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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-04-23

ROUSSEAU once wrote, elf it were
only necessary for you to hold out your
thumb in order to cause the death of an
immensely wealthy mandarin in China,
whose heir You would be, are you sare
that you would not extend your
thumb?" This passage one day at
tracted the attention of Henri de
Lacrois, a young Frenchman of excel
lent family, but whose brain had been
little affected by the loss of his for
tune. He thought, "If could stretch
out my thumb and that would be
enough to kill my uncle and cousin, I
should become very rich" In sort
of hallucination he extended his arm
toward the photographs of his relations
and SAID, "Let them die, so that I may
inherit" Fifteen days later his uncle
and his cousin were carried off by
typhoid fever. Within the last six
months remorse preyed upon Lacrois's
enfeebled intellect, and he imagined
that his spell caused the death of his
relatives. He heard voices from all
sides of his room calling, "Thou hast
killed us Thou hast killed us !" He
delivered himself up to the police and
asked to be executed He died few
days ago in an insane asylum.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-24
chicago& North
RAILWAY.

Passengers for Chicago, Detroit,
Toledo, Cleveland, Buffalo, Niagara
Falls, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Roches-
ter, Albany, Toronto, Montreal
Quebec, Portland, Boston, New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington, St. Louis, Cairo, San
Francisco, Sacramento, Ogden, Salt
Lake City, Denver, Council Bluffs,
Sioux City, st. Paul, Marquette,
Escanaba, Menasha, Madison, Chey-
enne, Omaha, Yankton, Winona,
Duluth, Green Bay, Milwaukee, and
all points North, West, South and
East, should buy their tickets via
Chicago and the
CHICAGO 4 NOR !H-WESTEEN RAILWAY.
Close connections are made at
Chicago with the Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern, Michigan Cen
tral, Baltimore Is Ohio, Pittsburg,
Fort Wane q Chicago, Kankakee
Line and Pan handle Routes, for
East and SOUTHEAST, and with the
Chicago & Alton and Illinois Cen
trail for al points South.
Close connections are also made
with the Union Pacific Il. Il. at
far Omaha for all West points.
Close connections are made at Junction
points Nth trains Of all cross roads
PULLMAN PALACE CARS.
These celebrated cars are run on
all night trains on all the lines Of
this road.
This is the Only Line running
these cars between Chicago and St.
Paul or Chicago and Milwaukee.
At Omaha our Sleepers connect
with the Overland Sleepers on the
Union Pacific Railroad, for all
points west Of the Missouri River.
Among the
Inducements offered By This ROute
to the travelling public are all the
modern Improvements Rock and
Gravel Ballasted Track, Steel Rail,
Rock and Iron Bridges, Parlor and
Drawing Room Day Coaches,
Smoking and Lounging Cars, West
inghouse Safety Air Breaks, Miller's
Patent Safety Coupling and Plat
forms, Speed, Safety and absolute
Comfort.
Running Through five Great States,
and operating over 1900 miles OF
road, this Company presents to the
traveller facilities that Are Not and
Cannot be offered by any Compel
itor.
All ticket agents can sell you
tickets via this route.
If you wish the best travelling
accommodations, you will buy your
tickets by this route, and will take
no other.
MARVIN HrG,TT,
Gent Superintendent.
w. III. STEvNETE.
Gen'l Pa ssenger Agent. ST..
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-24
HorFEEs.
= woYDERFUL FLIGHT OF THE PESTS.

