of section
twenty -four ga, and northwest quarter ~
of section thirty-0ne (31), township twenty
| (2O), range twelve (I2), and the west half %
of the northeast quarter % OF section ten (10l
township nineteen 1S), range twelve t12), all
in Lyon county. Kansas.
Said real estate will be sold as the propcrt :
of lhaddeus III. Walker, ct. al, to satisfy said
Sherifr IS Office this 10th day of September
a. ID. 1915 JOHN BAY, Sheriff,
3It5 Lyon County, Kan.
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was the same little red-headed man.
"See here,s said the little man,
Hdidn't warn yeu over there not
TO say fiy-traps TO me again p
'.It's an excelisnt trap"
"Well, now You keep away from
me--keep right away" continued
the little man, De he walked of.
He went into 3 grocery aud had
acme coffee put up, and was just
coming out when the fly-trap man
came along and said:
"Mr. have srrove here in order
to"
The little man smiled. He said he
had been looking for a fy-trap-a
good fiy-trap-these many years,
aud ne wanted to buy eighteen OF
them. He asked the fiy-trap man to
follow him home, and they were
seen on the street together. They
were seen half mile above the city
by one party, and mile above that
by two boys, since which time NO
one has secured clue to the fate OF
the fly-trap man. The red-headed
man came back looking tired.
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PROPOSED AMENDMENT to section three Of the
Constitution of the Stat, regulating the
time of electing and com ,eHsation OF mem
beers of the Legislature.
Be it resOt1ed by the Legislature If tie Stats Of
Kansas, tsOO-thirIs Of the members elected
10 each house cO1cuTring therein:
tSKcTIoN II The following proposition to
amend the constitution of the State of Kansas
shall be submitted to the electors of the State
at the general election OF eighteen hundred
and seventy-fve:
PROPOSITION ONE: Section twenty-five of
article two shall be amended SO as to read as
follows: Section %. All sessions of the Leg
islature shall be held az the State capital, and
beginning with the session Of eighteen hun
shall be held once in two years, commencing
on the second Tuesday of January Of each al
PROPOSITION TwO: Section three of article
eleven shOll be amended so as to read as fol-
lows: Section 3. The Legislature shall pro-
vide, at each regular session, for raising suffi-
cient revenue TO defray the current expenses
Of the state for two years
PROPOSITION THREE: The following shall
constitute section twenty mine of article two
Section % At the general election held in
eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and there
after, members of the House of Representa-
tIves shall be elected for two years and mem
bers Of the Senate shall be elected for four
years.
of submitting said proposition OF amendment
The ballots shall be either written or printed.
or partly printed and partly written In re-
gard to proposition one, the form of the bal
lot shall be, ''For proposition one to amend
the constitution" "a gainst proposition one
to amend the constitution in regard to
proposition two, the form of the ballots shall
be, e ForpTUposition two to amend the1,onstitu-
ton. - Against proposition two TO amend the
Constitution in regard to proposition three,
the form Of the ballots shall be, stFor propo-
sjtion three to amend the Constitution
Against proposition three to amend the
Constitution"
SEC. 3. This joint resolution shall take effect
and be in force from and after its publication
in the statute book.
hereby certify that the above Joint reso-
luton originated in the Senate on the 18th
day OF January, A. d. 1875, and passed that
body ON the 9Th day of February, 1875, two
thirdS Of the members elected voting therefor.
JOHN II. FOLKS, II. J. SALTKR,
See'Y Of Senate. Prest. Of Senate.
Passed the House on the Sd day Of March.
A. ID. 1875 two thirds Of the members elected
voting therefor. Z. H FUNSTON,
Henry BOOTH, Speaker Of the E0nss
CAiST CLERK Of the House.
Approved on the 9Th day OF March, 1915
THOMAS a. OSBORN, GoOerzsor
hereby certify that the foreghing is a true
and correct copy Of the original enrolled Joint
resolution now on hle in my once, and that
the same took effect by publication in the
statute book May 18th, A. d. 1875.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto tub
scribed my name, and afiixed the great
seal of State Done At Topeka, Kansas,
this 10th day OF July, d. d. 1915
tSedt1 THos- IL, CAyAHAUeH,
32-l3t Secretary ~ Ssdte.
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guidance of negroes he was recap