0crGoy. IToLr Co., Mo-, June IS.
give you some idea Of the locust
.,aone. let me describe briefly their
,;rlIt Eleren days age they began
mass here overhead. They begin
ri>e up about o'clock, and by 10
thcv are nearly all on the wing They
~ IS the wind drives them. Except
no one day, when we had a wind from
,be north, their flight has been from
tba south northerly. Looking up, at
onv time between the hours Of 10 and
towards the sun, they may be seen
MESSING like large snow-fakes, rapidly
~ their wirgs and the wind can make
d hem. By a large spy-glass, | judge
q ,he SWAIN to be about half q mile
n deep. And 50 they 90, day after day.
n By night they settle down. On the
q evening of the day before yesterday,
We concluded the swarms were about
/ exhausted, as not nearly 50 many had
passed during the afternoon, and we
congratulated ourselves on possible
future exemption. But:yesterday the
air was again fall! Of them; and last
evening, about 6 miles north Of this,
thev cane down in line extending
all across the country, in such ire
mendous clouds as to fi.ighten people.
Many persons that were out ran in
doors, fearing less they might be
smothered. 4 gentleman, Judge Pns-
sci, who was riding along, said that
for some time he regarded it as vast
,torm-cloud coming down over the
whole land, Tand the sound was said
Jy one to resemble that made by a
locomotive and longs train Of cars.
Now, to-day, with q southeast wind,
the air is again filed with them, flying
70 the northwest.
Just think then, that, as they few
with an average velocity of Is miles
per hour, and the width Of the swarm
IS not less that so to rs miles, and
that this is now the sixtieth hour of
4 continuous northerly flight, and
that the swarm is at least hale mile
deep, with the locusts not over
inches apart from each other in any
lirection-just think, say, what
numbers Of them are here. They are
,he very same kind as described in
the Agricultural Report for 1862, that
many years ago afflicted Lancaster
County, PA. There is no mystery or
popularity about these. An accidcn-
tai chance then favored their over
production there, just as circumstances
out West on these plains is always
tayoril'@ them in some places, so that
occasionally they are over produced,
swarm of, lay eggs, and die. These
eggs being laid il the fall late, do not
hatch till spring, and thusscomes such
myriads of them rs now. But one
might imagine that their leader, if
hey have one, weeping like another
AerXes at the mortality of the follow
crs, for those now Matched and flying
will deposit their eggs in snch mistime
that they must be all hatched out in
late October, and all perish during the
winter. This lot will come to an end
soon after laying its eggs 1t seems
to he an error about their being de
stroyed by the red parasites; as Mark
Twain would say, they rather like
them and are proud of them. l have
tested that point thoroughly. They
leave them on their old clothes when
they shed off and new ones come on
them. In fact, Ike the Indians,
Iocusts are lousy.-Cjcago Times
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-24

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semen at night, caused by seiabuse, which produce
mpoiency plmples on the fare, also eau be cured
ny The b-st known remedy 10 the world. book
'ur the Million MARRIAGE GUIDE, which tells You al
ibogt these diseases marriage, love, and heir con-
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we, Ladies requiring the most delicate attention,
home or abroad may cali Dr. write. All business
stnctly confidential. Or. JAMES has ~ rooms and
parotL. Ia calling see one but the doctor OAlrs
hours: a. NJ until I = NJ. Sunday, 10 20 ~.
Con suatOu always FagE and Invited. lgIy
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-24
DIR. j anneS.
LOCK
HOSPITAL.

Cor Franklin &
v aShington SIS
CHICAGO. Ill.
Chartered by the
State for the pu@-
pose ufRiving the
best possible treat
mcut ia all cases
iof rRivATE ard
fHeeNlC Diseases
IN AL their yarit d
aud complicated
e rms. 1t is wcil
known by most
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-24
PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY
COMPOUNDED.

1t is my aim to keep on hand at all
time full stock of everything appertain-
ing to the drng trade
j. II. VIVIAN.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-21
a BiII TO PrOtecG the People
of Kansas from EznpfE.-
c1sm.

Sec. l. That it shall be unlawful
for any person within the limit of
the state of Kansas, who has not at.
tended two full courses of instrnc-
ton and graduated in some respect
able school of medicine, either of
the United States or of some foreign
country, or who cannot produce q
certificate of qualification from
some state or county medical socie-
ty, and is not a person of good
moral character, to practice medi-
cine in any of its departments, for
reward or compensation, for any
sick person within the state of Kan
sas; Provided, That in ali cases
when any person has been continu-
ously engaged in the practice of
medicine for a period of ten years
or more, he shall be considered to
have complied with the provisions
of this act, and that where persons
have been in continuous practice of
medicine for five years or more,
they shall be allowed two years in
which to comply with such proyis-
ions.
Sec. ,. ANY person living in the
state of Kansas, or any person COM
ing into said state, who shall prac-
tlce or attempt to practice medicine
in any of its departments, or per-
form or attempt to perform any
surgical operation upon any person
within the limits of said state, upon
violation of section l of this act,
shall, upon conviction thereof, be
fined in not less than fifty nor more
than one hundred dollars for such
offence; and upon conviction for a
second violation of this act, shall, in
addition to the above fine, be i'm
prisoned in the county jail of the
county in which said offense shall
have been committed, for the term
of thirty days, and in no case where
in this act shall have been violated
shall any person so violating re-
ceive q compensation for service
rendered; Provided, That nothing
herein contained shall; in any way
be construed to apply to any person
practicing dentistry.
Sec. 8. This act to take effect and
be in force from and after its pnbli-
cation in the statute book.
Approved March 3, 1870
1 hereby certify that the forego-
ing is q true and correct copy of the
original bill now on file in my Of
fee. THOMAS MOONLIGHT,
Secretary eff State
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-21
Love Before and After.

There is a good deal of philoso-
ply about the words of the cool, re.
Elective individual who smokes and
talks to his better half in the annex
ed: The girl is generally educated
in novels, and her first disappoint-
ment comes in on the quiet indifTer-
ence of the husband after the hon.
eymoOn. "You love me no longer"
said bride after a few months to
her better half in gown and slip
pers. "Why do you say that, Puss 90
he asked quietly, removing q cigar
from his lips. you do not caress
me or call me sweet names; you no
longer seek so anxiously for my
company" was the fearful answer.
my DEAR" continued the aggravat-
ing wretch, "did you ever notice a
man running after q car? How he
does turnover stones, through mud,
regardless of everything till he
reaches the car, and he seizes hold
and swings on. Then he quietly
seats himself aud reads his paper"
t'And what does that mean ?o
San illustration, my dear. The car
is as important to the man after he
gets in as when he is chasing it, but
the manifestation is no longer cali
ed for. / would have shot the man
who put themselves in my way
when in pursuit of you, as would
now shoot any one who would now
come between US, bat as q proof of
my love you insist upon my rum
ming after the car. Learn TO smoke,
my dear, and be philosopher. The
two combined clear the braid, quiet
the nerves, open the pores and i'm
prove the digestion"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-21
VOLUME
INCIDENTS.

Philadelphia produced 2I9 twins
during 1874.
In Vienna, Wis, a sweet child of
Is months recently fell into q kettle
of hot soap and was boiled to
death.
SNOW don't be rough" remarked
person who had been arrested for
stealing the other night. pray
don't say l am a thief. Be polite
and call me canal contractor"
Among the presents at a wooden
wedding in Allentown, Pa, lately
was an immense cake-it being re-
served for the last; when they cut
II they found il was only q cheese
box covered with icing.
A little child in Indianapolis was
vaccinaied the other day, and hap
pening TO knock of the scab which
formed over the wound, put II, child
like iuto its month. Itis now snf-
fering from an attack of Yarioloid,a al
most as severe as actual small pox.
There was once a Pennsylvania
Legislator who laid by thirty
thousand dollars in one session.
When he was asked how he man.
aged this with salary of one
thousand dollars, he said that he
saved il by doing without q hired
girl.
In playing cards with four men at
milwaukee, one evening this week,
William Lindman got terribly beat
en-. He got beaten over the head
with q chair, and was Ordered MP"
and down on the floor SO vehement-
ly that he came within an SAGE" of
losing his life. While on the sthiRh'
his slow" companions played the
"duce" with him, and broke up the
"gaDe" by breaking his leg. He
thinks he was a ''iack."
While buying her ticket recently
the train left Utica woman, carry
ing away her twin babies, whom
sho had slowed away In a scat. Ap.
pealing to the symrathies of the
railroad superintendent, the anxious
mother was soon flying down the
track behind q switch engine at
newspaper train speed, and, thanks
to the courteous (though bacheIor)
official, overlook her cheruba before
they reached Treuton. This was q
chase after twins /; the fret anthem
ticated ease, we believe, in history.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-21

Two brothers named Gaf have
established q mammoth hennery in
Colorado, ten miles from Denver.
1t covers about four acres, which is
laid ont like q village, with streets
and avenues, along which are built
long rows of houses of various de-
signs. Regular families of hens are
assigned to these houses, and it is
found that they quickly domesti-
cate themselves without troubling
their neighboTs. The population OF
the village IL 1000, divided closely
into social cliques of Brahmas, Co.
chins, Shapghaes, and Dorkins, and
the chief products are eggs and
spring chickens. Sundays includ-
esi, the industrious matrons of the
village turn out daily from forty to
City dozen of eggs, which are sold
in Denver from thirty to fifty cents
q dozen. The brothers CAT express
but q single regret, and that is they
did not found their colony fifteen
years ago, when eggs brought IS q
dozen, and 8 spring chicken was
worth q pennyWeight Of gold dust.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-21
Religious Matters.
A Colorado tombstone remarks /:
He was young.
He was fair,
But the IBjuns
Raised his hair.