guidance of negroes he was recap
tured by militia. Losing courage
and hope he took the oath of aileg-
lance to the Confederate govern
ment, was sent south TO Texas, IN
der Dick Taylor, in whose command
be remained, eyer seeking an oppOr-
tunity to escape By deseFtion. Being
q Southern man by birth he had no
difficulty in feigning assimilation
with the troops of the Confederacy,
but still in that remote region the
p aspect of escape was feeble. The
portion of Taylor's command to
which he belonged was driven across
the Rio Grande into Mexico, and ia
short time he fell under the power
of the Republican barbarian Corti-
IA, who raided upon foe aud friend
alike. Some border Indian tribes
had possession of some of Cortina's
most valuable auxiliaries. To ran
som these a large number of cattle
were required in addition to stip-
ulation for the exchange of captiVes.
Andrew was selected as q victim of
this nefarious bargain, and was COM
PEELED en- foot to accompany the
well-mounted savages in the gloomy
retreats in the dismal and almost
inpenetrable businesses of the Cor
dilleras. Nothing can fully and adj
eQuately picture the horrors and an
guish of that trip. Once hidden
away in the canyons that formed
the hiding place of his new and saw
age masters all hope died within
him, and for weeks he was the vic
tim of brain fever, which came
very near being his last. When the
saVages in whose power he was, left
on one of their raids they left suffi
Gent strength to insure the safety
of their village and guard against
surprise. Attempt at evasion of this
vigilance failed, and only added to
the horrors of his captivity. For
years he was forced to do the most
| disagreeabIe mental services, and
once took revenge bloody, fearful
and swift upon q savage companion
when beyond reach OF the sounds
of the village, by hurting him from
a rock into a canon through which
dashed an angry river. The Indians
gun went to the bottom along with
the body of his victim, but he was
| encoiled by q vigilance too swift to
| pIOAI ny MS Uni AhSB 4nICO HAOhAhe
ago he made a fiual attempt to e.
cape, and got again to the open
country. where he almost perisned
of want, and not without receiving
other wounds from the arrows oi
his pursuers. He again Tell into the
clutches OF CorIina's band, who ia
turn were captured, as the newspa
fsers have already announced, by iiIt
| Mexican authorities. And ew Wi
at enc, released, his Indian 2arb { y
changed Tor a az, " sui Of army blH'
aud furnished with transpUrtati -
nnrlh. He "tS about To etart en-
I"Stcidiy. wLrH i1e NIT his hraiir'
The two, however. concluded To re-
main until to-day, when they vii
go to the old home. Andrews wife
died of grief, and his two children
soon followed after their mother
Hardship, priVaiiOns, and suffering
had made him prematnrely ole
man, and his hair is as white as tina
of one of 60 years of age. An af
fectiOnate old mother awaits his re
turn, and the lost is again found.
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From the Real Estate Register

There is a field near this city
which has been cropped every year
for eighteen years, without one
pound of manure of any kind be-
ing applied to it. This year it has a
crop of corn which will yield from
GO to IS bushels to the acre. And
this, too, is some of the much
abused upland. We shall try to
have the crop measured and all
the facts verified by the affidavit OF
the owner, for exhibition, with .
specimen of the crop, at the Cen
tennial. Such facts as these,
properly attested, show the extra
ordinary productiveness of our
soiImuch more forcibly than sin.
gle monstrous crop in an unusual
" favorable year.
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MARKET GARDENING
From the Real Estate Register.


We have taken pains to ascer-
tain from parties engaged in the
business, the amount of early veg
etables and fruits shipped from
this city up to Sept. 1st, which
foots up rs follows:
1890 heads of cabbage.
100 bushels tomatoes.
270 bushels onions.
80 bushels beets.
200 bushels early potatoes.
5000 punches lettuce, radishes,
beets, turnips, DC.
1000 quarts strawberries.
l60 quarts raspberries.
% bushels gooseberries.
300 quarts cherries.
1000 pounds grapes
1,614 bushels peaches.
20 barrels apples.
When we consider that this ia
BILE includes only the early fruit.
and vegetables, and that the regu
lar crop of fall and winter vegeta
bles and fruit has hardly beer
touched as yet, and that the allow
amount has been exported, in ad
dition to an abundant supply TO
this city; we think it. is a gooC
showing for our market gardeners
This produce has been shipped t.
all points west as far as Granada
to Kansas City, Leavenworth
Atchison, ST. Joseph, Lawrenc,
and Topeka in the north east, t.
Humboldt, Parsons and Fort Scot
in the sout beast, and to Council
Grove, Junction City and Cha.
Center in the north west. It i
safe to call EmpOria the Hea'
Center of the state for fruit ant
vegetables.
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"a. u.ouI. nIobe-Demoernt.

We had the pleasure this week of
meeting Chas. a. Damon, E4q.,
travelling agent aud correspondent
of the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
lie had been making n general tour
al the State, aud met with cheer in.
success. Mr.. ID. introduced the
Globe in Kansas when il was
established, and it always has been
popular paper in this State Now
that il and the Democrat are united
in one, il is stronger and better than
eyer, and is meeting with unprece-
denied success in obtaining a wide
circulation in Kansas. Much of this
success is due to the fact that it
sends among our people such gen.
tlemanly and intelligent agents as
Mr.. d. There are nearly 100 cop
les of the Weekly Globe taken here,
and larger bundle of Dailies than
is sent from any other establish
ment. The paper seems to enjoy
the confidence of our Kansas people.
Aud we'll it may, because it embrac-
es all the requisites of first-class
Western journal. In editorial abil-
ity, in news, III stability of charac-
ter, and in general enterprise, it is
not surpassed by any OF the great
city journals of the West. Its price
list Is as follows: Daily, $l3; Tri-
Weekly, Sc; Semi Weekly, $3.50
Weekly, SIPS. We are firmly OF
the opinion that those who desire a
paper from abroad, cannot do better
than to send for the Globe. The
Weekly is the cheapest paper in
America. The price asked for it i.
but little above the cost of the white
DADcr