.
He was young.
He was fair,
But the IDjuns
Raised his hair.
The British Government, putting
more trust in grit than in piety,
refuses to allow its Arctic expedi-
ton to be encountered by chap
lain. jsa
The Baptist churches are rails
ing a Centenary fund of $1,000
600, each member of the church
to contribute a dollar and to re-
ceive q certificate.
A grand international Sunday
school convention was held May
IL, II, and 18th, at Baltimore.
Delegates were present from every
state of the Union, and from Can
ada.
In Germany, by the recent law,
all church property is taken by the
state all monastic orders are dis
solved, except those having inYalids,
which are given four years to wind
up their affairs.
A great Presbyterian Confer
ence is to be held next July in
London, Eng, at which there are
expected to be representatives
from all the different Presbyterian
bodies in the world.
The progress of Christianity in
Japan is reported by missionaries
as very slow. Fourteen mission
airy societies have representa-
tives in that country, but converts
are ridiculously few.
Father Chiniquy, the converted
priest, who is preaching to large
congregations in Montreal, has
been again communicated. But
he seems to be no more alarmed
at these spiritual missiles than a
Catholic would be if a Methodist
should throw his hymn-book at
him.
The London Daily Telegraph
shrewdly says of Mr.. Moody:
Notwithstanding all the easy talk
about hysteria, epidemics, magne-
tism, nervous systems, and the
like, the philosophers and divines
have yet to explain to us why it is
a bad thing for these Yankee itin-
Grants to turn people by the thous-
ands to right and virtuous lives,
and a good thing when a bishop
or Cardinal manages to convert
half q dozen.''
During the revival services at
Vallejo. California, a gentleman OBJ
served that one of Mr.. Hammond's
handsomest and most energetic lady
assistants was being vigorously
Rugged by young man while the
singing was going on. When the
inquiry meeting commenced, the Ia
dy approached the gentleman who
had been watching her, and asked
him in a meek, plaintive voice
"Do you love Jesus p" az fear ]
don't love Jesus half as much as
you do the boys" responded the
gentleman. The fair damsel was
not Disconnected bit, and she curl
ed up her pretty mouth and said
"Don't yon wish you were one OF
the boys?"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-21
Married Life.

"Make your home beautiful, bring to it
flowers;
Plant them around you to bud and to
bloom;
Let them giVeIife TO your loYliest hours,
Let them bring light to enliven your
gloom"
A lad Of % was married to q wo-
man of Go recently in Cornwall,
Conn.
A man in Monroe county, Pa,
reused to frenzy by the news from
Concord and Lexington, has just
declared his independence by floor
ing his mother-in-law with a hot
griddle.
'1 say, Uncle Reuben, you ought
to settle as much money on your
pretty young wife as you can"
"Why SO, James 2" "Because her
second husband, poor fellow, may
not hive q dime"
A hen-pecked husband is seldom
blessed with troops of friends. His
modest stiffness and humility" are
perhaps virtues, but somehow or
other, folks won't rally much around
. man who amt capable of getting
up and raising q row when occasion
calls for it.
Blifkins was down in Chicago
the other day when he received a
letter from his young wife, saying
to him that con this lovely spring
morning a bird is singing in my
heart" and old Blif. just looked
wild q minute and thcn took 8
freight train for home, muttering to
himself, "Them's Beecher's senti-
ments, old man ; keep yer eye peel
ed"
Jane Grey Swisshelm, in d recent
letter to the W oman's Journal, says
the women of Central Pennsy lvania
marry at from sixteen to eighteen
and at once begin to add to the
population. She adds: "From that
age until forty-five they average a
baby every two years and half
that is if they live so long. They
seldom trouble q doctor about so
small matter as a birth, but some
one of their number, who never
saw Medical College but has fur
nished her quota, attends to mother
and child, and death OF serious mis-
hap at such times is a rare occur
renee"
Jimmy Brown came running into
Mrs. Jones' house the other day,
saying: "Oh, dear, Mrs. Jones
such an accident has happened.
our son John got under a four
horse load of pig iron down in the
river, and it ran right over his
head. oh, DEAR" Poor Mrs. Jones
screamed and nearly tainted, when
the little rascal added: "Don't crv.
Mrs. Jones, he wsn't hurt q Bit
"Why, what do you mean? Run
over by a fOur-horse load of bic
iron aud not hurt2" "WelI. vou
see, the wagon was passing Owe,
the bridge and he was sitting under
] it fishing" replied the little rascal
shooting out Of the open door.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-21
OLD PEOPLE

Old Mother Hubbard, OF Car
thage, is les years old.
William E. Gayle slipped his
wind in Cincinnati at 100 years.
The oldest man Schuyler county
NY. is 96, and his name is Sheldon
Bassett.
Raphael Price died In Arm
strong county, Pa, the other day,
aged 1O4 years.
Last month Mrs. Christina De-
war died in Wisconsin, in the vain
attempt to spell Waukesha, at the
age of log years and IL months.
Alta spelling match il Gambia,
n. H., a few evenings ago, Deacon
Ezekiel Lane, SO years old, spelled
down all the young folks and took
the first pIize.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-21

The London Daily Telegraph, af-
ter reading the Police Court reports
of the Detroit Free Press, condemns
the levity of American magistrates,
and solemnly weighs the matter
thus: eve may not approve of
joculsrity, in a magisterial court,
but on the whole, il may be ques-
toned whether the mirthful readi.
ness of the American Judge may
not he preferable to the solemn in
Justice which local courts in Eng
land so frequently witness"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-21

Two Englishmen, in search of
sulphur on the island of Dominica,
West Indies, have discovered,
eight or ten miles inland, in the
crater ofan extinct volcano, a boil
ing lake. It is half q mile wide,
and two miles In circumference,
and even at the shore the hand
cannot be immersed in the water
without pain,
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-21

A New Zealand paper publishes
an account Of the capture of two
living moas in that country. The
genus Of gigantic birds was be-
lieved by biologists to be COM
pleteiy extinct. This specimens
are described as respectively eight
and five feet in height.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-21

The French aud English fisher
men are said to be quarrelling mp in
the Newfoundland regions, aud the
French and English Governments
propose to send war vessels to keep
the peace. 1t would seem that
there are fish enough in the sea for
French and English alike aud that
there is no necessity for throwing
each other overheard to feed the
scaly things.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-21

Springs coming" exclaimed an
enthusiast the other day. ~ saw q
red-needed WON An pecling potatoes
in the back yard, and singing like .
mockingale."
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-21
LYON COUNTY TOWNS.
Hartford Nursery.

WYE e6er large quantity Of home grown
w iruit trees, evergreens and ornamental
SHRUBS at very low rates. One hundred choice
varieties of apples. Trees . to 6 wears old at
bearing trees ut $12.O0 per 100 at the nursery.
Come ami examine our stock. 1t is arst-claSs
CHAMBERS 4 BAYSINGER
Hnrtford, Lyon County, Kansas. 1sm2
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-21
NUMBER Fl
LEGAL.

Administrators Notice.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the under
IN signel was, on the 16th day of April, 1875,
appointed by the Probate Court OF Lyon eoRn-
ty, Kansas administrator OF the estate of
VIM. Beynon. deceased All interested will
take notice. JOHN X. MADDOX.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-21
BUILDERS. ARCHITECTS. &c.

e. f. sPRAGUE,
CARPENTER AND BUILDER. ghop on
~ Commercial st. between Tth and sth Az
enue All calls promptly attended to.
ian179-tf
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-21
EMPoRIA SOCIETIES.
MASONIC,

ENMPORIA LODGE, No. ~ a r A 81
~ Meets at their hall, Rugeies 4. PIumI1s
building, on the Thursday OF or next prece,I-
ing the iuli moon OF each month, and every
TWO weeks thereafter. Master Masons In
good standing are cordially invited 10 attend
I. MCCULLOUGH, Secretary.
EMPORIA CHAPTER, r. A. NJ. Meets Al
~ Masonic Han, on the 1St and 81 Friday
evenings OF each month, at ~ O'Clock COM.
pahlons II good standing are cordially fnyii-
eu = 70 I atte emit. w NJ WIcKs, Ii. r.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-21
KNIGHTS or I,yTuTaS

MANASSAS LODGE meets in Odd Eel
- lows hall every Monday evening Mem
bers IN good standing arc cordially iiIyitcd 10
attend. I q I0SFS ~ =, 4"
Z. Il. HURST, X. r. s. avi
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-21
ODn EEI-I-nWE

TT MON LODGE No. Is. Meets at Odd FEEL
~ 0Ws' Hall, over EmpOria Bank, every
tuesday evening at O'Clock. Members IN
good standing invited 10 attend.
NJ. WEAVER, N.G.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-05-21

Grace, Mercy and Peace-This
is the meal that lay in the house
that Bowen built.